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Powerbook This Week
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technocoy
macrumors 6502a
i hope he's right
but if you read all the post he is retarded, he keeps quoting these unlimited sources, and yet he seems to be a college student or something, how could he have 4 or five dependable apple sources?? He also said that they are releasing G4 iBooks along with the powerbooks... c'mon, dude is on crack. no way in hell there will be a g4 iBook AND powerbook unless the powerbook was dual (and we know that aint happening)
technocoy
but if you read all the post he is retarded, he keeps quoting these unlimited sources, and yet he seems to be a college student or something, how could he have 4 or five dependable apple sources?? He also said that they are releasing G4 iBooks along with the powerbooks... c'mon, dude is on crack. no way in hell there will be a g4 iBook AND powerbook unless the powerbook was dual (and we know that aint happening)
technocoy
impierced
macrumors 6502
Re: i hope he's right
Let me clarify a few things regarding seanyepez at MacNN forums:
1. He initially quoted two independent sources and said he wouldn't have come forward unless they both provided him with the same information, which they apparently did. Then said a third backed up the previous two. Not 4 or 5.
2. He is actually 14 or 15 years old and not in college.
3. He has his email address in his sig file so he's really going to take a beating if he isn't correct at least on an announcement.
For the record I'm extremely skeptical, but until tomorrow rolls around nobody knows what's going to be announced, if anything.
Contradicting sean, someone else in the forum is saying an announcement will be comming the first week of November and the iBook will remain with a G3 processor and the PowerBook G4 will in have a Superdrive but none will have Bluetooth on the motherboard.
Let me clarify a few things regarding seanyepez at MacNN forums:
1. He initially quoted two independent sources and said he wouldn't have come forward unless they both provided him with the same information, which they apparently did. Then said a third backed up the previous two. Not 4 or 5.
2. He is actually 14 or 15 years old and not in college.
3. He has his email address in his sig file so he's really going to take a beating if he isn't correct at least on an announcement.
For the record I'm extremely skeptical, but until tomorrow rolls around nobody knows what's going to be announced, if anything.
Contradicting sean, someone else in the forum is saying an announcement will be comming the first week of November and the iBook will remain with a G3 processor and the PowerBook G4 will in have a Superdrive but none will have Bluetooth on the motherboard.
About PB supply
I heard Ingram Micro is down to less than 800 (667mhz) and 300 (800mhz) powerbooks. If this is correct, then maybe new models are in route (since Ingram is a major Apple vendor) 😀
Unfortunately, there was a whole port strike crisis on the west coast, and maybe these low inventories are due to backups and not due a pending End of Life change 🙄
I heard Ingram Micro is down to less than 800 (667mhz) and 300 (800mhz) powerbooks. If this is correct, then maybe new models are in route (since Ingram is a major Apple vendor) 😀
Unfortunately, there was a whole port strike crisis on the west coast, and maybe these low inventories are due to backups and not due a pending End of Life change 🙄
anthonymoody
macrumors 68040
And here, wednesday morning on the east coast, most of the mac rumor type sites are pretty quiet...maybe before the storm?
TM
TM
When?
Depends on what they're timing it for -- 10 or 11 a.m. Pacific Time is a good guess. Press releases for earnings are different: they're usually announced after the markets close. But if they *do* make an announcement, they'll want to get some bang out of it -- more press, more coverage.
Depends on what they're timing it for -- 10 or 11 a.m. Pacific Time is a good guess. Press releases for earnings are different: they're usually announced after the markets close. But if they *do* make an announcement, they'll want to get some bang out of it -- more press, more coverage.
Re: Powerbook updates?
arn- yourdailymac.com got their info and specs off a thread at macnn by seanyepez. He believes today they will be released if not then real soon. Another poster swore on the first week of Nov.
Stelliform
macrumors 68000
Well Here we are on Wednesday. No update. No new powerbooks in the channels though. (ala. Clubmac, Smalldog, and Comp USA) But Perhaps that is just Apple making good on reducing inventories.
I read another post somewhere that said Nov. 5th, but I have a feeling we will be seeing those about every 2 weeks until MWSF.
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I read another post somewhere that said Nov. 5th, but I have a feeling we will be seeing those about every 2 weeks until MWSF.
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vollspacken
macrumors 65816
...I hate to say that, but i feel tempted to buy an ThinkPad CTO 2658 R, 'cause I feel played for a sucker by Apple! If they don't want my money, fine...😡
I don't think that I'll wait till MWSF, that's rediculous!!!
...getting really angry!!!
roy_g_biv
macrumors newbie
everyone keeps saying "mwsf, mwsf, i'm waiting for mwsf," but hasn't just about every source said repeatedly that apple no longer plans to use macworld as a forum for introducing new macs? if apple were smart, they would get new tibooks out for the holiday shopping season. i'm crossing my fingers for nov.
I'm waiting for what's next for the iBook. Whatever it is I'm probably going to buy it. I'm not going to buy one of their current iBooks. The sooner Apple releases something, the sooner they'll get their money.
so it's a little ventacious, please forgive.
the more i wait around for these jokers in cupertino to get off their asses and service their market with some woody product, the better a nice, used 7 or 800 meg powermac looks as a one or two year holdover until they've settled on a new line of products with more than a ridiculously minimalist incremental speed bump every half-year or so.
i admit that, while i even enjoy the speed and slickness of my old 450 blue and white g3 (although i really need G4 speed for music production anymore), part of the frustration is the comparatively exuberant clock speeds on the intel cpu's. all benefits of the altivec instruction set aside, what objective reasons remain for the clock-speed gaps? i'm not being an ass, i actually would like an informed, non-opinion-laden, non-flaming answer if anyone cares to enlighten.
additional frustration results from the fact that nowadays, even the intro of a new line of powermacs doesn't result in a huge drop in the old line's pricing, like it did when i bought my g3 (a couple weeks after the g4's hit the streets), so the used market is pretty inflated/resilient/whatever. so i'm a cheap bastard looking for a great deal on a powerful computer - don't hate me for that!
faster, please. bring the freakin' 1 gig powerbook already, dammit.
by the way, i know this is a powerbook thread - my point is that before i spend 3-plus large on one, i'll wait a little longer with a holdover desktop if i have to. ;-)
the more i wait around for these jokers in cupertino to get off their asses and service their market with some woody product, the better a nice, used 7 or 800 meg powermac looks as a one or two year holdover until they've settled on a new line of products with more than a ridiculously minimalist incremental speed bump every half-year or so.
i admit that, while i even enjoy the speed and slickness of my old 450 blue and white g3 (although i really need G4 speed for music production anymore), part of the frustration is the comparatively exuberant clock speeds on the intel cpu's. all benefits of the altivec instruction set aside, what objective reasons remain for the clock-speed gaps? i'm not being an ass, i actually would like an informed, non-opinion-laden, non-flaming answer if anyone cares to enlighten.
additional frustration results from the fact that nowadays, even the intro of a new line of powermacs doesn't result in a huge drop in the old line's pricing, like it did when i bought my g3 (a couple weeks after the g4's hit the streets), so the used market is pretty inflated/resilient/whatever. so i'm a cheap bastard looking for a great deal on a powerful computer - don't hate me for that!
faster, please. bring the freakin' 1 gig powerbook already, dammit.
by the way, i know this is a powerbook thread - my point is that before i spend 3-plus large on one, i'll wait a little longer with a holdover desktop if i have to. ;-)
UnixMac
macrumors 6502
vix....... I hear ya man. These dudes need to get with it, The PC world is leaps and bounds ahead with their laptops and their $3000 machines smoke the $3200 PB800. I am ready to give Apple as much as $4110 for a laptop with options/more RAM etc... But they just aren't giving me a reason to do so yet! I too may just go and get a second hand Duel 800 or something and a nice 22" used monitor of ebay.
vollspacken
macrumors 65816
...EXACTLY!!!
What's the problem Apple??? What are they waiting for??? No one will buy one of their current models (especially not me!)
Get the update out and *zapp* here's my cash!!!
Okay, I am sick and tired of these crappy ass laptop specs apple has been throwing at us.
they need a GF4 'Go' 64 and a 166 bus at LEAST.
1Ghz G4. It's possible. ****.
Why doesn't apple just visit all these forums and see what the **** we want? We're the consumers. We're the ones buying this stuff..
they need a GF4 'Go' 64 and a 166 bus at LEAST.
1Ghz G4. It's possible. ****.
Why doesn't apple just visit all these forums and see what the **** we want? We're the consumers. We're the ones buying this stuff..
cb911
macrumors 601
do you mean DVD-RW? because i can read DVD's on my TiBook now...
but lets say it was a DVD-RW Sony got in a laptop? when did they do this? new TiBooks were expected by this week, so if Apple is trying to squeeze a DVD-RW in the TiBooks then i guess that would be an alright excuse for the late release.🙂
who thinks they'll do it? personally, i think that Apple will just get the new models out there in November, and the DVD-RW wil come later.🙁
but lets say it was a DVD-RW Sony got in a laptop? when did they do this? new TiBooks were expected by this week, so if Apple is trying to squeeze a DVD-RW in the TiBooks then i guess that would be an alright excuse for the late release.🙂
who thinks they'll do it? personally, i think that Apple will just get the new models out there in November, and the DVD-RW wil come later.🙁
new PB
Has anyone else notice the ' character at the top of the powerbook page www.apple.com/powerbook
sure it wasnt there yesterday !
Has anyone else notice the ' character at the top of the powerbook page www.apple.com/powerbook
sure it wasnt there yesterday !