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0 pointsKwpolska1y ago0 comments

The 12" MacBook Abomination was a short-lived, badly-designed, performance-limited computer. Apple doesn’t sell them anymore, and modern Airs are very respectable computers.

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rsync1y ago

... except for the fact that they refuse to re-issue the second greatest laptop form facter of all time: the 11" MBA.

First place, obviously, goes to the Toshiba Libretto.

nazgulnarsil1y ago

Because the 13" is close to the same physical size as the old 11

torstenvl1y ago

It really isn't. While it's only .12" wider, it's almost an inch deeper and over 5oz heavier.

robterrell1y ago

Come on. First place has gotta be the PowerBook 100.

red3691y ago

PowerBook Duo or 2400C - surely! :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_2400c

Wow - how was I impressed with a laptop "only" weighing 2kg?!

kalleboo1y ago

I thought with the emphasis on repair within the geek community today we'd go for the Macintosh Portable, which is so modular and repairable that Jean-Louis Gassée was able to build it directly on stage when introducing it.

bitwize1y ago

Nope. ThinkPad with the butterfly keyboard.

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