New iBooks and Powerbooks!

[MacRumors]

Apple's online store has been updated:

iBooks:

$999, 700MHz, 12.1", 16MB ATI 7500
$1299, 800MHz, 12.1", 32MB ATI 7500
$1599, 800MHz, 14.1", 32MB ATI 7500

Powerbooks:

$2299, 867MHz, Combo Drive, Radeon 9000
$2799, 1GHz, Combo Drive, Radeon 9000
$2999, 1GHz, SuperDrive, Radeon 9000

 

[srobert]

BAM!!!!

Never saw it coming.

No superdrive they said? hey!

 

[chibianh]

holy crap! everything i expected!!! woohoho!!!

AND a price drop!! damn!

 

[oldMac]

Nice to see Apple come through with the video upgrades

There it is.

After all the naysaying and whining about how Apple would come up short on these upgrades, they hit near the top of the predictions *and* lowered the base-model prices.

 

[Molson]

Way to go!

But where's the Bluetooth?

 

[Omad0n]

RIght on very cool update. Almost makes me wish I used the powerbook line. I'm really intrested to hear how the superdrive works in the new TI's

Steve

 

[boskie]

Lucky i took the day off work!

So i can experience this joy first hand!!

Just a thought...

Does anyone know who would want to buy an arm and a leg?
- 24 years old, One careful user - a few naughty abusers though.
- Clean and hard working.
- Very tolerant - puts up with stepping in s*@t, and typing on a Peecee.

Reasonable price offers considered, will deliver!

 

[cb911]

that is ssoooo good!!

i knew i should've sold my TiBook before the new ones were released... worse re-sale value now. oh well.

 

[crassusad44]

YAAAAYYYYYY!!!!

Everything we expected and more. Superdrive and lower prices. Apple has made my day!!!

Hopefully one of the new iBooks will be mine!!!

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Nice, and my wife is looking to buy a new laptop - I just need to convince her that the TiPB with the SuperDrive is the way to go.....that's a nice machine - I wonder how hot it will run?

D

 

[puffmarvin]

PowerBook 15.2TFT/1GHz-L3/512SD(2 SO-DIMMS)/60G/SuperDrive/64VRAM/56K/AIRPT M8859LL/A 3-4 weeks

3-4 weeks. yikes.

wow, well im excited either way.

 

[Myname]

Wow wow wow...
wonderful...very "cool"...
Myname

 

[elgruga]

the gig - at last!

mmmm! Must have one - 667 on to eBay this week I think! hahahahahahahah!!!!

 

[BeyondCloister]

Very nice indeed. Just such a shame that the entry level iBook will cost me $322 more in the UK and still no fully working Sherlock or iPhoto.

Almost makes it tempting to fly to the States to pick one up!

 

[Over Achiever]

Well, arn, you have very good sources

The better thing is that for an extra hundred, you can go from a combo drive to a superdrive!!! But what is this about apple saying they don't have the 5400 rpm 60 GB HD anymore? Too bad its still PC133 SDRAM, but hey, the price drop is awesome!!! And we gots the Radeon 9000!!! Although the rez is still 1280x854...but thats ok!!!

We gots superdrive!!!
We gots the 64 MB Radeon 9000!!!
We gots the 1 GHz computer baby!!!
We gots a good deep price cut baby!!!

 

[backspinner]

Originally posted by BeyondCloister
Just such a shame that the entry level iBook will cost me $322 more in the UK

blame _your_ government!

 

[macuserx]

Originally posted by BeyondCloister
Very nice indeed. Just such a shame that the entry level iBook will cost me $322 more in the UK and still no fully working Sherlock or iPhoto.

Almost makes it tempting to fly to the States to pick one up!

Good point! Why do they have to be so much more expensive in europe?

 

[UnixMac]

Where do they ship?

When will CompUSA have them in??? Anyone know?

 

[shadowfax]

Apple is the best! i couldn't have thought of better!

 

[Thirteenva]

 

[anthonymoody]

Wow this is really fantastic. I've been thinking hard about the Panasonic T1 (from Dynamism), which still is pretty cool. However, the mid level TiBook is hard to resist. Well done Apple. Also, I think the middle iBook could be the best overall value right now, what with its bump in vram and other specs.

TM

 

[ninjachild]

man and here i was going to be all disappointed today


can i just say BOOOOOOYAH!!!

ibook 800mhz
WITH 32MB video card and combo drive,
256 megs of ram, a 10gig ipod...
ALL FOR $$1725!!!!

i don't even have any reservations about switching now

 

[iShater]

I guess I will be stopping by the Apple store today to check if they have any of the new machines in!

Now, to convince my wife that a new laptop will make me finish me thesis faster!


Anyways, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

 

[technocoy]

monitor

do you guys think the monitor deals apply to the new books as well?? i want a 22in display with my 1ghz but the pdf says 800mhz, and we all know how apple likes loopholes!!!

thanks,
holt

 

[wenwess]

One plus for being an under paid teacher: Powerbook G4 with Superdrive $2699!