15 inch Aluminum PowerBook Soon

with all the rumors flying around about the IBM processors, if the 15 inch is released before WWDC it probably won't be 64 bit. There's no proof it will be after the conference either.

I'm still waiting for my 17" powerbook in Canada. Maybe Apple should concentrate on producing products before announcing them so that they can ship right away

My last 2 PowerBooks have been a 12" with a left-palm rest which cooked my left wrist & a 1GHz Ti Book with a fan that ran all the time. I'm seriously thinking of just getting an iMac (and this is supposed to be the year of the laptop). :rolleyes:

Originally posted by xj9000
with all the rumors flying around about the IBM processors, if the 15 inch is released before WWDC it probably won't be 64 bit. There's no proof it will be after the conference either.

The 970 will not be in the 15". That is the dumbest rumor yet. How would it be in a laptop before a tower? The tower is significanly easier to build and integrate.

The 15" will hopefully have resoultion options like the dell version (Extended XGA, Extended SXGA and Extended UXGA).

Yeah, can't believe they're going to put a 970 in a PowerBook before they release Panther and before debuting it at WWDC in June.

It will most likely be a 1 GHz, same as the 17 inch.

I have to say, I don't like the Aluminum as much as the Titanium. Saw a 17" in the Apple Store over the weekend - silver keys and all...much happier with the looks of my TiPB. :D

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Originally posted by jamilecrire
The 970 will not be in the 15". That is the dumbest rumor yet. How would it be in a laptop before a tower? The tower is significanly easier to build and integrate.

Wishful thinking. The numbers show that the 1.2 GHz 970 runs much cooler than the current 1 GHz G4 in the PowerBooks, so people think it will be used immediately. But I think you're right -- we'll see them in the towers first.

(I sure would love a 970-based 17" PB though... :D )

I think if there's a press conference about the new PowerBook, we can expect better than a Ghz G4 in the sucker.

this may be slightly off topic, but what order do you all think we will see on these releases: powerbook 15" Al, ipod, ibook. I'd say it'll go ipod, PB, ibook.

I agree that there's no way a 970 will be in a PB before a tower. Let's say they put a 1.8 Ghz PPC 970 in a PB... not only does that ENTIRELY kill sales of the 17" and 12", but it probably cuts in to tower sales as well. The 15" would be Apple's fastest machine (for many tasks)... many professionals looking for top-end power would stop buying the towers. That's not good business for Apple.

15-inchers must be coming soon. The latest Micro Center flyer lists the current models as "subject to availability" which they always do on the cusp of new model releases.

...are getting ready to go from Ti to Al within a month or so.

Ramping up production now; getting ready to go to Aluminum in a month.

IOW, they are producing a lot of the current TiBooks now; in another month they expect to change over to AlBooks.

Therefore, there will be enough inventory of the current TiBooks to carry them until later in the year. Don't expect to buy a 15" AlBook for several months. When that machine does come out, it could have a 970, who knows.