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Powerbook and PowerMac Updates - October 19th?
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Hmm, this could be interesting. Camera add-on for the iPod perhaps? Or simply an Apple-branded image-editing software (one more pro-useful than iPhoto/PhotoBooth).
A while back there was a rumor about "Photo Pro". My guess is that this is what it is. Very timely, because I was just getting irked at how iPhoto manages files when you use Photoshop as your editor (i.e. thumbnails not updating, photo not being found if PS saves as .jpg but iPhoto has .JPG, etc...)Whyren said:
Cool article. I have mild interest in the new Powerbooks, but the process of relocation sounds interesting and probably. It wouldn't be logical to keep huge PowerPC teams, but I guess I never thought about Apple dismantling the teams. Thanks for posting.
This should get our juices flowing! After so many disappointments the PM crowd deserves something as sweet.
The new PBs, however, will be less intriguing if there is to be no upgrade to the CPU. Nevertheless, higher resolution screens, possibly PCI-E graphics, and new SuperDrives will still be welcome.
MacSA said:We did have predictins of a dual core Powermac at the time of the last revision. I suppose there's a greater chance of one......... but i'm not sure people should get their hopes up.
Well I hope that they do come out with a dual core Power Mac next week because I need one.
Lame Duck PBs?
with the reports of bugs as they are, I may as well wait for the mactel PBs. just seems like a lame duck laptop.
with the reports of bugs as they are, I may as well wait for the mactel PBs. just seems like a lame duck laptop.
Glad I bought my 12" PB when I did (January). I'm looking forward to the photography stuff. Hopefully, it will be something of use.
Powerbook and PowerMac Updates - October 19th?
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Appleinsider provides a report in which they describe the much anticipated Powerbook and PowerMac updates.
According to the rumor site, the Powerbook G4 updates have been delayed due to several small issues. At the heart of the Powerbook updates are updated display resolutions for High Definition displays, DDR2 memory, larger hard drives, and a new chipset. Processor speed may not be upgraded at all with this Powerbook revision. The date for the update is reported to be October 19th.
PowerMacs are also expected, possibly on the same day. The systems are expected to be based on the Dual Core IBM 970MP processor which was announced in July. The new PowerMacs are said to feature Dual processors (for a total of 4 processor cores), PCI-E, and dual-layer SuperDrives.
Appleinsider provides a report in which they describe the much anticipated Powerbook and PowerMac updates.
According to the rumor site, the Powerbook G4 updates have been delayed due to several small issues. At the heart of the Powerbook updates are updated display resolutions for High Definition displays, DDR2 memory, larger hard drives, and a new chipset. Processor speed may not be upgraded at all with this Powerbook revision. The date for the update is reported to be October 19th.
PowerMacs are also expected, possibly on the same day. The systems are expected to be based on the Dual Core IBM 970MP processor which was announced in July. The new PowerMacs are said to feature Dual processors (for a total of 4 processor cores), PCI-E, and dual-layer SuperDrives.
The last PPC PB revision can be summed up as a skeleton crew manning a sinking ship: not enough manpower, not enough resources to solve the problems. Now we're not even upgrading to the 7448???!!! Apple apparently was waiting all this time for the 7448 to be available in quantity, but I'm betting they've done nothing else productive with all that time. No attempt to do PCI-express, etc. So we'll end up with the same updated components that we could have had weeks ago--ATI 9800, 7200rpm HHD, etc.--and not even a 7448, for all the extra waiting. If Apple still gave a crap about the PB maybe they would have had enough people and resources to overcome the apparent 7448 reliability problems and maybe even do PCI-express. Now, however, we're looking at getting the same sucker bump we could have had weeks ago, since Apple didn't even put enough resources into making a pin-compatible CPU upgrade work. Apple has somehow managed to be both shortsighted and too forward thinking (think Intel) at the same time. The 7448 was the one part of the PB revision everyone pretty much took for granted, but Apple has proved so negligent, and thus so incompetent, that now we are stuck at 1.67 gHz with the current 7447A and its 166 FSB.
If Appleinsider is right about the 7448, I'm calling this debacle the 2005 PowerBook Speed Dump. That being said, let's not le the PB anger flood the thread--the new PMs sound awesome and I am now seriously considering buying one of those instead. I'll go have some kool-aid and calm down.
If Appleinsider is right about the 7448, I'm calling this debacle the 2005 PowerBook Speed Dump. That being said, let's not le the PB anger flood the thread--the new PMs sound awesome and I am now seriously considering buying one of those instead. I'll go have some kool-aid and calm down.
Stella said:Cheese with your PowerBook whinning?!
no no, cheese just binds the anger up inside...
new powerbooks picture
apple goofed and briefly had pics on another country's site
http://static.flickr.com/30/51695078_8bb745f55c_o.jpg
apple goofed and briefly had pics on another country's site
http://static.flickr.com/30/51695078_8bb745f55c_o.jpg
It's not gonna happen. Powerbooks will never be updated again, can't you all see? We're gonna be stuck with these models for THE REST OF ETERNITY!
