I have a feeling that the first generation G5 PowerBooks will have only a slight increase in speed. Not anything major like most people are waiting for.
I think it will depend on the application, just like it did when the PowerBook G3 became the PowerBook G4. I recall Final Cut Pro being much faster rendering than it was on the Pismo PowerBook G3.
I bought my PB three months ago and have not regretted it.
I would love to have a G5 PB but not at the expense of a larger more bulky package. I have no problems waiting.
I am assuming Tiger is taking up most of Apple's time at the moment.
Whether it comes this year or not it won't be a problem for me.
I am sure my PB will last me that long.
The only thing I still cling to a PC for is FPS.
EVERYTHING else gets done on this wonderful little notebook.
I will not be annoyed if a G5 comes out - unless it's 2.5GHz with 1.25 GHz FSB etc. I want to get a G5 in a few years time so bring them out and start to improve them already!!
I think Apple are large enough to concentrate on iBook updates, iPod updates, PowerBook updates, PowerMac updates and iMac updates as well as Tiger and software. Apple are a big company. However, I can't wait for Tiger to come out. I'm going to be queuing for it!!!!
They wanted to have a G5 ready for January, that's why the update took so long.
No, the update took that long since there was not available a new CPU. The 7447B in use now has surfaced around December 2004 and Apple waited to have enough of them in order to proceeed to a Powerbook update.
if ytou are going to bother to compare "flagships" to "flagships"
At least use a notebook in the same class.
This HP is not coparable to a powerbook.
One can get an HP 17" with:
1gig of Ram
100 gig HD
P4 3.42 ghz/ 1mb L2 Cache / 800 mhz FSB
256 mb Graphics Card
802.11g
XP Media edition for 2200 bucks.
DVD Burner
in case you didn't notice they are using a desktop chip, whick cuts costs significantly. They could even be using a desktop drive.
The powerbooks are a bit underspeced, but pricewise are in line with other premium notebooks with notebook class chips. Here is a more apples to apple comparison:
Here is what I configured from Dell for about $2500. And this is very inline with the 17" powerbook
Inspiron 9200
Intel¨ Pentium¨ M Processor 765 (2.10GHz/400MHz FSB)
Microsoft¨ Windows¨ XP Professional
17" UltraSharpª Wide Screen XGA+ Display
512MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz 1 Dimm
8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
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I would love to have a G5 PB but not at the expense of a larger more bulky package. I have no problems waiting.
I am assuming Tiger is taking up most of Apple's time at the moment.
Whether it comes this year or not it won't be a problem for me.
I am sure my PB will last me that long.
The only thing I still cling to a PC for is FPS.
EVERYTHING else gets done on this wonderful little notebook.
Originally posted by rayapple
I have a feeling that the first generation G5 PowerBooks will have only a slight increase in speed. Not anything major like most people are waiting for.
I think it will depend on the application, just like it did when the PowerBook G3 became the PowerBook G4. I recall Final Cut Pro being much faster rendering than it was on the Pismo PowerBook G3.
Originally posted by lordofgain
I bought my PB three months ago and have not regretted it.
I would love to have a G5 PB but not at the expense of a larger more bulky package. I have no problems waiting.
I am assuming Tiger is taking up most of Apple's time at the moment.
Whether it comes this year or not it won't be a problem for me.
I am sure my PB will last me that long.
The only thing I still cling to a PC for is FPS.
EVERYTHING else gets done on this wonderful little notebook.
I will not be annoyed if a G5 comes out - unless it's 2.5GHz with 1.25 GHz FSB etc. I want to get a G5 in a few years time so bring them out and start to improve them already!!
I think Apple are large enough to concentrate on iBook updates, iPod updates, PowerBook updates, PowerMac updates and iMac updates as well as Tiger and software. Apple are a big company. However, I can't wait for Tiger to come out. I'm going to be queuing for it!!!!
Originally posted by MacCrazy
If Apple could make a G5 now they would.
Certainly.
They wanted to have a G5 ready for January, that's why the update took so long.
No, the update took that long since there was not available a new CPU. The 7447B in use now has surfaced around December 2004 and Apple waited to have enough of them in order to proceeed to a Powerbook update.
Originally posted by MacCrazy
I think Apple will get a dual-core or something and call it a G5 to make it seem faster.
No way, if you mean dual core G4 (32-bit). Look this:
if ytou are going to bother to compare "flagships" to "flagships"
At least use a notebook in the same class.
This HP is not coparable to a powerbook.
One can get an HP 17" with:
1gig of Ram
100 gig HD
P4 3.42 ghz/ 1mb L2 Cache / 800 mhz FSB
256 mb Graphics Card
802.11g
XP Media edition for 2200 bucks.
DVD Burner
in case you didn't notice they are using a desktop chip, whick cuts costs significantly. They could even be using a desktop drive.
The powerbooks are a bit underspeced, but pricewise are in line with other premium notebooks with notebook class chips. Here is a more apples to apple comparison:
Here is what I configured from Dell for about $2500. And this is very inline with the 17" powerbook
Inspiron 9200
Intel¨ Pentium¨ M Processor 765 (2.10GHz/400MHz FSB)
Microsoft¨ Windows¨ XP Professional
17" UltraSharpª Wide Screen XGA+ Display
512MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz 1 Dimm
8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
100GB Hard Drive
128MB ATI'sª Mobility Radeonª 9700
Dell¨ Wireless 1350 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g, 54Mbps)
Dellª TrueMobileª 300 Bluetooth Internal Card
53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Productivity Pack including WordPerfect¨
Adobe¨ Acrobat¨ Reader 6.0
Dell Jukebox - easy-to-use music player and CD burning software
Photo Album Premium - Enhance, Organize, and Share Photos
1 Year Basic Mail-In Plan
Which is very close to the powerbook price, but is a bit faster, and a bit heavier.
But I think I'll hold out for a powerbook g5. But the current lineup of powerbooks is a decent value.