Apple's 17-inch PowerBook Production

I don't see why this would be a big deal. Unless they put a G5 in it. MMMM 17" g5 powerbook (drool)

First Post (he he)

I wonder where Digitimes gets their info - they're still reporting about a 15.4 inch PB!!!

Well a 15.4 could be a revised 15.2 inch PB with all new screen. As they were having issues with them.

Does this indicate a redesign of the PB? Possibly to accommodate a G5? :cool:

i doubt it's a redesign, but i guess there's always a possibility of the g5 showing up in powerbooks, though i highly doubt it! i'd guess apple got a deal for better and/or cheaper production.

Hmm I thought ...................

Apple, which is facing increasing price challenges from Wintel notebooks launched by Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba, is unlikely to accept Compal’s demands given the production was based on contract orders, the sources said.

..........was quite telling. Maybe we'll be seeing even further price drops in the 17" PowerBook in the future? :)
Then again current PB price distributions are pretty spaced out. The 15" SD PB is $2,600. You can't drop the 17" PB much without getting pretty close to that 15" SD PB price. Hmmm. :confused:

Originally posted by ITR 81
Well a 15.4 could be a revised 15.2 inch PB with all new screen. As they were having issues with them.

no...

They've been talking about a 15.4 inch screen since January or so.

arn

Is there a 20" laptop in the future.

Originally posted by 1macker1
Is there a 20" laptop in the future.

as soon as they create foldable displays, there will. ;)
However, tehy wont call it noebook, but blackboard...

Originally posted by visor
as soon as they create foldable displays, there will. ;)
However, tehy wont call it noebook, but blackboard...

Nah, forget about bigscreens, just put a projector in; find a blank patch of wall to point at, and hey presto! A 72 inch Powerbook! :)