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New PowerBooks - Finally
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"Please wait...
We are verifying your credit card number."
But that screwed up so I'm back to the place order page. This is traumatizing. I wish I weren't drunk.
PowerBook 1.25GHz (15.2" TFT) Z07E 3-5 bus.days 1 $2,771.00 $2,771.00
1.25GHz PowerPC G4 065-4116
80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm 065-4544
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) 065-4119
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English 065-4495
1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 2x512 SO-DIMMs 065-4140
AirPort Extreme Card 065-4496
We are verifying your credit card number."
But that screwed up so I'm back to the place order page. This is traumatizing. I wish I weren't drunk.
PowerBook 1.25GHz (15.2" TFT) Z07E 3-5 bus.days 1 $2,771.00 $2,771.00
1.25GHz PowerPC G4 065-4116
80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm 065-4544
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) 065-4119
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English 065-4495
1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 2x512 SO-DIMMs 065-4140
AirPort Extreme Card 065-4496
Is the new 15" the same thickness as the previous 15"? or did they trim some fat from the 12"? They have the same thickness now according to the specs.
Honestly, does the additional .25Ghz make a lot of difference? I am deciding between the 12" superdrive and the 15" superdrive.
Thanks for your input.
Honestly, does the additional .25Ghz make a lot of difference? I am deciding between the 12" superdrive and the 15" superdrive.
Thanks for your input.
The new 15" is 1.1" thick, up from 1".
The 12" is 1.18".
I'm still not sure if the 12" has the new 7457, too, as the architecture seems to be different from the 15" 1 Ghz?
Prices out of wack?
Is it just me or do the new prices of the PowerBook kill any possible sales of iBooks? A 12" PowerBook is $1799 vs. a 14" iBook at $1778. More power and for a $100 more Airport Extreme. Where were the iBook updates?
Is it just me or do the new prices of the PowerBook kill any possible sales of iBooks? A 12" PowerBook is $1799 vs. a 14" iBook at $1778. More power and for a $100 more Airport Extreme. Where were the iBook updates?
Finally PB arrived
Now finally the new PB arrived. But I must say that looking on the 15" specs I am a little bit disappointed. Why did it take nearly a year of development ? The backlit keyboard ? Surely not.
Maybe just the supply - but still some disappointment.
On the other hand it is just great that they finally arrived and all that endless (really endless) discussions and speculations can stop now (how about new iBooks BTW
Now finally the new PB arrived. But I must say that looking on the 15" specs I am a little bit disappointed. Why did it take nearly a year of development ? The backlit keyboard ? Surely not.
Maybe just the supply - but still some disappointment.
On the other hand it is just great that they finally arrived and all that endless (really endless) discussions and speculations can stop now (how about new iBooks BTW
Well, i finally ordered my 17inch powerbook for university. Can't wait till it comes. Luckily i ordered by phone as the website wasnt working and it turned out i qualified for an extra £200 off the price i thought it was. Woohoo. Also did anyone else notice they let you pick what rpm hd you want, 4200 or 5400.
Re: New P-Books
Okay, point by misinformed point:
1) The Pentium-M is available at up to 1.7GHz
2) A 1.6 GHz Pentium-M is faster than a 2.4GHz P4-M, sometimes as fast as a 3 GHz P4-M. In fact, the P-M is actaully a good processor design from Intel, for once.
3) The P4 has HyperThreading. The P-M doesn't.
4) That means that the top-of-the-range PowerBook is 366MHz off the speed of the fastest P-M, with 1.8GHz P-M's available soon.
5) The P-M is competitive with the G4 clock-for-clock, and possibly faster given its faster bus and extra cache.
Centrino wireless LAN adaptors are a joke though - high power consumption, only 11mbps ... Intel are holding back the entire market.
Okay, point by misinformed point:
1) The Pentium-M is available at up to 1.7GHz
2) A 1.6 GHz Pentium-M is faster than a 2.4GHz P4-M, sometimes as fast as a 3 GHz P4-M. In fact, the P-M is actaully a good processor design from Intel, for once.
3) The P4 has HyperThreading. The P-M doesn't.
4) That means that the top-of-the-range PowerBook is 366MHz off the speed of the fastest P-M, with 1.8GHz P-M's available soon.
5) The P-M is competitive with the G4 clock-for-clock, and possibly faster given its faster bus and extra cache.
Centrino wireless LAN adaptors are a joke though - high power consumption, only 11mbps ... Intel are holding back the entire market.
no L3 cache???
poof! there goes the gains from a faster CPU/RAM combo... I can't imagine the boosted L2 will entirely make up for it...
oh well, will have to wait to see benchmarks. I will be using it for music/video 'field' production and live stuff... popular sentiment is that DAWs in particular drop in performance without the L3 in there....
hmmm, might have to stick with tracking down a 1Ghz TiBook after all.......
but otherwise, MAN, is it pretty
*sigh* to L3, or not to L3, that is the question....
tribalogical
poof! there goes the gains from a faster CPU/RAM combo... I can't imagine the boosted L2 will entirely make up for it...
oh well, will have to wait to see benchmarks. I will be using it for music/video 'field' production and live stuff... popular sentiment is that DAWs in particular drop in performance without the L3 in there....
hmmm, might have to stick with tracking down a 1Ghz TiBook after all.......
but otherwise, MAN, is it pretty
*sigh* to L3, or not to L3, that is the question....
tribalogical
Re: Prices out of wack?
Well, at least now they finally *could* safely bring the iBook up to 1Ghz without killing any possible sales of Powerbooks!
IBM is probably sitting on much faster G3 processors right now that Apple just can't put in IBooks until the PBs go G5 in order not to hurt PB sales.
Well, at least now they finally *could* safely bring the iBook up to 1Ghz without killing any possible sales of Powerbooks!
IBM is probably sitting on much faster G3 processors right now that Apple just can't put in IBooks until the PBs go G5 in order not to hurt PB sales.
Originally posted by Titian
Why don't we forget Paris and start discussing about next year?
Don't worry, the 'G5 at MWSF' discussion will begin in a minute...
Originally posted by true777
how come everyone just so happens to be up so late tonight ?
Too much homework, over excited and couldn't sleep. You know I am an ex-PC user (Not anymore, just ordered my new 15" powerbook) and I've never been so excited about a computer release. If Apple doesn't update its powerbooks anytime soon, I don't think my heart can take it anymore. Thank goodness.. I must say part of this thrill converted me to apple
These rumor sites also played a major role.Anyway,
Cheers to all..
Re: NOTHING GREAT on 12"
If you look at the xlr8yourmac.com site, some 4800 drives run faster than 5400 ones. often by a lot. higher numbers do not always mean faster speeds - look at Intel!
If you look at the xlr8yourmac.com site, some 4800 drives run faster than 5400 ones. often by a lot. higher numbers do not always mean faster speeds - look at Intel!