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13.3-inch iBook?

mrzippy said:
Well I have been interested in getting a notebook for a while now, but with PC notebooks selling for £300 in the UK I am not prepared to pay £700 for Apples current cheapest option, especially with only a 12" screen.

Now if you introduce a 13" widescreen iBook in the £400-£500 range then I might just part with the cash!
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If you feel comfortable with a 450 euros notebook, you probably don't need a Mac.
 
For what it's worth . . .

I have a family member, whom shall remain nameless, that is an Intel employee. Rumor on the inside is that the first Intel-Based Mac Laptops will ship in Feb.

Desktops to start shipping in May, at least that is what they are currently targetting.

My family member (who works in a R&D department) makes no guarantees, that's just the buzz circulating around the Intel production campuses.
 
more than 600 pixels down

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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Easy. NetBeans and any other IDE and/or GUI Editor. 🙂
 
dxm113 said:
For what it's worth . . .

I have a family member, whom shall remain nameless, that is an Intel employee. Rumor on the inside is that the first Intel-Based Mac Laptops will ship in Feb.

Desktops to start shipping in May, at least that is what they are currently targetting.

My family member (who works in a R&D department) makes no guarantees, that's just the buzz circulating around the Intel production campuses.
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Laptop I can believe. Desktops? No. The chips Apple is targeting won't be out until second half of 2006. Mac Minis is another matter.
 
SiliconAddict said:
No..No it doesn't.
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So lower prices is a bad thing. 😕

I can see the issue at hand in regards to security being chipped away by every person out there who can afford a cheaper Mac, however that is a price we have to pay if Apple is going after market share.

Yes, I know what Steve Jobs have stated in the past. However he cannot be trusted with his open comments. 😉 🙂
 
SiliconAddict said:
Laptop I can believe. Desktops? No. The chips Apple is targeting won't be out until second half of 2006. Mac Minis is another matter.
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Yeah, but remember, minis are technically considered desktop. Especially since most people don't put their towers on their desk, but rather on the floor.
 
joecool85 said:
Yeah, but remember, minis are technically considered desktop. Especially since most people don't put their towers on their desk, but rather on the floor.
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That postulation is up for debate. After all, most of the components in the mini's are laptop components... mostly adapted iBook stuff. 😎
 
jayscheuerle said:
1280 x 720 is true HD resolution, 16:9.
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I know.
Many widescreen televisions ship with resolutions of 1280 x 768, 16:10, as this gives a balance and your 4:3 NTSC television shows (and old movies) end up not having as much wasted space (black bars) on the sides of your widescreen televisions.
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So. We're talking about a laptop here, remember?
 
Photorun said:
Yes, but will they be G5s?🙄
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That is much of the reason (if reports are to be believed) that Apple dumped IBM, because they apparently had no interest in developing those lower-power, lower-heat laptop versions. There will be no G5 for a laptop... EVER.
 
Sunrunner said:
That is much of the reason (if reports are to be believed) that Apple dumped IBM, because they apparently had no interest in developing those lower-power, lower-heat laptop versions. There will be no G5 for a laptop... EVER.
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LOL, he was being sarcastic. 😉 😀

He knows that as if you see, he is a long time MR member and poster. 🙂
 
maya said:
LOL, he was being sarcastic. 😉 😀

He knows that as if you see, he is a long time MR member and poster. 🙂
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I suppose I missed that in my zeal to smack down another discussion on G5 laptops... the topic has been the cause of much wasted eyeball time around here, especially before the last Macworld.... 😛
 
Sunrunner said:
I suppose I missed that in my zeal to smack down another discussion on G5 laptops... the topic has been the cause of much wasted eyeball time around here, especially before the last Macworld.... 😛
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Ah you get used to it after awhile. 😉 🙂
 
maya said:
LOL, he was being sarcastic. 😉 😀

He knows that as if you see, he is a long time MR member and poster. 🙂
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So, are you trying to say there's NOT going to be a PowerBook G5?
 
That Sony with the 13" screen is waaay too small for regular use IMO. I prefer the 14.1 WS instead. They offer 1280 x 768 resolution and are an almost perfect combination of size and portability.
 
otter-boy said:
Why are you putting the word pro in quotation marks? Many people, from professional photographers to professional writers (like myself), prefer the portability of the 12" PB, its faster processor, and the ability to use an external display as more than just a mirror of the desktop. I also prefer the smaller form-factor of the PB to the iBook.

The iBook is nice, but its just not in the same league as the PB. Whether the differences in the computers' features are worth the difference in price is up to the consumer, but since the 12" PB still sells very well, it's hard to believe that Apple will just discontinue the small form-factor professional laptop (which still leaves open the door for a 13" wide-screen PB).

Many real professionals, not just "pros," actually prefer the 12" PB to other PBs and iBooks.

P.S. I know you can work around Apple's limit on the external display, but I do like having the assurance that Apple supports (as in services) my configuration.
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Out of curiosity (genuine curiosity, not that sarcasm the Internet is rife with these days), what do you need a PowerBook for as a writer? Word processors are not processor intensive, I don't think. I can see why musicians or graphics artists or programers need PowerBooks, but I don't get it for writers. I do not mean to appear critical, but what do you need the PowerBook for?

(Also, off topic: what kind of writing, if I may ask?)
 
otter-boy said:
Why are you putting the word pro in quotation marks? Many people, from professional photographers to professional writers (like myself), prefer the portability of the 12" PB, its faster processor, and the ability to use an external display as more than just a mirror of the desktop. I also prefer the smaller form-factor of the PB to the iBook.

The iBook is nice, but its just not in the same league as the PB. Whether the differences in the computers' features are worth the difference in price is up to the consumer, but since the 12" PB still sells very well, it's hard to believe that Apple will just discontinue the small form-factor professional laptop (which still leaves open the door for a 13" wide-screen PB).

Many real professionals, not just "pros," actually prefer the 12" PB to other PBs and iBooks.

P.S. I know you can work around Apple's limit on the external display, but I do like having the assurance that Apple supports (as in services) my configuration.
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I put pro in quotation marks because a lot of non-professional users (e.g. students) also like the 12" form factor and bought the 12" PB. I'm pointing out the fact that anyone can buy a professional-designated laptop, and quite often they do. I wasn't attempting to denegrate people with careers that bought the 12" PB. I was really pointing out that the professional designation that has been applied to the powerbook line is somewhat arbitrary.

BTW I agree with you on many of your points, but I don't understand your differentiation between "real professionals" and "pros". I certainly understand that there are a lot of people that like the 12" form factor and still require a lot of power in their laptops. My remarks were really aimed at determining how many of those users would be irked at a slightly larger 13.3" widescreen form factor. If the new PBs were to be offered at 13.3", 15", and 17" sizes, how much of their potential userbase would they alienate?

I was really just curious more than anything.
 
So get a 15"

Chundles said:
Woah!

Somebody's a bit stirred up!!

I'd like more depth in Safari, Word, Preview, all my other web browsers, Text Edit, basically anything that displays text or pages.

I'd like more overall resolution for iPhoto, iTunes, Excel, Mail and Dashboard.

So tell me why more pixels = bad?

Actually, I'd like more pixels overall for Safari so I can display web pages at 1024 and still have room for Messenger and iChat.
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new iBook?

I heard that the new iBook would tie in even more with the iPod to boost the "Halo" effect. How about something like this?

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The metallic base could either be chromed out or be very similar to the aluminum used in the Powerbook.
 
snoboardguy21 said:
I heard that the new iBook would tie in even more with the iPod to boost the "Halo" effect. How about something like this?

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The metallic base could either be chromed out or be very similar to the aluminum used in the Powerbook.
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My first post! That would be awesome. It's the best of both worlds, too, in
terms of the design of the ibook and pbook lines.
 
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