Silvor....
Why would apple want to announce new PowerBooks at their Paris show??? It makes no sense because it would undermine the discounting that they are doing in the educational store. Why would someone by a notebook they know will become the "old" model in only a few weeks time? The only way I could see that happening is for apple to further discount at that point and that would erode their profit margins too much and set a precedent that people might wait for in the future i.e. they know if they wait till the end of the product life they can get the machine DEEPLY discounted. This scenario would be horrible business practice. That being said, this is just my opinion, but I think everyone is going to have to wait for another month before the announcement of new PB's.
NOTE: Remember how Apple is trying to get away from computer releases at shows and how the new PowerMacs were released a month after the NY show on the back end of a discounting program.
Why would apple want to announce new PowerBooks at their Paris show??? It makes no sense because it would undermine the discounting that they are doing in the educational store. Why would someone by a notebook they know will become the "old" model in only a few weeks time? The only way I could see that happening is for apple to further discount at that point and that would erode their profit margins too much and set a precedent that people might wait for in the future i.e. they know if they wait till the end of the product life they can get the machine DEEPLY discounted. This scenario would be horrible business practice. That being said, this is just my opinion, but I think everyone is going to have to wait for another month before the announcement of new PB's.
NOTE: Remember how Apple is trying to get away from computer releases at shows and how the new PowerMacs were released a month after the NY show on the back end of a discounting program.
