iBook, Powerbook Specs?

[CombatWombat]

They better have upgraded the video card on the 12". I have a feeling they didn't but I hope to be wrong.
All I want is a 9600 64meg is that too much to ask.

 

[RedEric]

Exiled

England is a part of Europe, but Wales isn't is it???

Wales thinks it's an independent state but as an Englishman suffering here, I yearn for dear old blighty.

 

[MacMyDay]

England is NOT a part of Europe...please remember to vote Conservative everybody and then we can start our own continent.

Ha; so true. But were you to vote Liberal, then we could all simply put on our sandels and relax about the entire issue....whilst sitting in our Cornwall cottage smoking cannabis.

 

[RedEric]

Asleep

Ha; so true. But were you to vote Liberal, then we could all simply put on our sandels and relax about the entire issue....whilst sitting in our Cornwall cottage smoking cannabis.

Isn't it good when most Americans are asleep and unable to hijack our British/European Political debates.

 

[ibook_g4_user]

Additionally... one report claims that the 1.5GHz PowerBook will provide a Build To Order option to upgrade the 64MB of video graphics to 128MB.

bla bla bla.. what about the 17inch?

 

[aussie_geek]

apple australia store was offline at 8:30 est

hey all,

the australian store was off briefly for about 15 mins but is up again...

 

[Dippo]

Isn't it good when most Americans are asleep and unable to hijack our British/European Political debates.

We Americans never sleep.

Esp. when updates are on the way!

 

[MacMyDay]

Isn't it good when most Americans are asleep and unable to hijack our British/European Political debates.

What more can one ask for? Besides, if they were awake, they'd want to join the EU. It's only a matter of time, though. When Bill Gates buys his own country and joins the EU in hope of avoiding the legislations on monopolies. I'm sure this thread was about something computer related. Phft, what the hell.

 

[garybooberry]

The US Store is totally down.

 

[zuzu]

SPAIN also

Hi, the Spanish store is also down for an hour and a half...

 

[Dippo]

hey all,

the australian store was off briefly for about 15 mins but is up again...

No, it's still down...

 

[aswitcher]

hey all,

the australian store was off briefly for about 15 mins but is up again...

Not for me its not...?

 

[alexandero]

I flat out don't believe your G4 1.5 == G5 1.0 claim but would be willing to capitulate if you can provide some evidence to support your claim. Each processor has different characteristics and will perform better/worse depending on the particular test.

The CPU speed alone isn't everything, think of e.g. the bus speed which is much higher with the G5. As for G4 1.5 = G5 1.0, this might not be true today, but I bet on it in overall, running 10.4 and 64bit optimized software (Photoshop,...). Think of Quartz: when they introduced it, all graphic cards were more or less same fast. But with Quartz Extreme the newer graphic cards had a speed boost by 200-300%.

Right now I don't believe they are far away but Apple needed to do something while they ironed out remaining issues and IBM ramped up chip production. So what to do? Drop a pin-compatible slightly faster processor into the existing chassis, sweeten the deal with a price drop, and get everyone in the PB engineering team working overtime on the G5. (...) It doesn't make sense for Apple to invest any more development in the current PB range.

exactly.

 

[Twisted T]

Yeah, the Aus store is still ddown for me!!

 

[BB1985]

Uk Store Down too????

The Uk Store is down, says 1 hour????

 

[Griffindor73]

Nor apparently reading previous entries in this thread.

O, you got me there! I just got excited! (How sad does that sound!)

 

[Reuven]

Not for me its not...?

Well justed vist and seems to me its down!

 

[Dippo]

I am betting that it won't come back up until 9am EST

 

[thatwendigo]

If that is the persons main concern, then they pprobably don't need an updated laaptop right now.

If I were buying a Powermac, I would certainly go for the G5 since I don't need the OS 9 bootability that the Powermac G4 that Apple still sells is the only system you can buy from Apple that boots OS 9.

Future proofing is fine when the option is available. Some people do need a need laptop now, not some undefinable time in the future.

Hey, uh, Bear?

I'm pretty sure that the poster you're responding to meant that they would prefer to invest in a chip that won't be technologically left behind sometime in the near future. With the G5 ramping up, the G4 will soon be a backburner or low-cost solution, rather than the main one. The reference to the beige G3 is probably one that is implying the relatively quick transition to new hardware in blue and white G3s, and then to G4s.

You sound like you're talking about legacy compatibility.

 

[|_wise_|]

au store is definately down

 

[mkwilson68]

 

[MacMyDay]

O, you got me there! I just got excited! (How sad does that sound!)

Not sad at all. Just put on some John Williams, something like the Star Wars soundtrack to get yourself in the true mood of it.

 

[Bear]

bla bla bla.. whitat about the 17inch?

The 17" is also a 1.5GHz. The rumor on the possibility of BTO 128MB VRam didn't say it was a 15" only option.

 

[kothrush]

Apple Store Down

As of 7.14am CST, Apple store is down. So I guess the updates are on the way !! That is 5.14 am PST, wow seems like some one is working really hard at Apple.

 

[.pixr]

I am betting that it won't come back up until 9am EST

The Netherlands Apple store is down to..... keeping fingers crossed