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AppleInsider: Apple seen delivering ultra-portable at MacWorld

Seeded on Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:58 PM EDT

Article Source: Apple Insider

technology, apple, laptops, powerbook, ultra-portables

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An ultra-portable Powerbook is my dream device. Please be true.

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Sean S

Agreed. Please be true.

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#1 - Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:29 PM EDT

Abhi Beckert

I'd love to see this one too, something like a 10" screen, and enough CPU power to run Safari/Mail/iWork.

But the stuff they talk about with "nand" is pretty much irrelevant. For primitive devices, it's a great technology. The fact is that there are a few things here and there that must be calculated before something gets up and running, and with something complicated like an OS, those few things build up to literally billions of tasks, all of which must be done.

Besides, the problem has already been fixed with "safe sleep", which is built into MacOS X and enabled on all recent mac notebooks.

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#2 - Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:28 AM EDT

vas

Safe sleep still involves reloading RAM from an image saved on disk. I'll bet the solution (this is apparently going to leverage some new Intel technology) will take advantage of nand for safe sleep as well.

Also, I think this isn't just about start-up speed. Better battery life, size, weight and shock resistance.

#2.1 - Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:54 AM EDT

shanmac

I'm happy with my MacBook.