Review--Five 17" Laptops including Apple's 17" PowerBook G4

are reviewed in this CNet article. Apple's 17" PowerBook G4 is rated slightly (0.2 points) behind a 17" HP Pavillon basically on the difference in performance as a desktop replacement. However, the total unweighted score of the PowerBook is higher than the HP and it has a higher reader rating. In addition, all the others are thick and weigh in at a huge 9+ pounds vs Apple's 6.8.