5G iPods, PowerBook Updates?

[oskar]

The more I think about it, the more I wonder if I'll just end up with an HP. I love Apple and I'm desperate for OS X, but time is running short and the screen, hard drive, battery life, and feature set are all better on the dv1000 series. What has kept me from buying it is my undying love for Apple (and the fact that the HP has integrated graphics, which sort of negates the processor/system performance advantage of the P-M). It's no PowerBook, but it'll fit the bill, for a lower bill . Please Apple, update soon so you can have my money! I don't care about the processor if the other features are improved (backlit keyboard on all models, more standard RAM, new video hardware, better LCD panel, maybe an iTunes without boot feature [the HP can play DVDs and music without booting into Windows at all, which is pretty rad]).

Those HP notebooks look very nice. A friend just got one this weekend and I can definitely say that it's the only laptop that has actually caught my attention that is not a Mac. He got one with a Centrino 1.5 Ghz, 512 RAM, DVD-RW drive, 64 Video RAM, 80 GB HD, and a great 14.x inch widescreen display. What I didn't like: Windows of course. But it kind of makes you wonder why Apple hasn't put all these features standard on a cheap 'Book. The "high-end" iBook G4 for $1499 has the closest features for the price, except for the cool widescreen LCD, 20 GB less drive space, and the hardly useful HP remote control. But the HP costs only $1399, so then again it would lead most consumers to the HP if they were comparing them head-on. If only they ran OS X....
Good thing that there's still some of us who prefer a Mac anyway. I hope Apple hurries, because this waiting game is getting old... I want a PowerBook G5 now! Just kidding. I'm just waiting impatiently for ANY PowerBook update.

 

[billystlyes]

Man It just seems like I got my 4g ipod

yesterday. Could it be a color change to silver to match the mini?

 

[Platform]

This is what the apple hardware page looks like on each of my systems... Mac OSX, and Winblows XP (Firefox, IE, Safari)

Don't know whats wrong with your browsers... maybe the computers are anticipating the PB release just as much as we are.LOL

Mine also has the "Z" look and so does all the comps that I have been using since MWSF

 

[PB_deprived]

DIE HP, DIE!!!!

Let me be the first to warn u all, DON'T BUY AN HP!!! I have an HP tower now and it's hands down the biggest piece of crap i have ever used in my life. I have previously owned three macs, two Dells and this one HP. I had a few problems with my Dell, but those were nothing in comparison to this junker. This thing ran slow out of the box and was so bogged down with software crap that it took me a week to sort out and clean up. (no, u can't just do a fresh system install becase the cheap bastards at HP don't give you discs, just a restore feature that puts everything back to factory specs). I have had more system crashes and general instability than I care to remember. I am not a huge power user, but i work in photoshop and dreamweaver a lot and do web and print design work. I am not ignorant of computers, so that's not the problem if the thought crossed your mind.

Please, save yourself the misery, and don't buy one of these. I've had this tower for 1.5 years and it runs worse than my dell did after owning it for four. I'm saving for a PB right now and will be buying one as soon as they come out with some sort of revison. I hope I can spare you some of the grief I have experienced. If you're not going to buy an apple, at least don't get an HP, pay a little more for a computer that is solid. You get what you pay for. Apple prides themselves on a well engineered quality product, and for good reason. It may cost a little more, but I have see first-hand what the other side of the spectrum looks like.

I hope this is of some help

-JDM

 

[jaknudsen]

At what time are new products usually released on AppleStore? 9 AM Cupertino time?

 

[Zaty]

No PBs today!

I'm afraid we'll have to wait a bit longer for new PBs. If something was coming today, non-US stores would be down at this time.

 

[rosalindavenue]

matticus 008--

I agree with your sentiments re purchasing a PC notebook, although I'm going to hold out and get a powerbook if the updates are good, or an ibook if they are not, when Tiger comes out.

I have a question about your sig:

Windows XP Pro, OS X 10.3.3 (via PearPC), Linux-Mandrake 10.0

I suppose you are joking about the PearPC part, right?

 

[Dalriada]

I'm afraid we'll have to wait a bit longer for new PBs. If something was coming today, non-US stores would be down at this time.

I'd be glad to wait another week if that then gets us a single core 7448 which Moto may have already up their sleeve

It's gonna be a long week until then.

 

[geoffism]

Well, I guess it will give me something to look forward to - next tuesday.

No rumors to respond to... no hot news that might be controversial. What gives? Just piling more logs onto the same old forum.

I'll wait til monday to rev myself up again.

Throw the love Steve, throw the love.

 

[JediL1]

Matticus,

Don't just look at screen/hd/graphics card/processor. Think about stability and ease of use.

I have a friend with a P-4 laptop that is a little over 2 years old and is already on its last legs. Spyware, malware, and the general awfulness of Windows has led to in being ridiculously slow and almost unusable. So please don't fall into the trap of only being concerned about specs.

The stability of the OS and longevity of each machine far outweighs any temporary speed gain in my opinion.

 

[zwida]

Well, I guess it will give me something to look forward to - next tuesday.

And another week to get my finances in order.

I've always had the best luck with Apple last rev (before a revamp) products and am itching to get a new PB.

 

[SiliconAddict]

Have you ever even used FCP? Probably not being a Windows user...
The PowerBook G4 is the recommended portable for use with Panasonic's DVCPRO HD format. I've used it and it works just fine. Not like a Dual G5, but definitely better than what you're trying to describe. And with iLife '05 and Final Cut Express HD arriving with the HDV format, I think there's nothing else you could currently ask for.

I've played around with it enough at the Apple store to know its dog slow on a PowerBook. Hell it takes something like 30 seconds just to open the damn thing.

 

[schubox]

so much for me having my new PB for my business trip

 

[bellis1]

One more week

My co-worker is starting to think I'm nuts because I keep telling him to wait to buy a powerbook. Oh, just one more week until MWSF, next tuesday, um well maybe next tuesday?

 

[Dalriada]

My co-worker is starting to think I'm nuts because I keep telling him to wait to buy a powerbook. Oh, just one more week until MWSF, next tuesday, um well maybe next tuesday?

Seems the next hopes we have is for Feb 2nd which is in fact a Wednesday

 

[Platform]

Does anyone know of any PM updates soon or not

 

[BOOMBA]

The site reiterates their previous predictions of 1.5/1.67 GHz models.

Why even bother?

 

[qzak]

I'm afraid we'll have to wait a bit longer for new PBs. If something was coming today, non-US stores would be down at this time.

^ is this a common known fact or something? why would the non-US stores shut down for a few hours while the US stores gets ready to "quietly" release an updated product?

 

[attic salt]

I'm afraid we'll have to wait a bit longer for new PBs. If something was coming today, non-US stores would be down at this time.

Oh the agony...I really don't think I can take the waiting anymore. I'm gonna' crack...that's it.

 

[geoffism]

we are all waiting. I need a PB update, but no way in hell would I buy the current PB with all the EOL talk and extended delivery times. Yes, they are the classic signs, by any company, that the stock is depleting, and they are either
1) discontinuing the line
2) getting ready to release a new model

Let's hope for #2.

The second you crack and bite the bullet, the new revision will appear.

My PB support group meets every tuesday night since the announcement (or tease, depends on how you look at it) of the dual core chips.

 

[evilernie]

My PB support group meets every tuesday night since the announcement (or tease, depends on how you look at it) of the dual core chips.

I'll bring cookies.

 

[Lancetx]

^ is this a common known fact or something? why would the non-US stores shut down for a few hours while the US stores gets ready to "quietly" release an updated product?

Maybe because it's always happened that way every time Apple has updated a product over the last few years?

Seriously though, when an update comes, the stores outside the U.S. shut down first, then the U.S. store follows by 8am ET. Then by 9am ET, the U.S. store (and all of the others too) comes back up with the updated products.

The only exception to this is during a Steve Jobs keynote or Apple event (such as MWSF, WWDC, a music/iPod event, etc). Those usually always start at Noon ET and the store comes back up when the event ends. That's why it was safe to assume there would be no new PowerBooks today when every store was still up at 8am ET this morning. Maybe next week...

 

[attic salt]

I know, I know...I'm going to wait it out. I can do this...be strong. Good thing I'm seeing my therapist tonight...

 

[schubox]

I know, I know...I'm going to wait it out. I can do this...be strong. Good thing I'm seeing my therapist tonight...

the wait is getting to me too, especially since I really wanted this before I went out of town next week

 

[geoffism]

just think how much happier you will be with a better machine. the PB's can only get better.

In 6 mos., we can all start prophethising (is that the right word?) about the liquid cooled G5 PB's. ANd how you will need a pull-start motor to keep it from melting through your desk or 3rd degree burns on your lap.