mpw said:
Definately not. They would never realease iLife for Windows. That would just be silly!
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Definately not. They would never realease iLife for Windows. That would just be silly!
Am I the only one who keeps reading that as "Come on black and white graphics chipset" whenever it's quoted?yoda13 said:Come on black and dedicated graphics chipset....
I think a May release is possible, but it will be at an event, of the type Steve can make a Stevenote at. That probably means a one-off press conference (the only show on the horizon is the E3 thing, and it seems an unlikely venue.)
BTW all those saying they'll buy it the day it comes out... what if it's crap? I mean, what if the $999 model has Intel Integrated Graphics, 256Mb of RAM, a Combo drive, 40Gb HD, a 1.5GHz Core Solo, and no firewire ports or built-in Wifi?
Personally I suspect it'll have firewire, and maybe half a gig of RAM, but the rest of the spec isn't that unlikely.
haha, well if it comes out in May that'll be good cause I know I won't be able to pick one up till June. Though I could stop by St. Lou and pick one up after getting back from the Germanies. That is, if there isn't a shortage
firsttube said:They're going to keep the iBook name. There might be some macbook 13" too, but they're going to keep iBook for the consumer notebook. Mark my words, or I'll eat something gross or something.
Everyone is assuming the name will be MacBook because when the MacBook Pro was announced Steve himself said they wanted "Mac" in all their computer names. iMac still works but iBook doesn't. While I kind of see Steve's point, I really hate MacBook. MacNote seems better to me.
I'm ready to move on from all the "iWhatever" names. There were rumors years ago that Apple was dropping all these conventions. iTools became .Mac and with the release of GarageBand the rumors picked up a bit. The newer consumer apps no longer have "i" we now get Front Row, Photo Booth, etc.
Well, you need "i", for branding, "Mac" because Steve likes that, and they can't call it iMac, because that's something else, so, without further ado, the name of the next iBook: Maci (pronounced makkey)4God said:Ahhh..., that's it. iMacbook.
No, seriously, I think Macbook is most likely, especially because the other one is called Macbook Pro.
Peharri said:
Integrated graphics, definitly on low-end, 265 RAM, impossible, Combo, possible, 40 GB, likely, 1.5 Solo, again, on low-end, Firewire, really likely on all models, Wifi ==> standard on all Macs
gropo said:
MacBook Pro
iMac
PowerMac
iBook
???
.... one of these things is not like the other.
Jobs wants "Mac" in the names of all of Apple's products, why would they make an exception with this one product? No, I disagree with you, I find it very unlikely that Apple would not rebrand the iBook. After all, why have a MacBook Pro if there's no MacBook in the first place?
1984 said:
Agreed. I think it's pretty obvious that the iBook will be renamed MacBook. As stated, why have a MacBook Pro w/o a MacBook in the first place?
ISight
Interesting point you make regarding the isight and secure environments. This makes me wonder if Apple will allow its employees to utilize its own hardware on campus. Of course they will but it would be interesting to see how they handle it.
tekriter said:
Interesting point you make regarding the isight and secure environments. This makes me wonder if Apple will allow its employees to utilize its own hardware on campus. Of course they will but it would be interesting to see how they handle it.
peharri said:
Well I *AM* on a Tibook... And a smaller guy would interest me a lot. It's gonna have Wifi, BT and FW as a standard. Even the 999 version. Though I'm looking for around 1500 to spend. I really DON'T want the integrated graphics - but if I have to get them I decided it's not a big deal anyway. All the games I play run on 64MB of vcard memory anyway so they should run fine offset by a dual core w/ integratedness. Like Mafia in WinXP
I basically upgrading for smaller size, iSight, FR, USB 2.0 and BT so a little extra speed would be awesome, it's not mandatory though.
Hope it is hot...well, better not...
I really would jump for a 13' model without a doubt.
If I am not wrong, I stopped by at least 3 times at our nearest
Apple Store to get the Pro version but the heat coming out
was always a turn down on my plans.
Unfortunately, the current market prices indicates that we
may have a dual core inside this machine, which means HEAT.
I really would jump for a 13' model without a doubt.
If I am not wrong, I stopped by at least 3 times at our nearest
Apple Store to get the Pro version but the heat coming out
was always a turn down on my plans.
Unfortunately, the current market prices indicates that we
may have a dual core inside this machine, which means HEAT.
Amen.nagromme said:
It`d be really great if there are atleast 2 mobels of MB available at the launch. One the usual 999$ core duo with integrated gfx,combo drive and the higher end with at the very least 64 MB dedicated VRAM(atleast),Superdrive for around 1300-1400$.
And please dont forget the color option. I m already bored of the all white look. White gets dirty way too easily. I had to clean my iBook every week to keep it from looking UGLY.
Noooooooooooo. Thats even worse than MacBook. Pleas no.azentropy said:
That definitely makes me feel better. I`ve been waiting for just 3 weeks now. Yes even I`ve also lost hopes in all these rumors. But still somewhere down there wenever I see a light I start jumpin all over, THERE`S THE MACBOOK. THERE IT IS.Macnoviz said:
And two days later, GOD DAMN IT. WHERE`S THE MACBOOK. WHERE THE HELL IS THE MACBOOK?
Definitely I dont really believe we`ll see MB before Aug. But then I`ll love to be proved Wrong. Can ya hear me Steve....
esaleris said:
Heh, maybe they could at least make a BTO option for those of us who really, really want that 13" screen with an integrated graphics card. (I like to kill my eyes playing games on my tiny, ultraportable laptop
Otherwise I'd just get the MBP...would've saved the wait, lol)And forget black...bright Ferrari red is the dream colour
Apple vs. AT&T
If AT&T Wireless can be re-branded to Cingular (for $4 Bln), then Cingular back to AT&T Wireless (for $2 Bln), anything's possible.
Maybe we'll get "PowerBook" back by the end of the year!
gropo said:
If AT&T Wireless can be re-branded to Cingular (for $4 Bln), then Cingular back to AT&T Wireless (for $2 Bln), anything's possible.
Maybe we'll get "PowerBook" back by the end of the year!
oh no
Here we go again.
I really hope this is right, but I think it's incorrect.
The MacBook will be a while yet, from everything I have heard
Here we go again.
I really hope this is right, but I think it's incorrect.
The MacBook will be a while yet, from everything I have heard
fabsgwu said:If AT&T Wireless can be re-branded to Cingular (for $4 Bln), then Cingular back to AT&T Wireless (for $2 Bln), anything's possible.
Maybe we'll get "PowerBook" back by the end of the year!
Agreed.
And if Windows 2000 (for $ 2Bln as a guesstimate) can be rebranded and sold as Windows XP (for ??? lots of $$)...
OMG its AS IF ITS ALL A GIANT SCHEME TO MAKE MONEY!!