Re: [NTLK] OT Newton demos (was I'm back (and bad news))

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_mac.com)
Date: Sat Apr 13 2002 - 07:33:02 EDT


on 10-04-2002 11:06, Ed Kummel at tech_ed_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> He then produced a Mac laptop. I don't
> know which one it was but it had a really huge LCD
> that was perhaps less than .25 inches thick! If I
> wasn't a PC guy, I would have felt quite envious!

It's ok to feel envious even if you're a PC guy Ed ;-)

Sound like the G4 Titanium Powerbook, have one myself and yes, people tend
to like the looks of it.
(it was partly bought because of this, works very well for presentations)

If the shell was completely white it was an iBook, both can be seen on
http://www.apple.com/hardware/

> He was really interested and seemed to have a "gadget" bent to him. (he had
> some of his home videos on his laptop and showed me what he
> had.) iMovie is nice, but it doesn't come close to
> Adobe's Premier...but for free, it's nice.

All of the 'i' applications (iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie etc.) are meant to be
uncomplicated but not very advanced and all do a very good job at it.
If you want to be serious about movie editing check out 'Final Cut Pro' and
yes, that's Mac only of course...

Robert Benschop

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