Re: End of life?
Jeff Hubatka said: most people believe that the size of the G5 and heat sink necessary precludes that from going into the current Powerbook. Perhaps so, but IBM had a slower G5 version for portables already when the G5s were introduced in 2003. I'm not sure if improved versions of that chip could fit in a Alu type shell of course, but they did have the processor already. A 1.5 or so Ghz powerbook G5 may be a quite interesting prospect compared to the PB G4 variety. however, I'm not holding my breath. My next step is a 1Ghz Titanium if I can find a fair price. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: End of life?
I've gathered that a G5 PowerBook is a long way off. What do you think will replace the above PowerBooks? ThinkSecret says that it'll only be a minor speed bump. http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0501briefly2.html (scroll to the bottom) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: End of life?
On Jan 25, 2005, at 1:09 AM, G-Books wrote: From: Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: End of life? Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:00:22 -0600 Charles Moore's The 'Book Review of 1/21/05 (from LowEndMac) quotes Lionel from Hardmac: We have just been informed that PowerBooks as well as eMac SuperDrive have been declared End of Life at the FNAC. Following that lead, I found that Hardmac's site (I've never been there before) says: An independent European source has confirmed that the following machines have been end of life'd : Powerbook G4 12 1.33 GHz combo (M9183*/A) Powerbook G4 12 1.33 GHz Superdrive (M9184*/A) Powerbook G4 15 1.33 GHz Combo (M9421*/A) Powerbook G4 15 1.5 GHz Superdrive (M9422*/A) Powerbook G4 17 1.5 GHz Superdrive (M9462*/A) In short, the whole Powerbook range is up for a refresh. [Update]: another source from Australia has confirmed it. There is an additional comment given by Apple regarding the current status: AFSI, meaning Awaiting Further Shipping Information. I've gathered that a G5 PowerBook is a long way off. What do you think will replace the above PowerBooks? Claire Charles Moore isn't dealing with any inside information. Mostly he just plagiarizes other web sites and publishes these things under his own byline. There are always plenty of rumors about new Powerbooks, but most people believe that the size of the G5 and heat sink necessary precludes that from going into the current Powerbook. --- JSH TiBook You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. (Henry Ford) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
End of life?
Charles Moore's The 'Book Review of 1/21/05 (from LowEndMac) quotes Lionel from Hardmac: We have just been informed that PowerBooks as well as eMac SuperDrive have been declared End of Life at the FNAC. Following that lead, I found that Hardmac's site (I've never been there before) says: An independent European source has confirmed that the following machines have been end of life'd : Powerbook G4 12 1.33 GHz combo (M9183*/A) Powerbook G4 12 1.33 GHz Superdrive (M9184*/A) Powerbook G4 15 1.33 GHz Combo (M9421*/A) Powerbook G4 15 1.5 GHz Superdrive (M9422*/A) Powerbook G4 17 1.5 GHz Superdrive (M9462*/A) In short, the whole Powerbook range is up for a refresh. [Update]: another source from Australia has confirmed it. There is an additional comment given by Apple regarding the current status: AFSI, meaning Awaiting Further Shipping Information. I've gathered that a G5 PowerBook is a long way off. What do you think will replace the above PowerBooks? Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
End of Life?
Oops. Here's more from LEM/Charles Moore's article: In addition, Asustek will also start shipping iBook G5 notebooks to Apple in the second quarter of this year. And PowerBook G5, Quanta Computer, 30k-50k/month, 2Q 2005. I'm skeptical. I don't think a PowerBook G5 is that close to production, let along an iBook G5. A typo perhaps? Or has there been a breakthrough in cooling the G5 for laptop use that Apple and IBM haven't been letting on? I found this at http://www.lowendmac.com/bookrev/05/0121.html What do you think? Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
