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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. God bless Credit Card Companies by Komarosu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank god for credit card companies, if i didn't get rejected i would of bought one of the 700mhz ones about 2 days ago.

    Now i can get one of these slightly faster beauts for the same price...oh wait i cant :(

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    1. Re:God bless Credit Card Companies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
      I call bullshit. Someone please moderate this misleading post down.

      Apple's sales policies are here. The only policy even remotely resembling what you said is stated:

      Should Apple reduce its price on any shipped product within 10 calendar days of shipment, you may contact Apple Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775 to request a refund or credit of the difference between the price you were charged and the current selling price. To receive the refund or credit you must contact Apple within 14 business days of shipment.

      You cannot exchange an item for a just-released newer version, ever. You may exchange one for the same item or refund within 10 business days, provided you didn't open the box. If you did open the box, there's a 10% fee. So the only circumstances under which one could do what you say are:

      • You send it back for a refund within 10 business days of receipt (not 30)
      • Only if the item was unopened
      • You then initiate a new order for the new version, and get stuck in the back of the queue for shipment (which can take weeks for just announced products)

      Otherwise, tough crap! That's the way it is when purchasing technology. It may well be obsolete by the time you get it!

  2. The Apple Store by lowmagnet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Apple Store appears to be more usable to me. For starters, I can click on a picture of an iPod and jump right to the iPod page, instead of the digital lifestyle device page. This link used to be in the upper left of the old store.

    I can see and pick from pictures of Apple products instead of going to a 'software' page and first. This is a big usability plus.

    All of the laptops and systems are laid out and ready to be clicked upon.

    If you want cluttered design, pick up a MacMall catalog, or visit the MacMall site, both grand examples of clutter and inappropriate exclaimation.

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  3. Re:Is 800Mhz New? by jokell82 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The new 800Mhz replaces the previous 700Mhz as the low end iBook. You probably have a combo drive in your 800, well the new 800 only comes with a CD-ROM (as well as a few other changes to make it the low end).

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  4. iBooks disappointing by tm2b · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hate to say it, but this is pretty disappointing. I bought my current iBook 18 months ago - it's a 600 MHz G3, very close in configuration to these iBooks. Only a 50% speed bump in a year and a half? That's just pathetic.

    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. They are the only system Apple still sells with G3s, the iMac went G4 a long time ago and the low-end eMac is thoroughly G4. Oh well.

    I love my iBook, and I'd love to upgrade it after this long - but not for only a 50% increase in speed. I might be an Apple die-hard, but I'm not quite that eager to give them my money.

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    1. Re:iBooks disappointing by Gropo · · Score: 4, Informative

      A 50% increase in clock frequency... and a 100% increase in L2 cache. A 900Mhz PowerPC 750fx will blow past a 1Ghz 7455 with its limp 256k L2 in a lot of instances.

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    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.

  5. Re:iBooks not as disappointing as others by ubiquitin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, to Apple's credit, the iBook battery life still beats the pants off anything that Intel or AMD make. Also note that the iBook has held this advantage for a year and a half. IMNSHO battery life makes a much bigger practical difference than processor speed.

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  6. 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.

    1. Re:Thanks for the UI tip, Slashdot. by pudge · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sorry, next time I won't have an opinion. My bad.

    2. Re:Thanks for the UI tip, Slashdot. by Mikey-San · · Score: 4, Funny

      Speaking for SpamJunkie:

      "And next time, I won't have an opinion on your opinion."

      Pudge:

      "After that, I won't say anything about your thoughts on my opinion."

      SJ:

      "Opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion opinion."

      AC:

      "omg shut up u faces jeez why dont u just go back to you're gay appple MACs??"

      -/-
      Mikey-San
      Burninating karma at the speed of TROGDOR!

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  7. Plus, DDR video, ATA100, Faster CDR/RW, ... by BoomerSooner · · Score: 4, Informative

    runs OS 9 & OS 10, iLife, More Video Ram on low end model, 100MHz is 12.5% faster clock speed all for the same price.

    What's your beef again?

    I'm getting one of these for my wife (and it will be mine if she doesn't like it!).