It's faster and more capable than my desktop computer. It weighs about as much as my keyboard. I want one. However, not everyone is as blown away by the TiBook as David Coursey, John Siracusa and I are. Some have noted, correctly, that in practical use relatively few people will notice much of a performance boost from the 400 MHz and 500 MHz G4 chips in the titanium machine, compared with the 400 MHz and 500 MHz G3 chips in Pismo.
RAM modules that normal people can afford.
These criticisms are all true, and in the short-term people who prefer Pismo to Ti are in excellent shape, because they can buy a leftover Pismo at fire sale prices, and end up owning a very fine PowerBook for little or no price premium over an iBook. For me however, nothing but a Ti will do for my next machine. I'm happy with my WallStreet for the immediate future, but my next PowerBook will be titanium if all goes as I hope. So let's take a closer look at the technical aspects of Ti. Ti's display, while it looks humongous, as noted actually does not up the resolution ante all that much from the 14.1-inch displays that have been available on PowerBooks for more than two and a half years.