yes need...im not saying they are bad, but thy are outdated as probooks with the 970 out...though i suppect it will probably be a year or whenever the .09µ shrink is done
There's going to be nothing other than G4 PowerBooks this year.
I thought that person over MacRumors who got the "unexpected delay until July 7th" notice made that the week we would see new PowerBooks. That seemed logical to me. When soulcrusher said tomorrow new PowerBooks, I was like "What? Based on?" At least the MacRumors poster gives us something to go on.
Paul: I don't think anybody here is talking about a PowerBook G5. Anybody in their right mind realizes that the next PowerBook revision will still contain a G4 processor.
Scroll up some and read through the thread.
And take a look at the other PowerBook-related thread in this forum, talking about G5 PowerBooks. Yes, some people DO indeed believe they're around the corner, otherwise I wouldn't have said what I did.
It's crazy how hopeful and optimistic (some) people are regarding a G5 PowerBook. OTOH, since I want to buy a new PowerBook in the next couple of months, I'm going through a realistic-pessimistic phase by necessity. (I think) I'll buy whatever Apple ships as the next revision of the 12-inch PB.
The current PowerBooks carry the following designations:
12" PowerBook -> PowerBook6,1
17" PowerBook -> PowerBook5,1
15" PowerBook -> PowerBook3,2
O.K. If the 12" PowerBook is now PowerBook 6,1 and soon to be 6,2 and 6,3; plus the 17" PowerBook is now 5,1 and soon to be 5,2 and 5,3; where does that leave the 15" PowerBook? It doesn't seem to have a new number associated with it. That would mean to me that it wasn't going to be update soon at all, or that drivers (or whatever) have not been written for Panther yet.
Someone stated on another forum that the 14 inch iBook , and the 12 inch iBook share designations. Screen size doen't apply to the designation, but mobo differences do...
Therefore, it's likely that the 15 incher will share the mobo of the 17 ...
I wonder if the 7457 can just "drop in" to the existing mobo on the 17 (in manufacturing terms)
Hopefully any new update would at LEAST have the 17's mobo. A 133mhz bus is sad. The 15 is starting to look very sad. And the 17 for the price is very sad indeed with only 1ghz. How bout those spare 1.42ghz G4s that Apple isn't selling anymore, eh? I bet they'll move to 1.25 for the 15, maybe 1.42, and 1.25 or 1.42 for the PB. Although the PB G4's are different than the desktop G4s right?
G5 PowerBooks we'll be lucky to see those next year folks. Calm down on that.
I really hate you guys. If Apple doesn't announce new PowerBooks tomorrow, you'll say they're coming out next week, and I'll believe you because I'm just that gullible. Will someone please kill me now? Your mad, never-ending speculation is going to drive me insane.
This article over at MacCentral Apple reverted to an older motherboard on the new low-end Power Mac G4 so it could boot OS 9 and OS X. Could Apple being doing the same thing with the 15-inch PowerBook -- meaning the it is the "bridge" system; only one still able to boot OS 9?
This article over at MacCentral Apple reverted to an older motherboard on the new low-end Power Mac G4 so it could boot OS 9 and OS X.
That article is somewhat incorrect. Apple has had the 1.25GHz system when the MDD were shipping. It was just on a different page (with a title of OS 9 ready or some shit). So it is not that they are "reverting" anything. This machine has been around for awhile...
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Originally posted by ast3r3x
yes need...im not saying they are bad, but thy are outdated as probooks with the 970 out...though i suppect it will probably be a year or whenever the .09µ shrink is done
There's going to be nothing other than G4 PowerBooks this year.
Originally posted by Escher
Paul: I don't think anybody here is talking about a PowerBook G5. Anybody in their right mind realizes that the next PowerBook revision will still contain a G4 processor.
Scroll up some and read through the thread.
And take a look at the other PowerBook-related thread in this forum, talking about G5 PowerBooks. Yes, some people DO indeed believe they're around the corner, otherwise I wouldn't have said what I did.
I wasn't just trying to be a mean party-pooper.
Originally posted by hmurchison
I'll let Junkyard Dawg suck his own D***K if this becomes true
Is this sort of crass talk necessary?
New PowerBook Model ID's?
Friday June 27, 2003 01:17 AM
One user notes the following PowerBook model names
PowerBook6,2
PowerBook5,2
PowerBook6,3
PowerBook5,3
In Panther Preview (/System/Library/Extensions/AppleMacRISC2PE.kext/Contents/PlugIns/
Portable2003_PlatformMonitor.kext/Contents/MacOS/Portable2003_PlatformMonitor)
The current PowerBooks carry the following designations:
12" PowerBook -> PowerBook6,1
17" PowerBook -> PowerBook5,1
15" PowerBook -> PowerBook3,2
Originally posted by Chris Cuilla
Is this sort of crass talk necessary?
New to ai are we?
Originally posted by pscates
Scroll up some and read through the thread.
I wasn't just trying to be a mean party-pooper.
OTOH, I was a mean party-pooper intentionally.
It's crazy how hopeful and optimistic (some) people are regarding a G5 PowerBook. OTOH, since I want to buy a new PowerBook in the next couple of months, I'm going through a realistic-pessimistic phase by necessity. (I think) I'll buy whatever Apple ships as the next revision of the 12-inch PB.
Escher
Originally posted by Chris Cuilla
Is this sort of crass talk necessary?
Nothing is necessary.
Originally posted by fahlman
Macrumors.com has a story about New PowerBook model ID's .
New PowerBook Model ID's?
Friday June 27, 2003 01:17 AM
One user notes the following PowerBook model names
PowerBook6,2
PowerBook5,2
PowerBook6,3
PowerBook5,3
In Panther Preview (/System/Library/Extensions/AppleMacRISC2PE.kext/Contents/PlugIns/
Portable2003_PlatformMonitor.kext/Contents/MacOS/Portable2003_PlatformMonitor)
The current PowerBooks carry the following designations:
12" PowerBook -> PowerBook6,1
17" PowerBook -> PowerBook5,1
15" PowerBook -> PowerBook3,2
O.K. If the 12" PowerBook is now PowerBook 6,1 and soon to be 6,2 and 6,3; plus the 17" PowerBook is now 5,1 and soon to be 5,2 and 5,3; where does that leave the 15" PowerBook? It doesn't seem to have a new number associated with it. That would mean to me that it wasn't going to be update soon at all, or that drivers (or whatever) have not been written for Panther yet.
It's still a waiting game if you ask me.
TBoxman
Therefore, it's likely that the 15 incher will share the mobo of the 17 ...
I wonder if the 7457 can just "drop in" to the existing mobo on the 17 (in manufacturing terms)
If not, I'd say it's 3.3....
MSKR
G5 PowerBooks we'll be lucky to see those next year folks. Calm down on that.
Originally posted by serrano
Nothing is necessary.
Starbucks Espresso Ice Cream.
Limoncello
De Loach Zinfindel
Ferrari 360 Modena
Any film by Frank Capra
Any record by JJ Cale
I think that completely disproves your point.
This article over at MacCentral Apple reverted to an older motherboard on the new low-end Power Mac G4 so it could boot OS 9 and OS X. Could Apple being doing the same thing with the 15-inch PowerBook -- meaning the it is the "bridge" system; only one still able to boot OS 9?
Originally posted by DHagan4755
Hate to rain on everyone's parade, but....
This article over at MacCentral Apple reverted to an older motherboard on the new low-end Power Mac G4 so it could boot OS 9 and OS X.
That article is somewhat incorrect. Apple has had the 1.25GHz system when the MDD were shipping. It was just on a different page (with a title of OS 9 ready or some shit). So it is not that they are "reverting" anything. This machine has been around for awhile...