Yet such demands are unreasonable. This statement will doubtless leave a few Toyota users tenaciously smirking in the background. Not even the Macintosh is that perfect. The ideal PowerBook' tends to be an ambiguous term at best because of the individual needs of the user. Some people require pickup truck for their job, while for others, a small car will suffice.
Many people are willing to sacrifice aesthetics on the altar of practicality.
Yet aesthetics are still important as the owner of a 40 lb. Aesthetics are ultimately what has made the PowerBook so successful. Rival companies have been scrambling to produce a machine with both. But, something has to give, it ends up being a compromise between the two. I've been considering what I think the ideal PowerBook would be.