15.4 inch PowerBooks?

[GeneR]

Originally posted by Rocketman
Makes sense they would update the middle unit to prevent the middle from being perceived as the bottom of line unit.

It seems my boss told me I am REQUIRED to use a new Al17 when they come in. I politely agreed to heed his order.

Now I have to decide how to put the Ti15 on APE.

Rocketman

Wow. My condolences, Rocketman. How could your boss be so cruel?

Wish more bosses felt the same way...

 

[regan]

I predict that the 15" alumabook will have EVRYTHING the 17" has....um except for the larger screen of course....and it will sell for $2999 with super drive and $2799 without. The current Tibooks that still boot in OS9 will be available for $2299 and $1799 to clear out ALL leftover stock.

 

[moby1]

I hope you're right...

Originally posted by regan
I predict that the 15" alumabook will have EVRYTHING the 17" has....um except for the larger screen of course....and it will sell for $2999 with super drive and $2799 without. The current Tibooks that still boot in OS9 will be available for $2299 and $1799 to clear out ALL leftover stock.

because at those prices, I would 'pounce' on the 2299 model (although I would lament the lack of a keyboard that lights up) .

 

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by regan
I predict that the 15" alumabook will have EVRYTHING the 17" has....um except for the larger screen of course....and it will sell for $2999 with super drive and $2799 without. The current Tibooks that still boot in OS9 will be available for $2299 and $1799 to clear out ALL leftover stock.

that's not what they did with old powermacs though. i think they will cost more if anything. apple seems to be getting vindictive about getting people to make the switch to OS X.

 

[NicoMan]

Re: Re: No OS9 Alternatives

Originally posted by MacKid


A very balanced design would be 12"-15"-17, 867-1G-1.25G (accordingly). Then, maybe by November/December-Ish, a speed bump to 1-1.25-1.42, after the PPC970 release? We can hope. . .

I think we will see a 867MHz, 1GHz, 1GHz when the 15 incher comes out (in 4-6 weeks ???) and then no updates until this summer where we will get 1, 1.25, 1.25 or so. Or we could get no 15" update until this summer, when we go straight to a 1, 1.25, 1.25 config with the 7457 (less heat...).

Dunno

NicoMan

 

[NicoMan]

Originally posted by regan
I predict that the 15" alumabook will have EVRYTHING the 17" has....um except for the larger screen of course....and it will sell for $2999 with super drive and $2799 without. The current Tibooks that still boot in OS9 will be available for $2299 and $1799 to clear out ALL leftover stock.

I don't know about the prices, but I guess you are right in terms of features. The only thing I can see not making it COULD be the keyboard light thingy, and even then I can't really see why...

NicoMan

 

[GeneR]

Could the new size be due to other hardware updates?

I'm wondering if the updates to Airport Extreme, Firewire800 etc. is part of the reason why a bigger screen for the 15" would be needed. Could they need the extra space in the laptop itself to accomodate the new hardware? Probably not. Hopefully, this new model won't look too different from the old one. The TiBook is sweet no matter which way you look at it.

 

[NicoMan]

Re: Could the new size be due to other hardware updates?

Originally posted by GeneR
I'm wondering if the updates to Airport Extreme, Firewire800 etc. is part of the reason why a bigger screen for the 15" would be needed. Could they need the extra space in the laptop itself to accomodate the new hardware? Probably not. Hopefully, this new model won't look too different from the old one. The TiBook is sweet no matter which way you look at it.

Are you talking about the size being 15.4" in the new one as opposed to 15.2" in the old one? That's not a big difference, and I would say that it has more to do with availability of the screen than anything else (within the Apple's requirement in terms of brightness, luminosity, 'response time', aspect ratio, etc...). Besides, from what the rumour are saying, the res would be 1280*800 as opposed to 1280*854. So even if the screen is slightly wider, it won't be as deep. Which, I guess makes it more likely to fulfill its function as a laptop (try opening your 15" in economy/coach class in a plane...).

NicoMan