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Apple Portable Updates?
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What's with AppleInsider lately? First, they said new hardware were coming, then some news about a dry spell, then they said new hardware were still coming, then they said earlier that there is a delay on the PowerMacs and now this?
You think Apple will release all of this hardware in one swoop? Everything (according to the Buyer's Guide) says that products are either approaching the end of their cycle or updates are imminent except for the XServe and iPod.
As long as we don't have to wait for the WWDC or a MacWorld, why not?
As long as we don't have to wait for the WWDC or a MacWorld, why not?
Scenicroadways said:
Are you saying that Apple could release G5 PowerBooks right now if they wanted to? If the felt the G4 was too slow? Somehow, I really doubt Apple is doing that. They know that there is a huge potential market of people waiting to by their next PB until the G5PB is released, and I'm sure that they want to capture that market. However, they want to do it with Apple style. Perhaps they could release a G5 PowerBook akin to the eMachine Athlon 64 processor, weighing in at 8 lbs., and nearly doubling the thickness, but it wouldn't have the same style that Apple aims for. I know that there are those who believe that Apple shouldn't be quite so focused on such things, but that's part of how they've made their mark. To change now could be devastating.
Scenicroadways said:
Why wouldn't they switch?
As I mentioned in a previous post, eMachines just came out with a second revision of their Athlon 64 notebooks.
In fact, I just read a blurb that Athlon will soon be releasing another version of mobile Athlon 64 chips with much lower wattage than their current mobile Athlon 64 chips.
If eMachines has 4 product updates since the last Powerbook update and 2 of them have been with 64 bit processors, my question is ...
What is going on at Apple?
Possibly, if Apple would have released and shipped new PBs in Jan. or Feb., an updated G4 would have been ok, but now were at the point a G4 would just just be devasting - a huge disappointment.
I can't justify spending an enormous premium on technology that is considered ancient by today's standards.
Snowy_River said:
I disagree. There is a huge market out there clammoring for desktop replacement notebooks.
Actually, I thought that was currently the largest buying segment in the market right now.
Oh, yeah, I forgot Apple doesn't want to increase its user base, so its taking a pass on this segment of the market.
If I could have an Apple G5 right now weighing the 7.5 lbs and is 1.6" thick as the eMachines does, I will take it and so would a lot of other people.
Possibly, Apple could come out with a 3rd line of notebooks - iBook for entry level, cost conscious consumers, PowerBook for the need of power users with extreme portability in mind, and xxxxxx for the people that need all the power of a desktop that has some portability in mind.
I'm really hoping the reason for the delays is Apple wants to have sufficient quantity to ship at the time of annoucement. At least, I hope thats the reason. I get tired of Apple announcing a product and then shipping the product 3 or 4 months later.. that gets old.
I placed an order for an iPod Mini (Green) and an iPod Mini (Blue) a week after they were introduced. The blue model shipped a few weeks ago (about a week later than Apple originally stated) but the green model has yet to ship, and I received an email two days ago stating it would be delayed another 3 to 4 weeks.. needless to say I canceled the order.
I placed an order for an iPod Mini (Green) and an iPod Mini (Blue) a week after they were introduced. The blue model shipped a few weeks ago (about a week later than Apple originally stated) but the green model has yet to ship, and I received an email two days ago stating it would be delayed another 3 to 4 weeks.. needless to say I canceled the order.
AppleInsider has gone to ****.
What is up with them releasing so many hardware rumors, all of which are false?
gah.
scem0
What is up with them releasing so many hardware rumors, all of which are false?
gah.
scem0
patriotn11 said:
I am a PC user wanting to switch to Apple. I want to use both, I am very interested in the 12" and 15" powerbooks, I saw the 15" at compusa and it was awsome the only thing I could'nt stand was the space after theit was closed, it was ugly with a large space on one side. I wonder if they will correct it with 2 latches one on each end. Also should I wait to see if newer models are coming and also is there a way to prevent keyboard marks on screen when closed.
Your advice is needed, ALSO is there any good book writing software for Mac, I want to venture into story writing.
any other advise is appreciated
Michael
san antonio, tx
Since this is sort of a wishlist/what do you think the next PB will have ?
I will add my own..
Do you think the next version of PBs will add right/left button support and maybe a scroll zone area to the touchpad?
spullara said:
THANK YOU. Not only does the complete lack of L3 and mediocre increase of L2 in the Alum. compared to the Titanium affect Java, but pretty much ANY realtime rendering.... cheap bastids. Cutting corners angers me. These Alum PBs may be pretty, but there's alot the public doesn't know about quality. And that's what apple is relying on.
I've almost had it with apple. Firing all the channel reps in Canada and the States, leaving the resellers in the dark, and even leaving the consumers with NOTHING. whoopdy freakin do iPod mini. These ***** little increases in speed for the PB line in the last year is pathetic, not to mention the performance for a so-called PRO machine is CRAP. We were much better off with the titanium. I'm at the point where I might as well get a 3.4 Ghz PC laptop 1600x1200 15" screen/ 64 or 128MB ded. Graphics Card/ built in everything/ remote/ DECENT SOUND/ for the price of 15" PB... the more I look at it, the more apple seems ridiculous. AND I WORK FOR AN APPLE RESELLER. Goes to show how well they treat the ones who sell their product.
It feels good to rant, but it solves nothing. I just wish Apple got it's act together and cease to be so unreliable and inaccessible. I'm at the end of my rope, and I'm a few brain cells away from switching to PC.
EDIT: Jobs vowed that there will never be any multiple button mice with an apple logo on it. soo, basically no. There wont be.
Dave the Great said:
Maybe called the DeskBook? You know, I agree with you. I think that Apple could do well to expand their horizons a little. While the old days of the multiple product lines might have been confusing, it did allow for more flexibility for the final user. How many PowerBook lines were available concurrently before the introduction of the G3 Series? And those were more than just different in clock speed and overall footprint.
joshuawaire said:
You know, it's funny, people keep saying things like "Just tell us when they'll ship" and then say "Don't announce a product until it's ready to ship". Does no one besides me see the contradiction here?
Dave the Great said:
The trackpads on all current PBs support side scroll regions. It's just not enabled in the driver that Apple uses. However, there is an alternate driver that you can install. It's called SideTrack. The latest version is really quite extraordinary. It not only allows you to have up-down scrolling along either side of your track pad, it also allows for left-right scrolling along the top or bottom, as well as different tap behavior in the corners of the track pad. I have mine set to scroll along the right and bottom edges, and I have the upper left corner tap set to button 2 (i.e. right mouse button) and the upper right corner tap set to button 3 (which is useful in Unix land). I'm currently trying to decide what to do with the lower corners (right now I have them set to Cmd-TAB and Cmd-Shift-TAB, but I don't know that I'll keep that).
So, this is one little driver, in principle, answers all of your wishes...
Linksgolfer84 said:
I agree. What the **** is the point of telling us this? Everyone knows this. Hey I have an idea. Why dont you save yourself some time and just post, "Computer industry to update stuff soon." Eventually your gonna be right.
Azoblue said:
Is that right? A benchmark test in the December 2003 Macworld shows the older 15" 1GHz TiBook and the newer 15" 1GHz AlBook scoring almost identical scores in a PhotoShop 7.0.1 suite, iMovie render, iTunes encode, Quake III frame rate and Cinema 4D XL render tests. The only benchmark where the new and old 15" systems showed any real difference was in an MPEG-2 encoding test...and then the new AlBook outperformed the TiBook, 13:59 min to 16:58 min.
Maybe Java is a totally different ball game...
patriotn11 said:
here's an option:
http://www.bartastechnologies.com/products/copywrite/
You might want to pick up a copy of Writer's Digest or Poets and Writers and look through the ads for more options.
A friend of mine has a 17" powerbook. I guess there are little cloths you can buy to put on your keyboard before you close them. This stops the marks. The marks are from finger greese on the keys..... you can just clean them off also...patriotn11 said:
I am a PC user wanting to switch to Apple. I want to use both, I am very interested in the 12" and 15" powerbooks, I saw the 15" at compusa and it was awsome the only thing I could'nt stand was the space after theit was closed, it was ugly with a large space on one side. I wonder if they will correct it with 2 latches one on each end. Also should I wait to see if newer models are coming and also is there a way to prevent keyboard marks on screen when closed.
Your advice is needed, ALSO is there any good book writing software for Mac, I want to venture into story writing.
any other advise is appreciated
Michael
san antonio, tx
Snowy_River said:The trackpads on all current PBs support side scroll regions. It's just not enabled in the driver that Apple uses. However, there is an alternate driver that you can install. It's called SideTrack. The latest version is really quite extraordinary. It not only allows you to have up-down scrolling along either side of your track pad, it also allows for left-right scrolling along the top or bottom, as well as different tap behavior in the corners of the track pad. I have mine set to scroll along the right and bottom edges, and I have the upper left corner tap set to button 2 (i.e. right mouse button) and the upper right corner tap set to button 3 (which is useful in Unix land). I'm currently trying to decide what to do with the lower corners (right now I have them set to Cmd-TAB and Cmd-Shift-TAB, but I don't know that I'll keep that).
So, this is one little driver, in principle, answers all of your wishes...
I configured my corners to activate expose....wow! It is amazing. Why doesn't Apple have the as a preference that you could turn on in System Preferences?