Comments on: Funeral for the Powerbook http://laughingsquid.com/funeral-for-the-powerbook/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rod Martin http://laughingsquid.com/funeral-for-the-powerbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Rod Martin Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:25:18 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/01/17/funeral-for-the-powerbook/#comment-1927 I wish I could laugh as heartily as your humor deserves: I've spent a lot of years through many ups and downs with my PowerBooks (am writing this on my current 17"), and my wife and kids all have them too, so this is all more melancholy than it ought to be somehow. Nevertheless, in that spirit, I wanted to make one correction to your obituary. My first PowerBook, all the way back at the beginning, did NOT have an active matrix screen, but actually a passive matrix screen. The difference was rather dramatic, but alas, in those days the cheaper price seemed to make sense. Going from that passive matrix screen to today's 17" wonders is like going from a 1950s TV to a 60" plasma. It's a different world. Thank you for eulogizing these old friends, and for your delightful sense of humor. I wish I could laugh as heartily as your humor deserves: I’ve spent a lot of years through many ups and downs with my PowerBooks (am writing this on my current 17″), and my wife and kids all have them too, so this is all more melancholy than it ought to be somehow.

Nevertheless, in that spirit, I wanted to make one correction to your obituary. My first PowerBook, all the way back at the beginning, did NOT have an active matrix screen, but actually a passive matrix screen. The difference was rather dramatic, but alas, in those days the cheaper price seemed to make sense.

Going from that passive matrix screen to today’s 17″ wonders is like going from a 1950s TV to a 60″ plasma. It’s a different world.

Thank you for eulogizing these old friends, and for your delightful sense of humor.

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