[P1] 12" PowerBook = G4 iBook?

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Mon Mar 10 04:50:51 PST 2003


On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Joe Sporleder wrote:

> For those that have been wishing for an iBook with a G4 processor, how 
> close do you see the 12" PowerBook filling that need? It is similar to 
> the 12" iBook in design, but has some niceties that it shares with its 
> bigger PowerBook siblings, like extended desktop for external displays.

Um, iBook does extended displays. See the pointer to the Open Firmware 
patch I posted earlier. It's probably a typo on my part that it stops 
working after reboot.

The 12" PowerBook is too expensive and too hot, imo. There's been a review 
on it on /. in the last month, or so.



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