[Duo2400] Re: New G4 Powerbook vs the 2400

[Ivan Drucker]

To me, the biggest drawback of the iBook was the lack of PC Card slot and 
G4. The new 12" doesn't have a slot either, unfortunately, but I guess 
compromises have to be made. For me I guess being able to have an 
internal SuperDrive makes up for it, but I wouldn't have really minded 
using external drive modules like I did with the 2400.

The other huge drag about the iBook was its lack of openability -- it is 
holy hell to work on this thing, from getting the plastics off to 
removing the 953 differently sized screws (to replace a hard drive, you 
need Phillips, flathead, Torx and Allen) to carefully peeling back the 
static foil that covers the whole machine, to not tearing any wires that 
connect the top to the bottom, to replacing the tape that holds all sorts 
of things down on the inside. I liked working on my 2400. I never want to 
open my iBook again (I've done it twice, and that's enough).

I wonder how the new 12" will fare in this regard; I'm guessing equally 
badly. I notice there's a removable panel on the bottom, which I'm 
assuming is for RAM; there are no little latchies in the top row of the 
keyboard. (There's also an extra key, which I'm thinking is a dedicated 
CD eject key.) But I wonder whether a hard drive replacement will be 
"user serviceable", as it (sort of) is on the TiBook. Fortunately, you 
can get it with a 60, which is the max available, and that should keep me 
for a while.

Ivan.

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>>> To me, the big drawback for the iBook was always the lack of second 
>>> monitor
>>> support.  As soon as someone makes a little docking station, the 12" 
>>> PBook
>>> becomes a true desktop replacement that is also a true laptop.  To my 
>>> mind
>>> that's the real reason why I look at the 12" as *finally* a Duo 
>>> replacement.
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>I'm writing this reply on a 700mhz ibook with the dual  monitor support 
>activated.
>Check out
>http://macparts.de/ibook/
>-- Willie
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