At 02:02 -0600 01/13/03, Shawn King wrote: >On 1/13/03 1:49 AM, "MBurke6225 at aol.com" <MBurke6225 at aol.com> wrote: > >> The real question is: Are you going to get the AlBook or would owning one >> sting a bit too much? LOL > >LOL I think I will eventually suck it up and get one. :-) > >BTW, for those of you who were wondering...because of the "iBook-like" >hinge, that 17" screen is only *slightly* taller than a TiBook. > >That means you won't have much more trouble using it in Coach on a plane, at >least, in regards to the screen. > >But I'm telling you, after having seen it in person, it's a frikking >cafeteria tray. :-) A friend of mine, and an Apple employee, describes it as an aircraft carrier, aka the USS Enterprise, or maybe Alabama? I only got glances at it at MacWorld, and it just looks huge. erik g