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13.3-inch iBook?

liketom said:
13" widescreen iBook - £699
15" Powerbook £1099
17" Powerbook £1399
20" Powerbook £1699

:eek:
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If they're keeping the 12'' iBook, then why would you think the 13'' iBook would be £699? ThinkSecret is reporting that it will replace the 14'' iBook, so it is much more likely it will be priced along the lines of £899
 
iBook Mini

I still want to see a iBook Mini. No CD drive and only 2 pounds with lots of battery life. Movies and TV shows can be played from the Hard drive for those that still want to watch movies on the plane.

Also I hope the screens look nice like every Windows notebook screen.
 
BornAgainMac said:
I still want to see a iBook Mini. No CD drive and only 2 pounds with lots of battery life. Movies and TV shows can be played from the Hard drive for those that still want to watch movies on the plane.

Also I hope the screens look nice like every Windows notebook screen.
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The cd drive ain't that heavy and to get the laptop that light you'd have to put in a smaller battery which would lower battery life. I like the 12" the way it is, although a 13" which is the same height but wider would be a good alternative.
 
abhi_beckert said:
I challenge you to name one program that requires more than a 600px high screen
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:rolleyes: Any page layout program (Indesign, Quark) would benefit from more vertical space.
 
Chaszmyr said:
If they're keeping the 12'' iBook, then why would you think the 13'' iBook would be £699? ThinkSecret is reporting that it will replace the 14'' iBook, so it is much more likely it will be priced along the lines of £899
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why have two models priced at 699 and 899 ? then the powerbooks starting at 1099 .

prices need to come down on iBook/powerbook lines to be competative with the rest of the Laptop markets

12" will go on both lines iBook and Power
 
Chundles said:
I'd have to say it's a bit silly to be putting a screen with only 720 horizontal res. That's less then the current 12". It would be prefect at 1280x768 or even 1280x800. That way it can still show 720p video but for day to day use you get a lot more info on the screen and it fits nicely in with the new higher res PowerBooks - this would also become the new little PB would it not?
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The additional space would be useful, but you'd also be making the computer bigger. It would also mean that you'd get ugly black bars on the top and bottom when watching movies etc. The new display would give you more screen real estate than a 12 inch screen so I guess you'd just have to use the sides of the screen more. By my dodgy calcs the DPI of the new screen would be higher than the 12 inch ibook, which is getting pretty small for some people.
 
liketom said:
13" widescreen iBook - £699
15" Powerbook £1099
17" Powerbook £1399
20" Powerbook £1699

:eek:
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It'll be more like 12" - £699 and 13.3" - £899. As for PBs, there is no market for 20" as far as I'm aware. It would be too clumsy to carry around. Just get a 20" iMac.

EDIT: Just saw your other post. And this http://vaio.sony-europe.com/view/Sh...=VGN-S5XP&site=ite_en_GB&category=VN+S+Series and http://vaio.sony-europe.com/view/Sh...t=VGN-S5M&site=ite_en_GB&category=VN+S+Series is quite comparable to probably the next gen of PBs and look at the price.
 
Hope this is true.

The size of the 12" iBook is really nice but the 14" is way to big for it to retain only 1024x768. Soo, a 13" with different resolution would be very nice.

I doubt the price would change much, and I doubt Apple would increase the price much, if it all. Apple need a low cost laptop to compete on price.
 
This sounds all to good to be true (regarding the iBook line) but 0I don't like the fact that the 12"PB will dropped. Oh well if it will be replaced with a 13" widescreen and it's nice an sleek I wouldn't mind to much.
 
BlizzardBomb said:
It'll be more like 12" - £699 and 13.3" - £899. As for PBs, there is no market for 20" as far as I'm aware. It would be too clumsy to carry around. Just get a 20" iMac.
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Do any companies make laptops larger than 17''? I feel like the 17'' pbook is near the limit of what consumers are interested in. I personally hope to get one of the Rev As but can't really decide if I want that 17 incher or not. I feel like I might be embarrassed to use such a large laptop in public. :cool:
 
I can see the 12" PowerBook going sadly :( it was a great machine but if these new Intel iBooks are powerful enough then they simply wont be needed.

I'm not too fussed though. I would love a 15" PowerBook as my next mac :D
 
you get "ugly black bars" anyway

krollster said:
It would also mean that you'd get ugly black bars on the top and bottom when watching movies etc.
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This rumoured MacIntelBook has a 1280x720 screen, which is an aspect ratio of 1.78.

A typical DVD movie is 1.85 to 2.35 aspect ratio, which will give "ugly black bars" of 15 to 87 pixels both on the top and bottom of the screen.

Please get over the myth that "wide screen" means no letterboxing for DVD movies....
 
12" and 13.3" is a very nice size for the portability aspect of having a Laptop. I like my 12" iBook, it is getting long in the tooth but it's great for being on the go alll the time.... small and light is how I like my Laptops.
 
abhi_beckert said:
I challenge you to name one program that requires more than a 600px high screen (let alone 720px), aperture and final cut pro don't count. Now name a program that would work better with more than 1024px wide. Didn't take you long did it? I have a 12" iBook and I assure you, the screen is taller than it needs to be and not wide enough.
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Indesign, photoshop.

All of my indesign pages are twice as tall as they are wide.

Luckily work provides 21" monitors.
 
I just thought of something. Will they go back to writing "iBook" on it instead of "iBook G4". :eek:
 
ITASOR said:
I just thought of something. Will they go back to writing "iBook" on it instead of "iBook G4". :eek:
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iBook with a nice little Intel siticker next to it :D
 
This all sounds pretty interesting, and good news for people looking for iBooks. But (and I've said this before) the low-cost laptops can still converge with their higher priced bretheren in terms of form factor and design. They will more than be able to differentiate the powerbook line with multi-core CPUs, replacable graphics cards, etc.

My prediction has been for quite a while that the lower-cost iBook will converge with the more upscale powerbook in form (widescreen, etc). You may see the iBooks go Aluminum while the PBs go with some other material, so there will be just enough of a cosmetic difference to make the PB purchasers feel like they got something "more". But I figure that we'll see a 13.3" widescreen iBook as well a 13.3" widescreen PB. If I'm right, the 12" PB may have seen it's last days.

I wonder how the "pro" users that like the smaller form factor would feel about that?
 
Platform said:
iBook with a nice little Intel siticker next to it :D
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Right below the Apple logo lid.

or

on the touch pad so you won't forget your using an Intel powered laptop, staring at you.

:-D
 
Stella said:
Right below the Apple logo lid.

or

on the touch pad so you won't forget your using an Intel powered laptop, staring at you.

:-D
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Glowing every 5 min :p
 
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