Does iPod w/mac promo mean no new laptops soon?
I hope not, since I've been anxiously waiting for a new iBook (still dreaming of a 14" widescreen)
But it seems this promo is the incentive for those shopping for a laptop for school. Designed to make those sitting on the fence to pull the trigger and buy the remaining inventory.
Only after September 24th (end of free iPod/laptop bundle), will we seen a completely revamped iBook line up. Sound about right?
But it seems this promo is the incentive for those shopping for a laptop for school. Designed to make those sitting on the fence to pull the trigger and buy the remaining inventory.
Only after September 24th (end of free iPod/laptop bundle), will we seen a completely revamped iBook line up. Sound about right?
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Apple.
I think it's a fait accompli that Apple's portable lineup is very stale.
PowerBooks: Weak update on January 31, 2005.
iBook: Last updated October 19, 2004.
I cannot imagine Apple letting the iBook stagnate almost a year without an update, but then again, they let it happen to the iMac flat-panel G4.
Originally posted by Nak
Perhaps something later in the calendar year... like mid november, but for sure something, even if a speed bump, by next Jan.
I love how some like to arbitrarily throw around dates. Way too liberal. A speed bump by January? That's way too long a gap for just a speed bump, esp. when these products have already been bumped to death. Think of how stupid it sounds when you say a speed bump by January. 14 months and then just a "speed bump." Nuts!
iBooks updated to 1.33 to 1.5 GHz 7447 processors.
95% chance that Powerbooks will be updated with 1.67 to 1.8 GHz 7448 processors. 5% chance that Powerbooks will be updated with 1.6 to 1.8 GHz 970fx processors.
That 5% chance is probably closer to zero since a Powerbook G5 likely requires a form-factor change (thicker notebook), and I think Apple would rather save a form-factor change, and accompanying marketing campaign, for the Mac/Intel laptop. If a G5 board can be shoe-horned into the current 15" and 17" exclosure, then I could increase the odds to 10%, maybe.
I can also see new iBooks being announced a few weeks earlier than a new Powerbooks, just a few, like 3 or 4.
Originally posted by cj171
the most surprising thing is how long these products have had the same video chipsets...especially the 9200..that's a few years old by now
It's all about the $$$, those 9200 chips are probably dirt cheap by this point.
I agree with THT, which is a perspective I haven't yet heard - about the form factor probably needing a change for a G5 processor. Apart from anything else, they probably wouldn't want to make them thicker anyway, something that hopefully wont need to be changed come the Intels.
Oh well, since she got a mini iPod for graduation, some one in our house will be getting the mini iPod because of Apple's promotion. gott'a look on the brightside mustn't I
Originally posted by DHagan4755
I love how some like to arbitrarily throw around dates. Way too liberal. A speed bump by January? That's way too long a gap for just a speed bump, esp. when these products have already been bumped to death. Think of how stupid it sounds when you say a speed bump by January. 14 months and then just a "speed bump." Nuts!
To each his own.
That would be the thing to do if Apple plans to introduce new models in the month or so after, in October + time frame, and doesn't want old model stock to contend with.
Looking at the 'Know when to buy your Mac' site, which tracks Mac models and their last improvement dates, at buyersguide.macrumors.com, it looks like the iBook is the clear 'most-needy' model for an update. (Everymac.com is another good site to compare model specs and dates)
So, besides presuming what seems to be a sure update to the iBook line in the fall (October+), perhaps that means a speed-bump for the iMac G5 and/or the iPod mini as well (since they just refreshed/consilidated the iPod white line this past month).