17" powerbook
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- jrust0
I bought my 17" at the beginning of May, and I absolutely love it. I've never found the portability to be much of an issue. I carry mine in a small messenger bag. It's only 15.2" across - larger than most laptops, sure, but go measure the bag you have now and see if it would fit. Judge it for comparative purposes.
I'm a design student at DAAP in Cincinnati. I carry it with me when I'm walking about 25 minutes to class. It was a little different to get used to at first, but I hardly notice it anymore.As far as what it can do - if you use it as your main computer, I would suggest adding more RAM to it. I didn't, and occasionally I think it would be nice to have the additional power. I agree with with someone else said about occasionally wanting more processor speed, but they've been upgraded to 1.33. I'm still running the original 1 GB. I've crashed it once, and that was because I was trying to. Tell me you haven't tried to run as much as possible just to see if you can crash your new machine!
I would seriously suggest it to anyone. I chose the 17" as a desktop replacement - I've never been a laptop person, and I needed the screen space so I could be comfortable. After using mine, I can't imagine going with anything else. It's more expensive, but I personally am glad I made the investment.
I did have a small problem with mine in July. Certain settings randomly restored to default. I wasn't working much at the time, so I just decided to let it sit on my desk for a few days, and when I turned it back on, all of my settings were changed back to what I had put them as. No documents were damaged or anything, but it's the only quirk I've found with the machine.
And seriously, could we not start a Mac/PC flame war? We're on a forum of people who are well established in what they choose to work in, for the most part, and we've all made choices for reasons. The "<insert computer here" sucks" debate never solves anything.
/pre-req peacemaking speech
Hope this helped. :)