more G4 iBook rumors
<a href="http://www.looprumors.com/" target="_blank">here</a>
i guess the iBook will go G4 someday...so if we keep guessing we have to be right someday...i can see the iBook going G4 when the new PB go into second rev.....definetly if the PB ever get the 970...but i don't see that anytime soon....g
i guess the iBook will go G4 someday...so if we keep guessing we have to be right someday...i can see the iBook going G4 when the new PB go into second rev.....definetly if the PB ever get the 970...but i don't see that anytime soon....g
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This is a list of features that the 17" PowerBook has that the 12" does not:
1 - 1 GHz G4
2 - 167 MHz Bus
3 - L3 Cache
4 - GeForce 440
5 - Firewire 800
6 - Backlit Keyboard
7 - DVI Out
In my opinion, what Apple should have done is include every single one of those features in the 12" PowerBook. I don't know if they decided against it for heat issues, space issues, pricing issues, or a combination of all three.
However, if they HAD included all those features, then they could have released the PowerBook 12" and iBook G4 simultanously, and made everyone happy at once.
The iBook G4 would have been exactly what the 12" PowerBook is now, which we all agree is a stunning machine...in the familiar Ice casing instead of Aluminum. It would have left the current iBook in the dust, and been another Apple revolution.
The 12" PowerBook would have been a duplicate of the 17" machine in every way, with the exception of screen size. The power users then only need to decide how big they want their PowerBook to be, and not give up features by choosing the 12" over the 17".
With the specs as shown above, the 12" iBook and PowerBooks would not have "cannibalized" each other, and so many people are quick to suggest a G4 iBook might do. The extra 7 features of the PowerBook would be indispensible to some, and worth an extra $500-$800 in price, depending on how Apple priced the units.
Right now though, I am guessing it was completely a price based decision for Apple to "dumb down" the 12" PowerBook, so to speak. I am not sure they could have figured out a way to make the 12" PowerBook cheap enough to be a 12" iBook G4 (under $1500), nor could they add the additional 7 features to the 12" PowerBook and keep it at a maximum cost of $2300. So they had to settle.
But as component costs go down, expect the first revision of the iBook G4 to be remarkably close to what we see in the PowerBook 12" right now.
-- Ensoniq
The next incarnation of the 15" PB should offer pros all the advantages of the 17" with a footprint not that much bigger than the 12"
David
Although every feature of the 17" will probably be included in the 15". After all, the 15" will be their biggest seller and their cash cow.
But I'm still waiting for a sub 700$ ibook..
G3 700 cd-rw....749 (699 edu)
G3 800 combo....899 (849 edu)
iBook G4
G4 800 cd-rw...999
G4 867 combo...1199
G4 14" 867 combo....1399
g
they will save the superdrive for PB unless they do a special edition G4 iBook
but that is a Al book anyway....
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Want a G4 in that form factor? My a 12" Booklette
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It seems to me that Stevo is saying, "Y'all want a G4 laptop in a smaller form-factor? Here y'go, but I'm not devaluing the differentiation between the "pro" Powerbook line and the "consumer" iBooks. You want Altivec, you gotta pay..."
Just as soon as I've found the necessary funds, I'm getting a 12" Powerbook.
If apple released a cheap G4 iBook, why would anyone buy the 12" powerbook? If they released a not-so-cheap G4 iBook, there wouldn't be any difference between it and the current 12" powerbook.
Heheh... another great idea, put the powerbook's screen on an arm and rearange the insides so that it fits in a circular base. It would sell as the iPowerbook.
Or maybe, they could put a G3 in the 12" powerbook and release G3 powerbooks exactly like the iBook.
Does anyone else find the idea of G4 iBooks completely ridiculous? Well, maybe not ridiculous. Apple could release a renamed mini-powerbook with translucent white plastic keys reminiscent of the iBook. Then we would merely be discussing the name of a laptop and the color of its keyboard.