I just find it hard to imagine Apple will go nearly a year without refreshing the 15 inch PB.
Also, the EDU promotion is not tied to any particular laptop so I don't see why it couldn't be applied to the new PB as well.
Now THAT's what my desperate eyes wanted to see!
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Originally posted by Enseign Pulver
They wouldn't need to have a promo for new laptops, hence no new models until the promo expires.
I appreciate your trying to be realistic about it, and I agree with the sentiment to a limited extent. However, the 12" and especially the 17" with its shipping delays are essentially new laptops. Hard to argue that the promo wouldn't apply to new hardware when it does apply to 2/3 of the PowerBook line (and the upgraded iBook as well - the offer refers to "any laptop").
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Originally posted by AirSluf
I don't think this is a clear out the inventory promo, it's too long.
Not only that, but if the promo were only to sell down inventory, why isn't it a 15" TiBook sale? With the new AlBooks, the new iPods, and the newish iBook as qualifying hardware, the promo mostly includes NEW devices. I'm not yet convinced that this deal rules out the new 15" AlBook before September.
I'm not yet convinced that this deal rules out the new 15" AlBook before September.
I don't think it rules out anything. I (now) think this promotion was made just to sell more hardware, and is "completely" unrelated to any future product introduction.
http//www.kodawarisan.com/ug now predicts the middle of June for the Al 15" intro. This same site had earlier said the end of May. I'm still hoping for a PPC970! Or at least a 7457!
Hi and welcome. Yepp, seems like it. There's a whole thread about it here
Oops, didn't see that, but I'm wondering, as everyone in this thread must be, does this signal something for future hardware? Since the 12" and 15" Pbooks are pretty much Apple's hottest selling machines right now, they don't have any really compelling reason to lower prices, except maybe to clear the channel for something else?
Or maybe they are just trying to sell more powerbooks. But historically, price-cuts at the end of a product cycle often means new products coming up, and Apple wanting to clear the channel.
I am guessing the price drop was done soley to get rid of the last of the invetory before next weeks possible new product launch. If we are lucky the lower prices will remain with the new models.
The Apple Online store says "same day" as the shipping time. I really don't know what apple would put into an updated PowerBook right now. The G4 is to hot at over 1Ghz, the 970 isn't quite ready yet, and the 7457, as far as I know, isn't ready either. I really believe its going to be a few more months before we see an update.
The Apple Online store says "same day" as the shipping time. I really don't know what apple would put into an updated PowerBook right now. The G4 is to hot at over 1Ghz, the 970 isn't quite ready yet, and the 7457, as far as I know, isn't ready either. I really believe its going to be a few more months before we see an update.
Musings to this end have occurred previously in this forum (read: scoll back, dude). Possibilities include but are not limited to: better structural integrity of the aluminum (Br: aluminium) case, upgraded VPU, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme, FireWire 800, use of DDR RAM, and the neato-o bluelit keyboard.
There is no way Apple will put a faster CPU in the 15" Powerbook than in the 17" Powerbook. No way in hell. The 17" is the high end, top-of-the-line laptop, therefore it gets the fastest CPU and the most advanced mobo. There is nothing odd about the current 15" Powerbook having a slower mobo than the 17".
I agree. When the 15" is updated, then the 17" is also updated. Either the 15 gets a totally trivial update, or both it and the 17 get updated. Given the ammount of time since teh last update to the 15", I think that it will get a significant update. I think that the question is what kind of CPU will be in the upgrades. I hold out a blind hope for 970s.
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My bet is that Apple waits until they have faster laptop CPUs and then updates the 12", 15" and 17" simultaneously.
I don't think that faster laptop CPUs (e.g. 970s) will be in the 12" model.
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Originally posted by neutrino23
I just find it hard to imagine Apple will go nearly a year without refreshing the 15 inch PB.
Also, the EDU promotion is not tied to any particular laptop so I don't see why it couldn't be applied to the new PB as well.
Now THAT's what my desperate eyes wanted to see!
Originally posted by Enseign Pulver
They wouldn't need to have a promo for new laptops, hence no new models until the promo expires.
I appreciate your trying to be realistic about it, and I agree with the sentiment to a limited extent. However, the 12" and especially the 17" with its shipping delays are essentially new laptops. Hard to argue that the promo wouldn't apply to new hardware when it does apply to 2/3 of the PowerBook line (and the upgraded iBook as well - the offer refers to "any laptop").
Originally posted by AirSluf
I don't think this is a clear out the inventory promo, it's too long.
Not only that, but if the promo were only to sell down inventory, why isn't it a 15" TiBook sale? With the new AlBooks, the new iPods, and the newish iBook as qualifying hardware, the promo mostly includes NEW devices. I'm not yet convinced that this deal rules out the new 15" AlBook before September.
-K
Originally posted by Kabeyun
I'm not yet convinced that this deal rules out the new 15" AlBook before September.
I don't think it rules out anything. I (now) think this promotion was made just to sell more hardware, and is "completely" unrelated to any future product introduction.
netro
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...ts/AppleStore/
Oh, and hi.
CV
Originally posted by chris v
Price drop!
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...ts/AppleStore/
Oh, and hi.
CV
Hi and welcome. Yepp, seems like it. There's a whole thread about it here
Originally posted by NETROMac
Hi and welcome. Yepp, seems like it. There's a whole thread about it here
Oops, didn't see that, but I'm wondering, as everyone in this thread must be, does this signal something for future hardware? Since the 12" and 15" Pbooks are pretty much Apple's hottest selling machines right now, they don't have any really compelling reason to lower prices, except maybe to clear the channel for something else?
CV
Just like to give a shout out to the other optimists in here when dour ol' Pulver broke the promo news (to whit, neutrino & Airsluf): Right on!
jk, Ensign Pulver. I'm sure you're just as mouth-frothy as the rest of us.
A price-drop-to-new-product lead time of a month or so seems about right, eh?
-K
Originally posted by Kabeyun
Ensign Pulver. I'm sure you're just as mouth-frothy as the rest of us.
My secret's out.
I just got an e-mail from one of 'mac shops' here, and they are saying that new powerbooks will be introduced in July.
I don't know if these pumpkins know more than we do, but otherwise why saying so?
Their main line was, if you need a powerbook running os9, get it now!.
We'll see soon i guess
8)
Originally posted by piwozniak
Hi
I just got an e-mail from one of 'mac shops' here, and they are saying that new powerbooks will be introduced in July.
I don't know if these pumpkins know more than we do, but otherwise why saying so?
Their main line was, if you need a powerbook running os9, get it now!.
We'll see soon i guess
8)
What country? Was it an Apple Store or an independent?
I am guessing the price drop was done soley to get rid of the last of the invetory before next weeks possible new product launch. If we are lucky the lower prices will remain with the new models.
Originally posted by neutrino23
What country? Was it an Apple Store or an independent?
Toronto, Canada.
And these guys are good, not pushy sales bastards, so i tend to believe them.
Originally posted by Algol
The Apple Online store says "same day" as the shipping time. I really don't know what apple would put into an updated PowerBook right now. The G4 is to hot at over 1Ghz, the 970 isn't quite ready yet, and the 7457, as far as I know, isn't ready either. I really believe its going to be a few more months before we see an update.
Musings to this end have occurred previously in this forum (read: scoll back, dude). Possibilities include but are not limited to: better structural integrity of the aluminum (Br: aluminium) case, upgraded VPU, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme, FireWire 800, use of DDR RAM, and the neato-o bluelit keyboard.
-K
Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg
There is no way Apple will put a faster CPU in the 15" Powerbook than in the 17" Powerbook. No way in hell. The 17" is the high end, top-of-the-line laptop, therefore it gets the fastest CPU and the most advanced mobo. There is nothing odd about the current 15" Powerbook having a slower mobo than the 17".
I agree. When the 15" is updated, then the 17" is also updated. Either the 15 gets a totally trivial update, or both it and the 17 get updated. Given the ammount of time since teh last update to the 15", I think that it will get a significant update. I think that the question is what kind of CPU will be in the upgrades. I hold out a blind hope for 970s.
My bet is that Apple waits until they have faster laptop CPUs and then updates the 12", 15" and 17" simultaneously.
I don't think that faster laptop CPUs (e.g. 970s) will be in the 12" model.