15inch PowerBooks Ready?

MacRumors · May 21, 2003, 11:57 AM

PowerPage claims that 15" Aluminum PowerBooks are ready and waiting...

Quote:

The original TiBook has already migrated to its new Aluminum skin and is just waiting for the existing Titanium models to sell out. Word from a reliable source is that Apple has the new Aluminum PowerBook 15s already boxed and ready to go but is waiting for the existing models to disappear first.

The article speculates that WWDC or MacWorld may be the launching ground for the new PowerBook. A recent Page 2 report suggests that the PowerBooks may be seen as early as next week.

mattalici · 12:32 PM

And I will snatch one up like...

frozenstar · May 21, 2003, 12:03 PM

It'll be a real shame if these things have a GeForce4 440 Go.

dethl · May 21, 2003, 12:07 PM

As much as I would want to buy a Powerbook, they're too expensive still..... This is great news though....but will the 15" have the same features as the 17" (lit up keyboard, etc...)?

jasonM · May 21, 2003, 12:08 PM

Apple needs to just bite the bullet and release the new versions. Anyone who is considering a 15" PowerBook knows that the other models were released recently and thus is waiting around for the revision of the 15 ". If they are truly waiting for the current versions to sell out, they're in catch-22 situation and the cost of all that unsold inventory won't look good on next quarter's balance sheets.

anthonylambert · May 21, 2003, 12:15 PM

I guess the question is wil it only run at 1 ghz?

maradong · May 21, 2003, 12:15 PM

yeah.
i ll definetly get one. definetly

Rustus Maximus · May 21, 2003, 12:27 PM

Mayhaps...loaded with a 970 chip?

Muhahahaha...let the speculation begin

EponymousCow · May 21, 2003, 12:28 PM

I swear I heard this rumor back in February. "AlBook 15s are ready to go just as soon as the TiBook stock sells out." If it were true, I'd be expecting to see TiBooks available for steep discounts to education customers, or at least there would be reports of the existing TiBooks getting marked EOL in the retail channels.

gameboy · May 21, 2003, 12:34 PM

http://grace.book.uci.edu/bookstore/...ok/pbooks.html

1ghz is cheaper than 867mhz

Then again, this rumor was going around, what, feb? jan? and the discount started around march.

Snowy_River · May 21, 2003, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EponymousCow
I swear I heard this rumor back in February. "AlBook 15s are ready to go just as soon as the TiBook stock sells out." If it were true, I'd be expecting to see TiBooks available for steep discounts to education customers, or at least there would be reports of the existing TiBooks getting marked EOL in the retail channels.

Well, there have been reports of steep educational discounts available on the 15" PB. So, I guess that one agrees with this rumor...

Snowy_River · May 21, 2003, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by anthonylambert
I guess the question is wil it only run at 1 ghz?

That is, indeed, the golden question. If so, it will be a very disappointing 'upgrade'. After all, there is little to no performance boost between the current 15" 1GHz and the 17" 1GHz models. (The only exception is in memory intensive tasks, where the DDR RAM on the 17" gives it about a 25% advantage over the 15".)

Mudbug · May 21, 2003, 12:42 PM

But I'll believe it when I see it - besides, we just purchased a refurb 800 TiBook about 2 months ago. oh well - always the fall... need a new desktop then anyway.

dabirdwell · May 21, 2003, 12:48 PM

It'd be nice if we saw a 1Ghz 970 in the 12" and 1.2 in the 15" and 17". Do we think these could have been in reliable production somewhere other than Fishkill and be ready now?

Macmaniac · May 21, 2003, 12:53 PM

Those Nvidia cards really do suck, I hope they put in a moblie Radeon 9800 for the 15in AlBook.
Also my small request to Apple put a Radeon card in the 12in PB the GO destroys gaming performance.

Bozola · May 21, 2003, 01:03 PM

A bit bigger screen

Same Speed as before

Firewire 800

Airport Extreme

No lighted keyboard

Bluetooth built in

Cheaper

That's it.

toughboy · May 21, 2003, 01:03 PM

and how much will the price of the new 15"Albook? Any ideas?

rog · May 21, 2003, 01:07 PM

This story has basically been repeated ad nauseum since february. bring them out already. It's already been 5 months, so the 12" and 17" are due for an update. Maybe we will finally see some decent speeds north of 1GHz. How they can continue to sell a stripped down no L3 cache 867 Mhz 1024x768 "powerbook" for $1800 is beyond me.

mactastic · May 21, 2003, 01:15 PM

The whole PB line needs to be updated. The new 15in needs to be faster (1.25Ghz maybe), but then the 17in needs that same chip, otherwise who's gonna drop $3200 on it? The 12in needs an upgrade to 1Ghz now that the top iBook is running at 900Mhz. The 15in will have to sport all the best features of the 17in as well. DDR is a given, as is BT and AE. Firewire 800 should also be included. Lighted keyboard is questionable, maybe a BTO or something if it adds much to the cost. I think we are definetly in for one more round of revisions with G4's before we will see 970's in the notebooks.
The 15"PB's have been rumored and rumored for quite a while now, and it's got to be hurting sales since IMHO that is the "sweet spot" for sales. Not that I'm biased or anything, since I'm writing this from a 15" TiBook

Abstract · May 21, 2003, 01:16 PM

You'll see a 1.25GHz 15" and 17" PB, and a 1GHz 12" PB soon enough.

freundt · May 21, 2003, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bozola
A bit bigger screen

Same Speed as before

Firewire 800

Airport Extreme

No lighted keyboard

Bluetooth built in

Cheaper

That's it.

God,I hope not.. I've been holding out buying a laptop for 5 MONTHS, waiting for the updated 15"... I refuse to believe, and maybe it is delusional of me, that it will be released at the same speed as the one that has been on the market this whole time.

GRRR....

Damnit! I just want something a little faster, just a little...

dernhelm · May 21, 2003, 01:54 PM

...is will they have the cool lighted keyboard or not?

:-)

WannabeSQ · May 21, 2003, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gameboy
http://grace.book.uci.edu/bookstore/...ok/pbooks.html

1ghz is cheaper than 867mhz

Then again, this rumor was going around, what, feb? jan? and the discount started around march.

Why does my school not have deals such as this. I go to CSUN (Cal State Northridge) and their computer page is so old it has the computer I am using right now, a G4 500. Damn.

I think if they upgraded the whole line, especially the 12" there would be less trouble making 12' ibook vs 12' pbook, especially if they give the pbook some L3.

greg6028 · May 21, 2003, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bozola
A bit bigger screen

Same Speed as before

Firewire 800

Airport Extreme

No lighted keyboard

Bluetooth built in

Cheaper

That's it.

Here is my guess,
Same Speed
Firewire 400 & 800
Airport Extreme
Lighted Keyboard
Bluetooth
New RAM
Same Price

greg6028 · May 21, 2003, 02:37 PM

God, I gotta think that the 15 will fit inline with the NEW 12 and 17's. They will not introduce new 12 and 17. They just did that last January, with the 17" just now showing up.....
The 15 will a smaller version of the 17". The 'flagship' Powerbook will still be the 17".

May 21, 2003, 12:01 PM	#2
mattalici macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: LA	Yes! And I will snatch one up like... Last edited by Rower_CPU : May 21, 2003 at 12:32 PM.

May 21, 2003, 12:03 PM	#3
frozenstar macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York	It'll be a real shame if these things have a GeForce4 440 Go. __________________ "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." --- George Orwell

May 21, 2003, 12:07 PM	#4
dethl macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Las Cruces, NM	As much as I would want to buy a Powerbook, they're too expensive still..... This is great news though....but will the 15" have the same features as the 17" (lit up keyboard, etc...)? __________________ My Mac: 300Mhz B&W PM G3, Flashed Radeon 7000, 1GB RAM

May 21, 2003, 12:15 PM	#6
anthonylambert macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hove	new 15 PowerBook at last! I guess the question is wil it only run at 1 ghz?

May 21, 2003, 12:27 PM	#8
Rustus Maximus macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Future!	Mayhaps...loaded with a 970 chip? Muhahahaha...let the speculation begin __________________ "I'm packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes, just in case."

May 21, 2003, 12:08 PM	#5
jasonM macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2002	Apple needs to just bite the bullet and release the new versions. Anyone who is considering a 15" PowerBook knows that the other models were released recently and thus is waiting around for the revision of the 15 ". If they are truly waiting for the current versions to sell out, they're in catch-22 situation and the cost of all that unsold inventory won't look good on next quarter's balance sheets.

May 21, 2003, 12:15 PM	#7
maradong macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Luxembourg	yeah. i ll definetly get one. definetly

May 21, 2003, 12:28 PM	#9
EponymousCow macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2003	I've heard this before I swear I heard this rumor back in February. "AlBook 15s are ready to go just as soon as the TiBook stock sells out." If it were true, I'd be expecting to see TiBooks available for steep discounts to education customers, or at least there would be reports of the existing TiBooks getting marked EOL in the retail channels. __________________ The internet is the greatest source of biased information in the history of mankind

May 21, 2003, 12:34 PM	#10
gameboy macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2003	Educational discount is going on http://grace.book.uci.edu/bookstore/...ok/pbooks.html 1ghz is cheaper than 867mhz Then again, this rumor was going around, what, feb? jan? and the discount started around march.

May 21, 2003, 12:42 PM	#13
Mudbug macrumors god Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Northwest Louisiana	As ready as the next guy But I'll believe it when I see it - besides, we just purchased a refurb 800 TiBook about 2 months ago. oh well - always the fall... need a new desktop then anyway. __________________ happy thankschrismahanakwaanzicasmasgiving.

May 21, 2003, 12:48 PM	#14
dabirdwell macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oklahoma	It'd be nice if we saw a 1Ghz 970 in the 12" and 1.2 in the 15" and 17". Do we think these could have been in reliable production somewhere other than Fishkill and be ready now?

May 21, 2003, 12:53 PM	#15
Macmaniac macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A tiny spec in the "Garden State", 1 square mile in area, somewhere on the outskirts of town by the railroad tracks	Those Nvidia cards really do suck, I hope they put in a moblie Radeon 9800 for the 15in AlBook. Also my small request to Apple put a Radeon card in the 12in PB the GO destroys gaming performance. __________________ The customer is NOT always right

May 21, 2003, 01:03 PM	#16
Bozola macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: So close to Redmond, I can smell it!	A bit bigger screen Same Speed as before Firewire 800 Airport Extreme No lighted keyboard Bluetooth built in Cheaper That's it. __________________ Bozola

May 21, 2003, 01:03 PM	#17
toughboy macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2003 Location: Izmir, Turkey	price?? and how much will the price of the new 15"Albook? Any ideas? __________________ 12" PB G4 Rev A ~ "Ice" (what an irony!) 15.2" PB G4 ~ "DevIce" 17" MBP 2.5GHz/4GB/ Hi-Res LED Screen FTW! ~ "BigMac"

May 21, 2003, 01:07 PM	#18
rog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kalapana, HI	This story has basically been repeated ad nauseum since february. bring them out already. It's already been 5 months, so the 12" and 17" are due for an update. Maybe we will finally see some decent speeds north of 1GHz. How they can continue to sell a stripped down no L3 cache 867 Mhz 1024x768 "powerbook" for $1800 is beyond me.

May 21, 2003, 01:15 PM	#19
mactastic macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Colly-fornia	The whole PB line needs to be updated. The new 15in needs to be faster (1.25Ghz maybe), but then the 17in needs that same chip, otherwise who's gonna drop $3200 on it? The 12in needs an upgrade to 1Ghz now that the top iBook is running at 900Mhz. The 15in will have to sport all the best features of the 17in as well. DDR is a given, as is BT and AE. Firewire 800 should also be included. Lighted keyboard is questionable, maybe a BTO or something if it adds much to the cost. I think we are definetly in for one more round of revisions with G4's before we will see 970's in the notebooks. The 15"PB's have been rumored and rumored for quite a while now, and it's got to be hurting sales since IMHO that is the "sweet spot" for sales. Not that I'm biased or anything, since I'm writing this from a 15" TiBook __________________ "Republicans, I think you are confusing tyranny with losing." -- Jon Stewart

May 21, 2003, 01:16 PM	#20
Abstract macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: It's classified.	You'll see a 1.25GHz 15" and 17" PB, and a 1GHz 12" PB soon enough. __________________ "Oh, I've always wanted to touch Stanley," signs teacher Fran Zakoor, embracing the kids… ESPN Article, 04/09/2008

May 21, 2003, 01:54 PM	#22
dernhelm macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2002 Location: middle earth	Yes, yes, but the real question... ...is will they have the cool lighted keyboard or not? :-)

May 21, 2003, 02:37 PM	#25
greg6028 macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cedar Rapids	Entire new line?? God, I gotta think that the 15 will fit inline with the NEW 12 and 17's. They will not introduce new 12 and 17. They just did that last January, with the 17" just now showing up..... The 15 will a smaller version of the 17". The 'flagship' Powerbook will still be the 17".

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