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New iBooks and Apple Store

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-istore dept.

Vokbain writes "Apple just released new 800 and 900 MHz iBooks, and unveiled a redesigned Apple Store as well." Looks kinda cluttered to me.

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  1. Thanks for the UI tip, Slashdot. by SpamJunkie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looks kinda cluttered to me.

    And Slashdot is what? The web's best use of white space?

    Call it a hunch but Apple probably spend a few million dollars on testing and revising the hell out of this design. You wouldn't be seeing it on apple.com if they weren't sure it would increase sales and confuse users less than the old one. This is Apple we're talking about.

  2. Re:iBooks disappointing by pudge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems pretty clear to me that Apple is holding their iBook line back, limiting them to G3s, to encourage sales of their pro laptops.

    Or maybe to keep the price down, perhaps? Nah, that couldn't be it ... ;-)

    If you want a G4 iBook, get a 12-inch PowerBook. Really.

  3. Because That's The 12" PowerBook by holygoat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they put all that stuff in the iBook, it would be competing against the pro model.

    The model you describe would even have more RAM and a higher processor speed (though no AltiVec).

    It would be a foolish move from a marketing point of view, and the internals would probably need a significant redesign to fit the differently-sized Airport Extreme card.

    So that's why.