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Intel iBook in Shipping in June?

reidster said:
Give me something smaller tomorrow with a Core Duo in aluminum and I'm there.
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Me too. Except that as a lap-based user I'm worried 'bout burning my legs off. I was holding out for plastic myself... :)
 
I don't understand this at all.
1) the ibooks are 8 months old
2) intel chips are ready
3) intel chips can be fit in to very small enclosures already
4) apple should want to eliminate buyer confusion between PPC and intel and get everyone on intel ASAP

So what am I missing? Why on earth would they delay the ibooks another 2 months? :confused:
 
QCassidy352 said:
I don't understand this at all.
1) the ibooks are 8 months old
2) intel chips are ready
3) intel chips can be fit in to very small enclosures already
4) apple should want to eliminate buyer confusion between PPC and intel and get everyone on intel ASAP

So what am I missing? Why on earth would they delay the ibooks another 2 months? :confused:
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obviously they hate us:(
 
People are missing the point of the educational purchases. Its not the students that will miss the purchasing window, it is the education institutuins (you know the ones that spend tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars). Those orders take time to get done. There are budgets to get approved, purchase orders to get filled......lots of crap. So most schools have orders in about march and april, if not earlier.
 
kahos said:
Im pretty sure this is a hoax, otherwise it would be listed on the moscone center's website.:eek:
http://www.moscone.com/site/do/event/list
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Yeah noticed that myself... Especially when it shows that the North, South, and West buildings are booked for a Society for Experimental Biology conference/trade show until Wednesday. We can only hope it's a clever cover up... But really- would Apple try to cover up an event that they send invites out for?
 
QCassidy352 said:
I don't understand this at all.
1) the ibooks are 8 months old
2) intel chips are ready
3) intel chips can be fit in to very small enclosures already
4) apple should want to eliminate buyer confusion between PPC and intel and get everyone on intel ASAP

So what am I missing? Why on earth would they delay the ibooks another 2 months? :confused:
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Well there's a lot of information we don't have about whats happening inside Apple. They may have a timeline issue, design problems etc. I agree that releasing in June is a disadvantage for them....May is a good time for the edu market.

But you, me and everyone else at MR are missing quite a bit of information. All we can do is hope that this rumor is off and pray for macbooks next tuesday :D
 
QCassidy352 said:
haha of course it's a hoax. He just made it himself. (the fact that he misspelled something and then fixed it should be a clue...) Looks good though, doesn't it? :)
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some other poster made the origional, i can spell....and i re-did the invite to model it after the MWSF one......i made it...so SORRY TO GET THOSE HOPES UP!:D
hahah
 
so when the macBooks come out tomorrow, what time do you think? 12:00 am.......2:30 pm .....................??????? what does history show??!!
 
Flyinace2000 said:
People are missing the point of the educational purchases. Its not the students that will miss the purchasing window, it is the education institutuins (you know the ones that spend tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars). Those orders take time to get done. There are budgets to get approved, purchase orders to get filled......lots of crap. So most schools have orders in about march and april, if not earlier.
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You hit the nail on the head. Everyone paying attention? Now I suppose a school buying 10,000 laptops might be privy to what Apple has planned for Intel iBooks/MacBooks and signed an NDA not to discuss it. Still, there may be a lot of schools in the market for 100 or even 1000 laptops yet not get the same treatment and therefore go for a Dell rather than the current PowerPC based iBook models.
 
Hmm...The thing is even if the new MacBooks come *out* in June, we can probably expect to see a similar consumer response as was exhibited with the MBPs, in that there will be a significant waiting period before most people get their hands on one due to all the orders... Maybe early July at best? :eek: Am I completely off base? :confused: Let's hope this is not the case. Better yet, let's hope they come out tomorrow...along with an iTablet or iNewton! :rolleyes: ;)
 
macpastor said:
I have a good friend who is the manager for an Apple store in Minnesota. I was speaking to him today about the upcoming MacBook (replacement for iBook) and he shared with me that from what he has heard from his sources in HQ, they will be combining the iBook 12", 14" and Powerbook 12" into one 13" WS unit. From there, my speculation is that one model would be intro priced with a core solo, while the upgraded model would have the SD, more memory, bigger hard drive and a Core Duo. My speculation, not his...

So, what does that do you for you? I for one would buy one if they would incase it in the aluminum structure. I have never cared for the white plastic look.
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That's interesting because: (a) those comments are against policy and he could lose his job, (b) retail usually knows nothing about upcoming products, aside from stock, and (c) the District Manager is probably the only person with that information...
 
Here is my prediction:

We have a 15" MBP with 2 models (1.83GHz and 2.0GHz). Soon we will see a MBP with a 17" & 19" or 20" screen but only available in 2.0GHz. Then we will see the 13.3" Mac Book replacing the iBook with the same aluminum case as the MBP but with a 1.67GHz chip. The current MBP 15" will be reduced to only available with 1.83GHz.

Mac Book 13.3" w/ 1.67
Mac Book Pro 15" w/ 1.83
Mac Book Pro 17", 19" or 20" w/ 2.0

My $.02 :D
 
1984 said:
You hit the nail on the head. Everyone paying attention? Now I suppose a school buying 10,000 laptops might be privy to what Apple has planned for Intel iBooks/MacBooks and signed an NDA not to discuss it. Still, there may be a lot of schools in the market for 100 or even 1000 laptops yet not get the same treatment and therefore go for a Dell rather than the current PowerPC based iBook models.
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Most schools arent trying to be test subjects on Rev A machines, that dont support their current software they've already spent a garillion dollars on.

Im sure schools arent caring about the new intel books or switching to PCs if they have been using Macs...they already have their software that they need to run.
 
iHeartTheApple said:
Hmm...The thing is even if the new MacBooks come *out* in June, we can probably expect to see a similar consumer response as was exhibited with the MBPs, in that there will be a significant waiting period before most people get their hands on one due to all the orders... Maybe early July at best? :eek: Am I completely off base? :confused: Let's hope this is not the case. Better yet, let's hope they come out tomorrow...along with an iTablet or iNewton! :rolleyes: ;)
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SHIP IN JUNE. With your timeframe, they should be out tomorrow at worst wait time and in a couple of weeks with best wait time.
 
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