Good news, and good job to MacRumors for calling this one pretty much perfectly! This is an excellent move with Christmas coming and Apple will no doubt see a lot of iBook sales as a result. Now I wonder when the PowerBooks will be updated? 
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AmigoMac said:
At least in the German store it does not look like it. Or were you referring to the U.S. store?
I don't know what it was before, but it's $200 for 512 MB from Apple versus $137.50 from Crucial. Not much of a "deal" there.AmigoMac said:
EDU discount has dropped from $100 to $50. The custom CD-ROM model is $100 off, and used to be $150 off.
Nice updates!
Makes my year-old 12" iBook G4 800 seem really old, though.
Also wish they made Bluetooth built-in, got an option for superdrive on the 12" and increased the screen resolution (at least on the 14").
Makes my year-old 12" iBook G4 800 seem really old, though.
Also wish they made Bluetooth built-in, got an option for superdrive on the 12" and increased the screen resolution (at least on the 14").
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
And my 12" G3 800 seem even older, even though it's not even one yet (bought it as a leftover).
AmigoMac said:
Don't know about that. Here in Norway they charge about double of what I can get a similar chip for elsewhere... and RAM is, still, easy to replace yourself, unlike HD...
ijimk said:Ok why did they not update the video card? We all know tiger is coming out soon and would be awesome if they bumped up the video card to take advantage of tiger's core image. I am not impressed apple. I know they can do better.
They will do it in may, with the awesome 5200 ultra
...not a "BIG" update... but nice!
and about the RAM, ok, I was wrong... anyway I didn't buy it at apple.
yeah, i noticed thatMacPhreak said:EDU discount has dropped from $100 to $50. The custom CD-ROM model is $100 off, and used to be $150 off.
although and it's 150 for the lowend pm as opposed to 200 for the others
I predicted Airport as std on low-end -we got 54mps on low-end models but no tri-band Centrino style AE as I suggested (the i2915BG for x86 notebooks_ .
No VRAM upgrades, justifiable due to Tiger still not released-next rev.
PM-1.8ghz re-introduced.
Why can't Apple bundle Media-Blasters Invader Zim DVD's or another DVD with DVD capable macs as they would round out a digital lifestyle orientated system ?
No VRAM upgrades, justifiable due to Tiger still not released-next rev.
PM-1.8ghz re-introduced.
Why can't Apple bundle Media-Blasters Invader Zim DVD's or another DVD with DVD capable macs as they would round out a digital lifestyle orientated system ?
This is great. I don't think BT should be built-in for iBooks because it is a novelty feature, and one you'd find on the PowerBooks. But built-in wireless is probably to keep them competitive with Windows laptops. Price drop is sweet. My brother will be getting the 12" iBook tonight with education discount and 60 or 80GB HD and bluetooth, and then I'll be getting £130 off a 20GB iPod - that's right - an iPod for £70!!!
That happened in the last update.Rod Rod said:
We thought we heard complaining about the iMacs graphics card... 32MB Radeon 9200 is not good enough. I don't care what the P'Book has. I don't expect to run Motion in real time, but I'd expect at least 64MB for "future-proofing".
Let the complaining begin.
Edit: wow, a lot of people wrote things before I hit reply.
That's been part of it for awhile. AirPort Extreme. The only difference is that it's now standard on the low-end. Zim does rule though.aafuss1 said:
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im thinking of getting the small one in like a month if new powerbooks arent released.... sell it when powerbooks are released... and get the new 12 inch pb g5.. im guessing it will come with tiger....
Stella said:
Yep, you're right, they will need to drop the price on the Powerbooks also when they are upgraded. I'd take a sub $2000 15" with SD please.
Diatribe said:The store is, the page isn't.
Yeah the UK page is still old iBook ... oh well.
Nevertheless, it's a nice range of equipment that hopefully pre-empts new PBs about this time next month (or whenever). The unit sales were already high for the iBooks, this can only improve things a great deal more.
Great, the 'Apple is expensive' argument has become a less valid. Pity there is no gfx update and the screen resolutions are the same. I would've liked to see a 14" or 15" with more than 1024x786. Right now the 12" is still the most attractive one for me, because of this. I'm thinking of buying one. The only thing I need is the money
I don't know about anyone else.. but when I add bluetooth to either of the 14" models, it takes $25 bucks off the price.
Now thats a deal! haha
Now thats a deal! haha
aafuss1 said:
???
That has been the speed of Airport Extreme (= 802.11g) from day one...
I have an AE card in my (old) iBook...