Of PowerBooks and PowerMacs

[MacRumors]

ThinkSecret provides some minor notes on both PowerBook updates and PowerMac G5 2.0GHz Shipment dates.

One possibility introduced by ThinkSecret regarding the fluctuating G5 dates is that a large order from Virginia Tech may have bumped other orders later... however, no significant confirmation appears to be available. This would correlate with their previous report that educational institutions may be the first to see Dual 2.0GHz machines.

On PowerBooks, there are reports of unspecified delays into September, despite having been "ready to go" in August.

 

[AHDuke99]

They will be G5's, rumor sites no nothing.

 

[lschorno]

This is completely ridiculous, how long have we been waiting for a 15". I was hoping to take advantage of a price drop on the current ones, but due to super low stocks it seems unlikely any of them will be available by the time the new ones finally come out.

 

[ZildjianKX]

Screw powerbooks at this point... I'll just get a G5 tower. The PB release has become pathetic.

 

[speechpoet]

Resellers?

Has anyone heard about orders through resellers, and how soon they expect to ship? MacWarehouse sent me a we're-sorry-it's-taken-so-long-and- we'll-cancel-if-you-really-want-to message a while ago, and I haven't heard anything since.

(Also, I'm in Canada, which I'm guessing means Prime Minister Paul Martin and the dual-processor G5 should be arriving at roughly the same time...)

 

[xtekdiver]

Originally posted by AHDuke99
They will be G5's, rumor sites no nothing.

At least someone agrees with me. These rumor sites have been guessing all along. Every guess has been wrong to this point and it doesn't take much to guess something will be announced during Jobs' keynote. "Unspecified delays" = Powerbook G5 Apple is keeping a super tight lid on it.

 

[rickvanr]

Re: Resellers?

Originally posted by speechpoet
(Also, I'm in Canada, which I'm guessing means Prime Minister Paul Martin and the dual-processor G5 should be arriving at roughly the same time...)

thats a good one... haha

 

[TEG]

Re: Resellers?

Originally posted by speechpoet
(Also, I'm in Canada, which I'm guessing means Prime Minister Paul Martin and the dual-processor G5 should be arriving at roughly the same time...)

So in other words, there will never be Duals in Canada.

*Canadian Liberal Party Sucks*
Long live the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

TEG

 

[brucku]

Today's rumor??

Ok. Arn i think its time to post a powerbook rumor every morning. Even if its = ok who's still waiting for powerbooks. Also how bout a poll tomorrow of "do you think the powerbook g5 will be the next update to the powrbook line?"

this rumor means nothing!!!

Moron 1: Hey , its gonna be sept in a few days
Moron 2: No powerbooks today, guess it will have to be in sept.
Moron 1: I know, lets post a rumor saying they will be delayed until Sept!


I hate a day when i sit here waiting for the daily powerbook rumor. I think that at 8am, a topic should be started that says...

It's 8am, do you know where your powerbook updates are?

We can just post replies to it all day to pass the time till it actually is released..


I've said my peace.

Lou

 

[SiliconAddict]

Originally posted by AHDuke99
They will be G5's, rumor sites no nothing.

Honestly,

If Apple came out with a PowerBook G5 this soon I wouldn't touch it. Or at the very least be HIGHLY suspicious of its build quality. Something like that would scream "rushed to market". And I'd bet cash soon after its release the defects reports would start to trickle in.
The question I have is how level headed Jobs is. (I've heard he's far from level.) If pissed off enough because of Moto would he rush a G5 PowerBook to market just to throw it in their face?

 

[mainstreetmark]

The rumor is "delays until september"? This is probably the first solid fact on these damn things.

Still now powerbooks.

I'm going out to the barn with a never stopping pain.
I'm going out to the barn to hang myself in shame.

 

[nagromme]

If PowerBooks were "ready to ship" mid-August, I see no way they could have G5s. An announcement mid-sept about G5 PowerBooks in early December... that I might have believed.

I wonder if these delays will have a silver lining: lower prices?

 

[holy MAC!]

my birthday is sep 2nd,

and that's a tuesday.....

i am praying.......

it stinks, because i am hoping to take advantage of the ipod rebate offer, but since it's fine print says "order and take posession" of powerbook,

there aren't any in stock to buy, and im also doubting that if they announce new pbooks, that they will be in my "possession" before the rebate expires......

"happpy" birthday to me........

<.< ^.^ >.> v.v

 

[Sratner]

Powerbook G4... No Thanks

Seems ridiculous at this point to bother with a G4 Powerbook... I mean if we have waited this long whats another couple of months.. Ill wait for the G5..... and i know they said not any time soon,,, but you know what.. its not soon anymore.. so you never know..

 

[hobbes3113]

Re: Today's rumor??

Originally posted by brucku

this rumor means nothing!!!

Moron 1: Hey , its gonna be sept in a few days
Moron 2: No powerbooks today, guess it will have to be in sept.
Moron 1: I know, lets post a rumor saying they will be delayed until Sept!


I hate a day when i sit here waiting for the daily powerbook rumor. I think that at 8am, a topic should be started that says...

It's 8am, do you know where your powerbook updates are?

I couldn't agree more. I don't know what is more frustrating, waiting for the update, or reading these so called rumors. It is obvoius that Apple is keeping a tight lid on this update.

 

[red_wedge]

Madness

What is all this stupidness about PowerBook releases coming soon? Apple would never release a major update to a PowerBook at any time other than at a show! Jobs loves the publicity.

If anything comes it'll be at Paris. If not, then at MWSF in January. It's as simple as that. So chill out everybody, and wait (im)patiently.

 

[Toe]

It's September 16

If I had to guess, I would say September 16, when Steve gives his Appke Expo keynote.

Makes more sense than any other random date, no?

I can't believe they're letting stocks diminish when kids are going back to school. Sure iBooks might be more used in schools, but still....

 

[jettredmont]

Originally posted by mainstreetmark
I'm going out to the barn with a never stopping pain.
I'm going out to the barn to hang myself in shame.

Nice femmes quote ...

Sorry, can't respond to anything on topic. This topic is beaten beyond dead.

 

[Catt]

Apple might, as it always does, announce a ground breaking product (in this case a G5 Powerbook) but not ship it for another 4 months.

All I know is that the Powerbook line needs updating. I am in the market for a new Laptop and am 85% certain I will get a PC Laptop but if Apple announce something really interesting I may well go with a Mac; we already have an iMac in the house anyway.

 

[ZildjianKX]

As I called it when the ipod + PB promotion came out, the next PB will come out the day the promotion is over.

 

[new user]

originally

before this gets into another debate about innovation vs market share.

originally, when i first started to wait for the updates, i was in the market for 15ti. now i think just for the portability, perhaps the 12ai will be better.

my inquiry is two folds. aside from the obvious drawbacks of the lack of l3. how significant is the heat issue, ram limitation, and lack of dvi? are there other things i should consider?

and number two: what remedies will the update bring to the 12ai product. i'm hoping l3 but is there other things i should particularly wish for?

thanks!

 

[sacrilicious]

This is not just absurd, this is painful.

 

[red_wedge]

Originally posted by ZildjianKX
As I called it when the ipod + PB promotion came out, the next PB will come out the day the promotion is over.

There's also some promotion where you can buy a Mac and get FC Express cheap which ends around the time of the Paris Expo.

I'm sure it'll be good when it comes though. Maybe even G5.

 

[bikertwin]

Possible?

Maybe here's what happened behind the scenes:

The new 15" PowerBooks were ready to go last week or this week. They were being held off because Jobs wanted the Dual 2 GHz PowerMacs to ship first.

OK, at the last minute, Virginia Tech soaks up all the available 2GHz machines. So now Apple is stuck releasing the G5 PowerBooks before the 2GHz dualies. Not gonna happen.

So they push back the G5 PowerBooks until after the 2GHz dualies ship. But now that makes it mid-to-late September.

 

[red_wedge]

I say again: why would apple release an updates 15" PB 'quietly' one tuesday, when it could be released with a big fanfare at the Paris Expo alongside, say, a demo of Photoshop 8, some impressive .Mac features to make it worthwhile (to EU customers), maybe some iTunes EU functionality, a Panther preview, wireless peripherals, and who knows what else.

Paris is going to be big this year (maybe it's a way for the US-centric Apple to make peace with anti-war France!! Steve saves the world! Again!!). MWSF will maybe have some new gadget, or the enhanced colour iPod...or maybe...oooh...Keynote 2! Wow I can't wait.