12inch and 17inch Powerbooks Released

[cr2sh]

The way I see it, this quarter will be saved with the sales of the next Powerbooks. Next quarter we will get new displays (to compliment our new laptop's spanning ability) and new iMac's. Then we get the new Pro-Desktops (970).. its pure speculation but it makes sense to me.

 

[lmalave]

Originally posted by caboosemoose
If you are right then Apple won't be selling many desktops before the end of the year - I don't see how Apple can survive like this its very strange. I can't see the 17" powerbook selling in huge volumes, iMac sales have gone pretty bad, perhaps the 12" powerbook will sell pretty well - but surely thats not enough to support the company. Of course Jobs conveniently decided not to talk about apple's G4 tower sales in his speech, they haven't been great for a while. I suppose its the lower profile, high margin products like the iPod that are keeping Apple afloat, who knows.

But don't forget the CPU upgrades that will also spur sales (among the Mac faithful if nothing else). Specifically, the PowerBooks being upgraded to 1GHz+ 7457s which will spur the upgrade of the iBook to 1GHz G3s. And also integrating Bluetooth into the iBook and 15" PowerBook. If they keep improving the iBook that could really be the cash cow. iBook sales were up 14% last fiscal year, and I know they had a surge after the November speed bump/price drop. As long as they keep enough distance between the PowerBook 12" and the iBook, I think they could sell a lot of both laptops.

And besides Bluetooth I DEFINITELY think that Apple will be upgrading all their lines to be Airport Extreme ready.

 

[nighthawk]

Originally posted by caboosemoose
If you are right then Apple won't be selling many desktops before the end of the year - I don't see how Apple can survive like this its very strange. I can't see the 17" powerbook selling in huge volumes, iMac sales have gone pretty bad, perhaps the 12" powerbook will sell pretty well - but surely thats not enough to support the company. Of course Jobs conveniently decided not to talk about apple's G4 tower sales in his speech, they haven't been great for a while. I suppose its the lower profile, high margin products like the iPod that are keeping Apple afloat, who knows.

1) The iPods are doing very very well (especially in Japan)
2) The $999 iBook is selling very very well
3) The Apple stores are performing better than any expected (with they claim 40% of sales are to first-time mac buyers)
4) Web sales are strong... by Apple doing it's own retail, more money stays in Apple's pockets
5) Software -- Final Cut Pro, WebObjects, DVD Studio Pro, Jaguar, and now Emagic Logic and Shake.
6) Third party software through the online store and retail chain -- a small percentage, but it counts.
7) Increased wooing of the Education market (Maine, etc...)
8) WWDC -- I am sure that there is a little money made here, but not a lot.

All this means that Apple is still very solid... even with poor sales with its desktop machines, Apple is still making money. The only other computer maker that is in the black is Dell.

When the IBM 970 is released, Apple will really shine.

 

[rickvanr]

Re: Re: quick question

Originally posted by Over Achiever


It's the same drive, but different firmware.

does that mean with a firmware tweek i could make my dvdr burn at 2x?

 

[shadowfax]

Re: Okay. . .

Originally posted by MacKid


I hope this answers your question:

Yes, you will have to buy another AirPort card.

as i understand it, i'll have to buy a new computer. a new airport card would be fine, that's just 100$. i have no mini-PCI slot, only PC card slots. so unless you can run 54Mbps over a 3rd party wireless card, i have no hope. ehhh

 

[DeepIn2U]

Buying

I'm so glad that I waited before buying a PowerMac G4 Mirror doors machine.

Can anyone confirm if A: the CPU G4 is a 7455 chip in the 12" PowerBook, B: if the bus connector of the HDD is indeed ATA/100 and not just the HDD itself!!!!!?????? and C: if the CPU of the 12" is on a daughter card???

Thanks very much
Cant wait to see what the PowerMacs hold in store.