{"id":903,"date":"2001-11-22T14:06:03","date_gmt":"2001-11-22T21:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2001\/11\/22\/jenny-got-a-new-powerbook\/"},"modified":"2001-11-22T14:06:03","modified_gmt":"2001-11-22T21:06:03","slug":"jenny-got-a-new-powerbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2001\/11\/22\/jenny-got-a-new-powerbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny got a new Powerbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny got a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/powerbook\/\">Powerbook<\/a> and I spent a few hours yesterday helping her move files over and set it up. It&#8217;s a damn nice machine. I&#8217;m impressed by the power brick, prosaic as that may seem&#8211;it&#8217;s clear that a lot of thought went into the design. The prongs fold out of the way for transport, and can pop off to be replaced by a special extension cord (in case you can&#8217;t squeeze the brick onto your outlet strip). 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