New PowerBooks this Week?
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lewdvig
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Snowy_River
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lewdvig said:
Ah, yet another case of the PC world copying Apple. But, this is, arguably, a 'sub' notebook, as it doesn't have a built in optical drive...
GrannySmith_G5
macrumors 6502
Wowie Zowie, no page 2 rumors since march 29. I can't remember the rumor mill ever being this dry. I think people should just post completely and totally fabricated stories with no basis in truth, just so we have something to talk about.
I'm only half joking.
I'm only half joking.
Wait Strategies:
If you want a Powerbook G5, can you do a low end 12inch Ibook till it comes out?
What options are you going to get, and can you get any of them now and use them with your current machine?
Keynote, Ipod, Isight, AirPort Extreme?
If you're waiting for a PowerMac, buy a dual 1.8 for now and wait for the G6 in 2005.
Have you got a machine that can run one of the Cinema Displays?
Then get the display now and enjoy it.
Pay off the bill, and you will be ready for the new machines.
If you want a Powerbook G5, can you do a low end 12inch Ibook till it comes out?
What options are you going to get, and can you get any of them now and use them with your current machine?
Keynote, Ipod, Isight, AirPort Extreme?
If you're waiting for a PowerMac, buy a dual 1.8 for now and wait for the G6 in 2005.
Have you got a machine that can run one of the Cinema Displays?
Then get the display now and enjoy it.
Pay off the bill, and you will be ready for the new machines.
billwest9999
macrumors member
MikeAtari said:Wait Strategies:
If you want a Powerbook G5, can you do a low end 12inch Ibook till it comes out?
What options are you going to get, and can you get any of them now and use them with your current machine?
Keynote, Ipod, Isight, AirPort Extreme?
If you're waiting for a PowerMac, buy a dual 1.8 for now and wait for the G6 in 2005.
Have you got a machine that can run one of the Cinema Displays?
Then get the display now and enjoy it.
Pay off the bill, and you will be ready for the new machines.
The problem with this stragety is that when rumors of G6 finally arrives, you'll be forced to use this stragety again because you don't actually know when the G6s be released. So you're always buying old stuff.
Apple has great products, but it's a poorly managed company.
El Duderino
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buy a 15" now and that will def hold you over untill rev. 2 g5 PB come out, i would follow this strategy but i have absolutly no need for a laptop right now so i can wait untill the the upcoming revision of the current line...although im still hoping that they came up with some sort of miracle cure for the heat issue and that theyre just not telling us so it can be a big surprise at WWDC, those sly devils
a17inchFuture
macrumors regular
Using my new wireless mouse and my new wireless keyboard to surf my newly wireless internet, all on my new 17 inch 1.33 . . . . oh yeah . . .
Gotta say, regardless of whats to come or what should be . . . this baby rocks . . . .
Gotta say, regardless of whats to come or what should be . . . this baby rocks . . . .
a17inchFuture:
I also could not wait any longer, and got me a 15" superdrive. One word: AWESOME!!!!!! Not only is this laptop sweet to look at, it is a blast to use. Apple really did put a lot of time in designing this thing. Even down to the LED's on the battery. So far I have not really used my MS bluetooth mouse or the Apple bluetooth keyboard. I also think the illuminating keyboard is so cool, I had to keep turning off the lights just to see it happen. If new models were released on Tuesday, it would have to be something really cool to make me want to take this back. (like a massive speed boost, 1 512meg stick, and the top of the line video card, ohh and a few hundred dollar price drop)
Samuel L Bronkowitz
I also could not wait any longer, and got me a 15" superdrive. One word: AWESOME!!!!!! Not only is this laptop sweet to look at, it is a blast to use. Apple really did put a lot of time in designing this thing. Even down to the LED's on the battery. So far I have not really used my MS bluetooth mouse or the Apple bluetooth keyboard. I also think the illuminating keyboard is so cool, I had to keep turning off the lights just to see it happen. If new models were released on Tuesday, it would have to be something really cool to make me want to take this back. (like a massive speed boost, 1 512meg stick, and the top of the line video card, ohh and a few hundred dollar price drop)
Samuel L Bronkowitz
SiliconAddict
macrumors 603
Pist!.......New PowerBook to be released April 12th....pass it on.
DreaminDirector
macrumors 6502a
SiliconAddict said:
I'd love to believe you.... what's the proof?
patriotn11
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Maybe MAC SWITCHER
Hello All,
I am wanting to get the new 12" or 15" power book, loaded to the gills. I would like to see them put the backlit keys on the 12" and fix the uneveness of the lid when closed on the 15".
should I buy now or can I see an update on powerbooks this month, any thoughts.
10 year pc user wanting to have the best of both worlds.
Hello All,
I am wanting to get the new 12" or 15" power book, loaded to the gills. I would like to see them put the backlit keys on the 12" and fix the uneveness of the lid when closed on the 15".
should I buy now or can I see an update on powerbooks this month, any thoughts.
10 year pc user wanting to have the best of both worlds.
macdong
macrumors 6502
patriotn11 said:Hello All,
I am wanting to get the new 12" or 15" power book, loaded to the gills. I would like to see them put the backlit keys on the 12" and fix the uneveness of the lid when closed on the 15".
should I buy now or can I see an update on powerbooks this month, any thoughts.
10 year pc user wanting to have the best of both worlds.
PowerBook may (note, i said "may") be massively updated on WWDC (i.e. with a G5 processor). if you can wait until that time, wait. if a G5 PowerBook, god forbid, isn't introduced on WWDC, i'd get an iBook and keep on waiting for the PowerBook G5.
SiliconAddict
macrumors 603
DreaminDirector said:
No proof just like any PowerBook rumor at this point
macdong said:
I'd say there's no chance the next Powerbook will be a G5.
I think it's pretty clear the next version will be an update to Motorola's 7447A chip.
Then, if we're lucky, 6-8 months after that we will see a new Powerbook G5. If the Power Mac is having problems with "daughter boards" then I see No hope for a Powerbook G5 this month or next.
But, I wish I was wrong.
billwest9999 said:
IBM's road map is pretty clear.
For the PowerMac the next chip will be the 975, which we're waiting for.
if you've got a G4 Power Mac, I'd not wait for the 975. I'd get the Dual 1.8 G5 Now. Or even the single 1.6 if that's enough power for you.
The 975 should be released in 1 to 3 months.
The G6( 976(?)) will be released, as Apple always does, 6 to 8 months later. So, the G6 will be out in a year.
That would be time for you to sell your G5( 970 ) on ebay.
What you would lose is the "rent" of the G5 till the G6 came out.
I'd use this plan myself, if I could get it past my wife.
El Duderino
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i shall simply quote myself from just a few posts before this oneMikeBike said:If the Power Mac is having problems with "daughter boards" then I see No hope for a Powerbook G5 this month or next.
But, I wish I was wrong.
El Duderino said:
invaLPsion
macrumors 65816
SiliconAddict said:
Psst!.......Not the 12th, the 13th.......pass it on.
Snowy_River
macrumors 68030
invaLPsion said:
Psst. Do you think this thread has lasted long enough?
themadchemist
macrumors 68030
MikeBike said:I'd say there's no chance the next Powerbook will be a G5.
I think it's pretty clear the next version will be an update to Motorola's 7447A chip.
Then, if we're lucky, 6-8 months after that we will see a new Powerbook G5. If the Power Mac is having problems with "daughter boards" then I see No hope for a Powerbook G5 this month or next.
But, I wish I was wrong.
Apple's having a tough enough time cooling the PowerMacs with 970FX's, from what reports indicate. There's no way Apple is ready to smack a G5 into a tiny PowerBook. Even the low end frequency has a significant percentage increase in power consumption over current G4's.
Snowy_River
macrumors 68030
themadchemist said:
"Reports"? I think that you mean rumors. I don't think Apple has made any reports as to why the new G5s haven't been released. I'll take all rumors as to the reason why with an appropriately sized grain of salt.
The only real reports we've had are those that have come from IBM which indicate that the 970FX runs dramatically cooler than the 970 (on the order of 50% less). Given that Apple didn't seem to have much trouble cooling the 970, I find it hard to believe that the issue with the 970FX is heat related...
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