Apple's 17" PowerBook not too Large

Walter Mossberg reviewed in yesterday's Wall Street Journal (April 3, 2003) Apple's new 17" PowerBook. In short, he likes it. In his own words:

"I am typing these words on Apple's latest PowerBook, the first laptop with a huge, 17-inch, widescreen display. This rectangular, high-resolution screen is simply breathtaking -- vivid, sharp and oh, so roomy. It's big enough to comfortably display two Word documents, or two Web pages or e-mail messages, side by side. And DVDs look fabulous on it.

"The most striking thing about the 17-inch PowerBook, after the screen itself, is how brilliantly Apple managed to shrink the size of the machine built around that big display. Sure, the PowerBook is an unusually wide 15.4 inches, but it's only one inch thick. Yet, it feels solid as a rock. It's just 10.2 inches deep and weighs only 6.8 pounds."

He concludes "(I)f you mainly use it as a desktop replacement, or at most tote it back and forth between home and office, the 17-inch PowerBook is a great choice and another design win for Apple." [Dana Baggett]