Friday, December 17, 2004
This post brought to you from a 12 inch G4 iBook
No, I didn't just buy one. Hanging out at the Apple Store is all, pondering what exactly to buy for whom with only a week left. Of course, I've got a whole week, so I guess that explains why I'm hanging out in a store that I won't be buying any gifts from, but has plenty of cool toys that I'd love to receive as gifts. Heh. Anyway, it just occurred to me that while this 12 inch G4 iBook I'm typing on is quite a nice machine, it still suffers from the same flaw that the "snow white" iBook model has since its introduction three years ago: the front end of it is so abrupty boxy that your palms have absolutely nowhere to go, making typing anything more than a few paragraphs an excruciating experience. It's a shame because, other than that one fatal flaw, this is an excellent value-based laptop. And if you're wondering, no, I never will get over the fact that this is the form factor that Apple scrapped the clamshell in favor of. If you think I'm being overreactive about the discomfort-while-typing thing, then I'll invite to recall what exactly it is that I do for a living.
No, I didn't just buy one. Hanging out at the Apple Store is all, pondering what exactly to buy for whom with only a week left. Of course, I've got a whole week, so I guess that explains why I'm hanging out in a store that I won't be buying any gifts from, but has plenty of cool toys that I'd love to receive as gifts. Heh. Anyway, it just occurred to me that while this 12 inch G4 iBook I'm typing on is quite a nice machine, it still suffers from the same flaw that the "snow white" iBook model has since its introduction three years ago: the front end of it is so abrupty boxy that your palms have absolutely nowhere to go, making typing anything more than a few paragraphs an excruciating experience. It's a shame because, other than that one fatal flaw, this is an excellent value-based laptop. And if you're wondering, no, I never will get over the fact that this is the form factor that Apple scrapped the clamshell in favor of. If you think I'm being overreactive about the discomfort-while-typing thing, then I'll invite to recall what exactly it is that I do for a living.
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