13inch iBooks along with Powerbooks

But they also report that new iBooks will be released alongside upcoming Powerbooks with 13" screens at 800mhz G3's.

You might wish to rephrase that, it sounds like the PowerBook will have a 13" screen and an 800MHz G3... :D How's THAT for an upgrade! Booyah!

So, I take it this means no more separate 12" and 14" iBooks, just the single 13"? Good enough. I still wanna see a G4 in that thing come this time next year!

I hope that they will still have iBooks with 12" screens in the future. What I always liked about the iBooks was the small size and I consider to buy one in the next few months as a sub-notebook, since my Wallstreet's screen has problems since a while and I don't feel like shelling out 1,000 bucks just for a replacement of the LCD...

I want a small iBook, I couldn't care less about a 13" screen...

groovebuster

I think there's room in the current iBook footprint for a 13" screen. We're talking diagonal, and there's a good bit of unused space around the 12" screen of the current iBook.

Originally posted by oldMac
I think there's room in the current iBook footprint for a 13" screen. We're talking diagonal, and there's a good bit of unused space around the 12" screen of the current iBook.

This is what I'd like to see. I've always thought there was room for a 13" screen in the 12.1" enclosure. Also, to be honest, the 14" iBook looks silly. Its just too big...

biscuit

Looking at the new technology that has come out from IBM, ATI, etc it is posible to make a guess what should be in the new iBooks/Powerbooks.

Powerbook: Will remain the same look but have new hardware.
-ATI 9000M 64MB DDR Graphics
-PC266 DDR RAM
-1MB L3
-133Mhz bus
-At least 40GB HD
-933Mhz and 1000Mhz versions.

ibook: Looking at the recent revisoins to the iMac it would seem that Apple will have a 13in model.
-ATI 7500M 32MB DDR or Geforce 2GO 32MB DDR Graphics
-PC133 RAM
-100Mhz BUS
-AT least 30GB HD
-700Mhz and 800Mhz versions.

Just to clarify this the G3s have a 200 MHz bus. It isn't double pumped it is just a straight 200 MHz bus.

I'm sure they could fit a 13" screen into the current 12" ibook. It makes sense to me, Apple saves money by not producing 2 different models + we still get a small portable laptop that is a compromise between 12 + 14.

By the way, I think the ibook will get a higher screen resolution.

Originally posted by groovebuster
I don't feel like shelling out 1,000 bucks just for a replacement of the LCD...
groovebuster

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what about the TiBook?

It may be coming out with a new screen, but what will it's native resolution be?

The current 1024 x 768 is too low for OS X in my opinion, in fact it's what puts me off the iBook. It really needs to be around 1280 x 1024 not to feel cramped with most current software.