NEW iBOOK COMING SOON!
<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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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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<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]" />
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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.
I have worked close with him in a Apple Education project at my old firm, and he is to be trusted.
[ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</p>
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<strong>New iBook is confirmed by an Apple employee</strong><hr></blockquote>
I want one. Any words on what's new?
cheers.
<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.
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...
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]" />
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.
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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<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.