Apple Gives Laptops Speed Bumps 766
sockit2me9000 writes "Apple released their new PowerBook today. They include faster processors across the board (up to 1GHz), Radeon 9000 GPUs, and the top-of-the-line model will include a slot-loading SuperDrive. Price points remain about the same. New iBook was released as well."
This is great!! (Score:1, Funny)
ibook (Score:3, Funny)
MegaHertz Myth!! (Score:-1, Funny)
Don't fall into the same trap everyone else does, this thing is a super computer, but we all just believe intel's megahertz myth!!
iBook still stuck at G3 (Score:5, Funny)
This is pretty cool, especially for the TiBook. I'm sure video houses will appreciate the superdive to let them make rough cuts on the road and share them.
Now, sadly, my TiBook is no longer state-of-the-art. I can tell its feelings were hurt: this morning it ask me if it looked fat.
still not cheap enough (Score:2, Funny)
Just glancing at the Apple web page, I can see that their most "affordable" lap-top is anything but. I could understand them doing this if they already had a large market share--there is value in "luxury" brands--but with MAC sales so low, it seems like a bad idea. As a result, the average consumer won't even consider the Ibook. For example, look at me. I was laid off when the Dot.Com bubble burst, and now work doing manual labor down at the docks. I'm in hock up to my loogies, and have enough trouble just keeping my wife and five children sheltered, shorn, and clod each month. There's no way I could afford one of these things, and neither could most people in my position. The lower classes need something affordable, dependable, and proven, and for this reason we will continue to stick with PC manufacturers such as GateWay 2000 and DELL. I hope Apple figures this out soon.
Re:Oh Dear.. Here come the hokey speedbump jokes.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's expensive, but .... (Score:5, Funny)
and then fly around on your anti-grav jetbike.
Re:iBook still stuck at G3 (Score:3, Funny)
oh you poor, poor bastard. I hope you didn't hesitate in answering...
Say what you will about processor speed... (Score:3, Funny)
Closest I've come to tech Nirvana...
Sorry...I'm tech drunk - I've said too much - (but you're some of the few people in the world who can understand).
Forgive me.
Re:Speed Bumps? (Score:3, Funny)
No, but the new "windtunnel" PowerMacs have speed holes [apple.com]. They make the mac go faster.
Re:Naturally.. (Score:3, Funny)
Battery life?!? (Score:5, Funny)
I can almost see Apple employees doing the voodoo rituals over the new powerbooks and ibooks now...
That's unpossible! (Score:2, Funny)
"In the mean time, one thing we can tell you is that if the announcements do indeed come next week, they will not include Superdrives.
Therefor please retract the story until the rumor sites have time to predict it.
Re:Apple's not the problem! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Apple proves the 'rumours guys' wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Needless to say, I'm wracking my brains to come up with a good one to send him prior to MacWorld in January.
Re:iBook still stuck at G3 (Score:1, Funny)