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So..Is this the "Big" week?
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From Thinksecret...
New PowerBooks in pipeline, sources confirm
August 18, 2003 - Apple earlier this month wrapped up development of revised PowerBook models, sources confirmed to Think Secret.
The hardware projects, known internally as Q16 and Q41, consist of upgrades to the the 15-inch and 17-inch PowerBook G4. The projects were scheduled to complete in the first part of August.
Q16 and Q41 will run a Jaguar OS variant code-named Blackrider. Like Smeagol, the build train for the Power Mac G5, Blackrider is a special version of Mac OS X 10.2.7 with hardware support for the new models.
It's unclear when Apple plans to announce the upgrades, but one Apple retail source said the new 15-inch and 17-inch models are expected to arrive later this week. The channel is ready for the upgrades, showing low inventories across the PowerBook product line. The 15-inch PowerBook is "gone," while the 12-inch and 17-inch models show lesser than normal quantities at distributor Ingram Micro. It's not known whether or not an upgrade to the 12-inch PowerBook will accompany the new releases.
New 15-inch PowerBooks have been a long-rumored release, awaited since the new 12-inch and 17-inch models were announced in January. At the same time, it's been a moving target for potential customers anticipating a release; the 15-inch PowerBooks went into some level of constraint beginning late spring.
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No, I'm telling you MacWorld in October!
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I'm not wishing to be rude, but do we really need yet another Powerbook speculation thread?
All this is now getting verytedious.
They will arrive when they get here. No sooner.
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Originally posted by The Placid Casual:
I ... They will arrive when they get here. No sooner.
Actually, they'll probably be later, not sooner ...
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Well, this from O'Grady's blog:
Monday, August 18, 2003
Aluminum PowerBook 15 Confirmed for This Week
PowerPage sources come through again with new data on the new PowerBook 15-inch announcement.
A reliable PowerPage source who has seen the new PB15" and its box describes it as looking just like a 17-inch except smaller. Some notes:
Ports on right side
1.25GHz G4 processor
Firewire 800 on board
nVIDIA video cards across the 12, 15 and 17
We have also received word that Apple plans to announce four new products this week. We know that the PB17 is getting a fix, the PB15 is going to Aluminum with an illuminated keyboard and that the PB12 is getting an update but we don't yet know what the fourth product is. Rumors are circulating about an iBook revision, tablet Mac, or (more likely) a new audio application.
Apple is trying to announce the new PB15 by this Friday, but it could happen any time this week. There is a huge push to get the new PowerBooks into the channel for the lucrative back-to-school buying season.
nVIDIA video cards will debut in all three PowerBooks, but only be for this version. Apple plans to return to ATI video processors for the next round of updates because of poor nVIDIA support to Apple.
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There is a huge push to get the new PowerBooks into the channel for the lucrative back-to-school buying season.
Umm that buying season is here so it would be kind of late...colleges are back in session...this would be an after school season intro then.
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LOL 2 new threads on the same subject. use the not PowerPC 970 thread.
Its not confirmed because its just a rumor therefor being just a rumor it is not a fact. A fact occurs when their is proof that somethign happened. We will get the facts the day that apple upgrades the books. So patience is key.
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