I've got semi-mixed feelings about the new release.
While I love the form factor and have been craving G4 speeds, I'm a bit disappointed to see that they've given the G4 Tiny a performance handicap if only to help differentiate in price between the G4 PB lineup.
As someone who is willing to spend the cash on a performance laptop, does it really make sense to have to accept a performance hit for the sake of a few bucks? Okay, maybe more than a few bucks, but if I'm shelling out north of $2,000 anyway, what's another $100 or so going to do to my total?
Instead, I have to accept a L3-cacheless and paltry 256KB L2 cache machine *just* because I want the smaller unit. After all, even the lowly 12.1" iBook has a full 512KB of L2 cache!
Yes, I do like the fact that I am now Airport-Extreme ready and have Bluetooth on-board, but still...
Imagine going to a Subaru car dealer to get the new WRX STi (currently a 4-door release only and for you mainland folks, will be an absolute knockout) and being told "well, we'll sell you a two door version of our WRX STi, but give you an artificially limited turbo just because you want the 2-door version..."
Cheers.
While I love the form factor and have been craving G4 speeds, I'm a bit disappointed to see that they've given the G4 Tiny a performance handicap if only to help differentiate in price between the G4 PB lineup.
As someone who is willing to spend the cash on a performance laptop, does it really make sense to have to accept a performance hit for the sake of a few bucks? Okay, maybe more than a few bucks, but if I'm shelling out north of $2,000 anyway, what's another $100 or so going to do to my total?
Instead, I have to accept a L3-cacheless and paltry 256KB L2 cache machine *just* because I want the smaller unit. After all, even the lowly 12.1" iBook has a full 512KB of L2 cache!
Yes, I do like the fact that I am now Airport-Extreme ready and have Bluetooth on-board, but still...
Imagine going to a Subaru car dealer to get the new WRX STi (currently a 4-door release only and for you mainland folks, will be an absolute knockout) and being told "well, we'll sell you a two door version of our WRX STi, but give you an artificially limited turbo just because you want the 2-door version..."
Cheers.