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15inch PowerBook Problems

That seems completely off. The G5 is an entirely different breed of processor. It's 64 bit, has a completely different chipset, system controller, capabilities, etc. If Apple just renamed the 7457 a G5, you would quickly see chaos as hordes of people will call Apple on that white lie.
 
G4 -> G5

Just because Intel got away with it, doesn't mean Apple would even try, and if they did, Apple's customers aren't that dumb... Well, some of them aren't that dumb. *joking*

In short, Apple wouldn't. Period.

Jaedreth
 
This is complete crap.

We will not see any new 15" PB's until there are no stocks of the old ones.

Simple business rules kids.
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actually, resellers can sell older products at a discount and receive a reimbursment from Apple to make up the difference in price (since the resellers buy the machines, they can not lose money on them)

so we know that statement is false
 
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This is complete crap.

We will not see any new 15" PB's until there are no stocks of the old ones.

Simple business rules kids.
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Originally posted by big
actually, resellers can sell older products at a discount and receive a reimbursment from Apple to make up the difference in price (since the resellers buy the machines, they can not lose money on them)

so we know that statement is false
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Not to mention the fact that I guarantee you that apple didn't have 9 months of stock sitting around. How many times do we have to see this claim? If apple wanted to run out of tibooks, it'd take a week or two max.
 
Panphage

Right on.

Apple keeps its inventory low. It's gotten so good at inventory, they can have more or less on a dime. If Apple stopped making TiBooks right now, Apple would sell them all easily within two weeks. If even that. Doesn't matter how low the demand is. Apple does *not* keep a lot of product in warehouse.

These promotions are designed to maximize Apple's profits in *this* quarter, because sales are going to slump due to an expected announcement.

In short, Apple's supply will run out when Apple wants it to.

Jaedreth
 
Re: Panphage

Originally posted by jaedreth
Right on.

Apple keeps its inventory low. It's gotten so good at inventory, they can have more or less on a dime. If Apple stopped making TiBooks right now, Apple would sell them all easily within two weeks. If even that. Doesn't matter how low the demand is. Apple does *not* keep a lot of product in warehouse.

These promotions are designed to maximize Apple's profits in *this* quarter, because sales are going to slump due to an expected announcement.

In short, Apple's supply will run out when Apple wants it to.

Jaedreth
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To support your point, when I ordered my 15" PB last November, it was shipped directly to me from Asia. I got the feeling that it was virtually made to order, but it wasn't a custom config.
 
Re: Re: Panphage

Originally posted by daveL
To support your point, when I ordered my 15" PB last November, it was shipped directly to me from Asia. I got the feeling that it was virtually made to order, but it wasn't a custom config.
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I ordered my 15" PB a few weeks ago, and it also arrived from Asia, as a matter of fact, so did my iPod. Maybe they ship all of their online orders from Asia?
 
17" selling / not selling well

I haven't seen sales figures for it, however, everyone I talk to (and talked to while I still worked at apple) all said it was way to heavy and bulky, that they would prefer the 15".

So I figured if so many different people are all saying the same thing, that sales were likely slow.

But no, I don't have specific knowledge.

Jaedreth
 
From what i gather the 17" is selling well for it's primary target audience, and it's not like they're producing tons of them, that was never their purpose (though i suppose it would be if people started scooping them up). It's a niche market for a laptop like that, and as i said, i think it's selling well or at least was as it's due for another rev soon.
 
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