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New iBooks Next Tuesday?

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icarusflies said:
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/29/new-mac-mini/

Just found this - not sure if it's been posted here before but doesn't it look the best news we've had for a while!!!!

BTW European dates are the correct way round - dd/mm/yy

Bring on tomorrow! :D
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That's old news I'm afraid, and lots of people have had recent deliveries of minis on time. The "replaced by new product" comment happens now and then at the apple store, doesn't mean anything.
 
ibook vs. powerbook

Okay, let's pretend that money is no object... (dreams about money not being an object... fantasizes about calling hotel roomservice and ordering a steak even though he's not in a hotel... "How much would it cost to get it here at home?"...)

Seriously, though, a lot of people have been touting the virtues of powerbooks lately, but I recall a general consensus several dozen pages back that powerbooks were less durable, had poorer battery life, and worse airport reception than ibooks. If powerbooks were in every way vastly superior to ibooks, I'd be tempted to just go ahead and max out the ol' credit card and buy one. But I'm sure as hell not going to do that if it means paying $500 to get a machine that runs a abit quicker and has some nifty features, but doesn't do the things that I need it to do most (surf the internet in my back yard so I can do research and write papers outside).

Back to my car analogies: ibook = older Japanese car, does everything you need it to do with very little trouble, and gets great gas mileage; powerbook = fancy italian sports car, goes really fast, handles like a dream, but sacrifices fuel economy and reliability.

I'm going to post a version of this in the powerbook thread too. I really don 't know if any of this is accurate- I've never owned either, and I'm just going on what I've read, mostly here. If anyone would care to contradict me and tell me why the powerbook is really a good buy for those of us who don't require its muscle, please do! I'm just trying to learn as much as I can before spending my hard borrowed cash.
 
DHagan4755 said:
When someone says "iBook updates after Apple Expo Paris 2005," it tells me that they are removed from reality. Apple will not let their iBook like go 11+ months without an update. It's almost like you're playing spin the bottle. Maybe you are.
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I am just using the clues available to try and piece together when the updates will come realistically; not just saying they'll come next Tuesday because it's been so long since the previous update and they are supposedly overdue. :rolleyes: ;)

I am merely speculating, like everyone else. Yet at this point logic dictates September rather than sooner. Apple does not put out updates just because a certain amount of time has gone by. :eek: :D

I hope the updates come sooner. I'd love it if they come tomorrow or (the forever) next Tuesday. Yet I seriously doubt that. I'd love to be wrong.
:)
 
akm said:
Don't know about other countries, but Student union is now applicable in Canada (as of about a week or so ago, I think): http://www.apple.com/ca/education/backtoschool/
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Well, that's kewl. Apple's spreading it around. Good deal.

bodeh6 said:
Apple should update their products every 6 months.
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They should?? Every 6 months?

Update them how? And with what?

Apple is not getting the CPU chips they need from their suppliers. One way we'll all know that an update is coming is that Wall Street analysts and investors will make a big deal about any Apple purchases of newer model CPU chips and when those shipments are made. That info is usually put out by Wall Street analysts. I have not heard of any new chips purchased by or shipped to Apple recently.

On the other side, there are rumors of a factory in China that got a contract from Apple for producing laptops. Whether those will be updated G4 'Books or the new Intel 'Books, hasn't been leaked yet.

The iPod is updated often because Apple can get the parts they need for iPods.
 
sacear said:
I am just using the clues available to try and piece together when the updates will come realistically; not just saying they'll come next Tuesday because it's been so long since the previous update and they are supposedly overdue. :rolleyes: ;)

I am merely speculating, like everyone else. Yet at this point logic dictates September rather than sooner. Apple does not put out updates just because a certain amount of time has gone by. :eek: :D

I hope the updates come sooner. I'd love it if they come tomorrow or (the forever) next Tuesday. Yet I seriously doubt that. I'd love to be wrong.
:)
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I don't think Apple would wait that long before updating a product. The update (which is almost confirmed to be 1.33/1.5 processors, 512MB RAM, minor HDD increase, and a graphics card upgrade w/ 64MB VRAM) is not worthy of an expo. My bets are on this Monday or Tuesday, and if not, then in the next 3-4 weeks. Apple has not forgotten about its back-to-school customers, as the back-to-school buying season is not over with (it still has another month or so). In the spring, Appleinsider claimed that Apple was updating the iMacs, eMacs, and iBooks, but the iBooks were probably not coming until later in the season. Well, it's later in the season, and we've gotten the new iMacs and eMacs, so the iBooks MUST be coming!!!!!!!
 
bodeh6 said:
Apple should update their products every 6 months.
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If you look at the buyer's guide, www.buyersguide.macrumors.com, you will see that the iBook has been updated every six moths or less, up til now. The upgrade cycle of the iBook also has the least standard deviation.

Nine more days and we'll be at nine months since the last update, October 19, 2004.
 
arm said:
Well, that's kewl. Apple's spreading it around. Good deal.

They should?? Every 6 months?

Update them how? And with what?

Apple is not getting the CPU chips they need from their suppliers. One way we'll all know that an update is coming is that Wall Street analysts and investors will make a big deal about any Apple purchases of newer model CPU chips and when those shipments are made. That info is usually put out by Wall Street analysts. I have not heard of any new chips purchased by or shipped to Apple recently.

On the other side, there are rumors of a factory in China that got a contract from Apple for producing laptops. Whether those will be updated G4 'Books or the new Intel 'Books, hasn't been leaked yet.

The iPod is updated often because Apple can get the parts they need for iPods.
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BULL do you think it would kill apple to throw in a 256 mem chip in and drop the price thats an update in my book they dont need a new processing chip just give extra ram and a price drop you could tecqnically call that an update.
 
AP_piano295 said:
BULL do you think it would kill apple to throw in a 256 mem chip in and drop the price thats an update in my book they dont need a new processing chip just give extra ram and a price drop you could tecqnically call that an update.
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Well, yeah, true, if you call that an update. To me, that would not be an update, just added RAM and a price drop, not really updating the performance of the machine components. (Yes, more RAM can be considered updating the performance. :rolleyes: )

I am thinking of a processor speed bump-up and improved video along with 512MB RAM at the least. :D
 
JonMaker said:
Nine more days and we'll be at nine months since the last update, October 19, 2004.
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The last time Apple went this long between updating the iBook line was when they went from
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Ahh, I'm still kicking around, hopelessly waiting. This Tuesday makes sense though, hinted at by the 5-7 day ship time on the Canadian store. A quiet update on the Apple website at the same time as Macworld Boston but NOT AT MacWorld Boston in order to mock the event's organizers.
 
Since this thread seems to be more of a spam hole than a useful thread, it is now closed.

By the way, the forums are not meant for conversations. If you wish to chat, you should do it over IRC or one of the Instant messengers. Thanks!
 
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