>Well, I HATE the side ports. They make the machine look unfinished when I >plug in my SoundsSticks and External drive. My TiBook always looks great >cause there are not wires running everywhere. (since I sit in FRONT of the >machine) The 17" PowerBook (and all other Apple notebooks except the soon to >be replaced TiBook) requires power, USB and FireWire wires when at my desk. Me too - but mostly because it makes my 17" take up more width on my desk - the various cables add 5-6" of width to it. I do like the left/right USB ports, though. Jeremy -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ Jeremy's home page: http://www.kezer.net/ Macintosh shareware: http://www.kezer.net/shareware.html +-----------------------------------------------------------------+