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Apple Releases PowerBooks and iBooks
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Just wondering if anyone remembers when in 2001 (not more than 2 years ago) professional video resolution for a laptop was 1024X768. I think all of you will be moaning in nine months when your new G5 PowerBooks don't meet the updated specs of the G5 PowerBook video cards? "Man, I don't have Billions of Colors." "What, why on earth did Apple make the video card so cool 1 Gig of 444Mhz DDR VRAM standard? Ahahahaha" "Why didn't they include 2 Gigs of DDR VRAM" "Why isn't it a $20 upgrade, I'm not paying $50 for that!" Give it a rest people, when it's in your favor you complain, when it isn't in your favor you complain. When it comes down to it $50 for double the VRAM is a sweet deal... Who cares if you don't have 1600X1024 (yet). Leave it for the G6 to blow that out of the water. Heh...
Just wondering if anyone remembers when in 2001 (not more than 2 years ago) professional video resolution for a laptop was 1024X768. I think all of you will be moaning in nine months when your new G5 PowerBooks don't meet the updated specs of the G5 PowerBook video cards? "Man, I don't have Billions of Colors." "What, why on earth did Apple make the video card so cool 1 Gig of 444Mhz DDR VRAM standard? Ahahahaha" "Why didn't they include 2 Gigs of DDR VRAM" "Why isn't it a $20 upgrade, I'm not paying $50 for that!" Give it a rest people, when it's in your favor you complain, when it isn't in your favor you complain. When it comes down to it $50 for double the VRAM is a sweet deal... Who cares if you don't have 1600X1024 (yet). Leave it for the G6 to blow that out of the water. Heh...
I am looking to purchase a 17 inch for myself as a desktop replacement and a 12 inch for my wife (she likes the small size).dgoss said:
Then sell my 15 inch.
The 15 inch is nice, but the screen is a little too small for a desktop replacement IMHO. Other than that, I love it.
Sushi
64M default
Why is the 128M video ram a BTO option? Must have been the same brilliant guy who thought up the original G5 line up. They always get the default configs wrong.
Why is the 128M video ram a BTO option? Must have been the same brilliant guy who thought up the original G5 line up. They always get the default configs wrong.
chv400 said:
Yes it does. It's built in
http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041...talog/US/Images/step1image1powerbook_0404.gif
eazyc10 said:
Been wanting upgrade my 12"1ghz PB. I made a couple calls last week to both Crucial and OCW. After over 15 minutes on-hold with OCW, I called Crucial (got through in 5 minutes). I pretended to have a 1gb memory module bought from my company a few months ago. I described to them that what i thought was Kernel panics. All they asked was for a receipt number or actual date of purchase to search for their sales records. Guess who i will be ordering from...
Tomaz said:
They can make 64M a BTO for people on a budget, but I suspect the majority of people will want the 128, and now they are forced to BTO and wait longer.
Well I for one think it is an excellent update. Especially here in the UK where we have seen some significant price reductions across the line, however my point is where does this leave th iMac. You can now get an iBook with virtually the same processor, 768MB ram, a superdrive and bluetooth & airport extreme built in for less than the cost of a 17" iMac. The iMac situation needs to be addressed and fast. They are way too pricey compared to the rest of the line up.
17" PB is like going from 4:3 to 16:9
The big sell for the 12" is its ultimate portability.
The big sell for the 17" is how much real estate you get on the screen to manage all the windows for editing with FCP4.5 ect. Portable (except that it is a laptop) it is NOT.
In Coach it is harsh.
In First Class it is primo.
My 19" CRT no longer feels large enough to edit comfortably on, so how is a 15" adequate (or 17" for that matter)?
The price we pay is in the larger size we have to lug around and how serious the work we have to do away from the office or studio, where you can plug it into the 23" Cinema Display & an external keyboard, and use the book as a 2nd screen.
I don't travel regularly or for business so a 17" once in awhile would not be a pain. But while I would not go for a demure 12" in compact size, the 15" feels so perfect compared to the 17", I have a hard time justifying it to myself.
Besides, serious editing etc. is done on the PowerMac with its larger screen. I want my laptop to be portable and a 14" iBook or 15" PowerBook screen is exactly in the sweet spot for size and portability. But, that's personal for me.
What is the sweet spot for you?
Only at an Apple Store will you find the answer after a hands-on experience.
You have answered your own question very WELL - at the Apple Store for a touch & feel experience.dgoss said:
The big sell for the 12" is its ultimate portability.
The big sell for the 17" is how much real estate you get on the screen to manage all the windows for editing with FCP4.5 ect. Portable (except that it is a laptop) it is NOT.
In Coach it is harsh.
In First Class it is primo.
My 19" CRT no longer feels large enough to edit comfortably on, so how is a 15" adequate (or 17" for that matter)?
The price we pay is in the larger size we have to lug around and how serious the work we have to do away from the office or studio, where you can plug it into the 23" Cinema Display & an external keyboard, and use the book as a 2nd screen.
I don't travel regularly or for business so a 17" once in awhile would not be a pain. But while I would not go for a demure 12" in compact size, the 15" feels so perfect compared to the 17", I have a hard time justifying it to myself.
Besides, serious editing etc. is done on the PowerMac with its larger screen. I want my laptop to be portable and a 14" iBook or 15" PowerBook screen is exactly in the sweet spot for size and portability. But, that's personal for me.
What is the sweet spot for you?
Only at an Apple Store will you find the answer after a hands-on experience.
Dippo said:
indeed. after all, they do market the powerbooks for graphic designers etc.. you don't do crap with photoshop if you have only 256 ram
64mb display card and 256 ram don't match.
neb_greely said:
As you said you're interested in graphics and games, I strongly recommend doubling the VRAM. You can add normal RAM anytime during it's life, you can only do that now. It's also very cheap to do, I bet buying RAM from a 3rd party such as Crucial would be so much cheaper than Apple that you could buy the VRAM upgrade also and still have change.
Have a look at bearfeats.com for a few comparisons of 4200/5400 drives, the improvements aren't as great as you'd imagine.
AppleMatt
The Cheat said:
15" albooks were 1.1, but the tibooks and 17" were 1". But the weight of the 15" has increased from 5.6 to 5.7.
All powerbooks have bluetooth standard. And this rev adds airport cards as standard equipment.
What do you guys think: trade up from an ubook g4 to a new 15" powerbook...or wait for the g5 powerbooks.
My biggest concern is screen resolution, and that is the drawback of my ibook. I also want a superdrive...my needs actually aren't a lot, but no more 1024x768. should I wait for 6 months?
James L said:a17inchFuture,
didn't you just buy your new PB recently, knowing there were rumors all over the place about updates? If this is the case, don't whine about it now. You are an adult (I am assuming), you made a choice, live with it. You could have waited to buy if you wanted too.
Though, considering how much you whined on the new eMac thread I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Mods, I apologize for a completely off-topic post... it just amazes me that a consumer, who constantly reads these boards and was aware of the updates just like the rest of us, now somehow says Apple is in the wrong here.
Faster, more powerful, machines at a lower cost.... those bastards! How could they do that to you?
Buying a new computer and then having a better version come out two months later does suck and even with these very helpful rumor boards Apple is so secretive that it makes it difficult to ascertain just when a computer will be updated, even last week people weren't sure that the Powerbooks would be updated.
However, 17inchfuture should realize that his computer is STILL AS GOOD AS THE DAY HE BOUGHT IT. There are better versions out there, but for everyone who feels shafted by a update remember two things: TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES CONSTANTLY
YOUR COMPUTER IS STILL AS GOOD AS THE DAY YOU BUY IT
My Powerbook is just as fast, light and pretty as the day I bought it, but other machines have overtaken it, but my PB is still worth every penny I paid for it nearly 3-years ago.
raiste said:
If you mean sell, hell yes! People here talked highly of OWC, and their price was at least $75 less. But support and return privileges are important.