Apple's Plans

While this seems to make sense to me, I wonder why they didn't just do it at MWCE. Seems to me they have an established track record of "here it is" and "you can get one later" working for them already.

I read this article and it makes sense, although I sometimes wonder how many sources in the rumor community are other rumor sites!

I know there are big lovers of the iBook - I have never been one of them; however, I am not saying that I dislike them either. I think they definitely have their place in the line up - not just in processor power, but also in case style ( this in itself is a nice addition to the line ) and feature set.

I can see Apple's conundrum, especially if the IBM's G3 keeps advancing faster than Mot's G4 - but I hope they keep the book in some capacity.

Although, I've always questioned the need for the 14 inch - please don't spam, it's just MHO.

PS. When I say that I am not a lover of the iBook, I am not trying to dis it, I am only contrasting myself from those who DO love it.

Originally posted by Mudbug
While this seems to make sense to me, I wonder why they didn't just do it at MWCE. Seems to me they have an established track record of "here it is" and "you can get one later" working for them already.

I think that since the new iMac was originally debuted and had all those delays, all the consumer Macs have shipped immediately on announcement.

I expect they will wait until the G5s are shipping at the end of August, then announce updates to other products.

When? I think that this is question that is lingering in everyone's minds. Besides, how long has it been since the Tibook was updated?

Exactly.

I wonder whether they are going to update the PowerMac G4s as well... it would only be a marginally higher speed, but maybe using the 7457 would make them a bit more quiet.

Originally posted by macphisto
When? I think that this is question that is lingering in everyone's minds. Besides, how long has it been since the Tibook was updated?

Exactly.

Right

Originally posted by Macrumors
MacNews.net.tc also notes that G5 PowerMacs may see bumps by Jan/Feb 2004

We're already making G5 predictions, and they haven't even shipped yet :D

The article is pretty cool. I never really liked the 14" iBook... now it seems to overlap w/ the 12" PowerBook.

Originally posted by crenz
I wonder whether they are going to update the PowerMac G4s as well... it would only be a marginally higher speed, but maybe using the 7457 would make them a bit more quiet.

Highly, highly doubted. The PowerMac G4s have all but disappeared from the site, I believe they are only there in "Server PowerMacs".... you can buy that single 1.25, but it's not advertised on the site or anything. Perhaps they'll sell a (relatively) crappy G4 for the lower price point, since the lowest you can configure a G5 is like 1650.

sounds all good to me. i just hope apple gets powerbooks out soon, kids are ready for college, and mom and dad want to prep them up for the trip.

iJon

Originally posted by bobindashadows
Highly, [B]highly doubted. The PowerMac G4s have all but disappeared from the site, I believe they are only there in "Server PowerMacs".... you can buy that single 1.25, but it's not advertised on the site or anything. Perhaps they'll sell a (relatively) crappy G4 for the lower price point, since the lowest you can configure a G5 is like 1650. [/B]

They are not only selling single 1.25's. There are two versions of the single proc 1.25 and one of the dual proc. They range in price from $1299 to $3274. These are the OS9 bootable machines.

And they are right there on Apple's store page:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70707/wo/sI1y5mST2unM2vnX6dRxrvVL8y6/0.0.7.1.0.5.21.1.8.1.0.0.0.1.0

I'm not saying that there will be any G4 updates, but I wanted to set the facts straight on this.