[Ti] Re: A real world comparison

[Yuta Hsu]

Um...

Apple's notebooks were called PowerBooks before the PowerPC.  That  
aside, even if they weren't, they certainly can be called PowerBooks  
no matter what chips are inside, as the name PowerBook refers to the  
actual laptop, not just the chip. :) Now you're just being silly.

Cheers,
Yuta

On Jun 12, 2005, at 11:53 AM, 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
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