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New Product Releases on the 19th?

I read that the massive increase in laptop use at colleges - evidently an academic requirement now, rather than a lifestyle choice for trendies - has resulted in a massive increase in RSI´s. Maybe the colleges should also insist on ergonomic wrist pads or external keyboards, as well as a box to get the laptop screen at the height that doesnt screw with your neck.

Personally I think that one of the main features of the next release of Powerbooks will be an unbelievable battery life due to some new, typically Apple technological advancement.

I still keep reading reports that Powerbook sales have been the underpinning source of the extra revenue posted by Apple these last few months, so quite why so many people here are getting frantic for something really space age to get the "old dog out the way", I dont know. Chill out until Jobsy baby releases the world´s fastest Powerbook with an all singing G5, That´ll really boost Apple´s strong Powerbook sales well into 2004 and beyond infinity.
 
Does that mean that my 9-day old Tibook is now an obsolete
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Well it might be obsolete in the sesne that something new has come out but other than that it will be more than functional and able to do everything you want. Be happy with it and see it like that Al will be too common you will be the different one and many friends of mine have told me they like the looks of the Ti much more than the Al - I tihnk is the two tones thingy. Anyway just enjoy your machine till you feel like changing it it is an awesome computer have been playing with one of my friend for a few days now and i like it a lot - i still prefer my 12" PB but I would be very happy with the 15" ;-)
 
Originally posted by spice weasel
I just checked the Apple Store site, and it says that the 12" PBs are shipping in 3-5 days, he 15" PBs in 5-7, and the 17" same day.
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I found where Apple Store says they are shipping 17" PBs same day. Where did you find the info on the 12" PBs? I thought you had to call them for that information.
 
I just ordered my 12" PB (can't delay the purchase any longer), and my order confirmation said "1-3 business days", and my order status reflects that as well.
 
Customized???

Originally posted by LegionCSUF
I just ordered my 12" PB (can't delay the purchase any longer), and my order confirmation said "1-3 business days", and my order status reflects that as well.
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If you don't mind my asking, did you go with a customized build or one of the standard builds? Also if you went with a standard build, which one did you pick?
 
i hate when people say something like" well a new g5 came out today i guess my dual 1.42 tower that i bought yesterday is obsolete" it doesnt make any sense.. if you just bought hardware and a newer better system comes out.. your current system is not obselete. its just now the most current anymore

i figure your system is not obsolete if it can do the same stuff. runt the same software. maybe not as fast or as long (in battery life) lets say

but if your hardware cant run the latest and greatest software or operating system That you want to run! then i would consider your system obsolete in your personal need for something more compatible.

hope im making sense.
 
Re: Customized???

Originally posted by AllenPSU
If you don't mind my asking, did you go with a customized build or one of the standard builds? Also if you went with a standard build, which one did you pick?
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Well, the only thing I customized was adding the Airport Extreme card. And it is the Combo Drive model, not the SuperDrive.
 
Technically, if there is a superior version of any given computer available, that computer is obselete. However, having an obselete computer is not necessarily a bad thing :)

(For the record, I'm typing this on my long-obselete iMac 400.)
 
yeap agreed this is the dictionary definition of "obsolete". Nothing to be sad about with a 15" 1GHz PB... If I had the money I would buy one to compliment my 12" one I liked it a lot I just wanted bluetooth the better keyboard and AE. Otherwise the 15" has an awesome screen and the perfect form factor. Enjoy your new purchase without regrets even if new PBs come out on monday.
 
Originally posted by Phil Of Mac
Technically, if there is a superior version of any given computer available, that computer is obselete. However, having an obselete computer is not necessarily a bad thing :)
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Actually, that would make your computer "obsolescent".

Obsolete is reasonably defined as something that has outlived its useful life. With computers, that can be VERY subjective (I have a Pentium II system that is worthless as a desktop machine, but is currently a dream of a LAN file server for my small apartment net).

Merriam-Webster defines obsolete as " no longer in use or no longer useful". That doesn't apply to a computer that's just "not as fast" as the latest and greatest.
 
Not really...for word processing, I suppose any Mac ever made, and especially an old Mac running System 6.0.8, is extremely well suited for the task. Arguably better suited, in fact, than any PowerPC-based Mac. If "obselete" means "having outlived its useful life", then obviously a computer isn't obselete if it's still useful, even if it's just for word processing.

I can't wait until the new PowerBooks come out.
 
Your computer would be obsolete if, say, the computer is not powerful enough to run a specific application you need. For example, Final Cut Pro 4.0 cannot run on any hardware that does not have a G4 processor and an AGP port. If you were running a G4 PCI Yikes model, your computer would be obsolete.

Now back to PowerBooks, I think we will see PowerBooks very shortly...read the week of Aug. 18th. Although the key sign on *when* exactly they come out is when the 17-inch shipping times start to creep up from "same bus. day" to 3-5 days or greater.
 
There's a difference between obselete for any given task, and obselete overall. Besides, they used Macs from 1994 to make movies in 1994, so Macs from 1994 can still make movies, albeit only with the same quality that you could have had in 1994. I guess if you did that the movie would be obselete?
 
Originally posted by Phil Of Mac
There's a difference between obselete for any given task, and obselete overall.
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The only "difference" is that the latter is true from the perspective of the user if the former is true for a needed task.

There's no "judgement day" for computers, where they are universally defined as obsolete or not.

Usefulness is determined by the user. As said above, I have a Pentium II that is useless to me as a desktop system, which is what it used to be. However, as a GUI-less Linux-based LAN file server, it is able to run an up-to-date Linux distribution and serve files at speeds bound by the networking hardware. Because the demands of the role are limited, and it fills that need 100%, it's useful.

That doesn't mean every old computer manages to be useful. Just because it can perform a task doesn't mean it meets a need. Computers should be means to an end, not ends themselves.
 
adding insult to injury ...

Originally posted by macmax
i only know that day is my birthday:D
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If Apple announces new Powerbooks on or about 20 August, I will become convinced that Apple's marketing strategy is built around annoying me. That's my birthday.

You see, I've recently been forced to accept a Toshiba laptop at work (along with four others) because we couldn't wait for PBs any longer. Sadly, my only complaint about the Toshiba is that it doesn't run OS X.

To have updated PBs become available so soon afer my "switch" and on my b-day to boot ... well, it would be more than a little annoying.

So, working from the premise that Apple's strategy is to annoy me, I will commit to spending at least $4K out of my own pocket on an updated PB if they are announced before the end of my b-day AND if I can reasonably expect to receive it by Sep. 11th.

I know it's only one sale buthey ... Apple, it would really p*ss me off ...

ps yes, yes, I know that the PB delays are not entirely Apple's fault ... still, Apple has aggravated me substantially since my first one in 1986, so I'm comfortable blaming them ...
 
Re: adding insult to injury ...

Originally posted by robodweeb
You see, I've recently been forced to accept a Toshiba laptop at work (along with four others) because we couldn't wait for PBs any longer. Sadly, my only complaint about the Toshiba is that it doesn't run OS X.

To have updated PBs become available so soon afer my "switch" and on my b-day to boot ... well, it would be more than a little annoying.
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Why not get the current Powerbooks?

I mean, the new ones aren't going to be G5s... we're talking probably nothing more than very minor speed increases. Nice, yeah, but gee I'd take the current PB instead of the Toshiba (in fact, I just did - and this is actually my first personally owned Apple computer, although I've used quite a few in the past).
 
Yeah. Unless the new PBs are stunning, a $1800 1Ghz G4 SuperDrive, used and advertised for sale on a piece of a paper at my school, is sounding very nice.
 
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