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New iBooks Released
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The 100 dollar price drop, plus the build in ae i makes it like a 200 dollar price drop, that's good incentive for me to convince people to get one.
I wonder if i could work on comission for apple, I spend a lot of time trying to switch my friends.
I wonder if i could work on comission for apple, I spend a lot of time trying to switch my friends.
This is a great update, especially on the 12" model. A $100 drop plus the addition of standard AirPort Extreme makes these iBooks very competitive with the sub $1,000 Wintel books out there. As for the graphics, remember that most of the entry level Wintel books have much lousier integrated graphics with shared memory. So a Radeon 9200 w/32MB is much better by comparison. If you must have full CoreImage compatibility, you really need a PowerBook anyway.
Stella said:
Core Image requirements:
The performance gains and features supported by Core Image ultimately depend on the graphics card. Graphics cards capable of pixel-level programming deliver the best performance. But Core Image automatically scales as appropriate for systems with older graphics cards, for compatibility with any Tiger-compatible Mac.
Can we let this bitch go and move on to the others?
rdowns said:Core Image requirements:
The performance gains and features supported by Core Image ultimately depend on the graphics card. Graphics cards capable of pixel-level programming deliver the best performance. But Core Image automatically scales as appropriate for systems with older graphics cards, for compatibility with any Tiger-compatible Mac.
Can we let this bitch go and move on to the others?
lol
I agree, now i'm not sure, but i think that the core image, is mostly special effects which are superfluous, such as the ripple when a new widget is opened in dashboard. People with older g3's don't have the screen rotate when they fast user switch in panther, but they can still fast user switch. Right?
What I am saying, is that tiger will work, fine, and that MAYBE we might not be able to see all the bells and whistles, but it will still be an improvement over panther.
and if you want to complain, start using windows.
BTW I am sorry if i came across rude to anyone, I am just kidding around and hope that no one was seriously offended.
Oh yeah, and please, correct me if i'm wrong,
because i think i might be.
iProbot said:And my Macintosh Classic 8 Mhz sounds like from the dark ages! So what's the point? Life goes on
Yeah these new iBooks are making me think I should update my LC 520,
1 sad point
The only point that is sad about this update is the System Bus.. come on 133 is not enought......
Otherwise it rocks!
The only point that is sad about this update is the System Bus.. come on 133 is not enought......
Otherwise it rocks!
jcook793 said:Video card is the same, but now it has built-in wifi and you can BTO up to an 80 gig hard drive. And a price drop. That's pretty great.
And now the low-end iBook is 50% faster than my iBook from just last Christmas!
Actually probably more than 50%. I have the same G4-800 ibook. It only had 256k of l2 cache I believe, the new ones have 512k. I haven't benchmarked between the 256k and 512k l2 cache G4s, but when the PIIIs made that change (coppermine->tualatin), it made about a 10% difference in speed without changing clock for the stuff I do. So I would guess that the new ibooks would be more like 65% faster
than yours and mine G4-800 ibooks.I'm not looking for an iBook (still loving my revB 12" PB), but I'm disappointed that the US$100 price drop somehow disappeared somewhere over the pacific, with the prices not moving here in Australia one bit. Still, a pretty good upgrade all round.
{my comment about 256 built in instead of 128}
thanks. I should have known... anyhow, I'm happy for all the people switching for whom this new iBook will be their first Mac. I wish I had it this good. my first was a 12" 700MHz G3 20GB cd-rom iBook.
that's because there's a whole thread dedicated to that news. please pay attention. (edesignuk imitation, except he'd provide a link to that thread)
solvs said:
thanks. I should have known... anyhow, I'm happy for all the people switching for whom this new iBook will be their first Mac. I wish I had it this good. my first was a 12" 700MHz G3 20GB cd-rom iBook.
captain kirk said:
that's because there's a whole thread dedicated to that news. please pay attention. (edesignuk imitation, except he'd provide a link to that thread)
aswitcher said:
Let's see if Apple can complete the triple play with the black U2 iPod rumors next week...
cazlar said:
It seems with the focus on the U.S., Japan and Europe all the others, especially you guys, are left out a lot.
But it could be worse... think of China. Apple has virtually no presence there and this is a market that pays whatever premium they'd charge...
Charko said:
If they can repeat it then I'll agree with you.
And what's up with all the Germans in here lately?
http://web.archive.org/web/20040201230709/www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html- AE was optional last yeat and built in this year.Mitthrawnuruodo said:
iProbot said:And my Macintosh Classic 8 Mhz sounds like from the dark ages! So what's the point? Life goes on
And I've got a basement full of 'em. But it's not your daily driver, or else you wouldn't be reading this
The G3 iBook is what I do my work on, day in and day out.
MacSA said:
Nothing if you don't surf wireless at home
Seriously though, the AE card is mostly intended to surf wirelessly on the go. The benefit is that you can do that at home too but this is your choice.