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should I wait for a powerbook?
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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I was to get a powerbook this december, but im wondering if a new one will come out soon after. I heard that a new pb update will be in oct/nov but it will be g4. I can wait until summer of next year, but will a g5 pb come out then? (BTW i am going to get 12", but maybe a 15")
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Foster City, CA
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If you can wait, wait. If you can't, don't. 
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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summer of next year is a year away. if you want to wait that long, maybe the G5s will be out
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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The next update is going to be a G4. I'd wait until at least next month, and see if there is any more rumbling in the rumor mill before buying a PB.
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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NOW YOU SEE ME! 2.4 MBP and 2.0 MBP (running ubuntu)
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Wait. Even if you do end up buying the same machine a month or two from today it will be cheaper, and I'm positive we'll see something either next month or in january. It's anyone's guess at the moment, though.
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Aloha
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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sounds like me when i was about to leave for college. in my senior year of high school i waited and waited for powerbook updates. after falling in love with the machine, and reading way too many rumors, i finally bought it with $200 rebates from Cram & Jam, in August.
If I had to do it again, I wouldn't wait as much. Apple is unpredictable and I'd rather have a nice machine, especially since I am switcher and need to learn things.
Sell yours off if you find a future model you'd rather have. Wait till Jan. Keynote at least, I'd say.
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Looking forward.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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It's unlikely a G5 PowerBook will be released anytime soon (at least I hope not my Rev C is only a few months old LOL).
Word has it that if Apple do upgrade the PowerBook it will be a G4 boosted to perhaps 1.5 or 1.6 Ghz instead of the current 1.33. If that's true it's really not a lot of difference.
Me personally I know when I made the decision to upgrade from my iBook I couldn't hold out and rushed to buy my PowerBook. I haven't ever regretted it.
If you have a strong will then wait, otherwise getting the current Rev C would still be a great investment for you.
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PowerBook Rev C 12 " Combo, 1.25 gig ram, OSX 10.3.5, Airport Express, iPod 3G, Fuji Finepix F700, Harmon Kardon Sound Sticks II.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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In Soviet Russia, Powerbook waits for you!
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15" 1.25/512/80/5400/SD/AE Aluminum Powerbook
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Originally posted by Sandbaggins:
In Soviet Russia, Powerbook waits for you!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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I can wait, but if nothing happens by the summer of 2005 ill get the latest one. I got a 20gb ipod only a month before the 4g came out with only a $300, not $400. That pissed me off, I hate apple's secretive about new/updated products.
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