{"id":2909,"date":"2011-08-15T11:38:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T15:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2011-08-15T11:38:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T15:38:26","slug":"reviewing-2003s-12-inch-powerbook-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/08\/15\/reviewing-2003s-12-inch-powerbook-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Reviewing 2003&#8217;s 12-Inch PowerBook in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smarterbits.org\/post\/8823408129\/the-12-inch-powerbook-review-return-to-form-o\">SmarterBits<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The display, I should also mention, has a 4:3 aspect ratio, and while it is generally accepted today that widescreen displays are preferable, I\u2019m unconvinced that 16:9 is the ideal screen ratio for sub 13-inch notebooks. Look no further than the 11-inch MacBook Air. The high screen resolution, I suspect, is in part to make the small and deceptively wide display more useful with content that benefit from vertical height: webpages, text documents and images for example. Getting acclimated to the 11-inch Air is simple enough if it is your only computer, but there\u2019s an unmistakable \u201csquished\u201d effect to the screen that can leave some wanting more, especially those who can\u2019t get used to the way the Air\u2019s screen reduces the size of text and UI elements. By comparison, the 12-inch PowerBook sacrifices width for extra height with a 4:3 ratio, more suitable for vertical tasks like, for instance, writing this review in WriteRoom\u2019s fullscreen mode. The compressed ratio does makes it harder to use a desktop with multiple windows open, but feels spacious when using just one at a time. Both 16:9 and 4:3 displays have their own advantages, depending on whether your particular needs are more \u201chorizontal\u201d or \u201cvertical\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This line stood out the most. The review is interesting if you have time to read (I did it from the\u00a0elliptical\u00a0machine). I think this note is why I ditched the 11&#8243; screen. The thing wasn&#8217;t high enough. The low altitude of the 11 inch screen had me leaning over too much and bending my neck down. I&#8217;m 6&#8217;3&#8243; and the 11&#8243; MacBook Air was simply too damn small. With a 4:3 aspect ratio, I may have used it more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SmarterBits: The display, I should also mention, has a 4:3 aspect ratio, and while it is generally accepted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-KV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2896,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/08\/11\/apples-2011-13-inch-macbook-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":2909,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Apple\u2019s 2011 13-Inch MacBook Air [Review]","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I was using a MacBook Air before it was cool. 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