[Ti] Re: A real world comparison

[Henry Kalir]

Chris Olson wrote:

> On Jun 12, 2005, at 9:57 AM, dick.doherty wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have anything to say about powerbooks or is the wrong thread
>> New Commer
>
>
> PowerBooks are great machines.  In fact, if not *the* best design on 
> the market in portables, at least one of the best.  Right now we're in 
> an uproar over the announcement that future PowerBooks are going to be 
> using Intel's mobile processor technology instead of the PowerPC 
> processors that (some of us) have grown to like.
>
> Even me, with a skull made from 6" reinforced concrete, has decided 
> I'd better start objectively evaluating this situation instead of 
> bitching about it :-)
>
> Which brings up a new question.  They can't be called PowerBooks 
> anymore, can they?  Will it now become a PentiBook?
> -- 
> Chris

Sure they can. They were called "POWERbooks" even when they had the 68K 
processors in them.

Best,

Henry