Apple has new portables

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Apple released two more TiPB form factors to complement their iBook and 15" TiPB (which I own).

They've released 12" and 17" (screen sized) PowerBook form factors:

http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index12.html
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html

Genesi has hinted they may port MorphOS to Apple Macs and B. Buck has been seen with a 15" TiPB. These machines are far more appealing to me than any desktop.

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I doubt X11 will EVER be integrated in Mac OS X. X11 sucks way too much ass. Apple's implementation also has a flaw in that they use the Aqua appearance even though not a single X11 app follows the Aqua behavior.

Their browser also has interface problems, like why the hell did they use Metal?! System Preferences still lacks a way to change the file type mappings, you still have to use IE for that.

As for G4 I have yet to see a running A1 with a G4 so I wouldn't even go as far as to say we have G4s available. In fact has anybody from MAI or Eyetech or TerraSoft said anything about a working G4 prototype? I haven't.

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The fact that Safari is faster than IE or Mozilla is not surprising by yours truely. Both of those browsers are still using deprecated APIs for event handling. Opera also had this problem, and still might.

Safari is likely a result of Apple's frustration with LAZY Mac developers who cling on to deprecated APIs.

That being said I'm glad Apple did it, even if it has a few interface quirks which drive me up the wall (like using Metal).