New powerbook

[mtbakerskier]

It's finally out http://www.apple.com/

To bad the bastards didnt release a 17in version

[ccwaskier]

The one they did release looks super nice though. So fast.

[ak_powder_monkey]

right after I get my new computer they come out with a new faster one

[Out_to_lunch]

If I didnt just pick one up last year, I would be all over it.

"more than it did in a PC" hehe

[whatcomridaz]

This might be enough to make me switch back (from linux)

[RootSkier]

right after I get my new computer they come out with a new faster one

Damn them! Damn them all!

[meatdrink9]

AHH!!! My wife has been riding my ass every single damn day to buy her a notebook. It has been going on non-stop since before X-mas I told her to hold off. New laptops were coming, just be patient. She continued to give me shit everyday about my season pass and her not having a notebook yet. Her brithday is Friday and I'm sure the gates of hell would've opened up and pulled me in if I didn't have a notebook waiting for on friday. So I bought earlier this week. It arrived yesterday. I guess the machine I bought is only $50 cheaper today, but it still drives me nuts. She has no patience. I told her this was coming and now she may not be satisfied with the gift. AHHHH!!!!!

[skier0178]

AHH!!! My wife has been riding my ass every single damn day to buy her a notebook. It has been going on non-stop since before X-mas I told her to hold off. New laptops were coming, just be patient. She continued to give me shit everyday about my season pass and her not having a notebook yet. Her brithday is Friday and I'm sure the gates of hell would've opened up and pulled me in if I didn't have a notebook waiting for on friday. So I bought earlier this week. It arrived yesterday. I guess the machine I bought is only $50 cheaper today, but it still drives me nuts. She has no patience. I told her this was coming and now she may not be satisfied with the gift. AHHHH!!!!!

Apple has a 30 day return policy if they release a new version of a product you just bought. You may want to contact them, especially considering you haven't even opened the new powerbook you got.

[PeachesN'Cream]

yeah the new book is sweet, but...

it's gonna be a bit before all the major graphics apps are gonna run native and for a lot of us the graphics, music and video stuff is why we play with macs in the first place.

really that line of thinking is just my mental bandage for purchasing my powerbook this summer. faster suff is always just around the corner and you always kick yourself for not holding out for the new shit.

the new books are gonna rock and when the software comes up to run native on the chip... watch the hell out!

[Lurch]

I bought the iMac G5 iSight the day it came out 2 months ago and it's already dated I keep telling myself that the bench mark they used heavily favors Intel chips and that it would be a pita to have to deal with apps that have not been converted yet but it still hurts especially when the new Intel iMac is a dual core!

[Think Snow!]

Apples stock is doing great since there intel announcement yesterday, up about another 3% today!

[Free Range Lobster]

Oh look, Apple is making PCs now.

[DerJaeger]

AHH!!! My wife has been riding my ass every single damn day to buy her a notebook. It has been going on non-stop since before X-mas I told her to hold off. New laptops were coming, just be patient. She continued to give me shit everyday about my season pass and her not having a notebook yet. Her brithday is Friday and I'm sure the gates of hell would've opened up and pulled me in if I didn't have a notebook waiting for on friday. So I bought earlier this week. It arrived yesterday. I guess the machine I bought is only $50 cheaper today, but it still drives me nuts. She has no patience. I told her this was coming and now she may not be satisfied with the gift. AHHHH!!!!!

it would be at least a month, MINIMUM before you could actually get one of the MacBooks in your hands. Another month of nagging. So you probably did the right thing in pulling the trigger.

I've been waiting for the Centrino Duo / Napa notebooks myself. Supplies of the Centrino Duo chip are probbly in short supply right now since they're still ramping up production. Dell and Apple will probably be getting their products out the door first due to sweetheart deals with Intel. The others are close behind though.

[Lurch]

Oh look, Apple is making PCs now.

Not quite.

[bossass]

AHH!!! My wife has been riding my ass every single damn day to buy her a notebook. It has been going on non-stop since before X-mas I told her to hold off. New laptops were coming, just be patient. She continued to give me shit everyday about my season pass and her not having a notebook yet. Her brithday is Friday and I'm sure the gates of hell would've opened up and pulled me in if I didn't have a notebook waiting for on friday. So I bought earlier this week. It arrived yesterday. I guess the machine I bought is only $50 cheaper today, but it still drives me nuts. She has no patience. I told her this was coming and now she may not be satisfied with the gift. AHHHH!!!!!

If you ordered it from Apple, call them back and they will either adjust the price for you or let you return it and put in an order for the new one. That's if it was announced within two weeks of when your order was shipped.

[Lurch]

AHH!!! My wife has been riding my ass every single damn day to buy her a notebook. It has been going on non-stop since before X-mas I told her to hold off. New laptops were coming, just be patient. She continued to give me shit everyday about my season pass and her not having a notebook yet. Her brithday is Friday and I'm sure the gates of hell would've opened up and pulled me in if I didn't have a notebook waiting for on friday. So I bought earlier this week. It arrived yesterday. I guess the machine I bought is only $50 cheaper today, but it still drives me nuts. She has no patience. I told her this was coming and now she may not be satisfied with the gift. AHHHH!!!!!

I'm sure you have already read this http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Im...es.html#Return Policy . If I were you I woud show her the nice box on her birthday and then return it before she can open it The laptop you bought has not been updated in three years, it doesn't have much life left in it.

[Free Range Lobster]

Not quite.

Funny, their new cpu is x86 based.
I run 10.4.3 on my Athlon64.
If the shoe fits...

[Lurch]

Funny, their new cpu is x86 based.
I run 10.4.3 on my Athlon64.
If the shoe fits...

Linux runs on Intel but I would not call the one of the x445 running Linux in my server room a PC. Just because it's running on Intel hardware does not make it a PC. All most everything that makes it different than a Windows box is still there.

[Free Range Lobster]

Linux runs on Intel but I would not call the one of the x445 running Linux in my server room a PC. Just because it's running on Intel hardware does not make it a PC. All most everything that makes it different than a Windows box is still there.

PC derived from IBM PC which eventually became the x86 line.
New Macs are x86 based.
Therefore new Macs are PCs.

Also Apple has openly said they are not going to stop anyone from installing XP on the Macbooks.
So once it has XP on it does it become a PC then zippy?

[connersw]

it's gonna be a bit before all the major graphics apps are gonna run native and for a lot of us the graphics, music and video stuff is why we play with macs in the first place.

Actually, that's not true--that's why the big announcement of being 6-months ahead of schedule was so huge. All the Apple software (iWork, iLife, Safari, etc) will run native w/o the use of the Rosetta translator. I'd have to check on some of the 3rd party graphics editing software, but for sure music and video will run native (it was a huge deal to make sure that happened).

I've been waiting for the Centrino Duo / Napa notebooks myself. Supplies of the Centrino Duo chip are probbly in short supply right now since they're still ramping up production. Dell and Apple will probably be getting their products out the door first due to sweetheart deals with Intel. The others are close behind though.

While there are still two more factories ramping, the one making the chips that are going out now has been cranking for a few months now (at record output/speed). You're correct that Dell and Apple are coming out first (Apple now and Dell on 16 Jan), but the others will be closer than you might think. Expect the new Sony VIAO FE to be on the shelves in early Feb.

[skier0178]

If you ordered it from Apple, call them back and they will either adjust the price for you or let you return it and put in an order for the new one. That's if it was announced within two weeks of when your order was shipped.

This is exactly what i was refering to a couple posts up

[meatdrink9]

Thanks for the advice. They just credited back my card for the difference in price. Very cool.

The announcement wouldn't change which machine I bought. It's for my wife to balance the books and have her own machine. There's already way more computer there than she needs. It all works out in the end. I'm glad I held out as I long as I did so I was still eligible for the price break.

[Lurch]

Also Apple has openly said they are not going to stop anyone from installing XP on the Macbooks.
So once it has XP on it does it become a PC then zippy?

Of course they won't stop people from loading XP it would be next to imposible and pointless. It becomes a PC when it's an ugly clone running any M$ product or IBM half ass attempt at a desktop OS.

[DerJaeger]

Of course they won't stop people from loading XP it would be next to imposible and pointless. It becomes a PC when it's an ugly clone running any M$ product or IBM half ass attempt at a desktop OS.

The MacBook uses Intel's new EFI bootloader hardware, not BIOS. Windows Vista is/will be EFI compatible, but Windows XP isn't. It's my understanding that you won't be able to boot a MacBook to Windows XP unless the MacBook has specifically shipped with a compatibility module to allow it.

[Storm11]

To bad the bastards didnt release a 17in version

Wait until they put out the desktop G5's... rumor has it that is when they'll be releasing the 17" Powerbook...but who really wants a damn laptop that big anway...get the 15 and then hook it to a desktop display when you're doing your photo stuff.