"No way Apple would introduce all new PowerBooks at Macworld in January, so soon after a major update [November]." That was my thinking about a month ago, when I bought the titanium laptop which this post is being typed on. Also words I ate today as Apple Computer introduced two brand new models: a 12" G4 PowerBook and a 17" G4 PowerBook, the smallest and largest full feature laptops on the market. "Full feature" goes beyond the usual fare [such as DVD-R/W these days] to include built-in Bluetooth, all new AirPort wireless, Firewire 800, DDR memory and a light sensitive back-lit keyboard, all wrapped in a brand new aluminum skin which is Jonathan Ive's most elegant and minimal work yet as Apple's VP of design.

Who wants to buy a very slightly used 15" Ti?

Apple also unveiled a handful of new software today, including Safari, their first web browser. Not a company to settle for anything other than best-in-class, Safari is supposedly the most responsive web browser available, dowloading HTML files more than three times faster than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.