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Originally Posted by Maflynn
Quite simply yes. With the Mactels on the horizon you bet. if we even see a PB refresh it will be very minor. Just look at the iBook refresh, nothing too special.
Consensus is that the PB and iBook lines are going to be first mactel computers because they're been the longest w/o a major update. Apple is not about to bring out a major update on the PB's when in 2006 they'll be coming out with a major platform shift. Mike |
Uh-uh. Mactels are hardly "on the horizon," one year away. (And that's the projected timing, which is almost always delayed, made this far in advance.)
The meager 6.7% speed bump in the iBook to 1.42 GHz, was to avoid cannibalizing sales of the more profitable PowerBook, if the speed differential was too minimal. There is no way in hell that the PowerBook line will be stuck at 1.67 GHz for over a year, while awaiting the move to Intel. It won't be a G5, but will be 1.8+ GHz (or better), with other tweaks to graphics, etc., and another price drop. It'll come this fall, hopefully before classes begin, but more likely when the current mini iPod promotion ends in late September.
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