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  • I'm betting that if we see the MBP announced at WWDC, it will be Leopard-related, with the MBP supporting in hardware some new Leopard features. It's probably worth bearing in mind that this MBP rev will have originally been designed to ship alon…
    in New MacBook Pro's Tuesday! Comment by spin dr bob May 2007
  • ATI says the new 2000-series GPUs are shipping in laptops "beginning in late May" ... without a CPU update though (a decent one, which is a ways off) that could still make the update OK for pre-WWDC announcement.
    in Macbook Pro Update Comment by spin dr bob May 2007
  • It's not just the reported EOL that is making people expect an update. Powerbooks simply aren't shipping at the moment - even at the US Apple Online Store, try and stick so much as an extra 256mb of RAM in one and it will only ship in 7-10 days. …
    in eMac and PowerBook declared EOL Comment by spin dr bob January 2005
  • If they really want a quiet announcement that slips under the radar, then a week with a public holiday is a good time to announce the updates.
    in PB speed bump Comment by spin dr bob January 2005
  • Hmmm ... Airport ... Airport Extreme ... Make way for ... Airport Absurd!
    in Apple AirPort 802.11n plans? Comment by spin dr bob November 2004
  • If you need the machine now, but it. If you don't, I would wait. Apple needs to update the 'books somehow and soon. It's just a matter of what they change. I would at least expect to see a faster GPU, possibly a Radeon Mobility 9800, which is …
    in No G5 PowerBook? Comment by spin dr bob November 2004
  • Imiloa makes a lot of sense. I was down playing with a 15" PB next to a new iBook yesterday, as I also have some cash to drop on a new PB when I think the time is right. The 15" was no more snappy than the iBook at the variety of everyday task…
    in No new PowerBooks before the holidays Comment by spin dr bob October 2004
  • An interesting question might be just how much faster a G5 PowerBook is going to be. These benchmarks at http://www.barefeats.com/imacg5.html seem to suggest that if you pit a current 1.5Ghz model PB G4 against a current model 18 Ghz iMac G5, the…
    in No new PowerBooks before the holidays Comment by spin dr bob October 2004
  • I don't think we'll be seeing a G5 in a PowerBook anytime soon. And when we do, it looks like it will be a machine that gets very hot, uses battery at a rate of knots, and so on. What that could mean is that Apple has the opportunity to put to…
    in New Powerbook Comment by spin dr bob October 2004
  • Well I'm not sure that the 4G iPods have BT, but a BT remote could be quite handy, and the range could be OK. I have an old B&W G3 set up as a server, and I have it running Sailing Clicker so I can use my T610 as a remote for Airtunes. I h…
    in Your 4G iPod has wireless built in.... Comment by spin dr bob August 2004
  • 151. 10 gb Windows iPod. Reformated to HFS when I realised that what I really needed was a shiny new iBook! (It works much better than the old Mac Portable I used to have...unlike my P3 Toshiba Satellite...!)
    in Let's count iPods Comment by spin dr bob January 2003
  • Happened to mine about three weeks ago. New motherboard and all is OK.... ...that is, after they installed a 700 MHz iBook motherboard into my 800 MHz iBook and had to repeat the exercise! (grrrr...)
    in Ladies and Gents My iBook has died!!!!! Comment by spin dr bob March 2003
  • [quote] I believe we shall see a little something next week. An iPod is a little something... (anyone tried ordering one recently?)
    in What will we see on the 27th?? Comment by spin dr bob January 2003
  • I wouldn't be surprised to see the iBooks staying a generation of chips behind the AlBooks. So as the AlBooks move up to a next gen of chips, I would expect to see the iBook get a G4. Keeps a clean product differentiation, and allows Apple to inc…
    in Future ibook Comment by spin dr bob January 2003