PowerBook and iBook Confirmation?

[MacRumors]

MacNN joins the fray and provides their own confirmation that PowerBooks and iBooks will receive updates next week.

According to the site, "Apple will introduce revised 12-inch PowerBooks (two models), two revised 15-inch PowerBooks, one new model of the 12" iBook, two new models of the 14" iBook, and a single high-end 17" PowerBook configuration".

Limited availability is expected next week.

[Hattig]

Errr ... couldn't their sources be the other apple sites like here, appleinsider, etc? :P

Still, I'm looking forward to what comes out next week now.

[goof_ball]

I have a feeling this is the same rumor just propegating.

Regardless, lets hope its true. Also, lets hope they put a better screen on the some of the iBook models.

[Grimace]

I wonder if the superdrive "option" is going to go away on any of the 'books. The combo drive wasn't an option on the 17" powerbook - are we moving toward the superdrive being a baseline feature?

Personally, I'd like the option to stay, as I have a DVD burner in my desktop and could have saved the $$$, but the same must have been said for CD-RW drives years back....

[cr2sh]

Originally Posted by carletonmusic

are we moving toward the superdrive being a baseline feature?

Yes, in fact we are.

In the next revision of the powermac Apple will introduce the super-duper drive. (By duper, I mean dual layer.)

New books? No way, never happen, not now at least. How about a display? How about a PM?

[BlingBling 3k12]

My 700MHz iBook just went kapoot...

Looks like next week could be a good week for me.

Albeit expensive

[elgruga]

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

[powerofthekiwi]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I'm an apple fan and I plan to be in the apple store monday buying my 1.5 ghz G4 p'book with super drive, backlit keyboard, and 2 gbs RAM standard (completely joking!)

[usersince86]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I think several people will buy a new G4 *IF* it's signficantly faster, or cheaper, or loaded, compared to current offerings.

The G4 is "proven", a G5 laptop, while much cooler (actually hotter), will be totally new...

[Awimoway]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I agree, too. But I can't really believe anyone is surprised that the G5 Powerbook isn't quite ready for prime time.

[Grimace]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

While I agree as a reader of this forum, there are a ton of Mac people out there who don't care that a G5 is on the horizon. Many will say - oh wow, an updated xBook, I'll take one please. Unless they check Apple's website often, they may not even know that there are new xBooks at all. Many Apple consumers go into an Apple store, play around, and buy. New converts may not be doing research into the history of the G4 and G5 in desktop/notebooks.

I'm not saying that they will sell like hotcakes; just that the majority of Mac users probably aren't following this as closely as we are.

[Bhennies]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

I will. It is going to be the finest g4 'book ever released.

Just wait to read the support forums on the rev. a g5 powerbook. Apple's gonna have to open a whole new server for that. Their hardware quality on rev.a products has not been all that great lately.

[zelman]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I want a rev B 15" powerbook. I've been waiting for them to rev for a long time. If they were to go for a g5, i'd have to wait for the next rev to buy. I'm not interested in bleeding edge tech. I just want it to work.

[Bear]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I can. My current Powerbook is starting to show its limitations. Any bump up from the current top end 15" will be a welcome machine to buy. Also, hopefully they will drop the prices a couple hundred dollars again.

[TRiPod]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

i guess i'm in the minority....

you do realize that if you wait for a g5 pbook its gonna be october before you actually get it right?

also, someone needs to update the buyer's guide and add 'updates soon' to the pbooks

[El Tritoma]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.
Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I have a 667 MHz TiBook, the second one I've had on which the right hand hinge has broken. I am going to get a new PB next week regardless. Both hinges broke while sitting in the BWI airport on a weekday morning waiting to go home.

[Steven1621]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

the updated g4 should be more than enough for my computing needs, but i would certainly be happy with a g5

[Windowlicker]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

well, i possibly would... I don't really need all the power at the moment (sure fast will be slow in meantime, but still). Also I checked out some powermac stuff at apple store and found out I would get a dual 1.42 G4 for a better price than the single 1.6G5. the dual must be faster. The only actual bad thing about the dualg4 I can think of it's a lot louder than the G5.

So what I'm trying to say here is that the G5 isn't really the word of God, eventhough it might be revolutionary. The "when we do it we want to get it right" applies here too. It's microsoft that sells products that need further tweaking all the time -- let's not hope the same from Apple.

[marmotte]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

I need a Powerbook now, not in 6 months. I'd rather get a new faster G4 right now, than a first generation G5, with all its potential unknown problems later.

So if Apple updates his laptops next week, I will serioulsy consider buying one.

MM

[iAtom]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like I would rather have a updated G4 Powerbook at this point. A rev. a G5PB would likely have a lot more problems than a rev. whatever G4PB (I haven't been following Macs for very long). And a G5 won't be able to do anything that I need it to that the G4 can't. I will do basic computing tasks such as word processing and internet, I plan on doing a lot with iLife, and some games. I am not an avid gamer though and don't need the best frames per second and everything. So as long as my computer meets the requirements I'll be fine. A updated G4PB will more than meet the requirements for all the games I plan on playing (Unreal Tournament 2004, Call of Duty, Worms 3D )

[john123]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

Ditto here. I owned a Pismo, a PB 550, a 667, and now a 1Ghz (Ti)...and I just can't justify the expense to get what is really a marginal performance increase for the current (and likely next) G4 models.

[ryanw]

Originally Posted by elgruga

I cant see too many Apple fans buying a new powerbook with a G4 in it.

Only a G5 will persuade me to buy a new powerbook.

Sure, but there are plent of us Apple fans that still only have powermacs and iBooks. I am going to get a powerbook as soon as new models come out.

[_pb_boi]

I was at the genius bar in Apple Store Soho due to a problem with an AE card I bought - which turned out not to be a problem, of course. Is this their announcement of the new G4 updates?

Anybody who has seen the Soho store recently might recognise the covered up advertising boards below. Dunno what it is, just thought it might be SOMETHING. The picture doesn't give much info as to scene or position because of size constraints - it's right above the genius bars, all the way along.

andy

[AppleJustWorks]

Originally Posted by _pb_boi

I was at the genius bar in Apple Store Soho due to a problem with an AE card I bought - which turned out not to be a problem, of course. Is this their announcement of the new G4 updates?

Anybody who has seen the Soho store recently might recognise the covered up advertising boards below. Dunno what it is, just thought it might be SOMETHING. The picture doesn't give much info as to scene or position because of size constraints - it's right above the genius bars, all the way along.

andy

I thought there were Plasma Televisions above the Genious Bars.....Well there are in my Apple Store!

[~Shard~]

Originally Posted by _pb_boi

I was at the genius bar in Apple Store Soho due to a problem with an AE card I bought - which turned out not to be a problem, of course. Is this their announcement of the new G4 updates?

Anybody who has seen the Soho store recently might recognise the covered up advertising boards below. Dunno what it is, just thought it might be SOMETHING. The picture doesn't give much info as to scene or position because of size constraints - it's right above the genius bars, all the way along.

andy

I was just in the SoHo store last week myself and was curious what exactly was going on - it looked like they were preparing for something, or at least putting up some new banners. Guess we'll see!

Incidentally, I also walked out of the store with a nice new 20 GB iPod + a car adaptor - damn, that's a dangerous store...