Which PowerBook G4 do u Prefer Ti vs Alum ?

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I have 2 PB G4s. One is the 1.0GHz Titanium and the other is a 1.67 Aluminum.

Been thinking about selling one but just can't decide.

Pros on the Ti compared to the Alum:
-Thinner
-Slightly less weight
-Battery last about 45min longer (new batteries)
-Keyboard layout, a little lower and keys easier to read during the day
-Ports on the back, I use a FW Card Reader & on my AL machine the ports on the side so it gets in the way of my external mouse.
-Screen is a little higher
-Palm rest edge is smoother (the Alum has a sharp edge in my opinion)
-It's got real Titanium

Pros on the Alum compared to Ti:
-Faster, about 50% on encoding / decoding apps (I've timed it)
-Video card on mine is the Radeon 9700 128mb upgrade, but it's not a big difference when playing games vs. the Ti's 64MB Radeon 9000 from what I've been able to notice. I expected more.
-Airport extreme & Bluetooth (don't use BT)
-Backlit keyboard
-Up to 2GB Ram
-Newer

I don't burn many DVDs on my notebooks, but I do on my Mac desktops...so the Superdrive on the PBs is not a big deal for me. I do all my video editing on my desktops. I'm aware of issues like delicate hinges on the Ti Book and White Spots on the Alum 1 to 1.5GHz PBs.

Hate to sell one, but it gets to the point that sometimes I forget which machine had a certain e-mail, saved file, picture etc....and I don't really need 2 PBs.

Looking for opinions from those of you that have owned BOTH.

Thanks in advance. Opinions welcome.
 

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