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Originally posted by Over Achiever
Well, arn, you have very good sources
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!!!
Agreed. What I find interesting is the top end Powerbook is now the BEST value. 64mb vram vs 32, airport vs not, 20 more gig HD, double the memory, superdruve. BUY A LEATHER PLACEMAT for your 1.0 Ghz Powerbook. You'll need it.
Rocketman
Filling out requisition . . .
Did ya'll notice that the 1Ghz ranks at 7.5 Gigaflops? I cannot find the rating of the Intel P4 2Gigers. (But I found some docs putting desktop versions at 5Gigaflops.
I wish Apple would start using Gigaflops instead of MHz.
I wish Apple would start using Gigaflops instead of MHz.
How much is the IBM 40GB GNX? And is it easy to upgrade? Very disapointed in the 4200 RPM Limit, I would be happy to pay more for the faster Drive...
Overall, a GREAT update for the iBook. Cool graphics, more speed and a price cut.
There are some persons complaining about prices outside US. As I live in Germany I also have to deal with this. But this is not totally Apples fault as we've got higher taxes, Apple has to put more effort in translation and so on.
What's really worse and what makes me some kind of angry is the less on software you get outside the US: EarthLink, Quicken 2003 Deluxe, World Book 2003 Edition and more functions in iPhoto (order pictures) and Sherlock are missing
It's just sad that iBooks are more expensive than in the US but come with less software.
Anyway a really COOL update - I'm going to buy an iBook soon.
There are some persons complaining about prices outside US. As I live in Germany I also have to deal with this. But this is not totally Apples fault as we've got higher taxes, Apple has to put more effort in translation and so on.
What's really worse and what makes me some kind of angry is the less on software you get outside the US: EarthLink, Quicken 2003 Deluxe, World Book 2003 Edition and more functions in iPhoto (order pictures) and Sherlock are missing
It's just sad that iBooks are more expensive than in the US but come with less software.Anyway a really COOL update - I'm going to buy an iBook soon.
From Apple's PR Site....
www.apple.com/pr
Pricing & Availability
The 867 MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 is available now, and the 1 GHz model is expected to be available in mid-November through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apples retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers at the below suggested retail prices.
www.apple.com/pr
Pricing & Availability
The 867 MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 is available now, and the 1 GHz model is expected to be available in mid-November through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apples retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers at the below suggested retail prices.
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many of us, including me in some respects, are eating alot of crow today. apple pulled a fast one on us. what an amazing product...hell..what amazing products
just when people are losing the faith...they not only deliver on hardware...but price as well...
apple = 1
whiners = 0
i dont know about you guys but this makes me even more excited about the months and years to come.
many of us, including me in some respects, are eating alot of crow today. apple pulled a fast one on us. what an amazing product...hell..what amazing products
just when people are losing the faith...they not only deliver on hardware...but price as well...
apple = 1
whiners = 0
i dont know about you guys but this makes me even more excited about the months and years to come.
Count me in. I almost lost faith in Apple, and was seriously considering the VPR Matrix...but I'm glad I stuck with 'em.
Just imagine when the IBM 970 gets into the powerbook in a couple of years...that'll be great. And DDR as well!
WOW I just looked at the education discounts...they're even more incredible. I cant wait to see what my university pricing is (it's usually lower than the apple ed prices)...
TM
TM
Which rumors were true?
All of them!
This is a banner day in apple rumor history. Only the most hard-core whiners can complain now!
All of them!
This is a banner day in apple rumor history. Only the most hard-core whiners can complain now!
ibook video card strangeness
It seems weird that the new ibook is using the previous generation powerbook's video card, yet the external resolution (from hooking a monitor up to the vga port) is still 1024x768.
I know that the old powerbook could do 1600x1200, and that apple most likely didn't want the ibook to have a similar feature set to help distance itself from the pro model.
Still, the ibook page says "Weve taken the powerful graphics rendering capabilities of the previous PowerBook G4 and put it in a consumer portable" yet, they must have changed it to only allow external displays to be of a lesser resolution.
That's really the only thing I don't like about my current ibook, and was hoping to see eventually changed.
Still, the argument can be made that people should buy a powerbook if that's what they are looking for. I actually much prefer the form factor of the 12" ibook to the powerbook. ah well.
It seems weird that the new ibook is using the previous generation powerbook's video card, yet the external resolution (from hooking a monitor up to the vga port) is still 1024x768.
I know that the old powerbook could do 1600x1200, and that apple most likely didn't want the ibook to have a similar feature set to help distance itself from the pro model.
Still, the ibook page says "Weve taken the powerful graphics rendering capabilities of the previous PowerBook G4 and put it in a consumer portable" yet, they must have changed it to only allow external displays to be of a lesser resolution.
That's really the only thing I don't like about my current ibook, and was hoping to see eventually changed.
Still, the argument can be made that people should buy a powerbook if that's what they are looking for. I actually much prefer the form factor of the 12" ibook to the powerbook. ah well.
I put the 40gnx in my rev A. tibook. Pretty easy upgrade. Its faster at retrieving and writing to disk.
Now if sonnet would just release a 1ghz upgrade for the Rev. A's
Then i'd be set...
I would think so. I'm looking at the powerbook specs, and it the software it includes in OS 9 and OS X, so I don't think the boot into OS X only applys yet.
I think the iBook is the same way
And yeah, you can just use OS 9 if you want I suppose.
Video question
I've never used a PowerBook outside of the Apple store and CompUSA, so bear with me if this is a silly question.
I know that if you hook up a NTSC monitort (TV) to the S-Video port, you can use it as a preview in Final Cut Pro. In essence, using the S-Video as a 2nd monitor in a "dual headed" or "spanned" capacitiy.
I also know that if you hook up a monitor to the DVI port, you can have dual headed/spanned displays between the PB's LCD and the monitor.
Here's my questions:
If I hook up both a DVI monitor and an S-Video one can I:
1) Have, 3 spanned monitors (2 desktops and an NTSC preview in FCP)
2) or, close the lid and just have my desktop on the DVI monitor and my preview on the S-Video one
I'm guessing #2 is correct and doubt #1 is possible.
I've never used a PowerBook outside of the Apple store and CompUSA, so bear with me if this is a silly question.
I know that if you hook up a NTSC monitort (TV) to the S-Video port, you can use it as a preview in Final Cut Pro. In essence, using the S-Video as a 2nd monitor in a "dual headed" or "spanned" capacitiy.
I also know that if you hook up a monitor to the DVI port, you can have dual headed/spanned displays between the PB's LCD and the monitor.
Here's my questions:
If I hook up both a DVI monitor and an S-Video one can I:
1) Have, 3 spanned monitors (2 desktops and an NTSC preview in FCP)
2) or, close the lid and just have my desktop on the DVI monitor and my preview on the S-Video one
I'm guessing #2 is correct and doubt #1 is possible.
I'm panicing from the other side of the ocean. I just placed my order online (here in the States) for the PB and we fly out on Nov. 30 for Switzerland. Then I read on this list that the delivery date is 3-4 weeks at the earliest!!
Is that true? I was debating on whether I should just pick one up at the nearest Apple Store (Maryland), until they told me this morning that the first delivery might be 5-10 days, but they were sort of guessing on that. Didn't know what to do. Hope it get's here before the 30th! We were back in the States for 4 months (Aug-Nov) and I was waiting and waiting for this release ....
- Tim (pre-panic stage...)
ps.- I got up to check the Apple online Store at 7am EST and there was no new PB yet and I thought what a depressing day - no new PB and Rendell will be PA's Governor for the next 4 yrs.. Could it get any worse.
Bwahaha!! I AM BUYING A POWERBOOK! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Way to go MacRumors.com, I've always had faith in you.
Way to go MacRumors.com, I've always had faith in you.