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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam 1. keyboard in the front edge is the worst idea. Imagine you are typing the book while it is on your lap (that's why they call it laptop  ). How would you stabilize the book, when your impositions of hands is not holding the book? A Sony laptop was released this way and everyone complained about the book literally falling off the lap while typing.. |
You shouldn't be resting your hands there, unless you want to develop RSI (trust me, you don't). It's not your hands which hold the laptop there, it's the surface area and distribution of weight in the base (compared to the screen).
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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam 2. What would be the benefit if the speakers would be up there? |
No particular benefit, given Apple's current design (I only bothered mentioning it at all, because in a VAIO I once owned, the speaker grills were placed exactly under the palms which muffled the sound a little and because with the keyboard at the front there would be a bit of spare room back there).
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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam And a plug on the keyboard area is pretty weird. How would you use the lid-closed mode with an optical cable plugged?? Nahhhh, no good idea! |
I didn't mean to suggest a plug on the keyboard. I was just saying that I don't care that much about a bigger speaker grill if the PB has optical audio out so I can connect to external speakers.
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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam 3. It's not like the tackpad is wasting the whole space under itself. The trackpad is just reserving a little tiny area and won't free any space, if you skip it. |
I'd be interested in knowing how much space it would be though - anyone got a 12" PB cross section or just an inside view?
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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam 4. Ahhh, now we have the idea about the pointing device. You should remember that a laptop should be mobile. I don't want to have a bunch of devices with myself, like mouse, keyboard, CD/DVD rom... I want it all to be included so I really just need to pick the book and that's it. |
I don't think a mouse (or whatever pointing device you choose to use) is that big a deal to take along (esp if was wireless and optical) in a laptop bag.
Plus, I think most laptop users opt to use an external pointing device, because trackpads suck and because they prefer to have more than one button (esp. with Expose).
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Originally Posted by Zammy-Sam Conclusion: Apple is doing perfect job with their books. |
Apple is doing a perfect job with their
current books (a mugger would have to pry my 15" PB out of my cold dead hands
), but I think they're going to need to get a G5 in there soon if they hope to stay competitive and that might mean finding a little extra space. Plus, I just hate trackpads
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Kap