I figured that to be fair I should, after a few days, comment on some of the things that I did like about this Powerbook.

First up, suspend works like a treat without any tweaking or fiddling. The battery life is nonderteminate (or should that be indeterminate?) because I don't know how long this Mac's been on the rental circuit, but I'd guess it's about 12-18 months old. It's telling me that it has just over 2.5 hours on a full charge, which is what my ThinkPad got/gets with the old battery. I got a new battery only last month and it gives me 4 hours. So yeah, shutting the lid and having instand suspend working is kinda cool. I picture myself at the coffee lounge snapping down the lid and walking away, not waiting 10 seconds for the "beep" and hoping that it doesn't crash on bootup. Not to mention, I chew through about 10% battery/hour under Ubuntu. Enough on suspend already...

Bluetooth worked first time with both my mouse and my phone. Word on the street is that Ubuntu's Breezy Badger will have great Bluetooth support, so I'm kinda reluctant to bag Linux for that just yet. Right here, right now (as Fatboy Slim would say) though the Apple kicks ass.

For the record, thumbnailing works by enabling it in Finder :) I don't think it can handle video thumbnails, but I'm probably wrong about that.

Somewhere (maybe in my head/dreams - Edit: 28/08/2005 03:08PM: No wait, it is a comment awaiting moderation. Done.) I thought that Hale had said Powerbooks don't have PCMCIA slots. This one certainly does, on the left side of the keyboard. It's got a sexy little metal cover.

Last up, styling. Of course I knew that the machine was going to look good, but it is apparent just how much effort Apple and their design teams have put into this. It's what a computer should look like. I remember Adam or Mark commenting about K-Mart fashion, and saying how it didn't cost anymore to make a nice looking shirt over a crap looking shirt, assuming materials are somewhat similar. I think the same can be said, partly, for computer hardware design. Even if the build cost is slightly higher, the Powerbook's shown people are willing to pay for it.