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Laptop computers.(Your Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

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| November 01, 2003 | Summers, Gretchen | COPYRIGHT 2003 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

As a longtime Macintosh user, I feel that your evaluation of PC and Apple laptops in the September issue is not quite comparing apples to apples. While Apple laptops get less than stellar ratings in expansion, the reason is they come well equipped with an internal modem, Ethernet, and the like. If more hardware is needed, plug it into a USB or Firewire port.

You don't mention that newer Apple computers come AirPort ready; add an internal AirPort card and you can network wirelessly. Also, the iBook has S-video ...

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