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iBook Updates... Details?

damn so there are ibook,pbook. cheaper powermac and emac rumours and i gotta have to go to university for 5 hours now....great i'm gonna miss all the fun now.....arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...if i knew that stores would really go down know i would have skipped it arghh...

(and yet again my bank accoutn is still screaming 'nooooooo' ...for thsoe who follow the powermac for 1499$ thread 😉 ).....
 
Vespertine said:
Call me crazy, but I'm still thinking there's a possibility of Powerbook updates today.
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You're crazy!!!

No, seriously, I completely agree. That is the only sensible thing for Apple to do.

I have been waiting to buy a 12" Powerbook since I sold my cube 2 weeks ago. I am completely ready to spend the money (about £1300 I guess, depending on the exact spec I go for ). I'm just waiting to get an up to date rev.

But, if they update just the iBooks today, then I may well buy a 12" iBook instead. This means I will be spending a bit less money and getting a less powerful (but still plenty powerful for me) machine.

Making me spend less money on a lower spec product is the very last thing Apple want me to do (short of going and getting a peecee which is not an option for me.)

Therefore, I think they have to do something to the PBs, either today or very soon, or the PB sales will fall off in favour of the iBooks. That is not good, since they will be making more money on the PBs at the moment.

We'll see very soon by the looks of things.
 
belair said:
I cant wait.
How long is the store usually down?
Hmm need to do something to kill the time.

Goes out to get a coffee.
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Yeah please !! tell us ! they say: We are busy updating the store for you and will be back within the hour.

so mostly one hour?
 
le_coc said:
Yeah please !! tell us ! they say: We are busy updating the store for you and will be back within the hour.

so mostly one hour?
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Last time the swiss store was down for almost 2 hours. But it is of the first ones to go down.
 
from the sales representative.. i am on the phone to buy my ibook and i ask if there is a ibook update. he said yes and told me the 14" now i am hold while he checks on the 12".
 
unable to retrieve spec for 12". apple internal system are down, sale presume they are updating the their data.
 
xg3 said:
from the sales representative.. i am on the phone to buy my ibook and i ask if there is a ibook update. he said yes and told me the 14" now i am hold while he checks on the 12".
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if does know anything insider knowledge he could get the sack. Even during the keynote speech that annouced the Power Mac G5s, people were denying they existed on the phone.
 
confirmed

got an email from a local reseller:
"
===============================================
WEEKLY SPECIALS FROM EXPERCOM
===============================================

===============================================
In this issue:

New iBook G4 models from Apple
New Power Mac G5
Price Drops on previous models
iMac G5 Update

FREE SHIPPING for ONLINE ORDERS OVER $1000!
===============================================

---New Apple Products---

This morning Apple announced new iBook G4 models! Now with faster
processors up to 1.33GHz and AirPort Extreme standard, these models pack
even more punch. Even better, the price has been lowered! The high end
model now has the SuperDrive standard, and all 14" models have a 60GB hard
drive. The stock configurations are:

$999 iBook G4 12" 1.2GHz 256MB/30G/Combo/AirPort Extreme
$1299 iBook G4 14" 1.33GHz 256MB/60G/Combo/AirPort Extreme
$1499 iBook G4 14" 1.33GHz 256MB/60G/SuperDrive/AirPort Extreme
"

they also show the info on their site: http://www.expercom.com/view_produc...RN_URL=/product_detail.html?PRODUCT_ID=299895

rumors of the new PM model seem to be true as well
 
xg3 said:
unable to retrieve spec for 12". apple internal system are down, sale presume they are updating the their data.
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While you're on the phone, can you ask about Powerbooks as well please?
 
TheWereSloth said:
got an email from a local reseller:
"
===============================================
WEEKLY SPECIALS FROM EXPERCOM
===============================================

===============================================
In this issue:

New iBook G4 models from Apple
New Power Mac G5
Price Drops on previous models
iMac G5 Update

FREE SHIPPING for ONLINE ORDERS OVER $1000!
===============================================

---New Apple Products---

This morning Apple announced new iBook G4 models! Now with faster
processors up to 1.33GHz and AirPort Extreme standard, these models pack
even more punch. Even better, the price has been lowered! The high end
model now has the SuperDrive standard, and all 14" models have a 60GB hard
drive. The stock configurations are:

$999 iBook G4 12" 1.2GHz 256MB/30G/Combo/AirPort Extreme
$1299 iBook G4 14" 1.33GHz 256MB/60G/Combo/AirPort Extreme
$1499 iBook G4 14" 1.33GHz 256MB/60G/SuperDrive/AirPort Extreme
"

they also show the info on their site: http://www.expercom.com/view_produc...RN_URL=/product_detail.html?PRODUCT_ID=299895

rumors of the new PM model seem to be true as well
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Wow, these guys risk getting hammered for early release... looks authentic...
 
TheWereSloth said:
got an email from a local reseller:
"
===============================================
WEEKLY SPECIALS FROM EXPERCOM
===============================================

===============================================
In this issue:

New iBook G4 models from Apple
New Power Mac G5
Price Drops on previous models
iMac G5 Update

FREE SHIPPING for ONLINE ORDERS OVER $1000!
===============================================

---New Apple Products---

This morning Apple announced new iBook G4 models! Now with faster
processors up to 1.33GHz and AirPort Extreme standard, these models pack
even more punch. Even better, the price has been lowered! The high end
model now has the SuperDrive standard, and all 14" models have a 60GB hard
drive. The stock configurations are:

$999 iBook G4 12" 1.2GHz 256MB/30G/Combo/AirPort Extreme
$1299 iBook G4 14" 1.33GHz 256MB/60G/Combo/AirPort Extreme
$1499 iBook G4 14" 1.33GHz 256MB/60G/SuperDrive/AirPort Extreme
"

they also show the info on their site: http://www.expercom.com/view_produc...RN_URL=/product_detail.html?PRODUCT_ID=299895

rumors of the new PM model seem to be true as well
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Sounds good, except for the standard 256 MB of RAM as well as the 30 GB HDD on the 12".
 
UK store back up.

new iBooks, specs as expected, starting at £749 🙂

No change to Powerbooks, yet 🙁
 
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