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Not sure if this is normal, can anyone confirm?
The School District I work for has just received a couple of new iBooks. They are 12" education models running at higher than 1 GHZ. Box says the following:
IBOOK/1064/256/30/CD-ROM/AP
Is this something anyone else has seen, or is this an anomaly? Just curious.
The School District I work for has just received a couple of new iBooks. They are 12" education models running at higher than 1 GHZ. Box says the following:
IBOOK/1064/256/30/CD-ROM/AP
Is this something anyone else has seen, or is this an anomaly? Just curious.
serpico said:Here's a question. I've been a mac user for 3 years, and wouldn't know the answer. Has Apple ever made a notebook that had an optional external optical drive ? If not, Apple would probably not go down that route.
I was at a local big electronics retailer last weekend, and I didn't see too any PC notebooks without the optical drive. I believe Sony tried in the past, (as well as others) but they don't seem to advertise those models as much as their regular PC notebooks. I don't think many people like being without their optical drive. Some people actually use it to listen to audio cd's !
Yes Apple did make an external Portable CD drive available in the past with it's early Power PC notebooks in the Mid 90's. Apple also used to make a sub-notebook class computer called the Duo that had no floppy as well and was included only in external form.
Gimme an iBook mini any day! Of course with the same finish as the iPod minis - 10" touch screen, no keyboard and an external optical drive.. Gimme an Apple tablet, ok!?
Even if they did give me that, I'm still not sure what I would want, tho..Both things are good for their stuff..
Even if they did give me that, I'm still not sure what I would want, tho..Both things are good for their stuff..
Yvan256 said:
I thought I read somewhere that iDVD won't work unless it detects a SuperDrive in your machine. Could be wrong though.... iMovie will work regardless...
BornAgainMac said:
Count me in on that too!
Introducing the iBook mini:
- PowerPC G4 at 667MHz (Freescale) or PowerPC G3+Altivec at 667MHz (IBM)
- 256MB RAM (Max 1.25GB, 256MB on-board, 1 SODIMM slot)
- 10.4" widescreen display at 1024x600 (Toshiba)
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 with 64MB VRAM
- S-Video out
- 60GB 1.8" HD (Toshiba - yep, the one everybody thinks is going into that "60GB iPod with color display and iPhoto compatibility")
- Two USB 2.0 ports
- One Firewire 400 port
- Two PCMCIA slots
- Compactflash and MMC/SD slots (for iPhoto/camera users)
- Ethernet port
- 56kbps modem
- Built-in/Optionnal wireless options (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 802.11g)
- 12 hours battery life
Only 749$US.
In short, something similar in size to a Sony PictureBook or Toshiba Libretto.
Apple already released the iPod mini, they're now opening Apple mini stores, so the next logical step is the iBook mini (and the PowerMac mini, too, while we're at it). ;-)
(never mind the picture below, the iBook mini would be colored aluminium like the iPod mini. And I you want to know, I'd take a blue iBook mini. Or silver).
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~Shard~ said:
well.. you have the hurz pfurz hack..
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?threadid=204923&idvd
I've never tried it myself, so try at your own risk.
iDVD does work with external drives
Have tried that "hack" succesfully on a 450 MHz Cube, writing to a disc image. A friend of mine uses this solution since about half a year on his 800MHz flowerpot iMac with an external DVD writer... Some people did report having problems, but i can't confirm them
Poff said:
Have tried that "hack" succesfully on a 450 MHz Cube, writing to a disc image. A friend of mine uses this solution since about half a year on his 800MHz flowerpot iMac with an external DVD writer... Some people did report having problems, but i can't confirm them
a friend of mine recently asked my opinion about whether to get an iBook and i told him not to, based on the coreimage specs. i'm sure apple will have a new iBook by Tiger's release, especially if that's in march. the sooner, of course, the better.
As an addition to little Endian's answer, Apple shipped a so called weight saving module together with the Pismo. Essentially a small piece of plastic that you put in the slot where normally the DVD-ROM drive would sit. No reduction in size but maybe 400g (?) lighter. You might remember that on Pismos you could take out the DVD drive and put in a Zip drive or another hard drive or a second battery.serpico said:Here's a question. I've been a mac user for 3 years, and wouldn't know the answer. Has Apple ever made a notebook that had an optional external optical drive ? If not, Apple would probably not go down that route.
I was at a local big electronics retailer last weekend, and I didn't see too any PC notebooks without the optical drive. I believe Sony tried in the past, (as well as others) but they don't seem to advertise those models as much as their regular PC notebooks. I don't think many people like being without their optical drive. Some people actually use it to listen to audio cd's !
When the iBook reaches 2ghz speed, I'll leapfrog my 1.33ghz 17" pb for one and finally replace my 500mhz iceBook.
I only have three programs on that oldie that would need upgrading: Office 2001, Pagemaker 6.5 Plus, and Bryce. (Don't think I'd need an upgrade for Conflict Catcher.)
I only have three programs on that oldie that would need upgrading: Office 2001, Pagemaker 6.5 Plus, and Bryce. (Don't think I'd need an upgrade for Conflict
Catcher.)
Thanks for the response guys in regards to the external components on past notebooks. Even though Apple may have done this in the past, I really don't think they would do it again. But it would be very cool if they did re-introduce this feature in their line up. I'm holding off buying a new mac until I see these iBooks. I'll just keep plugging away on my G3 700 iBook for now...
~Shard~ said:And I doubt anyone notices the 64 MHz discrepancy in their performance...
Wow, times have changed. When I was in high school, 64mhz was faster than most everything out there. The 100mhz Pentiums & 66mhz Powermacs came out towards the end of my senior year, iirc, and most everyone was using Pluses & II's & 286's, 386's, and slooow 486's.
And now 64mhz is negligible. I feel old...
~Shard~ said:
Yeah, thats right. A friend I helped switch found her 12" and Lacie external burner would not work with iDVD. That was really disappointing because Toast doesn't do anything like iDVD for menus etc. In the end I moved the project to my PB and set up a master for her. I hope Apple remove some of these artificial limitations soon...
Well, I just ordered a loaded 12 in pb (minus ram ) on monday from the apple store. Final cut express arrived wednesday, but the pbook has yet to ship, despite the 1-3 day est. shipping time, which has now been reduced to immediate. If the ibook is going to be updated, then the pbook must be as well.
) on monday from the apple store. Final cut express arrived wednesday, but the pbook has yet to ship, despite the 1-3 day est. shipping time, which has now been reduced to immediate. If the ibook is going to be updated, then the pbook must be as well.
add or subtract?
Do you want them to remove pixels from the height, or add them to the width?
The former is a loss, the latter is a win.
I want more pixels - cutting off the bottom of the screen and calling the smaller screen "wide-screen" is a false improvement.
I have a couple of the 1600x1200 Samsung 21" LCDs, and a couple of the 1920x1200 24" Samsung LCDs.
I like the bigger screens - but no way would I want a 1600x1000 "widescreen" model. What a fraud to lose 320K pixels and claim that "wide is better". (But of course 1600x1000 is much better than 1280x1024 "narrow-screen".)
TWinbrook46636 said:
Do you want them to remove pixels from the height, or add them to the width?
The former is a loss, the latter is a win.
I want more pixels - cutting off the bottom of the screen and calling the smaller screen "wide-screen" is a false improvement.
I have a couple of the 1600x1200 Samsung 21" LCDs, and a couple of the 1920x1200 24" Samsung LCDs.
I like the bigger screens - but no way would I want a 1600x1000 "widescreen" model. What a fraud to lose 320K pixels and claim that "wide is better". (But of course 1600x1000 is much better than 1280x1024 "narrow-screen".)
What I would like to see in new iBook !!
15 inch screen "1280 x 1024"
1.5 G4
512 Ram
dvd burner
64 mb graphics
right mouse button
abilty to scroll with trackpad
backlight keyboard "option"
audio in
for 1399-1499
15 inch screen "1280 x 1024"
1.5 G4
512 Ram
dvd burner
64 mb graphics
right mouse button
abilty to scroll with trackpad
backlight keyboard "option"
audio in
for 1399-1499
MacPhreak said:Wow, times have changed. When I was in high school, 64mhz was faster than most everything out there. The 100mhz Pentiums & 66mhz Powermacs came out towards the end of my senior year, iirc, and most everyone was using Pluses & II's & 286's, 386's, and slooow 486's.
And now 64mhz is negligible. I feel old...
I remember 286s, 386s and 486s as well - I actually learned 8086 assembly language in a university class so I know them all too well! In high school the first Pentium-90s came out and I remember I had to slow down all the programs I would write in my CS class in QuickBasic on our PS/2s because when my teacher would test them on his "blazing fast" Pentium 90, my programs would run too fast!
Ah, good times...