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New iBooks 'Any Day Now'
teewurstmann writes "Thinksecret reports that 'sources have confirmed that Apple's consumer laptop will receive a long overdue refresh very soon, possibly as early as this week.' They speculate that the new iBooks might have a widescreen display.
I sure hope they are right! I've been waiting to buy one of those suckers for half a year now!"
Consumer laptop? Who's their other line made for?
Oh, no! I just bought an iBook ten months ago! Now it's obsolete. Apple obviously doesn't care about customer loyalty.
Details of the updated iBook are unknown, as is a firm release date, given the fickle nature of hardware updates.
The only thing we get out of this is that they are planning on revising the iBook, but we don't know how or when.
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Mabey they will introduce a tablet version?
I find that hard to swallow.
I would buy an iBook if Apple could charge my Dell account (which has a zero balance). Didn't Dell say they wanted to sell Apple hardware? :)
In August, they'll be announcing the new range of PowerBooks. These will be powered by 2.5GHz ARM CPUs. And in September, the new Xserve 65816s will be launched, running the latest generation 6502s. SPARC based iMacs will follow in November.
Finally, in January, you'll see the first Intel based Mac. While some will consider a 4.77MHz 8088* a little slow in today's computing environment, there's little doubt that the power savings alone will make the switchover worthwhile.
* Note, selected models will feature the NEC V20, depending on availability and demand.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
i'm waiting for the g5 ibook.
i hear there's a g6 powermac in the works, too. this coming from my friend who is an apple rep in cupertino.
since when do widescreen notebooks mean they are more expensive? There was a Compaq 14.1" widescreen being sold for 399$ last week. I walked into best buy last month and of the 15 or so models in the store, 12 of them were widescreen.
ibook != powerbook. why would they release a new version and not a speed update?
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Note: occasionally rings up a Mac mini at Best Buy != "Apple Rep."
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Buy a 5 lb. laptop and lose 4 lbs. of weight.
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The Mac Mini actually comes in at around 2.9lbs, so it would meet your demands. Of course, you have no screen - but that works for the Shuffle so I think you'll be okay.
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The day Apple releases widescreen iBooks is the day OS X will run on Intel! Mwahahaha!
Oh. Wait.
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