[Ti] New Ti Powerbook

Sherman Gregory sherman at qualcomm.com
Wed Apr 21 15:48:38 PDT 2004


At 3:04 PM -0400 4/21/04, Dave Cedrone wrote:
>Why did they switch to Aluminum? Was it because of the reported 
>Airport problems with titanium or something additional?


My guess is cost.

I don't think that the Airport problems could have anything to do 
with it.  Any Metal is going to be about the same.

Not only is aluminum less expensive, but I am guessing that they can 
build the case with fewer parts, which is again less cost.

       Sherman



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