The official "I got the new iBook thread!"

[MUCKYFINGERS]

I get dibs on being the first guy with a new 14" iBook with Superdrive! :)

hehe

in all seriousness, this is a GREAT machine. i finally made the switch today with this, and i must say i am very impressed by it. i am so glad i got this. my folks were with me when i got it, and they were wowed by, as my mom said, the "whiteness and cleansiness" of the 'book.

Just wanted to also say thanks to everyone for all their opinions and info regarding the books that helped me in my purchasing decision. MR is one of the best communities I've ever posted on.

[mad jew]

Congratulations! I'm very happy for you... And a little jealous too. :p

[Lacero]

Is there an empty RAM slot available or did apple fill 512MB of RAM by giving us 2x256MB sticks?

[MUCKYFINGERS]

I'm pretty sure it's one 512 MB stick and the other slot is free... Hence the reason you can grab 1.5 gb after getting a 1gb stick I believe.

[QCassidy352]

I'm pretty sure it's one 512 MB stick and the other slot is free... Hence the reason you can grab 1.5 gb after getting a 1gb stick I believe.

quite true. And congrats on being the first on MR with a new 'book, and on your "switch!" :D

It's a wonderful machine; enjoy it!

[Lacero]

I get dibs on being the first guy with a new 14" iBook with Superdrive! :)
Pics please. We don't want another "incident".

[finalcoolman]

Cool stuff. So Muckyfingers can you confirm full Core Image compatibility by dropping a widget? So easy for you to do. Please see if it ripples and put our minds at ease!

[sw1tcher]

Yes, yes. We want the Ripple confirmation.

[apple4life]

Yes, yes. We want the Ripple confirmation.

My girlfriend flew to Honolulu today (we live on the big island) for a conference tomorrow and friday and it didn't take her long to get to the ala moano shopping center, the location of the only apple store.... so far from any continental land mass.... and she spoke with an employee that said.....
yes, the ripple effect is supported....

yes, we have ripple effect.... I repeat yes we have ripple effect....


:D :D :D

[chucknorris]

My girlfriend flew to Honolulu today (we live on the big island) for a conference tomorrow and friday and it didn't take her long to get to the ala moano shopping center, the location of the only apple store.... so far from any continental land mass.... and she spoke with an employee that said.....
yes, the ripple effect is supported....

yes, we have ripple effect.... I repeat yes we have ripple effect....


:D :D :D

*ROOM FULL OF MEN IN SHORT-SLEEVED BUTTON UP SHIRTS, TIES, AND POCKET PROTECTORS-REMOVING HEADSETS, AND GIVING HIGH-FIVES ALL AROUND*

We did it fellas! The camel has entered the stable.

[MUCKYFINGERS]

Yes, the ripple effect is in here. It's great! :)

[Hattig]

Mine's shipped :S

Download some game demos from Macgamefiles and do some benchmarks for us eh? Gotta see how the 9550 performs with 32MB RAM. Probably worse than my over two year old Radeon 9500 with 128MB, but not by a significant amount. It uses an RV350 core:

"First, let us establish that ATI itself does not really have a Mobility RADEON 9550 product. What the Mobility RADEON 9550 really is, is a Mobility RADEON 9600 GPU; the same one as you find in the desktop RADEON 9600, as they share the same M10 RV350 core. It is the first mobile platform GPU from ATI to support DirectX 9. Created using the 0.13 micron process, it has 4 pixel pipelines and 2 vertex pipelines, and runs at the same 350MHz core frequency of the RADEON 9600, thus becoming the first mobile platform GPU to break the 300MHz barrier."

http://www.cpluse.com/Module/Show.aspx?ID=870

[SpaceMagic]

I have to make the decision between a 12 and a 14" iBook. Can I ask why you chose 14"?

[MUCKYFINGERS]

I have to make the decision between a 12 and a 14" iBook. Can I ask why you chose 14"?

I chose the 14" simply because it's more comfortable for me to view the screen. Most people prefer the 12" and argue that since it has the same resolution it's pointless having the 14", but I feel so much better using this 14" and even though the viewable area is the same, it is much more comfortable on the eyes and the extra screen space is nice for watching videos/movies. :)

But to each his own. Try both out and see which one you like more.

[joecool85]

Try both out and see which one you like more.

That's the best advice I've heard in a long while.

[mjstew33]

I ordered mine Tuesday night. It's still in the "Sent to manufacturing" stage.
It's estimated to ship on or before August 3rd.

I want it now!!!

[Zman5225]

Congrats!!! I ordered mine the day they were released and mines sent to manufacturing also, scheduled for Aug 2nd delivery. I ordered the one in my sig. Can't wait to get mine, and I hope you guys have fun with yours!

Jack

[Shasta]

iPod being dropped off at home as we speak

Day two and my iBook is still sitting on a dock in China, the even updated the status to make sure I knew it wasn't going anywhere

... sweet

Shasta

[Zman5225]

iPod being dropped off at home as we speak

Day two and my iBook is still sitting on a dock in China, the even updated the status to make sure I knew it wasn't going anywhere

... sweet

Shasta

I just got an email from apple saying that my mini shipment has been delayed and that I needed to reply whether I wanted to cancel my order for the mini or continue it's processing, I picked continue so we'll see it when it gets here!

Jack

[Sharewaredemon]

*ROOM FULL OF MEN IN SHORT-SLEEVED BUTTON UP SHIRTS, TIES, AND POCKET PROTECTORS-REMOVING HEADSETS, AND GIVING HIGH-FIVES ALL AROUND*

We did it fellas! The camel has entered the stable.


lol!

Thanks for that.
:D

[alex_ant]

I just got my 14" iBooks. I ordered 20, 1 for me and 19 backups just to be safe. Top of the line, superdrives and all that. Well, I left them all on my balcony handrail and........

[jimjiminyjim]

Ahh Muckyfingers... now I know why you so strongly encouraged me to go with this release instead of old stock from last release... Congrats! I'm ordering mine today (a 12").

Jim.

[everybodylikepi]

I just got my 14" iBooks. I ordered 20, 1 for me and 19 backups just to be safe. Top of the line, superdrives and all that. Well, I left them all on my balcony handrail and........

Oh what an inconvenience it will be to go to the apple store and pick up 20 more. Shucks.

Congrats MUCKYFINGERS! I had the 14", albeit an older model, for quite a few years and I found it to be quite capable and durable.

[Gmac07]

i came close to getting the 14" last nite. (had the cash in my pocket) but i got a little scared that i was gona be disappointed with it. i jus cant get over the 15" PB. after sitting in front of the 14" for over an hour i just couldnt get over how dim the display was. i think im gona end up with a 15" pb 1.5ghz combo. then later on ill get a really nice ext dvd burner.

[Artful Dodger]

Congrats on the new iBook and enjoy :D

[bjoern_kah]

i am still thinking about if i should buy a 12" ibook. and i know that it is a lowend notebook. but i am not sure if it is too slow for my needs. a friend told me that even on his 15" powerbook (1.25 ghz) he is seeing tiger's beachball far too often.

dear owners: would you please post some benchmarks to compare it with other notebooks. what about some xbench results?
there are some old ones comparing october's 14" ibook and 12" pb:
http://www.macbidouille.com/news/photonews18/pb12_1.3.jpg
http://www.hardmac.com/news/photonews19/xbib133.jpg

thanks! i really would like to buy one because i want to get rid of my dell. perhaps i have to wait until they arrive in stores in europe to test them.

[Sharewaredemon]

I just got my 14" iBooks. I ordered 20, 1 for me and 19 backups just to be safe. Top of the line, superdrives and all that. Well, I left them all on my balcony handrail and........

teehee.

Not as bad as the time you bought all those maxed out G5s and 30 inch displays and dropped them off your building.


:D

[yacho84]

mine shipped today. :)
i had ordered the old one upgraded, but they gave me the same specs, refunded me some money, and are sending me the new one! yayyyy! :D

i <3 apple.

[wide]

MUCKYFINGERS--

how is it with CoreImage? Do you see the ripple effect when you open up widgets in Dashboard? Is it speedy in general?

guess it doesn't matter, i'm ordering mine the second it's up on amazon.com :)

[finalcoolman]

And yo Muckyfingers. Check the bottom of your iBook. Is it made in Taiwan or China? Thanks,

[MUCKYFINGERS]

MUCKYFINGERS--

how is it with CoreImage? Do you see the ripple effect when you open up widgets in Dashboard? Is it speedy in general?

guess it doesn't matter, i'm ordering mine the second it's up on amazon.com :)

Oh yeah, the ripple effects are so pretty.

but I do want to up the ram from 512 to 1.5 gb once I get some more cash. It could use more ram, but it's usable as it is.

[MUCKYFINGERS]

And yo Muckyfingers. Check the bottom of your iBook. Is it made in Taiwan or China? Thanks,

China.

[MUCKYFINGERS]

Ahh Muckyfingers... now I know why you so strongly encouraged me to go with this release instead of old stock from last release... Congrats! I'm ordering mine today (a 12").

Jim.

Hope you get to play with yours soon. :)

[AcousticDoc]

Oh yeah, the ripple effects are so pretty.

but I do want to up the ram from 512 to 1.5 gb once I get some more cash. It could use more ram, but it's usable as it is.

hmm..."usable" aye? Makes me wonder how ibook owners got by with only 256 stock mb a week ago!

[CoMpX]

I just got my 14" today, stock configuration. Just a few hours ago. I LOVE ITTT!!!! It has the ripple effect!! Yaaaaay! The screen is beautiful! I can't say enough about this wonderful and amazing machine! This is my second Mac. I bought it at a brick-and mortar Apple store. You guys will be sooooooo happy when you get it!!!!

[bodeh6]

I just got my 14" today, stock configuration. Just a few hours ago. I LOVE ITTT!!!! It has the ripple effect!! Yaaaaay! The screen is beautiful! I can't say enough about this wonderful and amazing machine! This is my second Mac. I bought it at a brick-and mortar Apple store. You guys will be sooooooo happy when you get it!!!!

What was your first Mac and how does this compare in performence?

[Dynamyk]

Do the new books come with 10.4.2 or whatever the update was lol :P

[TaKashMoney]

I've heard the screens are much brighter than with the previous 1.2 GHZ models. Is there any truth to this?

[MUCKYFINGERS]

I've heard the screens are much brighter than with the previous 1.2 GHZ models. Is there any truth to this?

I'm using the 14" iBook right now, and I must say that the screen to me feels brighter than the 12" ibook (b4 this last update) and 12" powerbooks that I've used in the past. It doesn't feel dark at all, it's very comfortable to read. Although it may have felt uncomfortable when I used it in not-so greatly lit/too brightly lit stores. But the brightness is fine. Though if someone tries out the 12" we can see if it's true for that one as well.

[AcousticDoc]

I've heard the screens are much brighter than with the previous 1.2 GHZ models. Is there any truth to this?

I haven't heard that at all...but now that I have I am very very excited! please please comfirm!

[MUCKYFINGERS]

I just got my 14" today, stock configuration. Just a few hours ago. I LOVE ITTT!!!! It has the ripple effect!! Yaaaaay! The screen is beautiful! I can't say enough about this wonderful and amazing machine! This is my second Mac. I bought it at a brick-and mortar Apple store. You guys will be sooooooo happy when you get it!!!!

I agree man!!!! woohoo!!! hehehehehe :p

[CoMpX]

Do the new books come with 10.4.2 or whatever the update was lol :P

Yes, they do. I have noticed that unlike my Mac mini with 10.4.2, when you download a widget it automatically brings it up in a little preview window in dashboard and asks if you want to install it or not! Amazing!! :D

PS: I couldn't get the one of the actual dashboard for you. I just got this one. There is another little confirmation window in the dashboard that displays the widget and ask you if you would like to keep or delete. ENJOY!!

[xJus10x]

Do you play WoW, if so can you turn the graphics up pretty high?

[TaKashMoney]

This was posted on the other new iBook thread by macrumors1234 discussing his new 1.33ghz 12" ibook:

"But for those who are worried about the screen, I can definitely say that it is significantly brighter than the one on my iBook 1.2. Not that I had a big problem with the old screen, but I know that some have complained wrt the brightness of the old one. To put it another way, it's not longer as blindly obvious (in terms of brightness) when I switch between my new iBook's screen and my Hitachi 17" desktop LCD monitor. Hope that helps."

Needless to say, thats some very good news

[wide]

i ordered my iBook and iPod mini earlier today, a little after three o clock pm. WOW!! just checked my order status. the both the ibook (12" stock) and iPod mini have shipped! estimated delivery tomorrow! gotta put stuff on my external HD now, getting really excited :)

[Gmac07]

so the screens are indeed brighter than the older ibooks??? thats great news to me, when i went to go buy one yesterday the guy at the store told me everything was identical as far as looks. they only had the old ones on display so i was mainly disappointed in the brightness of the screen. can anyone else confirm this?? maybe if someone has both an old model and a brand new one you would be so kind as to take a pic with the 2 ibooks side by side??? thanks

[me_94501]

I haven't heard that at all...but now that I have I am very very excited! please please comfirm!
My 1.2 GHz iBook G4 (12.1") had its display replaced in late May. Before it was replaced, it was about as bright as the one in my brother's 1 GHz iBook G4. Now it is much brighter.

[lizard79]

I ordered my Ibook while the us store was still offline (european stores were already working) and my order is still "processing" - not even sent to manufactoring :(..

[FFTT]

MUCKYFINGERS,

I'm glad you FINALLY got joy!

Now the real fun begins.

Next up, Mom gets and iMac!


Oh and for those wondering about the 12" iBook vs. the 14"

The 12" still does not offer a Superdrive Grrrrrrr

[VanMac]

Got it.

New 12" iBook, standard config. Will upgrade ram later.

Sitting in the trunk of my car. Going golfing. Will post on new thread tonight, with pics and all.

Very happy with service at the apple store (Yorkdale).

[Cfly]

I think im going to pick up the new ibook 12".

i sold my 1st gen ibook g4 (800mhz) a month ago for $1050 canadian, so picking one of the new ones up for 1379 with a free ipod mini is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

[Dynamyk]

I got mine and am having fun with it :)

[mjstew33]

Mine has been ordered and is now "Preparing shipment".

I can't wait!

[treysmay]

ordered the one in my signature today :D
here in a week

[skubish]

Mine has been ordered and is now "Preparing shipment".

I can't wait!

Mine has been in Preparing shipment since Wed. :(

[mjstew33]

Mine has been in Preparing shipment since Wed. :(

I called Apple and they said it'll ship out in 12-24 hours in the Preparing shipment stage.

Just my 2 cents :o

[TaKashMoney]

Some poor misguided soul is very angry in another forum. He claims that he just went to the Apple Store to play with the new ibooks and no ripple effect appeared. Will someone who actually has received one please put this young fellow at ease?

[bodeh6]

Some poor misguided soul is very angry in another forum. He claims that he just went to the Apple Store to play with the new ibooks and no ripple effect appeared. Will someone who actually has received one please put this young fellow at ease?

He must be looking at an older model seeing how the new ones have Core Image.

[kanpachi]

Some poor misguided soul is very angry in another forum. He claims that he just went to the Apple Store to play with the new ibooks and no ripple effect appeared. Will someone who actually has received one please put this young fellow at ease?

Well, here is a snapshot of the Ripple effect in action on my new iBook. It doesn't look good using screen capture, but it looks cool when you actually see it (nothing that special though IMO -- it just looks like how water in a swimming pool would behave if you dropped a small rock into it).

[Prelude2Tragedy]

I got my 14'' last night. Drove to Delaware to avoid tax and picked up the ibook, a blue iPod mini (which will soon be sold) and a printer to take advantage of that $100 rebate. Now I just gotta sell that mac mini I bought 2 months earlier and I wont feel so broke.

[SpaceMagic]

I got my 14'' last night. Drove to Delaware to avoid tax and picked up the ibook, a blue iPod mini (which will soon be sold) and a printer to take advantage of that $100 rebate. Now I just gotta sell that mac mini I bought 2 months earlier and I wont feel so broke.

Hehe keep the mini and charge walker-bys $10 to have a go.. you'll soon be rich.

[bjoern_kah]

come on guys. please post some xbench results. i am wainting here in germany until the ibooks reach the stores early next week to test if my project will work on them. if it does i have to buy one.

[zagato27]

Just ordered a 14" iBook for my daughter (college freshman Aug 10). Yeah, fell for the "free" 4 gb iPod (aqua w/ free engraving). Had to keep up with her and be able to tell her how to "work" Tiger so got a copy of Tiger for my G5 ;) . Geez, had to get something for me :D . It all came to $1447, just under the $1500 Georgia tax free holiday :) :) :). Ships in 5 days, free shipping. Coulda gotten the 2 day for $23 but hey that's lunch! Can't wait to get everything. Think my daughter is actually happy bout the iBook......priceless :) . Cheers

[milozauckerman]

I got suckered into buying a 12" at the Plano TX Apple Store today (my parents uncharacteristically agreed to pick up half as an early birthday - after selling the Mini (or my old 20GB) my cost is only $425ish).

The screen is definitely an improvement over the display model I looked at in the Dallas store, I'm going to calibrate the battery and swing by Fry's to pick up a 1GB stick this evening.

Oh, what a wild way to spend my Saturday.

[greenguy4]

For all those who do self-upgrades of RAM, doesn't the lack of AppleCare scare you?...

[milozauckerman]

I'm not sure what you mean - by my understanding aftermarket RAM doesn't void the entire computer's warranty. The RAM isn't covered, of course (but would be the reseller or manufacturer), and if it managed to blow up anything on its own that wouldn't be covered by the warranty (more applicable if I tried to hack a 7200RPM drive in and melted something), but RAM itself shouldn't void everything.

Besides, if I had problems I'd remove the RAM to test/isolate the problem and leave it out when I took it in to the Genius Bar.

[milozauckerman]

How warm should I expect the iBook to get under use?
I'm running a DVD (Closely Watched Trains not that anyone would care) to empty the battery and it feels a bit warmer than I expected below the keyboard and on the underside.

Temp monitor numbers:
Power Supply/Memory Bottomside: 118.0F
Processor Bottomside: 123.3F
Graphics Processor Bottomside: 129.2F
Battery: 93.2F

[dlira]

I hope the new iBook (1,33GHz) are as quiet as my old (G4/800MHz) - do you hear any noise at all (except the harddrive seeking/writing every once in a while)?

D.

[mahashel]

Am writing this post on my new 12" iBook right now! :cool:
The ripple effect is *confirmed*.
The ripple is a little moody at first, while installing all the software updates (and I assume spotlight is indexing in the background as well).
It became a little more reliable after a reboot, however.

Picked it up at an Apple Store in Colorado. Eventually gave up on Apple Credit and just used my credit card. :p
I'll post some XBench stats a little later.

[florencevassy]

Congrats ! I see that you a Regular but you said you made the switch...Did you switch from a PC? Enjoy !

I get dibs on being the first guy with a new 14" iBook with Superdrive! :)

hehe

in all seriousness, this is a GREAT machine. i finally made the switch today with this, and i must say i am very impressed by it. i am so glad i got this. my folks were with me when i got it, and they were wowed by, as my mom said, the "whiteness and cleansiness" of the 'book.

Just wanted to also say thanks to everyone for all their opinions and info regarding the books that helped me in my purchasing decision. MR is one of the best communities I've ever posted on.

[vivyanangel]

I just ran xbench on my brand new 12" ibook. I'm on battery power still stilling in the store on Apple's wireless connection. I've only rebooted once since I got it, so it may be indexing or running maintenance in the background still.

Here's the results:




Results 40.94
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.2 (8D37)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook6,7
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.33 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.33 GHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card ATY,M12
Drive Type FUJITSU MHV2040AT
CPU Test 54.26
GCD Loop 109.78 5.79 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 36.89 876.53 Mflop/sec
vecLib FFT 74.99 2.47 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 41.38 7.21 Mops/sec
Thread Test 59.49
Computation 55.95 1.13 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 63.50 2.73 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 22.86
System 26.29
Allocate 131.45 482.75 Kalloc/sec
Fill 27.18 1321.79 MB/sec
Copy 14.34 296.26 MB/sec
Stream 20.23
Copy 19.74 407.63 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 19.98 412.88 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 20.23 431.01 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 21.00 449.19 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 49.55
Line 41.81 2.78 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 49.16 14.68 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 47.52 3.87 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 64.01 1.61 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 50.05 3.13 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 68.57
Spinning Squares 68.57 86.99 frames/sec
User Interface Test 25.02
Elements 25.02 114.83 refresh/sec
Disk Test 30.92
Sequential 45.94
Uncached Write 44.55 27.36 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 37.93 21.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 65.69 19.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 43.39 21.81 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 23.30
Uncached Write 9.00 0.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 40.25 12.89 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 49.97 0.35 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 63.79 11.84 MB/sec [256K blocks]

[CoMpX]

I hope the new iBook (1,33GHz) are as quiet as my old (G4/800MHz) - do you hear any noise at all (except the harddrive seeking/writing every once in a while)?

D.

I have played games and DVD and suck on my new iBook, sitting it on a pillow, and have STILL NEVER heard or felt the fan come on at all! And it was sitting on a pillow!! I am amazed at this beautiful machine!

[tikibangout]

I have played games and DVD and suck on my new iBook, sitting it on a pillow, and have STILL NEVER heard or felt the fan come on at all! And it was sitting on a pillow!! I am amazed at this beautiful machine!

Thats good to hear, I noticed with my friends G3 iBook that it got hot on a pillow while just watching a DVD.

[Zman5225]

I have played games and DVD and suck on my new iBook, sitting it on a pillow, and have STILL NEVER heard or felt the fan come on at all! And it was sitting on a pillow!! I am amazed at this beautiful machine!

Keep your kinkyness to yourself!






Heh, jk, I can't wait to get mine so I can have some fun, albeit not your kind of fun, with mine lol.

Jack

[ITASOR]

I just ran xbench on my brand new 12" ibook. I'm on battery power still stilling in the store on Apple's wireless connection. I've only rebooted once since I got it, so it may be indexing or running maintenance in the background still.

Here's the results:




Results 40.94
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.2 (8D37)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook6,7
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.33 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.33 GHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card ATY,M12
Drive Type FUJITSU MHV2040AT
CPU Test 54.26
GCD Loop 109.78 5.79 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 36.89 876.53 Mflop/sec
vecLib FFT 74.99 2.47 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 41.38 7.21 Mops/sec
Thread Test 59.49
Computation 55.95 1.13 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 63.50 2.73 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 22.86
System 26.29
Allocate 131.45 482.75 Kalloc/sec
Fill 27.18 1321.79 MB/sec
Copy 14.34 296.26 MB/sec
Stream 20.23
Copy 19.74 407.63 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 19.98 412.88 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 20.23 431.01 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 21.00 449.19 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 49.55
Line 41.81 2.78 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 49.16 14.68 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 47.52 3.87 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 64.01 1.61 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 50.05 3.13 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 68.57
Spinning Squares 68.57 86.99 frames/sec
User Interface Test 25.02
Elements 25.02 114.83 refresh/sec
Disk Test 30.92
Sequential 45.94
Uncached Write 44.55 27.36 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 37.93 21.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 65.69 19.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 43.39 21.81 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 23.30
Uncached Write 9.00 0.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 40.25 12.89 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 49.97 0.35 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 63.79 11.84 MB/sec [256K blocks]



Yikes, 41?! My 933Mhz quicksilver gets around 120.....I hope it was just busy indexing or SOMETHING! AHHH!

[AP_piano295]

Is there an empty RAM slot available or did apple fill 512MB of RAM by giving us 2x256MB sticks?

Think about how you could answer this question yourself.... why dont you go to the apple store online and look at the maximum ammount of memory you can put in the ibook if it says 1.256 than that means they use two 256 sticks if it says it's upgradeable to 1.512 that means they use a single 512 stick...

[AP_piano295]

I think im going to pick up the new ibook 12".

i sold my 1st gen ibook g4 (800mhz) a month ago for $1050 canadian, so picking one of the new ones up for 1379 with a free ipod mini is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me.


What is the Canadian-American currency conversion rate... in other words how much is 1050 Canadian worth?

[verozov]

i ordered my new 14" at the North Point mall location in Georgia (got the tax free deal + the new ipod mini for free)... i had to order cuz i didn't want a superdrive (i already have an external one)...

i had to call apple though because online it said i had cancelled my ipod mini order... they said they had to cancel it and reorder it so i could get the tax free deal... has this happened with anyone else? jw... hope everything goes okay i can't wait to get it

anyone else selling the free ipod mini so the ibook will be "cheaper"???

[chocho]

512 soldered on motherboard, 1 ram slot free!
:)

[lorkp]

Yikes, 41?! My 933Mhz quicksilver gets around 120.....I hope it was just busy indexing or SOMETHING! AHHH!
I hope so too, because that's an awful score.

[bjoern_kah]

I hope so too, because that's an awful score.
thats right. here are results of the last 1.2Ghz ibook:
http://www.hardmac.com/news/photonews18/xb1200.jpg
and a 1.33 Ghz 12" powerbook
http://www.hardmac.com/news/photonews18/pb12_1.3.jpg

the results should be much better.

[polythene pam]

I also ordered my iBook during the tax free weekend here in Atlanta, and I had the same problem with my mini order being cancelled. I called them up and found out it hadn't been cancelled -- they had just created a new order number for the mini, a separate one, since the mini didn't qualify for the tax free deal. But all was good, don't worry. I got my mini in the mail just this morning! :) The iBook is still in manufacturing, though!

[Voidness]

I just ordered my new 12" iBook (stock configuration) and got the free iPod Mini with it! :D :cool:

I'm finally back to Apple. This is my first Mac in years (Second Mac in general). My first Mac was a Macintosh LCIII with 80 MB hard drive and 4 MB of RAM! :eek: My dad got it when I was in grade 3, now I'm a second year Computer Engineering Student.

[Rangerhall6]

this is my first post from my new iBook! i love this laptop, its so much fun... good luck to everyone else

[mahashel]

I hope so too, because that's an awful score.

I got a similar score on my new iBook.. I think it's because of this:
http://www.xbench.com/
1.2 [2005-07-30]
* Built as a Universal Binary to run on both PowerPC and x86 Macs
* Re-calibrated 100 point baseline to a 2.0 GHz G5 running Tiger
* Altered graphics code to flush only every 1/60th of a second, in order to cooperate with Tiger beam syncing
* Built Intel code on GCC 4.0, PowerPC remains on GCC 3.3 for 10.3 compatibility

So looks like the new xBench has been changed so a score of 100= 2GHz G5. No wonder my little 1.33GHz G4 doesn't measure up. ;)

[CmdrLaForge]

Hi guys,

I never waited for the iBook's to be released because I initially wanted a powerbook. But this weekend I couldn't resist and ordered the 14" model with 80gig drive + the bluetooth mouse! This beauty machine will do very well for me the next 2 or 3 years.

I ordered on July 30th and got shipment confirmation on August 1st.

Now: today the new might mouse was released. I wrote Apple an email saying I want the might mouse instead.

Even so I wrote the guys an email I am not sure what is better. Cable and 4 buttons or bluetooth and 1 button. Arrrrggghhhhhhh :confused: :confused: :( :(

Maybe you guys have some thoughts.

And: I would really appreciate any Xbench scores or pics.

Cheers
LaForge

[CmdrLaForge]

I got a similar score on my new iBook.. I think it's because of this:
http://www.xbench.com/
1.2 [2005-07-30]
* Built as a Universal Binary to run on both PowerPC and x86 Macs
* Re-calibrated 100 point baseline to a 2.0 GHz G5 running Tiger
* Altered graphics code to flush only every 1/60th of a second, in order to cooperate with Tiger beam syncing
* Built Intel code on GCC 4.0, PowerPC remains on GCC 3.3 for 10.3 compatibility

So looks like the new xBench has been changed so a score of 100= 2GHz G5. No wonder my little 1.33GHz G4 doesn't measure up. ;)

Thanks - I guess you are right.

Isn't there an old version floating around? If someone has it - maybe can send the new iBook owners by mail.

Thanks and Cheers
LaForge

[mahashel]

Okay, here's a real comparison. Dug up a copy of xBench 1.1.3 (which is same used in the benchmarks listed above for old iBook/pBooks)
Here's the scoop! (was on battery power, but set Energy to maxPerformance with no apps actively running. Didn't bother to squish individual processes.) Looks like it comes in faster than the old iBook, but below the old 1.3GHz pBook.


Results 109.57
System Info
Xbench Version 1.1.3
System Version 10.4.2 (8D37)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model PowerBook6,7
Processor PowerPC G4 @ 1.33 GHz
L1 Cache 32K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 512K @ 1.33 GHz
Bus Frequency 134 MHz
Video Card ATY,M12
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK4025GAS
CPU Test 120.53
GCD Loop 119.92 4.68 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 132.77 480.14 Mflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 159.77 4.64 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 79.86 1.24 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 146.41 5.86 Mops/sec
Thread Test 114.08
Computation 82.70 1.12 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 183.80 2.31 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 113.28
System 125.64
Allocate 689.40 449.70 Kalloc/sec
Fill 153.76 1223.95 MB/sec
Copy 62.80 314.02 MB/sec
Stream 103.13
Copy 102.62 750.17 MB/sec [altivec]
Scale 103.89 766.74 MB/sec [altivec]
Add 103.90 664.94 MB/sec [altivec]
Triad 102.12 623.95 MB/sec [altivec]
Quartz Graphics Test 132.82
Line 109.14 2.78 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 115.70 8.14 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 124.14 2.86 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 143.41 1.56 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 207.83 3.39 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 119.75
Spinning Squares 119.75 83.80 frames/sec
User Interface Test 219.89
Elements 219.89 70.73 refresh/sec
Disk Test 56.91
Sequential 65.79
Uncached Write 60.94 25.40 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 48.85 20.00 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 147.20 23.30 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 58.41 23.60 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 50.14
Uncached Write 44.21 0.66 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 45.99 10.37 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 54.00 0.36 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 59.20 12.18 MB/sec [256K blocks]

[wide]

My iBook came in at 38.29. that's lower than what some other people have posted...not by much though. i had bluetooth connected, too, and airport express also connected. i'll try again later without any of that.

[tikibangout]

My iBook came this morning at about 9:30AM EST, shipped on the 28th, and got it a day ahead of schedule. (Supposed to be August 3rd, 10:30AM) I'm loving it, I like the thinner keys as well.

[spellflower]

Okay, I know that this thread has been dormant for nearly a month, but I just got my ibook yesterday (waited till MA tax free day, then had to wait for 80g HD and was out of town when it finally arrived) and I had to share my joy. I am so happy with this machine! Granted, it's the first computer I've owned that can get on the internet. My last machine, which died in 2001 was a Sharp 486DX. I bought it refurb when pentiums came out for nearly as much as my new ibook. How times have changed. Since then, I've been limited to friends' and famiy's machines, as well as libraries and school, so perhaps my excitement has to do with my new found freedom, but I'm also loving tiger. Everything is right where I need it, and easy to figure out.

Thanks to everyone in the "New ibook next Tuesday?" thread for all the info and support over those long months. I learned an awful lot from you. In a way I'm glad that it took so long, because when it finally came time to buy, I was very well educated about my needs and knew just what to get. Also, though a lot of you were knocking this update, the two finger scrolling alone was worth the wait- I can't imagine having to scroll the old fashioned way.

So once again, thanks for being such a great community. I'm glad I can finally be a mac-owning member of it.

[londy]

mine just came today. this morning. 9:30 am.
i've been tinkering with it all day. got my wireless hooked up so i'm good to go. once i sync my pod i'll be all set.

[ironMonkey]

sweet, i also have joined the ranks of the .mac army. 12" iBook. just picked it up last night at 8pm. this website may have single handedly convinced me to make the switch. thanks.

[MUCKYFINGERS]

Hi guys,

I never waited for the iBook's to be released because I initially wanted a powerbook. But this weekend I couldn't resist and ordered the 14" model with 80gig drive + the bluetooth mouse! This beauty machine will do very well for me the next 2 or 3 years.

I ordered on July 30th and got shipment confirmation on August 1st.

Now: today the new might mouse was released. I wrote Apple an email saying I want the might mouse instead.

Even so I wrote the guys an email I am not sure what is better. Cable and 4 buttons or bluetooth and 1 button. Arrrrggghhhhhhh :confused: :confused: :( :(

Maybe you guys have some thoughts.

And: I would really appreciate any Xbench scores or pics.

Cheers
LaForge

I think one button mice are really cool. But either way, both are cool.

[Zman5225]

Hi guys,

I never waited for the iBook's to be released because I initially wanted a powerbook. But this weekend I couldn't resist and ordered the 14" model with 80gig drive + the bluetooth mouse! This beauty machine will do very well for me the next 2 or 3 years.

I ordered on July 30th and got shipment confirmation on August 1st.

Now: today the new might mouse was released. I wrote Apple an email saying I want the might mouse instead.

Even so I wrote the guys an email I am not sure what is better. Cable and 4 buttons or bluetooth and 1 button. Arrrrggghhhhhhh :confused: :confused: :( :(

Maybe you guys have some thoughts.

And: I would really appreciate any Xbench scores or pics.

Cheers
LaForge


I really enjoy my mighty mouse that I got for my iBook. It's great for when it's sitting on the desk as I like the options of the second button without hitting an extra key on the keyboard.

[billSB22]

finally got a 14" iBook(first mac ever). i opted for the 14" since it will also serve as my desktop. i lurked on the boards for a while before deciding what to do. lovin' OSX so far.

[Lazyhound]

I got mine the other day. Works fine, but it has a small white blotch just slightly off from the center of the screen. I'm more concerned with the DVD drive, which makes a KERCHUNKKERCHUNKKERCHUK noise for 2-3 minutes after inserting a movie, hanging the system in the meantime. It also hung up again halfway through the movie I tested it with (The Matrix). I'm guessing that's not normal?