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New iBook and Mac mini Part Numbers?
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MikeLord said:
I agree, the mini needs more ports for sure, that should be a given upgrade.
Can't wait to see!!
I hope they don't make the 12" powerbook any larger. I am waiting for the revision as I want as much power as I can in the smallest enclosure. Using a 12" powerbook between work and home and connecting to a 17" lcd at either location would be great!1984 said:
Do you guys think the 12 inch ibook will have spanning? Or at least allow for higher resolution when connecting to an LCD? I want to make a switch but I woiuld hate to have 1028 res hooked up to my 19inch lcd.
Lacero said:
I disagree. If the new $699 model is has more features skewed towards media center usage (eg. digital audio in/out) I think it would be money well spent.
aussie_geek said:Yeah, but the PowerBooks still look better.
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Powerbooks are now outdated and will be as long as they have that old G4 chip in them.
Hurry up, Apple! Now that IBM has succeeded in producing lower power 970 chips, make the move to the G5 so we can see a respectable pro-end laptop again!
You have 10 days between when you bought it and when Apple releases a new model. They either credit you the difference, or you can upgrade to a new model. I think you could return the model you have otherwise (I've heard up to 15 days), but you have to pay a 15% restocking fee. It's on their site somewhere, Google it.belsokar said:
So where's Mood in all this? Did his head just explode or what? Maybe he bought that Dell or whatever and he's busy kicking himself.
MikeLord said:
you did this because of the intel announcement
talk about the sky is falling. if i needed a machine i would by a G5 in a heart beat. i'd even buy the current ibook. these are great machines and would last an easy five years. the ibook is for general computing anyway, so its not like i would need to wait for the best processor to hit the ibook line. in short, if someone needs a computer, buy buy buy. if you dont and are buying a new system not for necessity but for novelty, then i would wait.
still, good move since its what you want and you made a profit.
belsokar said:
You are not "screwed" - this is the natural way that things work in the computer world. Enjoy your new machine completely, even if one 5 times as nice comes out tomorrow for the same price.
Why must we always compare? It's strange how comparison keeps us from enjoying things like we should...
In any case, mini updates have been anticipated for a few weeks now, although it has been hard to say how long it would be, as the product is in its first incarnation.
alexf said:
oh I realize i'm not screwed,...but i actually waited about a month before deciding a new mini was not forthcoming anytime soon,...and the day after I receive it, the announcement of a potential "newer" mini has me a bit disappointed...
the main thing that would kind of suck for me is if the newer version has a 64mb graphics card, dual display support, and supports more ram, those are probably the main things i'd want most...I don't suspect any small increase in hd speed or cpu speed would make that huge of a difference...so we'll have to see...
sorry for the use of "screwed",...i'm not that upset or anything, i'm actually very happy right now with my purchase
solvs said:
No, really? Fill me in...
But in all seriousness, why do you believe this would prevent the G5 PB from coming out? In case you haven't heard, the first Macs with Intel processors won't be out until 2006, and I highly doubt that Apple will leave a G4 in the PB that long, especially when the "consumer-level" iMacs have had a G5 for nearly a year.
The G5 Powerbook has been long designed (probably over a year ago) and has been waiting for a lower power chip. I doubt that they would throw away all that investment of energy now.
Yes, Apple is moving to Intel, but the G5 is not going away any time soon.
mddharma said:
I'm glad someone mentioned this. The same applies to the iBook. A 13" model isn't necessarily an improvement. It's a trade off in some ways.
Also, in the iBook vrs Powerbook comparison, the 12" Powerbook is about 10 or 15% smaller than the iBook, and lighter. A lot of people miss that in the comparison, but it's pretty noticable if you put them side by side.
I like the suggestion of "good" and "better" 13" widescreen models; that'd be a really nice pair of choices.
A co-worker of mine is seriously in the market for a new iBook in the next week or two, so I've advised him to hold off a bit hoping that this rumor, which sounds solid, is true. Considering that he was ready to buy the current lineup, he should be happy to see any kind of boost in features.
In fact, that'll make the 2nd iBook switcher I know this year, and the 3rd person I work with to switch from a PC to an Apple laptop in the last year or so. Only four to go...
Really, if Think Secret predicts hardware configurations, they're pretty much always right--they most recently called the PM, iMac, and eMac revisions dead-on. They certainly have a better track record than most rumor sites.
A co-worker of mine is seriously in the market for a new iBook in the next week or two, so I've advised him to hold off a bit hoping that this rumor, which sounds solid, is true. Considering that he was ready to buy the current lineup, he should be happy to see any kind of boost in features.
In fact, that'll make the 2nd iBook switcher I know this year, and the 3rd person I work with to switch from a PC to an Apple laptop in the last year or so. Only four to go...
Huh? In what way? The only "mistakes" I've seen Think Secret make this year are jumping the gun a bit on the release date of 10.4.2 (though their reports were otherwise accurate) and predicting the iTMS Phone for June several moths back, which seems to have been unexpectedly held up.grubesteak said:
Really, if Think Secret predicts hardware configurations, they're pretty much always right--they most recently called the PM, iMac, and eMac revisions dead-on. They certainly have a better track record than most rumor sites.
My Predictions
iBooks
13.1" Widescreen TFT Display
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache @1.42GHz
1024x655 resolution
512MB DDR266 SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA Drive
Combo Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
AirPort Extreme built-in
$999.00
13.1" Widescreen TFT Display
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache @1.42GHz
1024x655 resolution
512MB DDR266 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA Drive
Super Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
AirPort Extreme built-in
$1299.00
Mac mini
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA Drive
Combo Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
$499.00
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA Drive
Combo Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
Airport Extreme/Bluetooth built-in
$599.00
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA Drive
Super Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
Airport Extreme/Bluetooth built-in
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse included
$699.00
iBooks
13.1" Widescreen TFT Display
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache @1.42GHz
1024x655 resolution
512MB DDR266 SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA Drive
Combo Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
AirPort Extreme built-in
$999.00
13.1" Widescreen TFT Display
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache @1.42GHz
1024x655 resolution
512MB DDR266 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA Drive
Super Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
AirPort Extreme built-in
$1299.00
Mac mini
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA Drive
Combo Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
$499.00
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA Drive
Combo Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
Airport Extreme/Bluetooth built-in
$599.00
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA Drive
Super Drive
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (64MB DDR)
Airport Extreme/Bluetooth built-in
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse included
$699.00
jinzo012 said:
Why? Because we aren't lackeys who get down on hands and knees worshiping everything Apple does or in this case doesn't do? Apple deserves to be kicked in the pants for where there mobile solutions are right now. I will sing prase to what Apple does right. I will bitch about what they do wrong.