Yes. As cool as it is to think of a G5-based PowerBook in January (or next week, if you're Dr. Holistic), I just don't think that'll be the case. I'd be seriously shocked.
I think this next round will be 7457-based AND bring the 15" model into line with the 12" and 17" (aluminum, AirPort Extreme, blah, blah, blah, etc.).
And I think it'll be a spiffy machine, as will the updates to the other two.
Can't wait...I'll either be getting a 12" or 15", based on price, features, etc. Gotta wait to see what materializes to make any final decision. But, most likely, I'll be getting a Rev. B 12".
Man that shits me!!!.......We're all waiting for a new PB to get some freakin' work done, and these guys in Cupertino are announcing new iPods and iMacs!!!!! ARRGGHH!!!!
Who cares about iMacs????.....Really!?
Half the bloody world needs a PB and they tease and taunt us!! "Make the fvckers wait another week....." says SJ!
That's done it now pscates.....you can officially take me to the looney bin!!
The iPod and iMac updates came today, the PB update has to come either tomorrow or next week in Paris. My guess is that if it comes tomorrow it will be little more than a speedbump, if it come out at paris there is a much bettr chance of a bigger change that is worth announcing at the keynote.
Strange timing to update the iMacs just now - either Jobs will drone on and on about Panther or Paris is reserved for some hardware surprise. And I doubt it will be XServes - they are more likely to be updated at Seybold if Apple takes part there.
I thought G4 shortage was the reason for no new powerbooks. Now they are wasting the damn things on a STUPID iMac update. iMac?!?!!? That piece of shit is not even a professional machine, but it takes precedence to PowerBooks?!?!? Give me a ****in' brake!
Is anyone else puzzled by the fact that Apple's consumer desktop specs now exceed the professional laptop, at least superficially, for the first time. It seems like a very unusual move, especially if the new Pbooks are due in only two weeks (I know, just rumors).
Although I see almost no chance of a G5 Pbook before next year, this move does seem to give that rumor a little more credence. After all, wouldn't a 1.25 GHz Pbook be a bit anticlimactic at this point?
Strange timing to update the iMacs just now - either Jobs will drone on and on about Panther or Paris is reserved for some hardware surprise. And I doubt it will be XServes - they are more likely to be updated at Seybold if Apple takes part there.
At this point, I'm thinking we're more likely to get a G5 PowerMAC revision than a PowerBook update in Paris
I thought G4 shortage was the reason for no new powerbooks. Now they are wasting the damn things on a STUPID iMac update. iMac?!?!!? That piece of shit is not even a professional machine, but it takes precedence to PowerBooks?!?!? Give me a ****in' brake!
Temper, temper. Different processor. I think this is actually a good sign for next week.
I thought G4 shortage was the reason for no new powerbooks. Now they are wasting the damn things on a STUPID iMac update. [/B]
According to MacBidouille, the G4 in the 1.25 GHz iMac is a 7455B. The new powerbooks need 7457s in sufficient volume before they can be updated. So that should be why the iMac got bumped before the PB.
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Originally posted by popmetal
iMac?!?!!? That piece of shit is not even a professional machine, but it takes precedence to PowerBooks?!?!? Give me a ****in' brake! [/B]
Hey, you should relax. You don't want to get an ulcer before you can get a new powerbook
Although I see almost no chance of a G5 Pbook before next year, this move does seem to give that rumor a little more credence. After all, wouldn't a 1.25 GHz Pbook be a bit anticlimactic at this point?
I'm hoping for dual 1.25GHz 7457's...
...dreaming perhaps since Motorola can't manufacture enough
After all, wouldn't a 1.25 GHz Pbook be a bit anticlimactic at this point?
Yes it would...but then again so was this iMac upgrade.
Unfortunately, it may have to do with what Apple has available to them at the time (chip wise) and I suppose a minor speed bump with a new Aluminum enclosure (for the 15") is better than none.
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I think this next round will be 7457-based AND bring the 15" model into line with the 12" and 17" (aluminum, AirPort Extreme, blah, blah, blah, etc.).
And I think it'll be a spiffy machine, as will the updates to the other two.
Can't wait...I'll either be getting a 12" or 15", based on price, features, etc. Gotta wait to see what materializes to make any final decision. But, most likely, I'll be getting a Rev. B 12".
pscates sig:
"970 PowerBooks at WWDC!" - MacWhispers, June 2003
"7457 PowerBooks in the channels, ready to go!" - AppleInsider and ThinkSecret, August 2003
"No PowerBooks until mid-October...and possibly 7455-based" - AppleInsider and that French site, September 2003
"Apple to accept new PowerBook orders next week?" - AppleInsider, September 5, 2003
"Shut the hell up, all of you." - Paul Scates, September 2003
If there are no new updates at or before the expo i'm going for the current 17"
If there is a new 15" ill buy that.
I just know if i buy now, i'll kick myself if an update is released in a few days time, but the Paris expo is my deadline.
Originally posted by drxcm
but the Paris expo is my deadline.
Same.
i have to teach a class on October 15th and will need some set up time for the portable as well.
Literally ordering on the day of the Paris keynote.
MSKR
Originally posted by DHagan4755
I think tomorrow might actually be the day. I have a feeling. I know, it's a Monday. Crossing fingers
*SMACK!!!*
You've been one of the WORST, most high-strung and vocal participants in the whole process!
Along with me, of course...
You ain't been right YET, my man!
[just messing with you in good fun...I, too, would love to be shocked tomorrow]
Originally posted by pscates
You've been one of the WORST, most high-strung and vocal participants in the whole process!
Like probably everyone else here, I can't wait for the wait to be over!
Originally posted by drxcm
To be honest I don't care what the update is ... I'll buy anyway
If there are no new updates at or before the expo i'm going for the current 17"
If there is a new 15" ill buy that.
I just know if i buy now, i'll kick myself if an update is released in a few days time, but the Paris expo is my deadline.
Doesn't Apple allow you to trade in a computer if you buy it and then within the next two weeks, it's updated?
Originally posted by CubeDude
Doesn't Apple allow you to trade in a computer if you buy it and then within the next two weeks, it's updated?
I believe it's 10 days. I don't know if there is a return/exchange fee.
Who cares about iMacs????.....Really!?
Half the bloody world needs a PB and they tease and taunt us!! "Make the fvckers wait another week....." says SJ!
That's done it now pscates.....you can officially take me to the looney bin!!
I thought G4 shortage was the reason for no new powerbooks. Now they are wasting the damn things on a STUPID iMac update. iMac?!?!!? That piece of shit is not even a professional machine, but it takes precedence to PowerBooks?!?!? Give me a ****in' brake!
Although I see almost no chance of a G5 Pbook before next year, this move does seem to give that rumor a little more credence. After all, wouldn't a 1.25 GHz Pbook be a bit anticlimactic at this point?
Originally posted by Smircle
Strange timing to update the iMacs just now - either Jobs will drone on and on about Panther or Paris is reserved for some hardware surprise. And I doubt it will be XServes - they are more likely to be updated at Seybold if Apple takes part there.
At this point, I'm thinking we're more likely to get a G5 PowerMAC revision than a PowerBook update in Paris
Originally posted by popmetal
I thought G4 shortage was the reason for no new powerbooks. Now they are wasting the damn things on a STUPID iMac update. iMac?!?!!? That piece of shit is not even a professional machine, but it takes precedence to PowerBooks?!?!? Give me a ****in' brake!
Temper, temper. Different processor. I think this is actually a good sign for next week.
Originally posted by popmetal
I thought G4 shortage was the reason for no new powerbooks. Now they are wasting the damn things on a STUPID iMac update. [/B]
According to MacBidouille, the G4 in the 1.25 GHz iMac is a 7455B. The new powerbooks need 7457s in sufficient volume before they can be updated. So that should be why the iMac got bumped before the PB.
Originally posted by popmetal
iMac?!?!!? That piece of shit is not even a professional machine, but it takes precedence to PowerBooks?!?!? Give me a ****in' brake! [/B]
Hey, you should relax. You don't want to get an ulcer before you can get a new powerbook
Originally posted by neumac
Although I see almost no chance of a G5 Pbook before next year, this move does seem to give that rumor a little more credence. After all, wouldn't a 1.25 GHz Pbook be a bit anticlimactic at this point?
I'm hoping for dual 1.25GHz 7457's...
...dreaming perhaps since Motorola can't manufacture enough
Originally posted by neumac
After all, wouldn't a 1.25 GHz Pbook be a bit anticlimactic at this point?
Yes it would...but then again so was this iMac upgrade.
Unfortunately, it may have to do with what Apple has available to them at the time (chip wise) and I suppose a minor speed bump with a new Aluminum enclosure (for the 15") is better than none.