One may wax lyrical about its slim design, its elegance and its power, the sheer size, breadth and sharpness of its 15.2-inch screen and the clarity of its stereo sound. I admit to bias in favour of Macintosh but, by any standards, this is an exceptional machine. It is lighter and more powerful than any previous PowerBook by quite a margin. It has all of Apple's now legendary design style and quality of manufacture, right down to the beautifully fitted lock to the lid. Certainly, one may offer criticisms.
Progress has a price.
There is no expansion bay for a floppy or Zip drive module, though I don't know anyone who still uses floppies and for large files I find email and an online file storage facility more useful. The machine I borrowed carried 256MB, which I think is about right for a machine of this industrial strength. Multimedia professionals, for whom this machine will be an essential, will probably need more. But then, they've always known that. Titanium's nearest rival in terms of elegance, slimness and power is probably the top of the line Sony Vaio.