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iBook Updates... Details?

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www.apple.com.au Updated

Same specs on iBook

Prices (AU dollars):
12/1.2/Combo - $1695
14/1.33/Combo - $2049
14/1.33/Super - $2399
 
I just bought a 12" PB two months ago, too...damn. Would have been better with the 14"/Super iBook...

Oh well...
 
i think they HAVE to update powerbooks today as well even if it a small upgrade like 1.5 standard and a price drop on 15" super and 17" super

them ibooks are looking mighty tasty at £749
 
Id rather they added more memory than the airport card, or even lowered the price even further. To make use of the airport card you still have to spend hundreds more on a base station.
 
Single 1.8GHz PowerMac

On apple.com.au:

AU$2699
1.8GHz PowerPC G5
600MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
Expandable to 4GB SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA
8x SuperDrive
Three PCI Slots
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem
 
liketom said:
i think they HAVE to update powerbooks today as well even if it a small upgrade like 1.5 standard and a price drop on 15" super and 17" super

them ibooks are looking mighty tasty at £749
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I totally agree, but I assume they would have done it all at the same time if it was going to happen today. So I guess its not happening today. Now I am tempted by these iBooks but what I really want is a PB. I'm confused. What do I do? I guess I keep waiting for the PBs.
 
dobbin said:
I totally agree, but I assume they would have done it all at the same time if it was going to happen today. So I guess its not happening today. Now I am tempted by these iBooks but what I really want is a PB. I'm confused. What do I do? I guess I keep waiting for the PBs.
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i would wait a few days longer you just know as soon as you click buy now on them iBooks BANG ! PowerBook Updates arrive and you feel cheated
 
MacSA said:
Id rather they added more memory than the airport card, or even lowered the price even further. To make use of the airport card you still have to spend hundreds more on a base station.
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Thats exactly the point. Apple are not stupid! Its like supermarkets selling some products cheap to make you go there, and then you also buy the expensive things while you're there. Its not hundreds though, a single hundred should get you a nice airport express...
 
kat869 said:
On apple.com.au:

AU$2699
1.8GHz PowerPC G5
600MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
Expandable to 4GB SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA
8x SuperDrive
Three PCI Slots
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem
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Theres a seperate thread for this... "New Powermac 1.8 GHz"
 
johnnyjibbs said:
Both 12" and 14" iBooks can now have an 80GB drive (but only at 4200rpm)!
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Ahh, I hadn't seen that. Clear distinction then with the PB.
Thanks for confirming the 80 Gig is new...I couldn't remember...
 
I hope this is the last G4 update for the iBook ... maybe the powerbook will have one more G4 upgrade, but I hope the G5 notebooks will come out soon.

Still ... good to see Apple improving their products.
 
macridah said:
I hope this is the last G4 update for the iBook ... maybe the powerbook will have one more G4 upgrade, but I hope the G5 notebooks will come out soon.

Still ... good to see Apple improving their products.
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I think the possibility is greater that we will see dual-core G4 notebooks before a G5 notebook. And obviously in the PowerBoook before the iBook - this new iBook configuration might be around for some time...
 
~Shard~ said:
I think the possibility is greater that we will see dual-core G4 notebooks before a G5 notebook. And obviously in the PowerBoook before the iBook - this new iBook configuration might be around for some time...
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Until next year, before Tiger, when they release upgrades with the 1.33 and 1.5 GHz processors and the infamous GeF5200 graphics monster. :D
 
MacSA said:
To make use of the airport card you still have to spend hundreds more on a base station.
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No you don't. Where do you live? Free wireless hotspots are popping up all over the place (ok, mainly in cities, but still...). Alternatively you can subscribe to a wi-fi plan at a place like Starbux or Barnes and Noble. I'm not endorsing the large corporations, I'm just saying that there are many ways to do it. From what I understand many universities are providing wi-fi for free also. For Apple not to include wi-fi would make them look behind the times, which they definitely don't want to be.
 
MacSA said:
Id rather they added more memory than the airport card, or even lowered the price even further. To make use of the airport card you still have to spend hundreds more on a base station.
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Not in my situation. I have access to a wireless network at school and already I have US robotics wireless router at home. No need for an Apple base station.
 
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