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Description from C/Net:
"The 15-inch PowerBook hits a
sweet spot in size. It's big enough for a wide-screen display
(1,280x854) yet small enough to carry with you. The 15.2-inch screen
fits snugly in the PowerBook's 13.5-inch width and 9.5-inch depth, but
the unit measures a mere 1.1 inches thick. Both sides of the lid contain
internal antennae for AirPort Extreme, otherwise known as 54Mbps IEEE
802.11g wireless networking.
The backlit keyboard is the best type of keyboard
lighting we've seen for typing in the dark. Each character lights up
automatically when it gets dark, so your hands never block the light as
they do with a keyboard lamp. The ambient-light sensor that turns the
backlighting on and off does double duty controlling screen brightness:
go into a dark room, and the screen dims; turn on the lights, and the
screen gets brighter.
The full-size keyboard has a nice feel; it's firm, with
no sag. The grills on either side of the keyboard conceal a microphone
and three speakers (the third speaker improves midrange sound).
Additional excellent design details include the latch that holds the lid
closed, which retracts when you open your notebook, and the fact that
Mac OS X awakes from Sleep mode at almost at the same time the lid
opens. Apple packs in a ton of features--more than some desktop
Macs, if you consider its PC Card expansion slot. A slot-loading optical
drive faces the front, and ports line both sides. The two USB 2.0 ports
are conveniently located one on each side. There are also two FireWire
ports, one at 800Mbps and the other at 400Mbps, and a Gigabit Ethernet
port. Apple has also added a 16-bit audio-in port, which was missing
from the Titanium PowerBook. The new PowerBook gives you multiple
options for external displays through its DVI and S-Video ports (one of
each), which connect to digital displays and TVs. Each port comes with a
converter cable: one for VGA monitors, and one for composite video." |
