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when is the new G5 iBook coming out?
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when is the new G5 iBook coming out?
bec i want to get one next year
when is there goin to be a upgrade
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Who knows? The iBook just got a G4 a month ago, and the G5 hasn't even made it out of the PowerMac line or anywhere near the Powerbook line yet. It's probably at least 1.5-2 years off.
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Originally posted by SupahCoolX:
It's probably at least 1.5-2 years off.
Try 4 to 5 years! 
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Originally posted by speddy187:
when is the new G5 iBook coming out?
bec i want to get one next year
when is there goin to be a upgrade
Don't hold your breath for a G5 iBook anytime soon. They are just now rumoring G5 POWERBOOKS for sometime next year. I have a 14" iBook 933 MHz and it ROCKS! Seriously, if Powerbooks are out of your price point, get a G4 iBook, AWESOME computer...
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the predictions are for a G5 powerbook mid-late 2004...so a G5 ibook's gotta come after that.
early 2005?
meanwhile, watch for speedbumps & enhancements (integral bluetooth please apple!) in the year ahead...
ie dont hold your breath...
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Originally posted by fisherKing:
meanwhile, watch for speedbumps & enhancements (integral bluetooth please apple!) in the year ahead...
Integral Bluetooth already is an option on current iBooks.
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Originally posted by speddy187
when is the new G5 iBook coming out?
I think the best answer is "never." IBM is working on a much improved version of the G3 which will include all the benefits of the G4 plus a big boost in megahertz. It seems almost certain that Apple will use that in the iBook to keep cost and heat down and differentiate it from the G5 Powerbook.
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I agree with the 4+ year assessment. First, look at history: the original iBook was announced in the summer of 1999. That's 4 years with the same CPU.
Second, new/better gets into the mac line in this order: powermac, powerbook, iBook/iMac.
Then, IMHO, the ixxxx line doesn't get the new powermac CPU (in this case) until the powerbook has it AND until there is "lots of light" at the end of the tunnel for the next powermac thing.
Apple must maintain it's clear differentiation between the "power" line and the "i" line.
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Originally posted by Cadaver:
Integral Bluetooth already is an option on current iBooks.
i'm suggesting it should be built-in, not as an option...
for those of us who want to buy our ibooks at a reseller, etc
(it's ONLY available from the apple store)
more important than a G5, general speedbumps, bigger ram capacity!
a superdrive, etc etc...
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Originally posted by der Kopf:
Try 4 to 5 years!
word.
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well they had the G5 in the powermac then a few months later they put the G4 into the iBook so im thinkin that they dont put the same chip into the iBook as is in the powermac
so i say we are lookin at at least the G6 in the powermac before a G5 iBook
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That article, while a good read and something that makes sense, is only speculation.
It will be a long time before the G5 comes in the iBook, but we won't see a G4 (motorola) as we know it in there for years either.
I think the people above who think the new IBM chip (750FX or whatever it is called currently) will find a home in the iBook. Speculation is that it will start at 1.8 GHZ, have a 400 MHZ FSB, and will eventually scale up well past 2 GHZ. So, we will NOT have G5 iBooks per se, but there WILL be iBooks twice as powerful as the ones currently available.... someday.
Don't hold your breath waiting for G5 iBooks.... it isn't healthy to go without oxygen that long!
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But, again, this article is only about the Powerbook. All the articles from the last month or so claim that Apple and IBM are working together on the improved G3 chip. So, again, it seems very unlikely that we will ever see a G5 iBook. But it doesn't really matter. In the Windows world you have Celeron, Athlon, P4, etc. etc. notebooks. And people really only care if, dollar for dollar, the machine is quick enough for their work. Not really what chip it has.
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Originally posted by WizOSX:
But, again, this article is only about the Powerbook. All the articles from the last month or so claim that Apple and IBM are working together on the improved G3 chip. So, again, it seems very unlikely that we will ever see a G5 iBook. But it doesn't really matter. In the Windows world you have Celeron, Athlon, P4, etc. etc. notebooks. And people really only care if, dollar for dollar, the machine is quick enough for their work. Not really what chip it has.
OH THAT WAS A BIG OOPS
Sorry about that, I thought he was asking about the G5 Powerbook. Ok then like someone else said above, I think it's going to be a long time before we see the G5 chip in the iBook.
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Originally posted by der Kopf:
Try 4 to 5 years!
Apple's moving much more quickly in production and innovation now, you can't compare the length it took to move from G3 to G4 to the length it will take to move to G5 (or G6, if it's more feasible). "word," indeed.
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The Powerbook G5 will come out during the summer of 2004.
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As said, the iBook is more likely to go G3 than G5. IBMs latest G3 development, the 750VX, is a much improved G3 core that supports a true DDR bus and will have an AltiVec core attatached as well, essentially making it marketable as a G4. Which I would have no problem with, as any hyper-enhanced IBM based G3 based processor is almost certainly going to scale faster and perform better over all than any 'true' Motorola based G4.
And no offense, but if I see somebody ask when a G5 iBook is coming again I am going to crack. The G3 was in the iBook for 4 years. The G4 has been in it for a few months.
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