[Duo2400] Re: Expanding the list -- not closing it.

[Larry Friedman]

Excellent suggestion, with the disclaimer of those who have upgraded 
their pre-G3s to G3 (especially with the 1400 upgrade that's now 
available).

~ Larry


On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 11:48  AM, Ivan Drucker wrote:

>> Hi, ListMom here.
>> ...trying to decide where we take the list.
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Eric Prentice
>> ListMom
>
> I am sympathetic to expanding the list, because it is a small club that
> will only dwindle in size. I initially thought it would make sense, 
> when
> you suggested it, to include the new 12", especially since I'm
> considering buying one. But upon reading various opinions, I think I've
> come down on the side of not including the 12". It really would turn 
> into
> two lists; the hardware, architecture, and OS are so different that I 
> can
> imagine 2400 people being bored by the 12" discussions, and new 12"
> listers being REALLY bored by the 2400 discussions (rather than
> appreciating Apple's portable heritage). Almost any topic currently on
> the list is potentially interesting to the subscriber, but that would
> cease to be the case if the 12" machines were added. Plus, unlike the 
> Duo
> and 2400 machines, which were always somewhat esoteric, a zillion 
> people
> are going to buy the 12" models (as they have iBooks), and the list 
> might
> lose its homey feel.
>
> Therefore, I would propose expanding it -- but rather than to include 
> the
> new "compact" portable, perhaps it should include other older 
> PowerBooks.
> I am not sure where the cutoff should be -- pre-Titanium/iBook? Pre-G3?
> Old World? But I think if we were to do that, it would expand the list
> base while keeping things much more relevant to all readers. I think 
> what
> a 3400 owner may well appeal to a 2400 owner, and the same goes for 1xx
> users to Duo users. Accessores, software, etc -- the 12" has almost
> nothing in common with the 2400 beyond the brand, but there are lots of
> machines which do have a lot in common. The 12" machine would actually
> probably have a happy home on the iBook list, I would think.
>
> I personally would propose a pre-G3 cutoff, perhaps with the exception 
> of
> the original one that looks like a 3400 (Kanga/3500). The PowerBook G3
> Series (Wall/Main Street/Lombard/Pismo) is kind of its own family and 
> has
> a large user base, plus those machines run OS X natively, which is a
> significant difference. To include everything before those machines 
> would
> keep the list somewhat esoteric, which I think is part of its appeal 
> (the
> PowerBook 100 was kind of the 2400 of its day), yet broaden it enough 
> to
> inject some new life into it.
>
> Anyway, just a thought.
>
> Ivan.
>
>
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