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Apple Releases New PowerBooks and iBooks

Apple released new PowerBooks (press release) and iBooks (press release) today as was widely rumored.

The new models come in the following configurations (See Apple Store):

12.1" iBook G4 @ 1.0GHz, 256MB RAM, Combo Drive. $1099
14.1" iBook G4 @ 1.0GHz, 256MB RAM, Combo Drive. $1299
14.1" iBook G4 @ 1.2GHz, 256MB RAM, Combo Drive. $1499

12.1" PowerBook G4 @ 1.33GHz, 256MB RAM, Combo drive. $1599
12.1" PowerBook G4 @ 1.33GHz, 256MB RAM, SuperDrive. $1799
15.2" PowerBook G4 @ 1.33GHz, 256MB RAM, Combo Drive. $1999
15.2" PowerBook G4 @ 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM, SuperDrive. $2499
17" PowerBook G4 @ 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM, SuperDrive. $2799


Price comparisons will be available on http://macrumors.pricegrabber.com

Notes: All PowerBooks come with Airport Extreme PreInstalled. The 1.5GHz PowerBooks can be upgraded to 128MB graphics memory in the built in ATI Mobility Radeon 9700. Meanwhile, according to whispers, this should be the last G4 PowerBook revision.

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102 months ago
great news - go apple go
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102 months ago
1.5ghz, very nice.
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102 months ago
Yep, here they are, pretty much as expected! Hopefully more hardware updates are in store soon...
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102 months ago
These PBs have been out for a few hours now, way too long. I'm gonna wait for the next updates, they've gotta be just a few weeks away. :)
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102 months ago
You can also upgrade an iBook now with a superdrive!!!
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102 months ago
I'd like to have your opinion on the 12 incher (Powerbook) graphic card.

Thanks
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102 months ago
THEY'RE HERE, YAY, now I can get an iBook OMG I'm so happy
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102 months ago
Geeez you guys are fast... all in all kinda dissapointing.
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102 months ago
Still the 12" ibooks and powerbooks are crippled!!
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102 months ago
Nice...probably not worth upgrading my 1.25ghz Al over, but nice nonetheless. 4x Superdrive would sure be nice, though.
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