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PowerBook Updates -- As Early as Next Week?

Wednesday August 13, 2003 1:51 am PDT by Arnold Kim
Deciphering Mac rumors is as much an art as it is a science. Unfortunately, clear and direct information is rarely offered. Instead, pieces of information must be collected and interpreted. Over the past week, a number of common themes have intersected from a collection of smaller sites and sources.



This common thread between them appears to predict across the board PowerBook updates as early as next week -- with 12", 15" and 17" Powerbook models finally seeing updates. The rumors all seem to point towards a thinner 12" PowerBook and a high end PowerBook with speeds up to 1.33GHz. Reports include backlit keyboards and FW800 throughout. Next week is the earliest date provided, otherwise timeframes are described on the order of weeks.



This information has been spread by MacBidouille, MacOSRumors, Kodawarisan, MacNews.net.tc, a Mailing List posting and a number of anonymous reports.



Due the nature of the internet, it is very clear that information is often repeated and spread without crediting the original source. As a result, some of the listed "sources" may simply represent a common source... however, enough seemingly independent sources have echoed the same data to report this information.

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DrGruv1
111 months ago
make it so...
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edenwaith
111 months ago
Sorry, but I'm going to have to rate this one as a no-go. Considering that the 15" line is around the 8-9 month marker, it is time to see that model make the Aluminum transition, but Apple might just wait long enough to bring them all up to speed at once.

Personally, I'd like to see the iBooks get a nice boost, even if that meant getting a sub-$1000 iBook with a CD-RW drive.
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maradong
111 months ago
dunno if i should believe it or not.
thought i m definetly waiting for those powerbooks to be updated :D
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NicoMan
111 months ago

Originally posted by DrGruv1
make it so...


Please, please,please....

I bloody need to replace my iBook: watching divx on it is not very convenient. But I could very well see the update next week and me having to find an internet cafe on holiday to check on monday or tuesday... (last november I was on holiday when they updated the 15" and I had to check in a hotel in the Seychelles on what felt like a 14.4k modem: about 2 to 3 minutes per page at best. Talk about being sad...)

Anyway... It's about time we saw an update on the PB line.
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AndrewMT
111 months ago
Is anyone as unexcited about the revisions in the powerbook line as I am? I have never been impressed with the G4s performance in notebooks. I for one am eagerly awaiting the G5 powerbooks and will not even be tempted by the modest speedbumps coming to the notebook line soon.

Is it possible that we could see a G5 powerbook by the holiday season? Yah, guess not :mad:
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markseaton
111 months ago
All i realy want is the 15" to get the same updates that the 12" and 17" have and the new case i don't need to see any more speed boosts or any new features but i hope they make the glowing keyboard in all the models maybe with better controls for the diming and color, my buddy has a back lit car tac and he can turn a nob and ajust the color a bit from blue to teal and purple i and the brightness i think i would be cool to have a control panel to do this :)
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nagromme
111 months ago
No G5s until next year.

But the G4 has always been a strong performer for laptops, and that should continue--especially if new PBooks use the 7457. (Which is probably the delay: Motorola's fault.)

As for timing... I have seen reports of next week, but I bet they are all repeating whatever site said so first. And the details, like lit keyboards and thinner 12", sound even more in doubt.

It would be nice if it happened, though!
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mvc
111 months ago
noo nooo don't listen to the sirens, what they are singing are sweet sweet nothings to snare you with FALSE HOPE :eek:

Actually I heard a rumor that the 15" Powerbook has been discontinued. Steve said: "Well we can't bring it out now, its so freaking late we are just gonna look like a whole bunch of wobbly asses.…"
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Squire
111 months ago

Originally posted by AndrewMT
Is anyone as unexcited about the revisions in the powerbook line as I am?


I'm not too excited. I don't intend on buying a notebook in the next six months. Although seeing the cool keyboard and a thinner case on the 12" would be neat. Maybe they've decided to make it a real PowerBook this time instead of an aluminum iBook.

I really feel sorry for the people who HAVE been waiting.

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stefman
111 months ago

Originally posted by mvc
Actually I heard a rumor that the 15" Powerbook has been discontinued. Steve said: "Well we can't bring it out now, its so freaking late we are just gonna look like a whole bunch of wobbly asses.…"


Yeah! It's getting to a point that it's embarrassing!!

I guess we'll know on Monday or Tuesday and if not I'll buy the current 17" (I'm still trying to convince myself that the size is not too big, so I go everyday to the Apple Store and look at it and lift it to make sure I can live with it).
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