iPod and Powerbook Dates?

Hee hee. "No, really. This time I mean it. Feb. 25 for sure. ... Probably."

thats a pretty intense prediction... mac whispers are putting their arse on the line with a definative date and all... i disagree completely as the 10 gig has just gone on sale til march 14which leads me to believe march 18th would be a more reasonable prediction, but hey, this is so many of our wet dreams, to have a 40gig ipod that is... so prove me wrong and bring it on!!!

I wouldn't put much stock into anything MacWhispers says considering it's run by Jack Campbell of MacTable fame. If you're not familiar with the MacTable fiasco, check http://www.macintouch.com/mactable.html

This rumour is bs. It will NOT have firewire800!

"According to sources inside Texas Instruments, that company is shipping a new low power FireWire 800 (IEEE1394b) bridge chipset to Apple. As the only portable product made by Apple to use such an HDD bridge is the iPod, clearly Apple is preparing to launch new iPod models that implement the twice-as-fast FireWire standard."


Okay, let's say for fun that MacWhispers is right - TI is shipping Apple FireWire 800 bridge chipsets.

I take issue with the "As the only portable product made by Apple to use such an HDD bridge is the iPod" part ... who's to say that the iPod won't stay FW400, and a new video device (vPod?) will use FW800?

Who's to say an iTablet wouldn't use FW800?

My only point is that even if true, these might be for a totally new device - NOT for the iPod. It seems that an iPod is just fine with old-school FW400.

That is, if the rumor has any truth at all.

the only computers with FW800 are the 17 inch PB G4, the 17 inch iMacs, and the Powermacs.
It won't be FW800 for a little while longer.
I want new updates really soon and i mean really really soon.

All i can say is that it better have FW400 and FW800. I have a dual 800 at home and if they start releasing peripherals that are not compatible I will be very very upset.

Originally posted by GPTurismo
All i can say is that it better have FW400 and FW800. I have a dual 800 at home and if they start releasing peripherals that are not compatible I will be very very upset.

I think a FW800 device will still connect to a FW400 edvice.

arn

Originally posted by arn
I think a FW800 device will still connect to a FW400 edvice.

arn

With an adaptor.


See page 3:


http://a992.g.akamai.net/7/992/51/93b28da05d3103/www.apple.com/firewire/pdf/FireWire_Tech_Brief-a.pdf

I wonder if we will actually see iPod updates on the 25th or not.