heheh thats great. JAN 05!!! lets hope. otherwise i will die.. i dont wanna wait much longer but i dont wanna buy in with an update coming relatively soon.Ambrose Chapel said:
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No PowerBook Updates Before 2005
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SiliconAddict said:
Do you think it's possible that instead of Apple overlooking the PowerBook by sheer incompetence and lack of "attention," it might instead be an issue with the chips they have to use?SiliconAddict said:
Perhaps, strange as it may seem, a PowerBook G5 isn't possible today without making a Wintel-style giant, thick, and heavy brick?
I agree 100% that the PowerBook is where the PowerMac was, and that it's a shame. These things happen. They are temporary. Meanwhile, if you need portability, you have no better choice so enjoy your PowerBook. I love mine, and it's last year's model.
I hope PBG5's don't come out until late in '05. Because I don't want to be tempted away from my resolve not to buy until a Power Mac G6! 
If the rumor is true that the 12" PBG4 will be replaced by a 13" widescreen G5 (1152x768?) it will be very hard for me to control myself.
If the rumor is true that the 12" PBG4 will be replaced by a 13" widescreen G5 (1152x768?) it will be very hard for me to control myself.
Is apple changing its policy?
This is the second time, after the imac, that apple makes a statement about a product release before it gets released. I actually like this king of honesty. The consumer who needs a Pb now, will buy it now and he won't have to wait till the next magic thuesday that never shows up.
Apple should definetely make some more announcement like this about its products.
This is the second time, after the imac, that apple makes a statement about a product release before it gets released. I actually like this king of honesty. The consumer who needs a Pb now, will buy it now and he won't have to wait till the next magic thuesday that never shows up.
Apple should definetely make some more announcement like this about its products.
djkny said:
I doubt it. Powerbooks are not Christmas presents. Professionals update hardware as required throughout the year. Now, for those of you like me that like to have more power than you really need, you may be disappointed but you shouldn't be surprised.
Let's hope for a dual core G4 PB in January or maybe even the elusive G5 PB.
I agree with the honest comment regarding the wait for an PB update that Apple's David Moody stated to MacWorld -it's too early for a revision, if faster CPU's aren't out yet.
but wait theres more
every new powerbook will come with tiger pre-installed, because they still won't be shipping till June!
chanoc said:Mac World San Francisco Jan. '05! Keynote....new powerbooks released...crowd cheers...next on the line-up iLife '05....60GB photo iPods...crowd cheers again...everyone in attendence receives a free ipod!
every new powerbook will come with tiger pre-installed, because they still won't be shipping till June!
i think we could really be surprised here. this may be a time when they have something up their sleeve. or at least i hope.
If MWSF 05 brings the powerbook g5 line, people would be mad to buy first edition. I bought a first revision g4 15.2 1.25ghz and it was riddled with problems - white spots, overheating, lid that didnt stay shut, dvd-rw drive that wouldnt read dvds! I for one have the money sitting waiting for a powerbook g5 - but wont be parting with it until at least revision A.
Roll on June!
Andy.
Roll on June!
Andy.
I know a lot of people are wishing for a PowerBook G5 (I'm one of them) but does this news really surprise anyone? I think we might see one by MWSF but wouldn't be surprised if it is as far off as almost a year from now.
nagromme said:
I love my 2003 1Ghz Pbook for what it is and, well, was...a well built machine that rarely if ever fails, and is easy to use for tasks large and small. It was pretty close to state of the art then...but now, I look around and see well built high end custom PC laptops that run XP Pro without a flaw or virus, ever, and run the same applications I do--high end audio editing stuff with more or less equally well optimized dual platform options--much more quickly than my Powerbook, leaving the Windoze machines free to run about twice as many high CPU load aps AT ONCE as the slightly more expensive Powerbooks...
...and I just start to wonder...
If many OS X diehards out there like myself would be damn happy to see a heavyweight Apple laptop ? You know, a 2 1/2 or 3 inch thick metal monster with either a liquid system or a bevy of fans inside to cool a mightily fast G5, dual core G4, or dual/dual G5, for that matter...whatever it takes to run modern, high end media applications super-efficiently on the OS of our choice, OS X ? Something that will stay highly useable and relevant for 3 or 4 years ?
I like the slim 17" model, you know, all fantasy aside. It's never seemed too heavy or awkward in size to me, quite the opposite, even...I would happily tote one twice as thick around in a heavy industrial type case...really...
An industrial strength operating system deserves an industrial strength laptop, in every sense of the word...and I think lots of people would eagerly go for one running OS X !!!
Sorry for my ignorance, but when exactly is "the holyday season" ? I guess this refers US scholar holidays which I am not familiar with...
Davito said:Sorry for my ignorance, but when exactly is "the holyday season" ? I guess this refers US scholar holidays which I am not familiar with...
It's pretty much the same here in europe as in the states. Holiday season is around christmas and New Year. You know when everybody is on holiday AND in a shoping frenzy for gifts. A shoping frenzy all companys look forward to with great anticipation.
Diatribe said:
I think that apple would have revised its Pb line if it would have been possible. But the industry has hit the wall. If apple had the choice I am shure there would be a Pb G5 and a dualcore G4.
They pushed the ibook because they could, and they did not push the Pb because they couldn't.
belair said:
I understand that completely... but why not upgrade the 12" to differentiate it from the iBook? Who in their right minds would buy a 12" PB now?
i think a lot of you guys are pros when it comes to apple.
i was a switcher to apple in january - to a 15" G4 PB - and absolutely love it - it has been an absolute joy, and gets used every day for email, internet, and iLife gets a fair bit of use, as does macromedia studio for some web design stuff.
even since then, there's been a revision - here in the uk the prices fell by a fair bit as well as an improved spec. i know the G5 PB is currently apple's holy grail, but is the really languishing? i would hope our G4 will last a good few years. if you're an absolute power user and feel the need to upgrade every revision, then fair enough. but the current PBs are still great machines, and i wouldn't have thought that apple are suffering too much in terms of sales if it takes even 12 months to revise.
it seems that since january apple have been releasing loads of new stuff. and jobs did say that there was plenty of great stuff for this 20th anniversary year - so maybe something special will come at the end of it (or at least at the WWDC in Jan) - and what would be more special right now than a G5 PB?
Iain
i was a switcher to apple in january - to a 15" G4 PB - and absolutely love it - it has been an absolute joy, and gets used every day for email, internet, and iLife gets a fair bit of use, as does macromedia studio for some web design stuff.
even since then, there's been a revision - here in the uk the prices fell by a fair bit as well as an improved spec. i know the G5 PB is currently apple's holy grail, but is the really languishing? i would hope our G4 will last a good few years. if you're an absolute power user and feel the need to upgrade every revision, then fair enough. but the current PBs are still great machines, and i wouldn't have thought that apple are suffering too much in terms of sales if it takes even 12 months to revise.
it seems that since january apple have been releasing loads of new stuff. and jobs did say that there was plenty of great stuff for this 20th anniversary year - so maybe something special will come at the end of it (or at least at the WWDC in Jan) - and what would be more special right now than a G5 PB?
Iain
Diatribe said:
That's why the recent 12" iBook upgrade wasn't that spectacular. A speedbump - great, but the same 30G hardrive same graphics cards, same memory it's had for the last year. I suspect if the Powerbooks had been updated around the same time we would have seen something a little more dramaitc in terms of iBook, particularly the 12", upgrades.