17-inch Wintel competition

[Peter Krug]

It seems that my LunchTrayDeluxe is no longer the only 17-inch 
portable on the block:

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/pc/pc_cf_prodChassis.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1537960166.1057078350@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadcijmhmkifcgfkceghdgngdgli.0&comm=ST&plin=Portables&pfam=Satellite&pmod=P25

That's one hell of a URL.  For $1k less ($2179), you get almost the 
same specs as the 17-inch G4 PB.  No Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a 
instead of g, the ability to put 2 GB RAM inside, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 40 
fewer pixels in width, 32 MB less on the video card, No bluetooth, SD 
slot instead of PC card slot, no FW 800, whatever a 1-FIR port is, a 
2.8 GHz P4 (not M?), 800 MHz bus and Windows XP Pro.  Plus a strange 
case (is it really as thick as the picture implies) and a horrible 
website to buy it from.

Maybe Apple will fill the void here with a new machine (as the 1 GHz 
15-inchers are now 7-10 days backordered?)

Peter
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