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New iBook and Mac mini Part Numbers?

Nonono

What are you thinking Apple? No upgrade for me unless I buy a PC for the first time in 5 years... How can Apple stomach putting out laptops like this when Sony puts out such beutiful machines with such amazing screens. 1024x768 is laughable and there is no way I could work efficiently with spreadsheets at that resolution. If my tiBook 800 dies before a proper laptop update is released I will make the hard switch back out of principle OSX or no... Locking people into only one hardware solution only works for me if the hardware is top notch in all apsects...

I never write on these boards but this time I am so disappointed I couldn't help but voice it...

C
 
sundog73 said:
Yes. It will stop me. I have a mental block about paying good money for this resolution with the font artifacts and display defects. I'll have to hold out till the end of sept and see if the powerbook line fares any better in its upgrade cycle.
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I guess you're talking about the 14-inch model? 1024x768 at 12 inches is high enough for me, I don't see how they could make the resolution much higher at that size...

Oh yeah, nice upgrade otherwise, but I don't see why there's no superdrive even as a BTO on the 12" iBook. Apple should drop those combo drives already, dvd+-r isn't that much more expensive.
 
Catch said:
What are you thinking Apple? No upgrade for me unless I buy a PC for the first time in 5 years... How can Apple stomach putting out laptops like this when Sony puts out such beutiful machines with such amazing screens. 1024x768 is laughable and there is no way I could work efficiently with spreadsheets at that resolution. If my tiBook 800 dies before a proper laptop update is released I will make the hard switch back out of principle OSX or no... Locking people into only one hardware solution only works for me if the hardware is top notch in all apsects...

I never write on these boards but this time I am so disappointed I couldn't help but voice it...

C
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I'm with you on this. I would have galdly have taken a 14 inch with higher resolution and stuck with the 1.3 GHz cpu. It is a sad day when fonts are clearer and sharper on a wintel than on a mac, and that is still sadly the case.

As far as the 12 inch, no superdrive, no purchase.
 
DPI

Can anyone comment on why apple lcd DPI is so low compared to wintels?
for instance, sony 13.3 is 1280x800. The graphics are a large part of the MacOSX experience, and to skimp on this part seems odd. I don't imagine I'm alone in feeling that the 100 MHz cpu speed bump is not as important as the delivery of top notch graphics.
 
Why couldn't they make the superdrive an option on the 12 inch? That is what I was really hoping for. I have an external burner, but I like everything in one package, so im not stuck lugging around more than I have to. I have also heard it's not the easiest thing to do-install a superdrive yourself. I might as well get the 12 inch pb refurb for $1299.

So.... countdown to the next PB update anyone?? :)
 
sundog73 said:
Can anyone comment on why apple lcd DPI is so low compared to wintels?
for instance, sony 13.3 is 1280x800. The graphics are a large part of the MacOSX experience, and to skimp on this part seems odd. I don't imagine I'm alone in feeling that the 100 MHz cpu speed bump is not as important as the delivery of top notch graphics.
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Get the 12" then. 1024x768 in 12.1" at 4:3 is about the same DPI as 1280x800 at 16:10.

Now I don't know if the screen will still be duller, but we'll get to that issue as and when.
 
Hattig said:
Get the 12" then. 1024x768 in 12.1" at 4:3 is about the same DPI as 1280x800 at 16:10.

Now I don't know if the screen will still be duller, but we'll get to that issue as and when.
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No superdrive. I do burn dvds on the go. (solaris of all things.)
 
How is it that I can religiously follow a post through 33 pages and then, BOOM, click to find that I'm 25 pages behind? I mean, I got out for BBQ chicken and beers after work with a coworker (which ended up being a 10-hor spread between email checks) and come back to a thread on which I'm up to speed on about half of the posts?

I found myself (and this is terrible, I admit it) just skimming through for posts by ~Shard~,Lacero-- who, by the way, I often disagree with-- and devilot76, my favorite new diamond-in-the-rough macrumors member. (Anyone who gets me rolling in laughter in threads has my vote.) How the hell have I missed your posts thus far?

Okay.

I'm on strike. The thread is 50 freakin' pages long! By the time I catch up on my reading, the next iBook revision will be out.

Frustrated.

Squire

<no edit> Decided to NOT fix typos in an effort to accentuate inebreriakted demeanooooor. Sory AArn.
 
Squire said:
Okay.

I'm on strike. The thread is 50 freakin' pages long! By the time I catch up on my reading, the next iBook revision will be out.

Frustrated.
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Haha, you should have seen me the first time I surfed onto MR. I looked at one of the front page articles and saw over 600+ comments... I thought to myself, "Shouldn't take too long to read, I'm a quick reader." ;) Shows how little I knew back then. And by the way, I agree... by the time anyone trys to catch up w/ these posts... the MacIntels will be out.

::edit:: And Squire, I feel incredibly flattered for the mention. :eek:
 
animefan_1 said:
Modems are now BTO on the 1.42 GHz Mac mini.

Steve giveth and he taketh away. ;)
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I guess, the assumption behind this is that when you have Airport you plug your modem in the Airport base station.
 
Squire said:
How is it that I can religiously follow a post through 33 pages and then, BOOM, click to find that I'm 25 pages behind? I mean, I got out for BBQ chicken and beers after work with a coworker (which ended up being a 10-hor spread between email checks) and come back to a thread on which I'm up to speed on about half of the posts?
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It happens to me too - it's best just to let the thread go and enjoy it for what it was worth. I know it's tough saying goodbye, but sometimes we have to move on. ;)

Squire said:
I found myself (and this is terrible, I admit it) just skimming through for posts by ~Shard~,Lacero-- who, by the way, I often disagree with-- and devilot76, my favorite new diamond-in-the-rough macrumors member. (Anyone who gets me rolling in laughter in threads has my vote.) How the hell have I missed your posts thus far?
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Firstly, I assume you meant you diagree with Lacero, and not me as well? :eek: :p ;)

Secondly, I'm in the same boat as you. I went to bed and this is what I came back to. So sorry for not posting either, but as you can see, these things can happen quite quickly and without warning! ;)

Squire said:
I'm on strike. The thread is 50 freakin' pages long! By the time I catch up on my reading, the next iBook revision will be out.
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So if I understand you correctly, are you starting the "Intel iBooks Next Tuesday!!!" rumors already? :p :cool:
 
aswitcher said:
Jan 2006 to July 2007...as per Steve
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Ah, gotcha, I thought you were throwing out a personal guess there yourself. ;) Yes, those were the dates he quoted, but who wants to bet that they're not written in stone? ;)
 
Yes...

sundog73 said:
Can anyone comment on why apple lcd DPI is so low compared to wintels?
for instance, sony 13.3 is 1280x800. The graphics are a large part of the MacOSX experience, and to skimp on this part seems odd. I don't imagine I'm alone in feeling that the 100 MHz cpu speed bump is not as important as the delivery of top notch graphics.
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Totally agree... speed is secondary for me now that mostly all laptops are fast enough for complex spreadsheets, wordprocessing and emailing... What I need, and I imagine any person not just using Word, is a sharp high res screen... that Sony 13.3" is to die for. Almost same res as my Ti Book with a smaller form factor. I have tried out Excel on it and I can get a whole 12 month spreadsheet in on that width wise. Still have to scroll down and up but I have to do that on my 30" in the office too so thats no biggie.

Real shame...

Heres waiting for IntelliBooks hehe...

C
 
Hattig said:
Get the 12" then. 1024x768 in 12.1" at 4:3 is about the same DPI as 1280x800 at 16:10.

Now I don't know if the screen will still be duller, but we'll get to that issue as and when.
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Really don't follow you on this at all... I am not into the tech aspect of computers as I just need them to work. DPI or no, at 1024 I would loose several columns on my spreadsheets... at 1280 I don't...

How does that make things the same? Sorry but I am not as tech savvy as some of you so it is an honest question...

I suppose that maybe I am expecting too much out of a low budget machine... If only the 12" PowerBook was 1280x800 sigh...

C
 
~Shard~ said:
It happens to me too - it's best just to let the thread go and enjoy it for what it was worth. I know it's tough saying goodbye, but sometimes we have to move on. ;)
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Closure.

Firstly, I assume you meant you diagree with Lacero, and not me as well? :eek: :p ;)
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Yeah, we always seem to see 'tar to 'tar on most things. (Speaking of which, I like the new one.)

So if I understand you correctly, are you starting the "Intel iBooks Next Tuesday!!!" rumors already? :p :cool:
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I don't know if I'd necessarily call them rumors. Ask Rootman. :)

(By the way, who was the guy who was so sure of one rumor he said he'd "eat his hand" if it didn't come true?)

Squire
 
Squire said:
Yeah, we always seem to see 'tar to 'tar on most things. (Speaking of which, I like the new one.)
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Thanks. :)

Squire said:
I don't know if I'd necessarily call them rumors. Ask Rootman. :)
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Just curious, as I'm expecting the Intel iBook rumors to start any day now. ;) In my opinion the PowerBooks will see Intels before the iBooks, as will the PowerMacs before the iMacs, but that's all best saved for another discussion...

Squire said:
(By the way, who was the guy who was so sure of one rumor he said he'd "eat his hand" if it didn't come true?)
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NeatGekko. Ah, that takes me back, I'll never forget that guy! Newer MacRumors members never had the "pleasure" of knowing him... :cool:

Edit: His last post was evidently November last year.
 
~Shard~ said:
Just curious, as I'm expecting the Intel iBook rumors to start any day now. ;) In my opinion the PowerBooks will see Intels before the iBooks, as will the PowerMacs before the iMacs, but that's all best saved for another discussion...
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I think Apple will go about it in a very logical manner. I think the Powerbooks will definitely get intels before the iBooks. (In fact, I think the Powerbooks will be the first to go intel.) Quite simply, they have nowhere to go in the current form. And if Apple engineers have to change the "guts" of the machine anyway, they might as well go all the way. Powermacs? I'm not so sure. I think the new IBM chips will give Apple a little more breathing room in that lineup.

But I digress.

neatgekko. Right.


Squire out...
 
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