Re: [NTLK] OT New 12" PowerBooks

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sat Jan 11 2003 - 11:07:00 EST


on 11/01/03 10:40, Daniel Vokes at dvokes_at_mac.com wrote:

> Am I the only cheap skate Apple user out there? Why really go for a 17"
> TiBook, when the 12" is a far more practical laptop. I just wonder the
> difference in battery life, the ease of portability and the space and I
> see that the 12" wins flat down. Sure you may need to burn DVD's, but
> it does this too. Anyway I have this on my Dad's G4 733 and neither of
> us have burnt one ever!

Well, you have to be aware that the 12" has some limitations compared to the
17". For instance, there is 128 MB of RAM soldered onto the motherboard and
that leaves only one RAM socket for expansion. So, you're limited to 640 MB.
There is no Level 3 cache. The video card is also the NVIDIA GeForce4 420
instead of the 440 in the 17". There are no PC card slot on the 12" and
you're limited to FireWire 400. The 800 Mbits option (or FireWire 2) is only
available on the 17". Finally, you're limited to 100 Mbits Ethernet on the
12" while the Titanium and the 17" have built-in GigaEthernet (1 Gbits).

So, the PowerBook G4 12" is basically a soup up iBook...

-Laurent.

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