Realistic Wishlist for new PowerBooks

mynameheremynamehere
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Since I saw the thread for the new iBook wishlist (here), I figured I might as well start another for the new PowerBooks.



So:

- What features do you think will be/would you like to see in the new PB's?



- When do you think we'll see a new PB?



- And a few other things to consider:

New case design?

What will differentiate the PBs and the iBooks?

What updates to the PBs do you think we'll see between now and the release of the intel-PBs?

What differences do you think there will be among the different PBs in the line (ie: 12" PB vs: 17" PB)?

Price?



Enjoy!
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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 86
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Upgradeable GPU/other components a la Alienware. A wide range of Input/Outputs. Right-click trackpad.
  • Reply 2 of 86
    bergzbergz Posts: 1,045member
    More pure wattage in the trackpad shockage.



    --B
  • Reply 3 of 86
    hattighattig Posts: 860member
    What I'd like to see:



    1) Widescreen 12" or 13" PowerBook

    2) Higher resolutions on all screens, e.g., 12" -> 1280x768

    3) 128MB VRAM standard

    4) PCIe graphics - mobile versions of Radeon X600 or GeForce 6600

    5) Faster processor! 7448 @ 1.8GHz minimum (maybe Apple will be able to push them further given their own requirements versus those of the 'embedded' market)

    6) Maybe slightly slimmer or lighter



    If 3 of these occur, then it won't be all bad for the PowerBook.
  • Reply 4 of 86
    mynameheremynamehere Posts: 560member
    I'd like to see:

    -better screens (higher resolution and better picture quality)

    -faster processor / faster FSB

    -optical audio across the line

    -removable bays for extra battery or cd/dvd

    -have it run a little cooler

    -better graphics card
  • Reply 5 of 86
    needanewmacneedanewmac Posts: 37member
    A 20 per cent speed boost, increase that frontside bus speed and I'll buy it, do none of the above and I'll wait.
  • Reply 6 of 86
    off/langoff/lang Posts: 98member
    All I really want is wide-screen for the 12". Everything else would be a pleasant bonus.
  • Reply 7 of 86
    sc_marktsc_markt Posts: 1,402member
    1) 8641D (and the faster memory that goes with it)

    2) Higher resolution screen

    3) Good graphics card
  • Reply 8 of 86
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Removeable bays HELL YES. Why the fuck did Apple drop these? And on that track...what about the Duo. They would sell.
  • Reply 9 of 86
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    -Two button trackpad.

    -HD display.

    -Better video chipset.

    -Yonah

    -Full featured CPU chipset, including support for surround sound.

    -Blue-Ray Superdrive.



    Ok it's not realistic but some of it is. Apple won't do this because they're afraid of making hardware that's actually competitive on its own, without OS X holding its hand.
  • Reply 10 of 86
    jms698jms698 Posts: 102member
    Two words: carbon fibre
  • Reply 11 of 86
    macroninmacronin Posts: 1,174member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg

    -Two button trackpad.

    -HD display.

    -Better video chipset.

    -Yonah

    -Full featured CPU chipset, including support for surround sound.

    -Blue-Ray Superdrive.



    Ok it's not realistic but some of it is. Apple won't do this because they're afraid of making hardware that's actually competitive on its own, without OS X holding its hand.



    I agree with JD, with a few corrections...



    -Two button trackpad.

    -17" HD display.

    -nVidia QuadroFX Go 1400 PCI Express GPU

    -Yonah dual-core 64-bit CPU

    -Full featured CPU chipset, including support for 7.1 surround sound.

    -Superdrive w/Blue-Ray & HD-DVD support



    But some will say it is not enough, calling out for a 20" HD display and dual GPUs with SLI-enabling...



    ;^p
  • Reply 12 of 86
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jms698

    Two words: carbon fibre



    Two words: Torlon Composite





    Other things I've been saying for a long time:

    - ultra-smart battery charger (it can be done)

    - 100Wh of batteries, be they swappable or not.



    Other things I've been saying recently:

    - Multicore Intel chip with revamped FPU and 2 beefy VPUs per core.
  • Reply 13 of 86
    dr. jdr. j Posts: 39member
    Quote:

    All I really want is wide-screen for the 12". Everything else would be a pleasant bonus.







    I don't know if Apple would make a widescreen smaller then 13.3"
  • Reply 14 of 86
    audiopollutionaudiopollution Posts: 3,226member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Dr. J

    I don't know if Apple would make a widescreen smaller then 13.3"



    If they gave it the resolution of the current 15" PB display, it would be almost perfect.
  • Reply 15 of 86
    chris000001chris000001 Posts: 21member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jms698

    Two words: carbon fibre



    wouldnt carbon fibre allow much better heat disipation... i kno you can put a carbon fibre muffler on a motor cycle so it wont burn the passengers leg when they are gettin of the bike.
  • Reply 16 of 86
    gugygugy Posts: 794member
    Just want 2 things:



    20" HD display PB lapzila.

    expandable to two hard drive bays.



    Speed increase is a given. So that's why I only ask that.
  • Reply 17 of 86
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by chris000001

    wouldnt carbon fibre allow much better heat disipation... i kno you can put a carbon fibre muffler on a motor cycle so it wont burn the passengers leg when they are gettin of the bike.



    Carbon fiber is worse at dissipating heat than most things. Thats why it's good for exhaust pipes, where you want to keep the exhaust gas temperature as high as possible in order to keep the pressure low and the flow fast. A CF powerbook would make cooling more difficult as it is a great insulator.
  • Reply 18 of 86
    pbpb Posts: 4,255member
    What's this obsession with carbon fiber? I hear about this one for some years now. What is so great that keeps people still talking about it?
  • Reply 19 of 86
    spyderspyder Posts: 170member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by PB

    What's this obsession with carbon fiber? I hear about this one for some years now. What is so great that keeps people still talking about it?



    I think it looks sorta neat, def don't want it on PB though.
  • Reply 20 of 86
    cubistcubist Posts: 954member
    Random thought: Those widescreen iBooks Digitimes reports on may get the Intel CPUs... and there may be no more PowerBooks at all. The iBook line could become the sole Apple laptop line. Moniker-wise, the "i" could be overloaded as standing for "intel".
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