Who is buying a new PowerBook?
After probably 8-1/2 months of endless speculation on the 15-inch PowerBook, probably 3+ months on the other two PowerBooks (mostly features of the Rev. B 12-inch), rumors of low-powered G5s, supposed delays of 7547s, etc., we may actually seem some closure to all of this by this time tomorrow (WAHOO!).
That said, who is buying whatever is announced? What are you buying? The 12-inch? The 15-inch? The 17-inch? Nothing? iPod?
Myself, I plan on purchasing a 15-inch PB with an 80 GB HD.
That said, who is buying whatever is announced? What are you buying? The 12-inch? The 15-inch? The 17-inch? Nothing? iPod?
Myself, I plan on purchasing a 15-inch PB with an 80 GB HD.
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I will also buy it in standard-config to get it as fast as possible.
Originally posted by DHagan4755
That said, who is buying whatever is announced? What are you buying? The 12-inch? The 15-inch? The 17-inch? Nothing? iPod?
Depends what is in store. If it is a G5-based book, I will quite likely buy the 15" base config. If only the 17" goes G5 or they stick with 7457, I will pass this time and wait till early summer to replace my Ti400.
At any rate, I am not going to buy unless Panther is bundled - if it means waiting another 2 month, so be it.
And because of market pressures, I'll have to buy a Dell or Acer in the next two weeks - my clients are completely Windows-oriented and it's getting worse.
Man, I sold my 800 TiBook in April. And I've been h..a..n..g..i..n...g. around for the aluminium. grrrrr
Hopefully the new ones will have all the trimmings that everyones been calling for but also a 2x SD.
I am just shaking with anticipation for tomorrow. My poor girlfriend Kathy is going nuts with me talking about the bloody thing as if we're expecting puppies or something!!!!
This can only happen to Mac users....seriously. Where in the world would you get a Dell user going..."Man, I can't wait for the new slab laptops to come out".
I'll be literally glued to the computer screen after I get home from work tomorrow.
Come on Stevie baby, don't let us down. We've been waiting too long for this announcement!
yeah yeah yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unless the 15" gets a G5 and the 12" doesn't. But I reckon they'll all stay G4 anyway.
Amorya
Basically, I'm living with what I've got until a G5 becomes (much) more affordable.
Powerbook G4 1 GHz w/ 12" screen
- Superdrive
- 40 GB HD
- 256 MB ram (Apple would never put more)
- USB 2.0
- Firewire 400
- Bluetooth
- DVI
- Lighted keyboard
It HAS to have a DVI port. Want to use it with my 20" Cinema. The lighted keyboard would be real nice too.
But Apple probably won't do it.
Yeah, 15" users need to hook up to a Cinema display more than 12" users do.
Apple has some unusual reasoning sometimes.
Just because it is smaller, does that mean they have to cripple it?
Originally posted by pscates
I might buy one...
Nah.. no way, really?
I think it would make the 12" that much more popular.
It gives you the nice small form factor for the road but then you can hook it up to a nice honkin display at home.
But I guess Apple wants you to pay $600.00 more for the privledge.
Originally posted by Cosmo
15" for me. It really doesn't matter what the update is, as long as its an update, i've been at school with my 333 iMac for 3 weeks now and i need more power for my multimedia classes.
I always wondered what that "multimedia class"-thing is? Is it still around? "Multimedia"... feels so ninetinish.
checked my creditcard, it says: buy and bleed.
so: no
otherwise: 15 incher Al
i am a new member to appleinsider. i have not yet actually made the switch to apple, i am still stuck on winblows
later