Originally posted by nspeds
I think its a pretty big assumption to think the phrase "The year of the laptop" subsumed the inclusion of the 970 within powerbooks. I think its pretty safe to assume that the statement was more or less tailored for the SPECIFIC situation of the introduction of the 17 inch and 12 inch version. I make new years resolutions and probably follow it for 3 months but I don't remember all of them today.
Now, I thought about this logically, and came up with the following premises and their conclusions. I'll start the syllogism...
1) It has been previously established that when products from Apple are aggresively discounted, they are due to be discontinued/update.
2) The only products that have been discounted are the 12 and 15 inches.
Therefore: The 17 inch will NOT be updated.
However, people state the the reason the 17 hasn't been discounted is because its selling big, but I would argue that the 12 inch is selling even better since the target market is a lot bigger than the 17 inch. (I may have to think about that statement, because if the target market of the 17 inch is smaller than the 12 inch, then you could still call the 17 inch "successful" per se since its hit Apple expectations. But I think in a comparison with 12 inch sales, the 12 inch out numbers"
Hence, if you think things through correctly, the rumormills will be telling you that the PowerBooks WILL have the 970. However, if you look at things syllogistically, that means that IF a PowerBook is updated to the 970, it will ONLY be the 12 and 15 inch models, being that the 17 wasn't discounted and hence is not likely to be updated.
Now here is where the problem lies, although the 15 inch is the flagship machine, if BOTH the 12 inch and 15 inch get the 970 and the 17 inch don't, then what, the new 12 inches gain bragging rights over the 17 inch in terms of speed? That doesn't make sense.
Hence the 970 update for WWDC seems very unlikely.