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Intel iBook in Shipping in June?

JtheLemur said:
June?! Well they can almost forget about most non-public school's buying seasons. Darn, and I was going to try to hold out, too...
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That's the whole idea, just so to sucker another cohort into buying their obsolete iBooks.

Once all those "OMG, I'm finally going to go to college! I NEED a laptop" crowd got their machines, Apple will *bam* release a superior line to create an upward pull on that new series, possibly prompting some to ebay their existing near new then obsolete 'books just to get the new ones.

Seen Apple done it before many times, if you think their release schedules are timed to cater to your needs then you are very sadly mistaken :D
 
The question is why on earth has Apple not even updated their website with a simple 30th anniversary picture or something? Because 30 years is a big achievement and why wouldn't they show that? So does that mean something is soon to come? Who knows.:confused:
 
iamfiremansam said:
The question is why on earth has Apple not even updated their website with a simple 30th anniversary picture or something? Because 30 years is a big achievement and why wouldn't they show that? So does that mean something is soon to come? Who knows.:confused:
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That's exactly what I was thinking.

Even if they are planning a special event, there is no reason not to post something on their website celebrating their 30th anniversary.

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Hello?!

In case you all didn't know, intel has not released a new low-power core duo processor that Gateway accidentaly leaked before Intel has announced it... my guess is that they will want their small laptop to be able to have a really, really good on time without recharging. They can only do this with Intel's new proc. which Apple needs them to announce! For more info on that proc., check out CNET and look for the newest video on a gateway laptop.
 
Bummer...

All I can say is bummer...I really hope it's sooner. Spose I'll just have to hang on for a little bit longer!
:(
 
garr june?!? i need it now!
i was getting my hopes up when Apple did the MBP, but it turns out they were too expensive for the average student. Then april 1st, then april 4th... now june?
Isn't it coming close to the time when the slowest chip G4 chip in Apples line gets replaced by something with some power?
I hate to say this, but the current iBooks are craptacular. They aren't fast enough to last long. They will serve people out for one or two years, then they will be useless to a lot of people. i mean they have the same amount of VRAM as my 4 yr old iMac.
To keep a foot in the low-budget door, they need to revamp the iBooks. Im not asking for 256MB VRAM or even an iSight camera, but something cheap with a high-speed core solo or a low core duo (and separate VRAM - mac mini...:p)would be brilliant. It is a potentially huge market, which Apple could get a large portion of so easily. Please Apple, before june...
 
No no no, Apple, June is NOT an option. We want aluminum MacBooks, 13.3" inch widescreen, TOMORROW. My patience is running out.
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Shotglass said:
No no no, Apple, June is NOT an option. We want aluminum MacBooks, 13.3" inch widescreen, TOMORROW. My patience is running out.
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-Am I the only one here who likes the white cover of the iBooks?
-The "contract" says iBook, I hope this means they will still call it iBook, Macbook is just stupid and confusing.:confused:
 
Just wondering...

If Asustek is announcing that they have won a contract for new iBooks [MacBooks] in June, does that necessarily mean that there aren't any now?

What I mean is, maybe Asustek has won a contract over from an existing manufacturer for Rev. B MacBooks [or even just Rev. A's that they will take over manufacturing on at that time due to existing contractual agreements] that Apple will start selling at that time and made by them, but isn't it possible that the initial Rev. A's are already done and sitting on docks somewhere ready to ship upon tomorrow's announcement?

Something smells fishy to me. Almost like Asustek was given the "green light" to make this announcement by Apple, like to simultaneously throw the competition off AND surprise us existing and potential Mac users at the same time for their 30th anniversary... and maybe a little late April Fool's joke.

I mean come on, like Asustek is really gonna risk losing a newly acquired contract by potentially [I'm not sure that their announcement actually does violate anything] violating Apple's NDA after other companies have publicly felt the wrath of Jobs for this [anyone remember ATI's screw up in the early millenium?].

Anyways, just a thought.

But if not, then I hope we see widescreen 13.3" MacBook Pros tomorrow @ $1499. 17" MacBook Pros I don't care about so much. Those can wait for NAB '06 later this month.

Just gimme a widescreen 13.3" MacBook of somekind [consumer or pro line, Core Duo and dedicated graphics card with 128 VRAM at least in the higher end $1299ish MacBook option] tomorrow Apple!
 
Well, I held off buying a Macbook Pro last week when I was in New York, so I'll hold off a little while to see what happens. If June is the day, then Apple have probably won, and I'll buy a Pro, but iBooks have always been my preferred machine - I just think they're fantastic little machines, and feel significantly tougher than their higher-powered equivalents.

The waiting is killing me though...
 
Now already 3 something am... is 4th of april, but until now i didn't c anything in apple's webpage tat shows they are celebrating the 30th anniversary...:( Still no Intel iBook, or Macbook, sad sad... but still hoping it will announce today... i have been waiting since january this year...:( Start losing the patience...
 
michaelconan said:
Now already 3 something am... is 4th of april, but until now i didn't c anything in apple's webpage tat shows they are celebrating the 30th anniversary...:( Still no Intel iBook, or Macbook, sad sad... but still hoping it will announce today... i have been waiting since january this year...:( Start losing the patience...
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Yeah I think everyones been waiting the same amount of time. First it was November last year then January this year then march then april and now possibly JUNE!!:mad: How much more waiting?
 
iamfiremansam said:
I found this on forbes.com and could someone tell me what this means:

"Apple Computer will start selling the notebook PCs from June, while contract suppliers of panels to start deliveries from April."

What does this mean?

For the whole article click this link:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/afx/2006/04/03/afx2643961.html
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What this means is that you've not bothered to read any of the thread and have just used the same link that was in the very first post ....:rolleyes:
 
Savage Henry said:
What this means is that you've not bothered to read any of the thread and have just used the same link that was in the very first post ....:rolleyes:
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Ha! Silly me I didn't even realise until now. Actually I did read the whole thing but obviously missed that bit. I'll go bang my head on my Windows PC now!:eek:
 
michaelconan said:
Now already 3 something am... is 4th of april, but until now i didn't c anything in apple's webpage...
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Apple tends to update their website at around 9am PST [West Coast, U.S.]. We've still got 7 hours to go until then.

Of course, I've seen updates occur at 8am, 10am and other times as well, so who knows?... besides SJ and the Web Master that will get fired if he/she leaks anything prematurely as has happened in the past ['03's G5 PowerMac "pre-mature speculation" as stated by SJ in his WWDC keynote the same morning that that leak occurred].

If anything is released or announced, expect the Apple Online Store to go down within the hour before they post the updated web pages.
 
iamfiremansam said:
Ha! Silly me I didn't even realise until now. Actually I did read the whole thing but obviously missed that bit. I'll go bang my head on my Windows PC now!:eek:
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No worries. I think I was just a bit tetchy from reading all the posts that are exclaiming wildly about how June is such a reprehensibly late shipment date is an offence to their mothers and grandmothers.

....... June is only 8 weeks away people ... we are only talking about laptops here, not emergency open heart surgery appointments..... sheesh !
 
Sadly I dont think there will be a website update because music stores alredy been updated and I dont see any movies on it......Remember when video content was launched....music store didnt get updated till the day of the laucnh which i think was a wednesday.
 
Apple haven't updated their website with a 30th Anniversary post because unless you follow Apple like us, you won't know the exact date anyway, which brings me to the conclusion something is about to be released... and Apple will release it as the 30 Anniversary product.

The exact date won't matter to the average Joe.

Rich.
 
HEY MODS!!! Fix the title of this thread: "Intel iBook in Shipping in June?".

Chris Bangle said:
Sadly I dont think there will be a website update because music stores alredy been updated and I dont see any movies on it...
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That only kinda rules out the movie service launch for today... and I don't even think that the iTunes Music Store [iTMS] having been updated really rules out the possibility of an Apple movie service being launched either as a sub-category within iTMS or even as an entirely new application - iMovie Video Store [iMVS] and/or iDVD Movie Store [iDMS] - later today, or whenever.

Either way, this thread is entitled "Intel iBook in Shipping in June?", and I think most of us on this poorly titled thread are more concerned with Macintosh computer hardware releases than Apple's online movie service... although that and vPod's would be welcomed as well. ;)

It has been pretty darn quiet on all Apple fronts though hasn't it?

Dare I say...

INCOMING APPLE PRODUCTS FROM ALL FRONTS!!! :eek: :D

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HEY MODS!!!
Fix the title of this thread: "Intel iBook in Shipping in June?"
 
not fair

i'm a pc user looking to switch to mac...i have been waiting for 6 months to switch as i need the new notebook for university in june 2006..I've become obsessed about switching..i have fallen in love with mac..I am really hoping that we get the new intel ibooks this week....i need to order mine this weekend coz it'll take couple of weeks for it to reach me as am getting it sent thru some1 in the US...i cant wait longer than this weekend to buy one if i want to have it on time for univ...I'm thinking about a 12" powerbook but hope the new ibooks will come out.....am sitting on pins and needles.....come on apple dont disappoint us....
 
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