NEW iBOOK COMING SOON!

lc_mac_freak_06

<a href="http://www.compusa.com/apple/product_info.asp?product_code=50225889"; target="_blank">http://www.compusa.com/apple/product_info.asp?product_code=50225889</a>;



This is the link for the iBook 600 basic configuration. CompUSA is now selling these as discontinued products, and saying that they are not available in store. AND GET THIS SELLING THEM FOR $1215.97 NOT $1199.00......umm they took these off about...3 weeks ago..whats up now.



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hegor

Anyone have any ideas what the updated iBook will have in it?

elio.

[quote]Originally posted by hegor:

<strong>Anyone have any ideas what the updated iBook will have in it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



A screen? built in keyboard? mabe a processors?



i think that it may get a redesigned G3 processor within a year. Firewire 2 if it comes out, pushing it, we my have bluetooth <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

neutrino23

Possibly a new iBook will get the new G3 from IBM. IBM claims speeds up to 1GHz and faster bus speeds and lower power requirements. iBook might also get bluetooth, faster CDRW, some minor mechanical fixes.

satchmo

[quote]Originally posted by LC_Mac_Freak_06:

<strong>

This is the link for the iBook 600 basic configuration. CompUSA is now selling these as discontinued products, and saying that they are not available in store.

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Yeah, that's proof

Listen, i hope that a new iBook is on it's way soon, but let's get a grip on things.

atrus

New iBook is confirmed by an Apple employee here in Sweden. According to him it was initially intended to be released in mid-October, but the last time he gave word it was postponed til early November by reasons he wouldn´t say.

I have worked close with him in a Apple Education project at my old firm, and he is to be trusted.

ebby

If it is a trusted source, be careful what you say about him/her. We need all the tips we can get, without "biting the hand that feeds us" completely off. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> (Biting smiley, not laughing) :cool:



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danielb0101

ALL CAPS, EVEN IN A TITLE TO A TOPIC, IS SO F-ING ANNOYING.. PLEASE STOP DOING IT.

ebby

Wow. 33 posts and already pushing his weight around. You are bold, I'll give you that.



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gnom

[quote]Originally posted by Atrus:

<strong>New iBook is confirmed by an Apple employee</strong><hr></blockquote>





I want one. Any words on what's new?



cheers.

danielb0101

[quote]Originally posted by Ebby:

<strong>Wow. 33 posts and already pushing his weight around. You are bold, I'll give you that.



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I had more than 10x the posts before my account was destroyed. But thanks for letting me be "bold". I like you already.

der kopf

what is this obsession with bluetooth???



I mean, why incorporate bluetooth if you don't get an airport card in your ibook, if they even take out the audio in. Strange privileges, some of you pose...

addison

Apple Store is down.... I am waiting.

atrus

He wouldn´t say. But it is substantial in some way.

He called up a big customer to say, "don´t buy now, wait for a few weeks, the release was sat to mid-October, but delayed a few weeks. Don´t buy now".

This customer was supposed to buy approx. 200 iBooks. So it was a nice gesture.



He didn´t say anything about the speccs <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

macsrgood4u

Apple store is now running. Proabably usual maintanence over the weekend. Anyway, when Apple does intro new product about 99% of the time it's on a Tuesday. G4 iBook coming?

hobbes

I don't think we'll see a G4 iBook (not quite yet), but I do think we'll see a 13" screen (combining the 12" and 14" models into one), a refreshed form factor, and slightly lighter weight. Maybe Bluetooth? Not sure.

junkyard dawg

G4 CPU.



It's time. Widespread Altivec optimizations have rendered the G3 obsolete. Without Altivec, current PPCs are utterly pathetic when compared to Wintel CPUs. The iBook's performance lags so far behind that of Wintel laptops that it's hurting sales....the iBook is a good 2-3 years behind comparable Wintels in performance.

stoo

Hopefully a modified 750fx: they're faster than meets the eye (in non Altivec applications of course).



Edit: An article (<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5927"; target="_blank">link</a>) at The Inquirer mentions that the 750fx was meant to use SiLK (I assume that this means manufactured with Silicon on Low K dielectrics) but actually uses FSG low-k dielectric at the moment.



Not being a chip manufacturer, I don't know what the (practical) difference is: anyone know?



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stratosfear

[quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg:

<strong> Without Altivec, current PPCs are utterly pathetic when compared to Wintel CPUs. The iBook's performance lags so far behind that of Wintel laptops that it's hurting sales....the iBook is a good 2-3 years behind comparable Wintels in performance.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Where do you need processor power? iBook is enough powerful for www & emails & writing docs etc... iBook is ideal computer for that kind of work, because it's small, battery life is good and it isn't so heavy. If you need powerful computer, buy workstaion PC with Intel P4 or faster processor.

slick501b

Maybe tommorrow will be the Apple Tuesday we've been waiting for. What time do they do the updates usually 12 M central?

chucker

And pigs can fly.