steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

     My original opinion of the new 17" PowerBook from Apple was one of semi-ridicule. Then, as I was working on my 15" PowerBook the other day - going through and compiling some programs in the background - that nagging techie voice in my head said, "man, wouldn't it be nice to have one of those machines w/ the 17" screen... all that visual real-estate... wow." So, now I'm addicted to finding more out about the PowerBook, so much so, I am thinking of taking a trip (completely unnecessary, I might add) to the nearest Apple store to see one first hand. That same techie voice reminds me, however, that I was planning on waiting until Apple could get its head out of its u-know-what and speed up the processors on the machines in general - and significantly. (No, I am not taken by the Mhz Myth, but I would simply like a faster machine. Period. I really, really like my PB, but sometimes I want something with a little more power and I am NOT willing to go back to the Intel/AMD platform w/ Windows until I can get a pre-configured, stable version of Linux running on the machine from the factory. Actually, I would probably fall for FreeBSD faster, but the fact is, that I would be back to square one and not have a really usable machine, like I do with the PB.) Anyway, to end this random thought, I would really like to know what people's thoughts are about it. I originally thought a machine that size to be ridiculous (or at least the name laptop), but the more I think about all that screen space, the more I am interested in it.
     So, are you someone with one, or do you know someone who has seen one first hand? If so, please comment here: