3 Generations of Apple Laptops
As a third generation mac laptop owner I’ve been able to watch the products evolve over the past 3 years. While I think apple has always designed the best laptop hardware, they haven’t hit the sweet spot for me. I’ve owned 2 giant ipods and one powerbook. All three have had their good features and bad.
Laptop size has is very important. I don’t like that apple always tries to fit the most power into the smallest package. New style wide screens are great. They are have a nice sharp picture and are great for watching movies. They don’t work so well on a laptop. The display is great but because they are wide screen the rest of the laptop has to be built in a rectangle shape. This makes it more difficult to use when laying back on a couch. There isn’t enough height on the base to put it between my legs and stomach (maybe I need a bigger beer gut). It also forces me to look down further to see the screen which is worse for my neck and back. I had the same problem with my powerbook. The height and width of my iBook is perfect. I just wish it was as thin as and as powerful as a macbook. Everyone seems to be very concerned about making things smaller. Sometimes it’s ok to keep something the same size yet make it faster.
My perfect laptop would be a 4:3 screen with the sharp resolution of a 16:9 in a 14″ screen. It would be as thin as a MBP and just as powerful.
One Response to “3 Generations of Apple Laptops”
What about the fact that they reduced the size of the macbooks (formally ibooks at 14″) to 13″ so they could fit a stupid camera?
I own a g4 ibook and think its great, but I would love more power and the feature to have a lighted keyboard. Maybe someday I’ll upgrade.
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