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Help: Identify this Powerbook?
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Feb 1, 2009, 03:07 PM
 
Hello. Can anyone tell me definitively based on the proportions seen in this photo whether this is a 15 or 17 inch powerbook? Let me know how sure you are and why. It would really help a lot. Thanks very much.

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Feb 1, 2009, 03:12 PM
 
I'd wager that's a 15" just based on the relative size of it, but I wouldn't put any significant sum of money on it.

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Feb 1, 2009, 03:27 PM
 
Agreed. The distance between the edge of the keyboard on the left and right is not big enough to be a 17".
     
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Feb 1, 2009, 03:33 PM
 
The late aluminum PBs looked an awful like the first gen MBPs, and the proportions of the sides of the base are fairly similar as well. I concur that it must be a 15" PB.
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Feb 1, 2009, 04:53 PM
 
15". The 17" is very obvious in terms of large speaker grilles.
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Feb 1, 2009, 04:58 PM
 
Definitely 15" Powerbook.

And the image is flipped horizontally.

It also looks like the palmrest is severely bent down over the optical drive (in the left in this image, since it's flipped).
     
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Feb 18, 2009, 10:11 PM
 
that definitely looks like a 15", but why is the power button on the left? Mine is on the right.

Edit. woops, the poster above is right, it's flipped horizontally. unless it's some sort of fake pb...
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