Personally, I have no idea how anyone can be productive with a computer (Mac or not) that is not even 1Ghz in CPU speed. If I was this person, I’d go for the new PowerBook.

My trusty 867MHz 12-inch PowerBook is starting to feel a little long in the tooth, so I am at a crossroads and trying to decide whether to put some money into upgrading the machine so that it will carry me through 2006.

Here is the dilemma: I am using the original battery on this machine, and according to the utilities I have run on it, the battery capacity is now hanging in there around 65% - which means that the three-hours or so per charge that I could expect three years ago has dropped to roughly 1.5 hours in real-world use. A new battery is an easy upgrade - just $139 for a higher capacity battery from Other World Computing. [Read the rest]