On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:24:27PM -0800, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: : : I am currently planning to buy a 15" PB to replace my 4 year old : Dell Inspiron. I am trying to figure out how to time this purchase so : that I don't buy a Powerbook only to have a newer model come out a <insert : short time period here> later (which is what happened to me with the : Dell). [...] : I have seen some speculation about G5 PBs this year, but that : seems really optimistic IMO (not that MO counts for much). It seems worth : the wait to get the G5 since my current computer is still working : acceptably... but then I wonder about things like the first round of new : hardware and the potential for problems with them in general, battery : life, the fact that VirtualPC (which I will need for a few pieces of : proprietary software) doesn't yet work on the G5 (but hopefully will : soon?).
Considering that Apple has delayed shipping the new G5 Xserves, I would believe that it will be a while before the first round of PowerBook G5 systems appear. Perhaps another year. At least that's the trend with every major revision of the PowerPC. -- Eugene Lee eugene at anime dot net -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
