13.3 inch iBooks
Written on April 07, 2006 by Tanner Morrison and 8 people have commented
According to Forbes.com Taiwan’s Asustek got an order for 1.2 million 13.3 inch Apple iBooks supposedly coming in June. These new iBooks would be powered by Intel’s new microprocessors; either the Core Duo or Core Solo. Does this mean that the Ibook will be renamed to the Macbook? Or maybe the ‘I’ in iBook will actually mean something. Full article here.
“The laptops will be powered by Intel Corp microprocessors and equipped with 13.3-inch liquid crystal display panels. “
This means that even if you got the lowest end Intel iBook would be faster than an upgraded Powerbook G4. This is sad, but what’s even more amazing is that the Powerbooks g4 are not even obsolete yet, but there is something more powerful out.
#1 Shawn Grimes says:I read about that deal a couple of days ago but have a look at what AppleInsider posted today! I can’t wait to finally make the switch.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1659
#2 Jon says:Powerbook G4’s are not obsolete yet no. 15″ is and 17″ soon to follow.
Will be interesting to see how the 1.67 processor stacks up in a MacBook. Part of it will be the graphics card they slot in them. The MacBook Pro has the same as the iMac so fly’s, whereas the MacMini intel has a errr loverly intel chip for graphics. My punt is that MacBook will have the same.
#3 dalton says:If this news is true, I’m about to be quite a bit poorer. I can’t wait!
#4 dalton says:But then again….
http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/
#5 Shawn Grimes says:Hah, That is a funny link dalton, thanks for sharing it.
#6 maarten says:wha it’s bull shit
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