All the links for the new products announced during the keynote are now live. I started wondering about the claim that the 12″ PowerBook is the “smallest PowerBook ever.” Surely it’s not smaller than an iBook? or a Duo?
Here are the dimensions as they stack up. Steve wasn’t idly boasting, but it depends on how you cut the figures:
| Dimension | PowerBook Duo 210 | iBook | PowerBook G4 12″ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Width (inches) | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| Depth (inches) | 8.5 | 9.06 | 8.6 |
| Thickness (inches) | 1.4 | 1.35 | 1.18 |
| Volume (cubic inches) | 129.7 | 136.99 | 110.6 |
| Weight (pounds) | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
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So the new 12″ PowerBook is a little deeper and heavier than the old Duo 210, but still smaller in terms of overall volume. Quibbling aside, this is pretty cool—I never thought we’d see a machine close to the Duo’s form factor from Apple ever again.