12" iBook with superdrive please!
I wish they would put a super drive in the 12", as the 14" form factor has no value for me.
I wish they would put a super drive in the 12", as the 14" form factor has no value for me.
Stella said:Nice.. the margin between iBooks and PowerBooks are rapidly decreasing.. must only mean one thing...
G5!
nsb3000 said:With the latest round of Power book updates, the gaped widened. The Power Books got better video cards, a faster Megahertz gap, and airport extreme standard.
Steven1621, some people buy the 14" iBook just because of the resolution - they can't SEE the icons/text at higher resolutions. I think that such resolution changes are better suited to the PowerBook more than the iBook. On topic, it's good to see Apple listening to ordering trends and making the SuperDrive configuration standard.Steven1621 said:apple should include a SXGA display on the 14in ibook and PB. 1024X768 is a bit too small in my opinion.
pjkelnhofer said:Yes, but in six months the iBook went from a 900 MHz G3 to a 1.2 GHz G4 with a Superdrive. So I would still say that the gap is a lot closer than it was at this time last year.
The slower PB's are only 130 MHz (or about 11%) faster than the faster iBook's. While the high-end PB is 50% faster than the low-end iBook, it does cost more than twice as much ($2500 vs. $1100) so I should hope it is more than just a bigger screen.
Since Airport Extreme is a BTO for the iBook, that is not much of a difference. The superior video card (although I have heard the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 in the 12" PB is not much better than the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 in the iBook) and the availibility of firewire 800 (again this is only in the 15" and 17" version) are the most major differences.
The gap has definitely closed as of late. The PowerBooks need some big upgrades to really seperate them again. If only Apple had some major keynote speech coming up at which Steve could announce such a thing.
Not that I want to start any speculation
I do not honestly think that G5 PB's are going to be here anytime soon, but I definitely agree that the differences between the iBook and the PowerBook have eroded (much like the difference between the eMac and the iMac).
pjkelnhofer said:I do not honestly think that G5 PB's are going to be here anytime soon, but I definitely agree that the differences between the iBook and the PowerBook have eroded (much like the difference between the eMac and the iMac).
Rod Rod said:the eMac and iMac have never been that different. in the past couple of years the G4 iMac received upgrades a few months before they were implemented in the eMac. currently, however, the eMac is ahead of the iMac specs-wise. the most meaningful difference between the two is the built in monitor.
pjkelnhofer said:Yes, but in six months the iBook went from a 900 MHz G3 to a 1.2 GHz G4 with a Superdrive. So I would still say that the gap is a lot closer than it was at this time last year.
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I do not honestly think that G5 PB's are going to be here anytime soon, but I definitely agree that the differences between the iBook and the PowerBook have eroded (much like the difference between the eMac and the iMac).
5) Digital Audio Out? You mean the audio out port is dual analog/digital? I did not know that.coumerelli said:[interrupt] six months....this time last year... [/interrupt] I agree totally with the second half of that statement. My point is that you could use the first half of that statement at almost anytime when you're talking about technology. "We went from 'a' to 'b' in three days!!!"
I'm sitting here with my powerbook. The difference?
1) Resolution
2) Dual monitor capabilities with BOTH DVI & S-video out (I understand you can 'hack' the firmware, but this is standard and, therefore more stable)
3) Back-lit keyboard
4) FW800
5) Digital Audio Out (am I correct that the iBook does not have this?)
6) Gigabit ethernet
7) Bluetooth standard
8) Airport Extreem Standard (and on some iBook models)
9) Other differences in performance, etc.
At any rate. I don't think the differences justify the HUGE difference in price - tho, at the same time, I cannot justify getting an iBook over the powerbook.
tacomancini said:I still want a 12incher ibook with a superdrive.