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Apple Releases PowerBooks and iBooks

Tell the world Apple

I wonder how Apple will tell the world about these new laptops?

TV ads.....Not.
Radio ads.....Not.
Print ads.....some.

Word of mouth from Mac users......of course.
 
I don't know about you, but this update does absolutely nothing to me. It is neither good nor bad. It is solid, but quite lackluster. The very high end is better with 1.5Ghz for the 15", and the 9700 is quite impressive.
On the other hand, this is squarely a hold-over to milk the line. No better display-resolution, no new features.

Whoever needs to buy now should be happy. As for me - Powerbook G5 in September, here I come.
 
Alright! It's about time we saw updates to the PowerBooks and iBooks; the rumor sites got everything right, too. I'm slightly surprised that the high-end PowerBooks are using the 1.5 GHz G4 processor, which never appeared in PowerMacs, but I'm not surprised if this revision turns out to be the last G4-based revision, at least for the PowerBooks. Next up - iMac and PowerMac updates! I'm not in the market for a computer now, but I ALWAYS like to see updates to Apple's products (even if I happen to buy just before an update :( ).
 
impressed

i'm actually REALLY impressed with the update... seeing that i am typing on a 1.25 ghz 15" and i just ordered a new one, i guess that's kinda obvious :)

i think it's nice that they are only charging $50 to upgrade to the 128 graphics card, they really coulda opened our wallets with that one. i now have owned one of the past 3 notebook revisions, and i am telling myself that i won't sell this new one until the rev. B of the G5 powerbook... we'll see how that goes though.
 
CyberB0b said:
These PBs have been out for a few hours now, way too long. I'm gonna wait for the next updates, they've gotta be just a few weeks away. :)
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Good idea ! Wait - and you wait forever ! :eek: I think these are very powerful updated and I would love to have one of those powerbooks ! These are the fastest G4 chips ever ! It took awhile before they finally got faster then 1.42 GHz. I thought it takes forever.
 
Windowlicker said:
the updates are ok, but i have to complain about the ram. as i said before, i was hoping them to put there 512mb. i can live with 256 though and upgrading is luckily possible - yet a bit expensive.
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You would think that at least the powerbooks would come with 512MB.
I can understand 256Mb in the ibook though
 
AAPL is down

AAPL is down premarket - now where are all those moronic analysts ?
Are they not paying attention ? Gawd, they go out and slam AAPL for this and that and then we have a really nice upgrade and they are marking the stock down ? I know I know buy the rumor, sell the news - I am still miffed :p , but I love the upgrades - I am really tempted if they are not soon coming out with a new i-mac.
 
cubist said:
Very impressive updates. The whole Apple line is now at or above 1GHz. A 1.5GHz G4 ought to be a pretty fast machine. The new graphics card is good news too.
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I'm excited about the updates, because I figure places like Macwarehouse will be blowing out the old models at some very nice prices...
 
Just ordered a 15" w/ Superdrive at the Educational discount, which didn't get a price drop, unfortunately, but I upgraded the graphics to 128 and the hard drive to the 5400rpm version. This will be my first Mac as well as my first laptop! I'm extremely excited, but now I should probably banish myself from rumor sites. :p
 
Macrumors said:
According to whispers, this should be the last G4 PowerBook revision.
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the best part about this update. so is september (around seybold) overly optimistic? or mwsf 05?
 
Spagolli94 said:
Nice to see a speed bump, but hardly worth an upgrade. All in all, a pretty minor update, which was expected. Doubt anyone is going to be lining up, clamoring for the new laptops. What was the previous top speed? 1.33? 1.42? Of course the super drive is nice...
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Previous top speed on thge 15" was 1.25GHz and 1.33GHz on the 17".

And yes, there are people lined up to buy. Some people didn't buy at the last update. For those that don't neeed the extras of the Powerbook, they can not get a Superdrive iBook which some people have been asking for.
 
12 Inch PowerBook GFx are a bit disappointing but if that's all they can cram in there...anyway, which is faster, the Go5200 or the Radeon 9200 Mobility?
Also, no keyboard backlight options on the 12".

AND NO G5's!!! :-D
 
Dippo said:
The site says shipping time is 1-3 days!!!
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yeah, i ordered on the EDU site, the 1.5 ghz 15", 512 ram in one so-dimm, upgraded 128 MB graphics and the 5400 rpm hard drive, and ship time was 3-5 days. i was hoping it would be 1-2 weeks.

at least give them credit for being ready to ship the product in quantity.
 
tristan said:
A monday morning update! Wow! And AppleInsider called it! I'm amazed.

I'm also pretty impressed at how Apple manages to coordinate EIGHT different product releases on the same day. I personally think their notebook product line is too wide, but I guess more choices is good for me and my fellow consumers.
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Their notebook line is for the user, these are the cheapest, fastest, supercomputer type notebooks I've seen. I mean yeah pentium and amd have notebooks and AMD has a 64-bit, but still they are quite expensive. I love how Apple keeps the same great price for upgraded products. Every company should do that with upgrades.
 
Hey Shard, calm down buddy. And... relax. All this waiting has got you a little highly strung, no? :)

The 12" is looking pretty sweet, only downside in my opinion is the graphics card. I have a pleasurable dilemma now - whether to buy a 1.5GHz 15" or 17" for work. Unfortunately I'll be passing it on to a colleague soon after I get my grubby mitts on one, but I do enjoy seeing their eyes light up when I drop new hardware on their desks, so everyone's a winner baby.

I just texted my mate who has a 1GHz 17". He's sprinting back to his office to check it all out, ha ha.
 
could not wait for my brother, we ordered him a 1.7ghz pentium-m based sys w/1 gig of ram, dvd-writer, radeon 9700, 7200rpm drive. (under $2k)

but, I'm still in the market, and I already have a PC notebook, and I'm ready to have a mac again (it's been a while since I've had one in the apartment).

time to order a new powerbook!!!

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Memory speed, iBook vs Powerbook

iBook is DDR 266 and the Powerbook is DDR 333, so the front side bus is just one of the faster things in the Powerbook,

Apple has managed to keep enough differences between the 2 lines even adding the Superdrive to the 14" iBook that getting the Powerbook can be worth it to those that need what the Powerbook offers.
 
How FABULEUX is this???

12" PowerBook G4 here I come! :)

AE pre-installed is the kicker, and the bigger HD's standard, it's a GRRREAT day :D
 
After thoroughly examining the offer... :D
I must say there are some nice things:
a) 5400rpm drives for the 12"pb
b) 128mb for the graphics card on the 15"/17"
c) superdrive in 14" iBook
d) AE included
e) better RAM for the 12" pb

and some bad things:
a) no backlit keyboard for the 12" pb
b) no 128mb graphics card for the 12" pb
c) no superdrive for the 12" iBook
d) no better resolution
e) not more RAM standard

So I stick with my original post... kinda dissapointing although alright I guess.
 
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