|
|
So, when will the new iBooks come?
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status:
Offline
|
|
[About when an update for the G4 iBook will be released]
I know this has been speculated over and over and over and over,
but it doesn't atleast bore me out... since all i can du until they release a new upgrade for the iBook is waaaiit. And - you gotta have hope.
I would feel stupid if i bougth one today, and tomorrow a new version came out with i.e. better graphics/processor and stuff.
So. When do you people think that a new upgrade will possibly arrive?
This is what buyersguide.macrumors.com says today about the ibook:
Product: iBook
Last Release: October 19, 2004
Days Since Update: 199 (Average = 158)
Recommendation: Don't Buy - Updates soon
Special Notes: none.
(
Last edited by toffe; May 7, 2005 at 12:07 AM.
Reason: (refined title))
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: MacNN database error. Please refresh your browser.
Status:
Offline
|
|
It'll likely be updated at some time but no one knows when. If you can wait a couple of weeks, might be worth it.
|
This is a computer-generated message and needs no signature.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Australia
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cambridge, UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
When's wwdc?
I personally don't think they will be released for a long time. Have you ever looked inside a powermac g5 or taken the heatsink off? The heatsink is a huge heavy cube of metal fins cooling a tiny processor. Try fitting that in an Ibook. Unless they are going to have fans cooling it, which would cancel out a quiet Ibook, then it won't be released yet. Although this is just my opinion... I could be wrong! I'll be amazed if they do come out before October or Christmas
Sean
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: MacNN database error. Please refresh your browser.
Status:
Offline
|
|
Sean, you must be thinking of a PB G5. Longhorn will likely be out by the time the iBooks go G5.
|
This is a computer-generated message and needs no signature.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Here and there
Status:
Offline
|
|
Dudes, you SOOOOOO need a life... nobody knows for sure since Apple won't tell. So why don't you just sit back and relax
|
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one
pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside,
thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2001
Status:
Offline
|
|
To add some more wood to the fire. It's not like a moderator just told us to get a life or something...
Apple has a new $100 rebate promo for education that ends June 25th. Change my vote to late June.
http://apple.com/go/savenow
(Found in this MacRumors forum post).
Voch
(
Last edited by Voch; May 6, 2005 at 01:38 PM.
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cambridge, UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
Ok.
I thought you were all talking about g5 Ibooks, but it seems like you mean a speed bump to the g4 cpu, graphics etc....
The title or description isn't that clear... oh well i'll go and re-take the poll.
Sean
P.s Since I can't re-take the poll, my vote is SECOND HALF OF MAY!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by D'Espice
Dudes, you SOOOOOO need a life... nobody knows for sure since Apple won't tell. So why don't you just sit back and relax
lol!
You know, in some ways the best part is waiting, the anticipation, the wanting. On the other hand, that'll probably make it all the much worse if it's nothing but a small speed bump or such (I'm hoping for a case redesign, and a slightly better GPU!)
We'll get a life when the iBooks are updated, dammit!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Australia
Status:
Offline
|
|
BTW, WWDC is in early June, I think. Might be 6th-10th off the top of my head.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status:
Offline
|
|
Hmmm... That will make one whole month of waiting. Maby i'll just buy the 12" G4 iBook 1,2Ghz right away, but i don't actuall need one today and i could wait. But i'm not sure if i want to (atleast not for a really long period of time), and i would especially not want to wait until the end of the summer.
One thing is for sure, and that is that no update will come today atleast. But why would apple release an iBook on WWDC, since that focuses on Tiger... hmmm ... maby to show how well tiger is also on an iBook or something...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status:
Offline
|
|
Just viewed Steve Jobs Keynote from MacWorld 2005 conference, and there he announced i.e.the Mac mini and iPod shuffle...
He is holding a keynote at WWDC and i think that atleast something is to be released there so that the sentence "so whats next?!" can be said and also "starting from today, the new xxx will be relased"
but this is just speculations
(
Last edited by toffe; May 7, 2005 at 05:45 AM.
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Between the dimensia
Status:
Offline
|
|
Well, i don't feel that a redesign is in order, at least not a major one. The iBook design is a signature now, ntm it looks gorgeous
I don't think that we'll be seeing a PB G5 before the holiday season, iBooks even later. While i do use a G5 at home, and it is faster for movie editing, 3d etc. I fail to see the need for it in the iBook line, remember that the system was designed for students, they need something rugged, something small, that LASTS a long time (i assume that G5 will tear through batteries) and something that is within an acceptable price range.
I think at least the next 2 updates will keep the iBook on the G4 train. On a speculatory sidenote, i think that the next iBooks should see a 1.42Ghz proc on the high end and 1.33 on the low, paired with a 9600
Personally, the only graphics-intensive apps that i play on my iBook are Generals and Warcraft 3, and both really don't need any more than what i have, so i think i'll skip on the update
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status:
Offline
|
|
Actually, the only reason i'm waiting still is that i would like that the iBook could handle core-image since that's something that is supposed to be so nice about Tiger.
And i imagine that developers will take advantage of this when developing apps for Tiger.
It would be nice to place the order soon, since i want to start using iLife and such (it will be my first mac ever). Since it's summer holiday, i'll have time to play around with iMovie and stuff.
But i don't dare to order now since i would be dissapointed if there came out an upgrade real soon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2001
Status:
Offline
|
|
A concern for any iBook CPU and GPU update is heat. It's the reason why I'm generally avoiding the 12" PowerBook...I would have upgraded to one by now if they weren't griddles. I hope the iBook can stay the cool-running quiet machine it always has been.
Voch
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2005
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by toffe
Hmmm... That will make one whole month of waiting. Maby i'll just buy the 12" G4 iBook 1,2Ghz right away
That is what I did. I have a great laptop, today. It will have great resale value. I will be able to upgrade if they are that great.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status:
Offline
|
|
Today is [FONT=Book Antiqua]Tuesday[/FONT]... (I'm deraming)
Wouldn't it be just awesome if something happened with the iBooks at the apple store today (which i don't think it will) - But hey, one can always dream...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by zenwhen
That is what I did. I have a great laptop, today. It will have great resale value. I will be able to upgrade if they are that great.
On the other hand, you won't be able to get the same value it had when you bought it, and you'll either lose $$$ on upgrading to a new iBook, or simply miss out on what all of us who were able to wait are gonna get.
P.S. I'm just teasing. I've got to justify my waiting! It's all in how you look at it. But I think there will be at least a modest update to the iBook before summer's end.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Washington, DC
Status:
Offline
|
|
At this point... I'm not sure... but when it does come out... I'll be saying "maybe I should wait for the PowerBook update"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2005
Location: La Mesa, Ca
Status:
Offline
|
|
i think i will be around the first month of June at the latest Mid june
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|