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[ryaxnb]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: tower vs laptop sales

Originally posted by soggywulf
The lack of L3 cache in a G5 system may reduce power consumption and counter the increased power consumption of the system controller. The RAM stays the same, so no difference there. Furthermore, PC manufacturers are making fast-bus laptops today with reasonable battery life--if they can do it, so can Apple.





No kidding. The iBooks are extremely long in the the tooth. The obvious answer to your concern is that the current G4 powerbooks (or a 7457 revision thereof) will become the new iBook line, when the G5 powerbooks are released. This will finally put the G4 laptops at the proper price point.



Then perhaps the correct answer to this is to reduce iMac prices as well to bring them more in line with other computers with similar performance.

I have an iBook (got it before WWDC, I believe), but I think (like you) Apple's lines are a complete messup. iMac: Too expensive, too slow, G4 problems. eMac: Last one. iBook: Too slow (though I'm happy). And the G4 isn't the solution... but the G5 is too expensive.

 

[soggywulf]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: tower vs laptop sales

Originally posted by ryaxnb
iBook: Too slow (though I'm happy). And the G4 isn't the solution... but the G5 is too expensive.

Yeah, I mostly agree. Even for the iBook, the G4 can't compete with the cheap Centrino laptops. But it is much closer than the G3 is now. I think iBooks with G4s would be pretty reasonable, as long as the G5 gets into the powerbook now.

 

[MacsRgr8]

I think once the PowerBook gets the G5, the "white" iBook will cease to exist. The "aluminium" iBook G4 (fka 12" PB) wil be born.
The G3 will be history. Also every Mac will have a 1 Ghz or higher processor.

Finally the 1 Ghz barrier will be left behind forever....

 

[Stike]

I almost think I got it... the G5s are delayed... Panther on track...

What if the G5 will be delivered with Panther? Big surprise!?