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OK ... Who Bought One Already?!?!
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Baninated
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Jul 27, 2005, 04:13 PM
 
They are at the local Apple stores today.

Has anyone purchased one yet and taken it home?

What model did you get?

What were your hands-on impressions?
     
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Jul 27, 2005, 04:37 PM
 
I just ordered the 12" 1.33Ghz iBook with a 60GB BTO hard drive. Let the waiting begin...

EDIT: nix the above statement (for now).

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Jul 27, 2005, 05:46 PM
 
Just picked up 12" stock model earlier today. Great machine, especially with 1.5 GB RAM.

By the way, CoreImage IS SUPPORTED!
     
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Jul 27, 2005, 06:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by irus
Just picked up 12" stock model earlier today. Great machine, especially with 1.5 GB RAM.

By the way, CoreImage IS SUPPORTED!
What exactly does Core Image get you though?

I probably need to read up on it.
     
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Jul 27, 2005, 06:22 PM
 
Short description: Programmable GPU leading to better graphic acceleration for some OS features.
     
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Jul 27, 2005, 06:36 PM
 
Any thoughts on the case and the screen ? Are either changed or improved over the last revision or are they exactly like the last ones.
     
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Jul 27, 2005, 08:34 PM
 
I would love to hear that as well since I'm planning to buy the 12" model as a backup Mac.
     
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Jul 27, 2005, 11:40 PM
 
The case is the same as before. The battery doesn't fit perfectly, but I have yet to see an iBook that does. Doesn't matter to me, though, as I don't care about aesthetics much.

I don't have a quantitative way to measure the screen, but it appears to have a wider horizontal and vertical viewing angles than the older iBooks i used in the past. Basically, there's no color inversion when i look at it from any angle. No dead/stuck pixels that I can see either, and I'm certainly not going out of my way to look.
     
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Jul 28, 2005, 06:28 AM
 
Well, that's sounds a bit hopeful about the screen. Maybe it has been spec'd up a little (crosses fingers). I wouldn't call the previous iBook screens abysmal ... but they were definitely weren't the greatest.
     
   
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