iBook specs..straight from me. :)
Alrite, after looking over Blizzard's reqs. for WarCraft III, I have decided what I THINK will come in the next iBooks.
G3 1GHz (MAYBE...but...considering the tibook, who knows.)
or G3 800
I believe the 1 GHz G3, is compliant with 200 MHz DDR.
30 Gig HD
12.1 and 14" displays
DVD/CDRW.
16 MB ATi Graphic Card on an AGPx2 port.
Integrated BlueTooth, but that depends on if they want to integrate a new technology that isn't also on their top-of-the-line.
Atleast this way, it will be pretty fast, a good competitor. Also, hopefully they will drop each model by 100 bucks.
G3 1GHz (MAYBE...but...considering the tibook, who knows.)
or G3 800
I believe the 1 GHz G3, is compliant with 200 MHz DDR.
30 Gig HD
12.1 and 14" displays
DVD/CDRW.
16 MB ATi Graphic Card on an AGPx2 port.
Integrated BlueTooth, but that depends on if they want to integrate a new technology that isn't also on their top-of-the-line.
Atleast this way, it will be pretty fast, a good competitor. Also, hopefully they will drop each model by 100 bucks.
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Of course, they could speed bump the PB up to 1Ghz, in which case they could give the new iBook up to an 800MHz G4. Probably not -- but one can hope.
<strong>Do you even think things through before posting? A G3 chip 200MHz faster than the G4 in the Powerbook? Nope. A DDR iBook when it is not in the Powerbook? No. Bluetooth in the iBook when it isn't in the Powerbook? No.</strong><hr></blockquote>
...ibooks were first with combo and agp...
:shrug:
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...ibooks were first with combo and agp...
:shrug:</strong><hr></blockquote>
Very true, but not by choice but because of design problems with the combo drives. For a brief period the iBook was faster than the Powerbook also by 66MHz before the Ti's were announced. But 200MHz? No way. DDR Ram? No way.
<strong>Bluetooth in the iBook when it isn't in the Powerbook? No.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Bodhi: I agree that eddively did not think through his post completely, but I have to disagree on your last point. Remember that AirPort shipped on the iBook several months before we got AirPort in a PowerBook (Pismo). In fact, both AirPort and USB were introduced on "cheap" consumer machines before they made it into the PowerMac and PowerBook lines. Adding Bluetooth to the iBook first would be a good way to compensate for the fact that it is the last Mac shipping with a G3 (and will probably be for at least one more iteration).
Escher
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Bodhi: I agree that eddively did not thing through his post completely, but I have to disagree on your last point. Remember that AirPort shipped on the iBook several months before we got AirPort in a PowerBook (Pismo). In fact, both AirPort and USB were introduced on "cheap" consumer machines before they made it into the PowerMac and PowerBook lines. Adding Bluetooth to the iBook first would be a good way to compensate for the fact that it is the last Mac shipping with a G3 (and will probably be for at least one more iteration).
Escher</strong><hr></blockquote>
Escher, I agree. Bluetooth is apossibility and with Apple these days you never know.
But I have a feeling that they will ship integrated Bluetooth on the new Power Macs first.
Bluetooh feature is possible though, if they want to made the iBook to have a built-in capability to communicate with small digital devices.
But then there's still the problem of the conflict between Airport/WiFi and Bluetooth that some people talked about.
Note: Stuff like the iBook actually would the best way to introduce built-in Bluetooth on Macintosh, since that it's a portable consumer device that probably will regulary hang around with other portable digital devices. While the PowerMac G4 isn't exactly needed a Bluetooth feature, since that it's desktop profesional device that probably don't hang around much with other portable digital device (at least not as much like the iBook). But it's really up to Apple to choose which model that they want to introduce built-in Bluetooth.
Personally, the thing that I think will be included in a future iBook revision is a stylus and a swiveling screen that is capable of accepting from the stylus. The iBook is meant to be as a successor to the eMate, a device that had BOTH a keyboard and a stylus (no trackball or trackpad though). And with the introduction of Ink on Mac OS X, it's very possible that a stylus iBook with a swiveling screen will appear.
256k L2
100Mhz Bus
128MB
20GB
16MB ATi Rage Ultra
CD-Rom
1,199
600Mhz G3 (12.1")
256k L2
100Mhz bus
128MB
20GB
16MB ATi Rage Ultra
DVD-Rom
1,299
700Mhz G3 (12.1")
256k L2
100Mhz bus
128MB
20GB
16MB ATi Rage Ultra
Combo Drive
1,499
700Mhz G3 (14.1")
256k L2
100Mhz bus
256MB
30GB
16MB ATi Rage Ultra
Combo
1,799
Airport was targeted towards schools and small WLANs at home so it made sense to let the iBook be the first computer to have it despite its more "pro" fetures over Bluetooth. And Apple needed something extraordinare to sell the iBook on. To include BT in the iBook wouldn´t have the marketing effect Airport had and would propably move sales from the Ti to the ice for "real" buisnessmen on the go.
1.) 700Mhz G3 or 600 Mhz G4 (I'm leaning towards G4)
2.) 128MB RAM standard
3.) increased hard drive sizes. 30GB max on prebuilt.
4.) Radeon mobility 16MB (possibly 32)
<strong>Nope, all new hardware will have at least 32mb video ram.</strong><hr></blockquote>
yeah a consumer laptop is going to go from an 8MB ATi Rage 128 chip clear up to a 32MB chip....in one jump.....
just like how the PowerMac's are going to go from 1Ghz all the way up to 1.4-1.6GHz in one jump.
come on, this is Apple we are talking about....
Applenut is probably right. a 16MB Radeon Mobility.
Think common sense here people...
a 32MB video card in a 1,199 laptop.? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
It was kind of a joke, but 1/2 serious. We'll see...right?
<strong>Get with the program Gumby, 'Jagwire' needs 32MB video to do its thing. All new products will have 32MB video.</strong><hr></blockquote>
jaguar doesn't need anything.
1.) it offers a huge improvement without quartz extreme
2.) quartz extreme will run with 16MB of RAM. the 32 MB reccomendation is due to the possibility of using high resolutions. the iBook is capped at 1024 x 768. 16 MB is enough for that. 16MB is not enough for 1600 x 1200 on a G4 tower. get it?
The next iBook, I think, will come by MWNY at the very latest. Some features:
G4 on a 100 MHz system bus. Low end will be 550-600 MHz, high end will be 650-700 MHz.
Video chipset: 16 MB RAM, probably a Geforce2Go, or maybe a Radeon mobility (it will be Quartz Extreme ready).
Display: 12" display will remain as is, but the 14" display MAY get a boost in resolution. But probably not.