New iBooks Next Tuesday?

[MacSA]

yep....but I think we're all getting desperate now lol

 

[cooknwitha]

My bets are on an updated Mini!

Well the Shipping time in the US store is 6-8 days. Maybe you're right. And if the mini gets updated, the iBook would HAVE to be soon!!!!

EDIT: Duh! I just realised there is another thread on this issue. Just goes to show I'm only interested in iBook threads at the moment.

Still, a mini update would be great as it would indicate what could come with iBook.

 

[Foniks Munkee]

Australian store has the mini at 7-10 days, the only machine with a wait above 1-2... perhaps.

Shame... not looking for a mini right now!

 

[joshysquashy]

No updates today then, only a few more tuesdays to go! im sure it is soon!

*kneeling down and collapsing on the floor* im beggin u! please soon!!!

 

[spellflower]

Plus if Apple didn't plan to update till September then they would have updated the iBook page on their website with Tiger info.

I noticed that while the regular Apple store ibook listing says that the ibook ships with panther, the educational store says tiger. Don't know what the significance of this is, though. Is anyone running tiger on a current ibook? How's it going?

P.S.: There were other discrepancies between the regular store and the Ed. store- airport is listed as included on the former, but it's an extra on the latter. Either way, I figure I'll hold out until the end of August and see what comes our way.

 

[Rangerhall6]

The 21st Century Student: Learning Transformed

Tuesday (3:30 - 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday (10:00 - 11:00 a.m)

Experience how learning is transformed when every student has access to an iBook and interactive digital resources and tools. Students discover the world of cell division through online explorations and simulations, iMovie, and digital notetaking.

This is from http://www.apple.com/education/necc/ and i think it would be a great time for apple to release the new iBooks. Come on Steve... do it for the kids!

 

[deetschei]

I've used Tiger on Ibook demos. It was situated right next to the 12" powerbook, which made for some nice and easy comparisons. In terms of speed, both seemed to work comparatively well. I couldn't notice any difference in application responsiveness. There was a slight difference with the widgets. Since F12 doubled as an eject button on the iBook, I had a harder time calling them up. It seemed I could only do it through the dock. The iBook also didn't have the "ripple effect" of course, but considering I've only been running tiger on my 17" 800 mHz iMac until now, I didn't even know what that looked like before...nor am I that fussed about it after seeing it.

 

[Red Belly]

Special offer on ibooks in Ireland

A chain of mobile phone stores in Ireland have just launched a 'discounted' ibook. It's basically the 12" model with 'double the ram for free'. ie. 512 for €999. I checked it out today and my local branch don't carry the product but will order 'em in, BUT can't get any BTO options like bigger hard drive or Blue tooth.

The price of this machine without the 'double ram' on the Irish Apple site is €1019, but with an educational discount it's €958. The phone store does NOT offer the educational discount and I can buy exactly the machine they offer for €999 (ie with 512 ram) for €1033 from apple online with the discount so I COULD save €34 with this offer but I'd be unable to get a bigger Hard drive or bluetooth, both of which I do want. Also given the fact that a gig of crucial ram for this machine would only set me back about €140 including postage from the states, this is obviously not a tempting offer.

What appears to have happened though is that this shop's head office or whatever seems to have gotten their hands on a consignment of the current basic 12" ibook but with 512 instead of 256 RAM. I just can't see them ordering the units from apple as customers order them (an assisstant in the shop said they'd get one 'sent down' even if I just wanted to 'have a look at it'). Is this indicative of Apple offloading a bunch of machines pre-update? ..Mmmm.
I live and hope!.

Also, it's probably the same elsewhere, but in Ireland Dell regularly push 'Double Ram' offers and the language and style of the shop's flyer reminded me of dell's advertising.

rb

 

[asqy]

I noticed that while the regular Apple store ibook listing says that the ibook ships with panther, the educational store says tiger. Don't know what the significance of this is, though. Is anyone running tiger on a current ibook? How's it going?

P.S.: There were other discrepancies between the regular store and the Ed. store- airport is listed as included on the former, but it's an extra on the latter. Either way, I figure I'll hold out until the end of August and see what comes our way.

the ibooks at the store i was at had tiger.

Spotlight is nice

 

[Hattig]

A chain of mobile phone stores in Ireland have just launched a 'discounted' ibook. It's basically the 12" model with 'double the ram for free'. ie. 512 for €999.

What appears to have happened though is that this shop's head office or whatever seems to have gotten their hands on a consignment of the current basic 12" ibook but with 512 instead of 256 RAM.

Hmm, I'm thinking that Apple stopped ordering 256MB DIMMs because they are moving to 512MB minimum across the entire range, ran out of them in stock and decided they'd just stick 512MB DIMMs inside as they had them.

So ... if anything this might support both the iBook and Mac Mini updates being 512MB default.

/hopeful stance

 

[Sam I Am]

I will be ordering my 14" iBook with Combo Drive, 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4, NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 64MB VRAM, 512MB RAM (this is standard, of course), and Bluetooth 2.0 (again, standard) on June 28th. *Wishful thinking*

 

[finalcoolman]

I will be ordering my 14" iBook with Combo Drive, 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4, NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 64MB VRAM, 512MB RAM (this is standard, of course), and Bluetooth 2.0 (again, standard) on June 28th. *Wishful thinking*

That's beautiful thinking

 

[aquajet]

I will be ordering my 14" iBook with Combo Drive, 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4, NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 64MB VRAM, 512MB RAM (this is standard, of course), and Bluetooth 2.0 (again, standard) on June 28th. *Wishful thinking*

Sounds good, but you couldn't wish for something a little better than the Go5200?

 

[jonomo]

Longest Thread EVER

This has to be the longest thread I've ever seen here... :S

I'm afraid to say it, but if there's no upgrade for the Ibook within the next 2 weeks, my g/f might just buckle down and get a Viao... I'm inclined to do the same thing...

 

[cooknwitha]

This has to be the longest thread I've ever seen here... :S

I'm afraid to say it, but if there's no upgrade for the Ibook within the next 2 weeks, my g/f might just buckle down and get a Viao... I'm inclined to do the same thing...

If there's no update in 2-3 weeks, I'm thinking I'll go with a Powerbook. All I want is a better graphics card!

 

[jonomo]

If there's no update in 2-3 weeks, I'm thinking I'll go with a Powerbook. All I want is a better graphics card!

Wide version, new colourz, increased functions. Remember all the positive speculation everyone did early on... All that doesn't matter to me now... I just want a damn graphics upgrade too...

 

[nightdweller25]

I will be ordering my 14" iBook with Combo Drive, 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4, NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 64MB VRAM, 512MB RAM (this is standard, of course), and Bluetooth 2.0 (again, standard) on June 28th. *Wishful thinking*

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the actual update, except i expect it to be a 1.42 GHz G4, not 1.5 as they might want to keep a little difference from it next to the 12" PowerBook. (Or maybe not, it's not like the two haven't had the same processors before.)

 

[jefhatfield]

No there not. 32MB VRAM is not fine, it is a waste of money. That will be so outdated within a year. I will NOT buy a computer with 32MB of VRAM.

are you a gamer?

my dual g4 power mac has 32 mb of ram and it's good for the adobe titles (photoshop, illustrator, pagemaker), but i admit i don't do games and i am sure the gaming titles today would just stop the computer up

 

[tsk]

Hmm, I'm thinking that Apple stopped ordering 256MB DIMMs because they are moving to 512MB minimum across the entire range, ran out of them in stock and decided they'd just stick 512MB DIMMs inside as they had them.

So ... if anything this might support both the iBook and Mac Mini updates being 512MB default.

/hopeful stance

Except that it's almost certain the 12" iBook and 12" PB will need them for a while. Both have 256MB built in and need a 256MB dimm to get up to 512MB.

 

[Rangerhall6]

Does Apple always move the shipping time back right before they update or have they updated out of the blue? I ask this because of the shipping time on mini's has gone to 6-8 days so im guessing this means an update for the mini. If that is true then does that mean we will not get an iBook update until the shipping times lengthen?

 

[tsk]

Does Apple always move the shipping time back right before they update or have they updated out of the blue? I ask this because of the shipping time on mini's has gone to 6-8 days so im guessing this means an update for the mini. If that is true then does that mean we will not get an iBook update until the shipping times lengthen?

I tried figuring out when the PB was going to update last year and the shipping time never worked for me.

 

[jonomo]

I use to have a friend that worked at Apple (Not Apple Store), and although he wasn't privey to any kind of upgrade information, he would always get offered these employee sales on items that would soon be replaced...

The last time the PB was upgraded to 1.5.. they had 1.3s for sale for a few weeks... and he offered to let me buy one at a discounted price....

I should give this guy a call and see if they are offering more Ibook sales... but I'm in Korea right now.. :S maybe i'll give im a ring when i get back to the states next week... IF its not upgraded by then...

 

[tsk]

I use to have a friend that worked at Apple (Not Apple Store), and although he wasn't privey to any kind of upgrade information, he would always get offered these employee sales on items that would soon be replaced...

The last time the PB was upgraded to 1.5.. they had 1.3s for sale for a few weeks... and he offered to let me buy one at a discounted price....

I should give this guy a call and see if they are offering more Ibook sales... but I'm in Korea right now.. :S maybe i'll give im a ring when i get back to the states next week... IF its not upgraded by then...

Call now!!!!!!

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[finalcoolman]

are you a gamer?

my dual g4 power mac has 32 mb of ram and it's good for the adobe titles (photoshop, illustrator, pagemaker), but i admit i don't do games and i am sure the gaming titles today would just stop the computer up

Maybe. I mean I play games like Halo (very demanding) on my Windows desktop, however I don't play any games on my 12" G3 iBook and probably won't on the new 12" G4 I'll be replacing it with. I have my desktop and PS2 for that and would not find laptop gaming comfortable anyways. But the problem is although 32MB may just barely scrape by right now as being acceptable, it won't be in one year. In 1-2 years, new versions of applications like Photoshop will require 64MB of VRAM to run smoothly. Your PowerMac has 32MB and that's fine but the difference is you brought it what, 2-3 years ago? You want it to last what, 4-5 years. A computer like an iBook purchased now with 32MB of VRAM of will not last you 4-5 years unless you stick with older applications and not run the newer applications availabe in the future. You DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES buy with your hard earned money a computer in the summer of 2005 with only 32MB OF #&%^(&^ VRAM. That is pure highway rape and robbery.

 

[cooknwitha]

finalcoolman,

I just realised you're the creator of this thread. How does it feel to have created such a monster?

With any luck though, it will be able to be put to rest in a couple of weeks.