[Jacob]

Breaking top secret Information!

Apple Computer is releasing a new ibook G4 unit for the 'Back to School' promotion this coming September. These units will boast an entirely new form factor, and fit into the new 'mini' lineup of products. This will be the last 'ibook' unit to feature the PowerPC architecture. Below is the official list of new features:

-1.33GHZ PowerPC G4 Processor
-10" TFT 1024x768 32-bit colour
-256MB DDR SD Memory (PC2100)
-40GB HDD
-Combo Drive
-Airport Extreme
-2 USB 2.0, 1 firewire, 10/100 ethernet, v.90 56K Modem, Headphone
-Up to 5.5 hours battery life
-3.5lbs (including battery), 3.1lbs without battery
-Mac OS X 10.4.2 Tiger

Starting at $849.99 for the combo drive unit (above)
Starting at $1049.99 for the 60GB HDD and 512MB DDR SD Memory upgrade

[tavilach]

Get your credit cards ready, people. Jacob has made his prediction!

If you're going to spew random crap, at least call yourself Joseph. After all, he did interpret dreams.

[siflippant]

Originally Posted by tavilach

Get your credit cards ready, people. Jacob has made his prediction!

If you're going to spew random crap, at least call yourself Joseph.

Given your track record in these forums, isn't that a "coffee pot and kettle" situation?

[betasp]

If this did exist, I would sell my 12" powerbook for one.

[Randman]

If that were true, I might sell my Mac mini and get one, using my PB as the desktop machine until the rev b PB17s come out.

[OogaBooga]

I'm not so much worried about size. I want something that's useable.

[euphras]

10", 1024*768 pixels.........

Man, the ophthalmologists will love that thingy

[fisherKing]

i probably shouldn't reveal this, but it's actually an 8" screen, and comes with an external 12" monitor for home use (taken from the current 12" powerbooks).

talk about size and quality!

[F_Elz]

iBook mini hehe.

[Dog Like Nature]

Well, it's got 256MB of RAM, so it must be true.....

[Eug Wanker]

Unlikely, as mini keyboards royally suck.

[Link]

Originally Posted by euphras

10", 1024*768 pixels.........

Man, the ophthalmologists will love that thingy

Wait until the dell users come and complain that it isn't 1600x1024 10"

[fisherKing]

Originally Posted by Link

Wait until the dell users come and complain that it isn't 1600x1024 10"

check the specs for the 8" pb:

1600 x 1024 Screen Resolution
128m vram
includes Free pair Magnifying Nerd Glasses
intel inside!

[irus]

Don't forget iSlide - HD resolution on a 2" screen. Comes with an aluminum microscope and a family-size bottle of Aspirin.

[Wiskedjak]

I've used Fujitsu's 10" 1280x768 laptop; the screen is very sharp and I felt no strain reading text. I would expect no less from Apple

[CrazedVW]

I used a 10.4" Sony Vaio for about 2 1/2 years. The tiny screen really hard on my eyes even with an 800x600 resolution.

[teney7]

I'm keeping my 12' PB

[Pennstate]

I believe in the 10.4" widescreen (used in SONY Vaios) spec for the new iBook. Especially when it is targeted towards a younger and a more "hip" crowd...who also have good eyesights Also, there WILL BE ANOTHER bigger model, probably a 13.3" widescreen (used in Fujitsu notebooks), for all you retirees

I think the 12" Powerbook will be the only 4:3 Apple laptop left.

[fisherKing]

i'd probably like the 10"...portability rocks.
as long as it could power an external monitor, and not run the fan on high...that sort of thing.
and as long as it doesn't follow standard apple practice, of underpowering the smaller books...

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by CrazedVW

I used a 10.4" Sony Vaio for about 2 1/2 years. The tiny screen really hard on my eyes even with an 800x600 resolution.

Yes, but when was that Vaio made? LCD technology has improved vastly in the last 2 years.

[Pennstate]

One more prediction:

The 10.4" iBook will NOT have an optical drive.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by Pennstate

One more prediction:

The 10.4" iBook will NOT have an optical drive.

True, because it won't exist any time soon.

[inkhead]

Well then the 5 of you who can't handle the resolution stick with the current powerbooks. Don't punish the rest of us who wear proper glasses or eyes are fine. Sorry but the rest of the world (PCs) have smaller resolutions and the screens are superior to the macs in every way. FYI the LCD inside of all current gen powerbooks and ibooks was created in 1998. Think about that. Everyone else is using lcds that were created in 2002-2004

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

True, because it won't exist any time soon.

Not true. At least the part about the optical drive There are some mini notebooks which include an optical drive, I've seen one in Japan (it was a Sony).

I think it was this one.

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

Not true. At least the part about the optical drive There are some mini notebooks which include an optical drive, I've seen one in Japan (it was a Sony).

I think it was this one.

Fujitsu's mini-notebook also has an optical drive

[El Magnificante]

Why is this in the Powerbook forum???

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

Not true. At least the part about the optical drive There are some mini notebooks which include an optical drive, I've seen one in Japan (it was a Sony).

I think it was this one.

??? How is a Sony a miniBook?

[castle3]

I sure do hope a "mini book" does come out. as I had posted many months ago ( check the archives) I had semi predicted that Apple should come out with one. as im sure many others have. I think it would be good for those Artists and musicians on the go. I've been saving up for a Powerbook but if a mini-book comes out, then I'm definitely getting one. No doubt about it. Sorry Powerbook fund.

[castle3]

By-The-Way.

heres my prediction.

A minibook and a WIDE screen ibook...to complete the ibook line.
oh and an ipod with wireless net capability

[Randman]

Nope, nothing to see here. Mods, lock away.

[OogaBooga]

Apparently you are all WRONG!


Man I've always wanted to do that in a speculation thread.