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To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (154253)	1/8/2002 3:11:49 PM
From: tcmay	Respond to of 186894

"A 1Ghz PIII CPU can be had in a laptop for less than that price (check pricewatch)." A 1 GHz Mobile Celeron or Duron is not as comparable to a 1.7 GHz P4 or Athlon as a G4 in a laptop is to a G4 in a tower. The G3 and G4 series are known for dissipating less power per MIPS. This doesn't mean I claim them to be all-around better than x86 CPUs, just better in this respect. This is why Apple has been able to have a "no performance compromise" laptop. "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)" My mileage differs from yours. I like being able to move my 80 GB Firewire drive from one computer to another, even to take with me with my laptop. (I use it on three different machines.) For the vast majority of home users, adding tape drives and additional video cards is not something most of them ever do, even when they have lots of slots in their Dells or Gateways. For those who wish to, the G4 tower machines have PCI slots, internal ATA drive expansion, front panel cutouts for devices, etc. No different from a PC. I expect 98% of those who buy one of the new iMacs will never wish for more expansion slots. Those that do will either sell them or whatever. "Presumably then you think that the Apple announcement lived up to all the hype." From Apple's point of view, yes. Personally, as I said in another post, I was hoping for enhancements to the TiBook, as I'm about to buy one. --Tim May