New iBooks soon?

[BKKloppenborg]

Its Tuesday, and there are no updates.

Coloured iBooks would just be tacky, IMHO. Its okay for an iPod mini, but I would never buy a pink/purple/yellow/chartreuse iBook.

I, frankly, like the current form factor, and hope that we get:

• Higher res screen. 1024x768 would have been low-end in 1997.
• More standard RAM soldered on the MoBo.
• Bigger standard HD.
• Better video card.

et cetera.

lol only one i would ever get coloered is Black or white, i would love all those updates i am hopeing for 512mb ram 64mb Video, and mabye a very slight CPU update from 1.33 to MABYE 1.4

 

[cube]

Who cares about colors? 512MiB on board, ATI 9600, standard Bluetooth, higher resolution, 5400RPM is what is needed.

Note to Apple: put CardBus slot in 12" PB, or I'll buy iBook.

 

[rblprd]

Same Day?

apple still says same buisness day shipping

My order said 1 - 3 days on 4-29 when I sent the order thru
I changed the HD and added Bluetooth.

initial ship date was on or before 5-04, then at 3:18 AM CST 05-05 I got an email stating the new on or before ship date was 5-10, it is drawing to a close in a matter of hours and the site still shows my iBook status as 'Sent to Manufacturing ' which is what it has been for well over a week now :|

< added 01:20 AM CST 05-11-05>
Well crap, just got pushed back to 05-16-05 now :-s

I really hope there is an update that is delaying my nice shiny new iBook goodness, I am testing the waters with the IB, I may be going with a G5 tower or possibility an older G4 tower with some upgrades. Micro$oft is really annoying me, and I want to branch out and away from them soon, and OS X I think will do it more easily than my Linux workhorses are doing now.

 

[Alasta]

lol only one i would ever get coloered is Black or white, i would love all those updates i am hopeing for 512mb ram 64mb Video, and mabye a very slight CPU update from 1.33 to MABYE 1.4

I tend to agree with this but everyone seems to be forgetting the feature that the iBook is most in need of : a price drop! This is what I'm hoping for more than anything else with respect to this particular product.

Anyway, you can add my name to the list of people eagerly awaiting iBook updates. I'm in no great hurry to buy, and my pockets aren't exactly overflowing with cash at the moment, so I'm prepared to wait another six months if I have to. However, my G3 800MHz iBook is starting to creak and groan a bit, so I'm looking forward to the next revision when I can finally get my hands on it.

 

[kitsune^]

Hoping for the colored iBooks too! I'd go for a red.

No chance.. you'll have to get a pink one

Yea thought so, but let me still hold on to my fantasy, mate

 

[iPlm]

I think a realistic upgrade would include the following:

12.1" - 1.33GHz G4, 14.1" - 1.5GHz G4
12.1" - 256MB RAM, 14.1" - 512MB RAM
12.1" - 40GB HDD, 14.1" combo - 60GB HDD, 14.1" superdrive - 80GB HDD (or 60 as the combo model)
64MB Radeon 9600 for every model (they've put it in the new eMacs, so why not put it in the iBook)

It would be great if they made the displays support higher resolution. If they do, they'll need to upgrade the 12.1" Powerbook too. If they put Radeon 9600 64MB, they could upgrade only the 12.1" PB, adding a Radeon 9700.
I really think they will add the Radeon 9600, or at least a FX5200 64MB. Tiger's CoreImage doesn't the current Radeon 9200 and I don't believe Apple would upgade any hardware without making it fully compatible with Tiger.

 

[rblprd]

My order said 1 - 3 days on 4-29 when I sent the order thru
I changed the HD and added Bluetooth.

initial ship date was on or before 5-04, then at 3:18 AM CST 05-05 I got an email stating the new on or before ship date was 5-10, it is drawing to a close in a matter of hours and the site still shows my iBook status as 'Sent to Manufacturing ' which is what it has been for well over a week now :|

< added 01:20 AM CST 05-11-05>
Well crap, just got pushed back to 05-16-05 now :-s

WOOHOO status change to preparing to ship
and I am getting Free Overnight shipping to boot for teh long delay

OK, I am happy now