Full iBook Specs

So, it doesn't sound like there's anything new except a minor speed bump and a new sub-$1K entry level model.

Lacklustre.

What good would a superdrive be in a G3-based machine? Encoding a DVD with a G3 has got to be a tiring experience.

i think that a $200 price drop is pretty signifigant... a $999 notebook is awsome.

now what about those powerbook specs?

kungfu

Originally posted by oldMac
What good would a superdrive be in a G3-based machine? Encoding a DVD with a G3 has got to be a tiring experience.

If these old grey cells serve me right, a G4 is needed to run iDVD, hence the iMac had a G4 on it's re-introduction. G3 iBooks will most likely have combo-drive for top of the line for a while.

Originally posted by Hemingray
So, it doesn't sound like there's anything new except a minor speed bump and a new sub-$1K entry level model.

Lacklustre.

What were you expecting? Superdrive, G4, bluetooth and $500 price tag?

An iBook for under $1,000, see Apple, that wasnt so hard now was it? Now that the prices are just right, its only a matter of waiting for them to be spec for spec as good as the competition. I'm talking DVD players and more Ram on all models. But, since we will not ever get that, these are good enough. These look like good Macs to buy to hold me over until the G5's get here.

What it is:

$999, CD-ROM, 12.1", 700MHz G3, 128MB, 20GB
$1299, Combo Drive, 12.1", 800MHz G3, 128MB, 30GB
$1599, Combo Drive, 14.1", 800MHz G3, 256MB, 30GB

What it should be:

$999, DVD/CD, 12.1", 700MHz G3, 256MB, 20GB
$1299, Combo Drive, 12.1", 800MHz G3, 512MB, 30GB
$1599, Combo Drive, 14.1" (1280x1024), 800MHz G3, 512 or 768MB, 40GB
32MB Graphics on all models

Originally posted by Nebrie


What were you expecting? Superdrive, G4, bluetooth and $500 price tag?

It's this attitude of low expectations about Apple actually giving us something competitive in hardware specs and costs that allows them to sell 5 year old technology at a premium price in todays market. Maybe if we held Apple under a microscope and told them what we want to see all the time, they would deliver. If you just accept everything they give you without pointing out what they need to improve on, we will end up getting farther and farther behind every other computer manufacturer and OS.
These price cuts should have been done a long time ago. They are starting to do a good job on pricing now with their whole consumer line but they are doing terrible at actually updating their computers to do more and be faster every year. So it looks like they will not be getting much faster next year if they resorted to dropping prices.

I do need to state however that the prices for the i line of Macs is great, but that they should have been faster than they are now if Motorola was doing their job and everybody knows it.

Originally posted by reyesmac


It's this attitude of low expectations about Apple actually giving us something competitive in hardware specs and costs that allows them to sell 5 year old technology at a premium price in todays market.

I completely agree. If those are the specs for the iBook they really aren't anything special for $999. Apple needs to start ponying up and be more willing to have slightly lower profit margins.

I'm just tired of having to wait 6-9 months for any kind of update at all. (in most cases). Look at other companies. Dell (I hate dell) updates their line twice as often as Apple, if not more. This leads apple fans to only buy when a new line comes out and if it's been 4-5 months, buying slows down because of an expected update. Updates should come every 3-4 months accross the board IMHO. It would make things seem faster even if the were just minor updates.