I purchased a second hand 1.5GHz 12" PB last year with the maximum ram and a new 100gig HD for a bargain price of £200, then got a nice case and a new battery, it had its original box that was immaculate and the machine itself was perfect.
I carry it around all day every day for work and I needed something small and practical, I had the tiniest of budgets (I run a charity and we don't have very much money), it was either this or a new windows netbook. I did look into hacking a netbook and installing OS X but there didn't seem to be a good solution, and the best options looked complicated - I like things to be easy!
I love my little PowerBook and people always want to have a look at it, its a novelty, almost mythical to many who have never seen such a tiny mac. I use it for hours a day without any problems, the battery gives me 3 hours usually, and it recharges quickly.
I really would love a new Air, the 11.6" would be wonderful, but I would struggle to justify it and really struggle to afford it, this little PB just does me fine. I used to have the best machines, always top of the range, upgrade each year to newest specs of MBP, but all I ever really do is use the internet, email, word and excel, iCal, OmniFocus, and a few other apps. I can watch films, I use iTunes and iPhoto, and I stream stuff just fine, I would suspect that most people don't really need much more power than this little machine can deliver, but we all want the fastest with the best spec, I doubt many really would use it though.
If you want a tiny laptop and have a tiny budget go looking for a top quality 12" PowerBook, there are plenty out there that have been loved just like mine, and you won't regret buying one for around the price of an iPod Touch!
I carry it around all day every day for work and I needed something small and practical, I had the tiniest of budgets (I run a charity and we don't have very much money), it was either this or a new windows netbook. I did look into hacking a netbook and installing OS X but there didn't seem to be a good solution, and the best options looked complicated - I like things to be easy!
I love my little PowerBook and people always want to have a look at it, its a novelty, almost mythical to many who have never seen such a tiny mac. I use it for hours a day without any problems, the battery gives me 3 hours usually, and it recharges quickly.
I really would love a new Air, the 11.6" would be wonderful, but I would struggle to justify it and really struggle to afford it, this little PB just does me fine. I used to have the best machines, always top of the range, upgrade each year to newest specs of MBP, but all I ever really do is use the internet, email, word and excel, iCal, OmniFocus, and a few other apps. I can watch films, I use iTunes and iPhoto, and I stream stuff just fine, I would suspect that most people don't really need much more power than this little machine can deliver, but we all want the fastest with the best spec, I doubt many really would use it though.
If you want a tiny laptop and have a tiny budget go looking for a top quality 12" PowerBook, there are plenty out there that have been loved just like mine, and you won't regret buying one for around the price of an iPod Touch!
