On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 08:20 AM, Chris Cargen wrote: > 1). There is no slip case or brief case yet available to transport it > safely (But I'm pleased that Apple is already taking orders for a new > case > being built by Brenthaven for it). A WaterField Designs sleevcase (which many of us on the list love) will be available January 20th, it seems. www.sfbags.com > 4). I don't particularly like the various ports being side mounted and > uncovered. I like them on the sides...Not sure i like them uncovered though. This can be bad, can't it? > 5). Except for the 2X verses 1X SuperDrive, and maybe a slightly faster > video card (no relative speed tests yet available), the 1 GHz 17" is no > faster than my 1 GHz 15". Well, with a faster bus (133 vs 167) and DDR RAM, the 17" might actually edge out the 15". Not by much though, I bet. Benn.