Are Apple iBooks Next?
AppleInsider's recent PowerBook report, which was proven to contain accurate information, also offered a few hints at upcoming iBooks. According to that report, Apple is "readying updates" to their consumer notebook and will bring the iBook up to par with the rest of their line with USB 2.0 and Airport Extreme support.
Assuming Apple continues to use the G3 processor, the most likely candidate is the IBM 750GX processor which is targetted for production in December 2003.
The PowerPC 750GX will be offered at speeds up to 1.1GHz with 1MB of L2 Cache. This represents an upgrade from 512k L2 Cache in the current iBook processor (750FX). While there have been numerous unverified reports of Altivec-enabled G3s, few reliable reports of this have emerged.
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am i the only one who loves the iBooks?
that will be by first portable. im starting to save up already:)
Does it bother anyone else that IBM uses 750-X naming scheme for these chips? 750FX, 750 GX and, 750 VX. The 750, 760, 770.
(end irrelevant pet peeve). :)
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
yes!
am i the only one who loves the iBooks?
that will be by first portable. im starting to save up already:)
I love my iBook - it's a great little workhorse. At 800 MHz it's already a great little machine. With 37% faster MHz, a larger L2 cache, some DDR RAM, and a slightly upgraded video card, the next revision of iBooks will probably be at least 50% faster than my current machine, which I'm already totally satisfied with. I fully expect my iBook to keep me happy for another couple of years, but my next purchase will probably still be whatever the latest generation iBook is at the time.
altivec? on a G3? then what is the difference between it and a G4? surely that won't happen before they have a G5 powerbook, will it?
"am i the only one who loves the iBooks?"
No. I do too, and I hope the rumours about it being discontinued aren't true.
I've got an old blueberry iBook which a relative now uses and it works great still even though its getting on.
It will need to be replaced in the next year though cos its hard disk is too small ( I don't want to upgrade it cos its not worth it) and it doesnt have firewire so I've been eyeing up the white iBooks for a while. I didnt used to like them but I do now. In fact I used to hate the look of the original PBG4 but they look a damn siight better now, I still prefer the iBook though.
Originally posted by JtheLemur
I totally hope they do a new enclosure. w00t!
Probably not for a 200MHz speed bump. Besides, I actually like the white iBooks - I think they're much more distinctive than the AluBooks. I mean, companies like Fujitsu and Sharp have metal-cased laptops. But who else has white Pyrex-encased laptops?
Originally posted by ColoJohnBoy
Can someone explain to me the difference between the L2 cache on PowerBooks and the L2 on iBooks? It seems strange that the PowerBooks are just now brought up to the iBook level, but that the iBooks might get even more very soon.
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