it appears from the rumors and actual product upgrade today, that the powerbook is in its last g4 chip incarnation...but the ibook will likely stay g4 for a long time to come
the price differential between a 14" inch 1.2 ghz g4 ibook and an entry level powerbook is not that much and macworld gives the entry level powerbook four and a half mice in the latest issue...so it's a proven product
but wouldn't it be terrible to buy a g4 powered powerbook this month only to have it superceded by a g5 powerbook, at the same price, in the fall for the back to school crowd?
when i got my 300 mhz ibook with 32 mb of ram and a 3 gig hard drive late in 1999, it was superceded by a newer ibook with 64 mb of ram with twice the upper capacity for ram storage (320 mb vs 160 mb in my model) and a 6 gig hard drive for the same price two months later...i was seriously bummed
i don't want to make the same mistake twice with timing...especially since the next powerbook upgrade is likely to be the g5 chip
there are always gaps in time when a product basically stays the same for a relatively long time (ie...g4 500 mhz tower) and there are times when there is a major changeover and much better value a couple or three months down the line
it's kind of like the stock market...nobody really knows for sure and if they do, they can't say anything...well anyway, one day, sooner than we think, there will be a sub $800 dollar emac sporting a g5 chip
the price differential between a 14" inch 1.2 ghz g4 ibook and an entry level powerbook is not that much and macworld gives the entry level powerbook four and a half mice in the latest issue...so it's a proven product
but wouldn't it be terrible to buy a g4 powered powerbook this month only to have it superceded by a g5 powerbook, at the same price, in the fall for the back to school crowd?
when i got my 300 mhz ibook with 32 mb of ram and a 3 gig hard drive late in 1999, it was superceded by a newer ibook with 64 mb of ram with twice the upper capacity for ram storage (320 mb vs 160 mb in my model) and a 6 gig hard drive for the same price two months later...i was seriously bummed
i don't want to make the same mistake twice with timing...especially since the next powerbook upgrade is likely to be the g5 chip
there are always gaps in time when a product basically stays the same for a relatively long time (ie...g4 500 mhz tower) and there are times when there is a major changeover and much better value a couple or three months down the line
it's kind of like the stock market...nobody really knows for sure and if they do, they can't say anything...well anyway, one day, sooner than we think, there will be a sub $800 dollar emac sporting a g5 chip
