[Ti] Poll 19

[Peter Krug]

>At 10:46 -0700 30/5/04, khyber courchesne wrote:
>>Would you buy a powerbook with a 19" screen?
>>
>
>No.
>
>The 17" is already too big to be "portable" (its really just a 
>luggable desktop) and 19" would be worse.

Do people really think that 17" PB's are bought only as desktop 
replacements?  That is a slow/expensive proposition.  I take my 
LunchTrayDeluxe home from work every day.  I use the Brenthaven 
backpack.  There is little difference in weight as compared to the 
15" Powerbook when your backpack is filled with all sorts of other 
stuff that weigh as much or more than the Powerbook.  I love the 
extra screen real estate for palettes and secondary windows.  It is 
especially handy for large excel spreadsheets and DNA sequence 
analysis (bigger screen = less scrolling).  Also, I hate having 
multiple copies of documents at home and at work.  I hate having to 
sync.

Would I buy a 19" PB? Maybe.  But  now that the 17" and 15" PBs have 
exactly the same options at retail, I think the 17" are not selling 
well enough to justify a jump to 19".  In my opinion, size/weight is 
not the issue - it is price vs. the benefit of the extra pixels.  Is 
$300 worth the extra pixels now?  To me, it is.

Peter
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