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To: tcmay who wrote (154199)	1/8/2002 1:18:51 AM
From: Robert Salasidis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

1. If a $1300 laptop contained a top-of-the-line CPU, perhaps so. But neither the Apple nor Windows line of laptops contains a top-line CPU for this price. (Apple comes closer, for power dissipation reasons. But it will be a while before a 30- to 50-watt CPU goes into a laptop, even with good power management circuitry.) A 1Ghz PIII CPU can be had in a laptop for less than that price (check pricewatch). 2. "Slotless" is misleading. The last time I put anything into any of the Nubus or PCI slots in my Macs was several years ago. Nearly everything is built-in. Disk expansion is usually through Firewire. (I have three Firewire drives on my G4.) External expansion is much more expensive than internal expansion. Upgrading the video card (or multivideo card setups), SCSI (for external tape - esp high end tape is usually only offered in SCSI). These are relatively common requriements that are rarely bundled on a motherboard. In addition external drives, CDs etc can at times be undesirable (multiple fans, boxes, power supplies) 3. As for your "desperation" comment, you don't appear to be a serious thinker on this issue, so I won't comment further. Presumably then you think that the Apple announcement lived up to all the hype.