G4 iBook specs leaked?
From this article at
The Register
500mhz!!..Somehow I can't believe that one.
Thoughts...
The Register
Quote:
A major UK reseller may have inadvertently pre-announced Apple's intention to migrate the iBook consumer notebook line to the G4 processor.
Dabs' latest computer magazine off-the-page sales advert refers to a "iBook G4". The machine is equipped with a 500MHz processor, 60GB hard drive, 256MB of memory and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive. It also sports a 15in display, the ad says.
The price for the machine is £859 -$1408 excluding sales tax.
A major UK reseller may have inadvertently pre-announced Apple's intention to migrate the iBook consumer notebook line to the G4 processor.
Dabs' latest computer magazine off-the-page sales advert refers to a "iBook G4". The machine is equipped with a 500MHz processor, 60GB hard drive, 256MB of memory and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive. It also sports a 15in display, the ad says.
The price for the machine is £859 -$1408 excluding sales tax.
500mhz!!..Somehow I can't believe that one.
Thoughts...
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Originally posted by Proxy
From this article at
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500mhz!!..Somehow I can't believe that one.
Thoughts...
If it's true, that's lame!
`Plz close this stupid thread!
Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
*LOL*
`Plz close this stupid thread!
Well if The Reg says it's true than it must be
The weird thing is how something like this got to be in the flyer - there's no clear alternative product that could be accounted for unless there were multiple mistakes in drafting it, which is not really that likely. The cheapest PB G4 15" is £1599, and the nearest priced iBook is a 12.1" combo at £1049 which has 512MB RAM and a 40GB HD. The only other possibility is that this is a total aberration or someone just made it up out of thin air. Maybe it's all just an attempt to get some publicity??
iBook moving to G4 processors? - Why not. However, I'd expect a 867 MHz version at least.
Now, _if_ Apple would do a 500 MHz version, just to clearly differentiate between PowerBooks and iBooks, a 15" widescreen iBook would still be a nice machine to buy if you're on a budget.
I just can believe that school kids are going to lug around a 15" lap top. As for a 500mhz G4, why bother, for general use the 900mhz G3 would be better and it isn't made by Moto.
I do agree that 13 & 15 widescreen would make some sense, but the addvert just doesn't say that.
Originally posted by Proxy
From this article at The Register: ... UK reseller may have inadvertently pre-announced ...
500mhz!!..Somehow I can't believe that one.
Then don't! 500MHz is a crappy hoax! Maybe the number was only a second "inadvertently" typo...
Until now, Apple has never introduced new or updated products with a lower processor speed than it's predecessor. There is no reason doing so right now.
As they just took the 12"-PB from 867MHz to 1G, they could replace the iBook line with 800 and 900MHz G4-Processors. That would make sense and would not cannibalize the 12"-PB, because that one still differentiates enough from the iBook with its Superdrive, AirportExtreme, FiWi800, external screen connector (iBook only mirror mode)
Imagine all the people sitting on the fence waiting for a G4 iBook? Surely Apple would much rather prefer they focus on and buy from the products currently available.
I'd love to see a G4 iBook, but I doubt seeing a 15" model unless it was severely limited in it's graphics and display res. I've always thought having only one size iBook at 13" would be perfect. Crank up the res a bit too and maybe widescreen as well.
Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
If Apple were to use a 500 Mhz chip, then I'd say Steve has gone nuts... That would be plain out stupid!
There only so far you can stretch "Megahertz Myth Marketing", and I'm afraid this elastic won't make it to the moon.
Forget it, it's a publicity stunt on the part of the Web Site to get traffic so they can sell whatever they really have ...
"What, a 500Mhz G4 iBook? Are you crazy, it was soooo obviously a typo, now please pay for your purchases and get out, and come again!"
If they made a super-entry-level iBook with 500 MHz G4 for something like 5-600$ that would be nice (though highly unlikely), but this is just dumb.
maybe not so wrong? iBook tablet
Originally posted by satchmo
Now that speculation of a G5 Powerbook is over, the last thing Apple wants is talk of a G4 iBook.
Imagine all the people sitting on the fence waiting for a G4 iBook? Surely Apple would much rather prefer they focus on and buy from the products currently available.
I'd love to see a G4 iBook, but I doubt seeing a 15" model unless it was severely limited in it's graphics and display res. I've always thought having only one size iBook at 13" would be perfect. Crank up the res a bit too and maybe widescreen as well.
No Apple wants rumors of 500Mhz G4's so people would buy 'em before they're replaced.