March 14th/March 15th magic date?

[gopher]

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/01/26/apple.extends.promos/

Says both Powerbook and PowerMac promos end March 14th. Could this be the date they release the new machines?

Given the 15th is a Tuesday, sounds even more likely!

 

[jeremy.king]

Given the 15th is a Tuesday, sounds even more likely!

Beware the ides of March

 

[daveL]

Frequently the promo dates end near the end of a financial quarter. There's really no major Apple event occurring in that time frame to announce any major release, like a G5 PB for new, high-end PM.

 

[wdlove]

I see that they have promotions extending into April. Think that the Power Mac could be updated prior to WWDC, the last update was just announced at apple.com. If they do announce a G5 PowerBook, that would be a major upgrade and so think that Steve would want to announce personally at WWDC.

 

[kgarner]

Frequently the promo dates end near the end of a financial quarter. There's really no major Apple event occurring in that time frame to announce any major release, like a G5 PB for new, high-end PM.

Your right, but what if they are not releasing the G5 PB. They have frequently released speed bumps with little or no fan fair. Even if they went for the dual-core G4 chips that were making the rumor rounds a month or two ago, they may not feel its neccessary to introduce in an expo setting as I think they will reserve that for the G5 edition whihch would probably be the next revision. Not saying that they will release something on that day, just that a lack of event doesn't disprove it.

 

[mstecker]

Ides of march also my baby's due date

Given the 15th is a Tuesday, sounds even more likely!

It's also the expected due date for my third (and last!) child.