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PowerBooks & iBooks Get Speed Bumped

Posted by Hemos on from the ka-whump dept.

Currawong writes "Apple has, as rumors predicted, speed bumped its line of portables. The PowerBooks now come in 1.33 and 1.5Ghz G4 versions, including either NVidia 5200's or Radeon 9700 video hardware. The iBooks can now be had at 1 or 1.2Ghz with Radeon 9200 video included. All can be purchased at the Apple Store. This complements nicely the recent speed and feature increases on the eMac range."

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  1. Speed bumped? by gfxguy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Aren't speed bumps the things they use to slow cars down?

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  2. I'll keep my 64 bit laptop by ruiner5000 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I sort of laugh at Appledot these days. I mean a $1,299 eMachines Athlon 64 laptop with widescreen and Radeon 9600 video is ignored, but a laptop three times the cost that is not as feature rich or powerful not only has to be mentioned in rumor, and then again when it is announced. How about mentioning the new 4 way Opteron HP server just announced, or eMachines fine laptops? I'm XP, XP 64, Mandrake 64, and FreeBSD 64, and I can cluster three of them for the price of one of the Apples!! Heck, even Compaq has an Athlon 64 notebook for $1,299 in Best Buy now, but people are drooling over a small speed bump from Apple? I don't get it. Anyway, I think I'll buy a 7200 RPM Apricorn drive, swap out my 3000+ for an Athlon 64 3400+, and upgrade to a GB of memory and load levels faster in UT2004, Farcry, and Battlefield Vietnam. After those upgrades the cost will be closer to the Powerbook in cost except that I get to Ebay the parts I replace, and I get to enjoy 2.2GHz of 64 bit power! You see you can upgrade the Athlon 64 laptops yourself. Can you do that with a Mac, or a Dell for that matter? Nope.

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  3. Lose Airport Extreme, add PCMCIA by Sloppy · · Score: -1, Redundant
    I wish they'de lose that weirdo Airport Extreme slot (since that hardware only has drivers for one OS) and replace it with a PCMCIA slot of some kind. That would make the PowerBook into The Ultimate No-brainer Best Choice for laptops (except for people who need a lot Windows legacy compatability, but those people can't really be helped).

    The fact that they don't do this, is the only thing keeping the laptop market "interesting." And the PowerBook is still a great choice for many people, just .. not everyone, yet.

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  4. Re:Good news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I agree. Just like a safe is secure, like WinXP, and Linux is teh suxor.