G4 iBooks Released

from the NL-store:

US Store too, now

Apple Store up and!

G4 iBooks!! Whoohoo!

Might be a few new 12-inch PowerBook owners kicking themselves in a few hours. :)

Seriously, if these had been around a month ago when I bought my 15-inch 1.25GHz PowerBook, I might have bought a G5 desktop and complimentary 12-inch iBook instead... or maybe even just an iBook to tide me over until the next (G5 or whatever) major PowerBook revisions.

Oh well, still very happy with what I have.

Originally posted by soakwashrinse
Might be a few new 12-inch PowerBook owners kicking themselves in a few hours. :)

Seriously, if these had been around a month ago when I bought my 15-inch 1.25GHz PowerBook, I might have bought a G5 desktop and complimentary 12-inch iBook instead... or maybe even just an iBook to tide me over until the next (G5 or whatever) major PowerBook revisions.

Oh well, still very happy with what I have.

Seems that the Rev A 12" PowerBook was the iBook G4 everybody was waiting for... :p

Along with AppleWorks, the Rev A 7445 processor, some games, and the plastic case -- to make it a consumer iBook instead of the PowerBook.

Basically what people were saying for quite awhile. :D

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Seems the eMac is now the only OS 9 boot machine (or it should be, though not advertised as one any more) -- along with the retro Powermac (but that's not a product line it's probably real close to being a true legacy machine like the 9600 was for awhile).

Can anyone tell me which is better?

The ibook G4's ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics processor with 32MB of DDR SDRAM

Or the 12" Powebook's NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM

WOW, I can't quite believe it, it's great, but don't you think this will eat in to PowerBook sales?

Originally posted by soakwashrinse
Might be a few new 12-inch PowerBook owners kicking themselves in a few hours. :)

Seriously, if these had been around a month ago when I bought my 15-inch 1.25GHz PowerBook, I might have bought a G5 desktop and complimentary 12-inch iBook instead... or maybe even just an iBook to tide me over until the next (G5 or whatever) major PowerBook revisions.

Oh well, still very happy with what I have.

exactly what i was thinking sir.

an iBook for about 1200 bucks (with blootoofs and airport extreme) is quite a tasty idea for someone who's got a jacked tower and a wife who wants to surf and email when i'm trying to work...

Probably will come down to whether you want the Plastic case, consumer SW package (AppleWorks, games, etc), and the 7445 Processor.

Or the Aluminum case, Business SW (Office demo, business widgets, etc), and the 7447 processor.

The PowerBook will probably be around 25-40% faster than the iBook at the same MHz rating, depending on the app.

Originally posted by edesignuk
WOW, I can't quite believe it, it's great, but don't you think this will eat in to PowerBook sales?

I don't think so... I noticed they took care to keep the 12" model to a low-end 800 MHz processor this time, meaning that the crowd interested in an ultraportable is pretty strongly steered towards the PB12.

If I didn't have a PB12 already, the new 12" would be just about perfect for my needs, I think... other than its inability to handle monitor spanning... and potentially its limitation to 1024x768 on an external monitor. Anyone know for sure on these two details? (Not buying, just curious.)