Originally Posted by Efrem
But the point also works the other way. The functionality of a PB justifies its weight - if you want the functionality. The point of some of the above posts is that there are purposes for which full functionality is not necessary, and the weight reduction one can get by leaving it out is desirable. It's simply a different market segment. I don't see any problem with Apple having a product for it. Properly positioned, it wouldn't conflict with the iBook or PowerBook lines.
Yup, this is my view. I don't NEED all the nice features (CD burner, full size keyboard, tons of RAM) on the road. When traveling, all I need:
-wireless to check email/web browsing/Chat
-DVD drive would be nice, but I'll give that up if it gets me to 2.9 lbs or less
-store some text files
-download photos from my camera (no editing necessary at this point)
That's it. I fail to see why they won't make a sub-ibook, other than there are just not enough mac users who are heavy travellers. You'd think that students who cart around their laptops in backpacks all day would grab one too, but I guess they are more likely to have only one computer, and would want a fuller featured one.
I've grumbled about apple making a dockable computer like my Evo, but that will probably never happen.
