[Ti] New Ti Powerbook

[Justin R. Miller]

On Apr 21, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Dave Cedrone wrote:

> Why did they switch to Aluminum? Was it because of the reported 
> Airport problems with titanium or something additional?

As I understand it, the Airport problems were related mostly to the 
antennae being in the base as opposed to the top of the display as they 
are now.

As far as titanium is concerned, my guess is that aluminum, while still 
striking and durable, is cheaper than titanium.  Note that the weight 
has gone up, though.  I'm guessing that titanium originally was almost 
a novelty factor and now that metal laptops are kind of accepted, 
something more practical was chosen as a material.

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