NEW iBOOK COMING SOON!

lc_mac_freak_06lc_mac_freak_06
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
<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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  • Reply 1 of 56
    hegorhegor Posts: 160member
    Anyone have any ideas what the updated iBook will have in it?
  • Reply 2 of 56
    elio.elio. Posts: 17member
    [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]" />
  • Reply 3 of 56
    neutrino23neutrino23 Posts: 1,563member
    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.
  • Reply 4 of 56
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
    [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.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    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.
  • Reply 5 of 56
    atrusatrus Posts: 17member
    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.
  • Reply 6 of 56
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    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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  • Reply 7 of 56
    danielb0101danielb0101 Posts: 50member
    ALL CAPS, EVEN IN A TITLE TO A TOPIC, IS SO F-ING ANNOYING.. PLEASE STOP DOING IT.
  • Reply 8 of 56
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Wow. 33 posts and already pushing his weight around. You are bold, I'll give you that.



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  • Reply 9 of 56
    gnomgnom Posts: 85member
    [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.
  • Reply 10 of 56
    danielb0101danielb0101 Posts: 50member
    [quote]Originally posted by Ebby:

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



    [ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I had more than 10x the posts before my account was destroyed. But thanks for letting me be "bold". I like you already.
  • Reply 11 of 56
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    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...
  • Reply 12 of 56
    addisonaddison Posts: 1,185member
    Apple Store is down.... I am waiting.
  • Reply 13 of 56
    atrusatrus Posts: 17member
    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]" />
  • Reply 14 of 56
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    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?
  • Reply 15 of 56
    hobbeshobbes Posts: 1,252member
    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.
  • Reply 16 of 56
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    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.
  • Reply 17 of 56
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    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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  • Reply 18 of 56
    stratosfearstratosfear Posts: 150member
    [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.
  • Reply 19 of 56
    slick501bslick501b Posts: 54member
    Maybe tommorrow will be the Apple Tuesday we've been waiting for. What time do they do the updates usually 12 M central?
  • Reply 20 of 56
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    And pigs can fly.
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