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10.12.2003 posted by William 13:23 link |
Yet another PB 15" review: Rob Pegoraro, one of the Post's regular technology columnists, is the latest to be awed by this engineering and design marvel. Rob is decent in his knowledge of the stuff his column is supposed to be about, at least for a major newspaper. He's written columns on Linux and DRM and such without embarrassing himself. However, my eyes, focussed like laser beams by my overwhelming and off-putting pride for my laptop, found a small bone to pick with this review. See if you can spot the non-sequitur in the following two paragraphs.
The expansion ports are lined up on the sides instead of hiding on the back, and the speakers flank the keyboard instead of crouching in the front edge, so you can actually hear them. This common-sense layout ought to be standard by now, but other manufacturers routinely get it wrong. The slot-loading DVD drive, however, is placed on the front edge, making it hard to swap out discs when the computer is in a lap. OK, Rob, you like the ports on the sides but you don't want the slot drive in the front? Where are the confused engineers at Apple supposed to put it -- in the LCD? |