The "New-Powerbooks-Launch-Date-Guessing-Thread"

[jade]

So no backlit keyboard, no 64 meg graphics card, no bluetooth as standard...

12" pbs have bluetooth standard. It is standard across the board in powerbooks.

 

[aswitcher]

12" pbs have bluetooth standard. It is standard across the board in powerbooks.

🙂 Sorry, meant WiFi! My bad...

 

[Zaty]

12 " PB G4s will only see a price drop:

12 " Combo G4 : $1299
12 " Super Drive G4 : $1499

I was already thinking that the 12" powerbook was more a high-end iBook... it seems that I'll be even more the case after the next revision. Apple! just put it in a white plastic case and end the transvestite! 😀 You gotta come out of the closet mr. 12"

The 12" Combo for $1299? Who in their right mind would buy the 12" iBook for 1099? They would have to drop the price of the iBook to at least 949 or even 899. Has there ever been a $899 iBook?

 

[asif3]

C'mon people...this is Apple we;re talking about!

If they want to put G5 processors in PB's, then they will. They're probably spending millions right know in R&D to find a way of keeping the PB cool enough.

I think G5 PB's announced at Paris and then shipped by the end of the year.

./Asif


EDIT: actually, i'm not sure if they'd announce it in Paris because I dont think the buzz would be big enough. Maybe NY or San Fran

 

[aswitcher]

C'mon people...this is Apple we;re talking about!

If they want to put G5 processors in PB's, then they will. They're probably spending millions right know in R&D to find a way of keeping the PB cool enough.

I think G5 PB's announced at Paris and then shipped by the end of the year.

./Asif


EDIT: actually, i'm not sure if they'd announce it in Paris because I dont think the buzz would be big enough. Maybe NY or San Fran

I agree, Apple have the dough and have known about the issues for 12 months I woudl hazard to say. They are all about hurdling into new tech, so if they bring our a new liquid cooling system with the back of the screen ( 😛 ) as a radiator or some such, then don't be too surprised.

I am praying for WWDC at end of June...

 

[srobert]

Well. The IBM Apple event is here and no news of new Powerbooks and Powermac. That's one launch window of opportunity gone. Oh well.

 

[_pb_boi]

I love Apple! Really, I do! But, my dilemma!

I've got my UK pounds changed into US dollars -1600 greenbacks, to be precise, and it's taken me long hours with a poop manager in a part time job to get the money. So I'm going on the 13th of April, and I'll be hitting up the Apple Store Soho within 5 days of arriving. What do I wanna buy? A 12in powerbook! Darn! Waiting isn't really an option, since it's the exchange rate that puts me in Powerbook territory, rather than iBook territory. I'll only be in the US for five days or so, so it's buy it, or lose the opportunity...

Someone please reassure me! Someone tell me that, no matter what, it's still a great machine! And that Apple still loves me / my money (are the two mutually exclusive?)

Must. Sleep. Must. Not. Revise. Physics.

 

[adamjay]

I love Apple! Really, I do! But, my dilemma!

I've got my UK pounds changed into US dollars -1600 greenbacks, to be precise, and it's taken me long hours with a poop manager in a part time job to get the money. So I'm going on the 13th of April, and I'll be hitting up the Apple Store Soho within 5 days of arriving. What do I wanna buy? A 12in powerbook! Darn! Waiting isn't really an option, since it's the exchange rate that puts me in Powerbook territory, rather than iBook territory. I'll only be in the US for five days or so, so it's buy it, or lose the opportunity...

Someone please reassure me! Someone tell me that, no matter what, it's still a great machine! And that Apple still loves me / my money (are the two mutually exclusive?)

Must. Sleep. Must. Not. Revise. Physics.

why not get a G4 iBook and an iPod ?

A) They Match..
b) I hear iPods are hard to find and quite desirable in the UK

Think of it as 'since the exchange rate is so great, i can get a free ipod"

 

[FuzzyBallz]

But will you kick yourself in the shins a week after you get that nice 12" PB Apple announces a G5 version? It's a far fetch scenario, but talk to all the people who bought a G3 iBook and they'll know they are missing a nut or two for kicking themselves for impatience.