When will intel powered Ibooks be available?

When will intel powered Ibooks be available?

i'm waiting patiently..can't pay for macbook pro

any dates?

 

Nothing has been announced, but I suspect it will be several months still.

 

Agreed - you won't see Intel iBooks for another few months at least. I've heard rumors that they're going to be released with the new 12" and 17" MB Pro.

 

Just before the Macbook Pro was released, there were rumours from well-established and reliable sources that the first Intel based Mac was supposed to be the new iBook. Seems like the rumours were wrong... again.

Looking back, though, it's easy to see why people thought that way. I personally don't understand (not that that's important) why Apple would release a 'pro' model when everyone in the world knows that they're going to be replaced by the 64-bit Merom later this year.

It would have made more sense to go with a lower end budget model iBook with the 32-bit Yonahs now and then wait for the Meroms for the pro models, not to mention the fact that it would have given software developers more time to make high-end applications that run natively on Intel based Macs. As of right now, even if you had a Macbook Pro sitting on your desk, what the heck would you do with it? Run Photoshop 2x as slow as a G4?

Anyway, I hope that the iBooks come out soon. I'm very interested in specs and prices. If Apple continues the tradition of having a dedicated graphics card in everything they sell (even in their lowest end iBook), this should be pretty interesting.

 

My bet is late Spring. Historically we see updates to the "books" every year around this time.

 

The 15" PowerBook is the bread and butter of their line. It defies economics in the sense that a more expensive offering sells more, but they're selling more 15" PowerBook models than any other laptop model including the iBooks, so their move makes perfect sense to test the market and give people what they need early enough. I'd rather they introduce now and refresh it again in 6 months than wait out the 6 months.

 

Um, I am no realiable source but if I have say anything look around April/May(ish) I say that for a few reasons, one because I think that the iBook are usually updated around that time and because Yohan base processors will be less in demand allowing for a slightly cheaper price or the stock for them is very limited.

The Macbook was a bit shocking though.

 

my guess is mayb april 1st (apple's 30th anniversary)
or around summer..ish

 

Is the price of the intel iBooks going to be the same price as they are now? I really wouldn't be able to afford much over $1,000. If they are too pricy when they come out do you think the price will go down by the end of the year?

 

Most likely - there may even be a low-end Celeron powered iBook for cheap.

 

If budget is a key concern, my advice would be to avoid Apple. You pay a premium for the brand, style and the quality in a similar way that you pay up more for a Sony laptop for its brand and style. Now, if you tell me that you want a Mac because of the OS, that's a whole different story and a very justified one.

 

I'd have to disagree. I think that for Macs in general, you're absolutely right - they are expensive for what you get. But if you look at the low-end iBooks for 'budget conscious' buyers, specifically the 12", it's actually a pretty good deal.

It comes with all the standard features you'd expect to find in any notebook plus it comes with a full-size firewire port (important to some of us), a slot loading optical drive (cool factor), and a dedicated graphics card (something definitely not found a lot in this price range - albeit a 32MB Radeon 9550 but still better than the integrated stuff).

Additionally, it gets pretty good battery life and comes in a small and light package with (in my opinion) above average build quality, so you're doing pretty good for the money that you pay.

Intel says that they'll use the Core Single Yonah as the new 'Celeron' and early indications are that the new iBook will only be available with that CPU.

 

im 95% sure it'll b the same price.. and apple prices never go down (almost never) so dont expect a discount.. maybe third party sites like amazon or such may give discounts (like amazon has the 100$ rebate for the curren ibook)..

i absolutely agree on this =) exactly why i bought my 12inch ibook last christmas.. cudn't resist haha

 

I don't really like Celerons, I have a 450Mhz Pentium II in a desktop that seems to run faster than my dad's desktop w/ a 2 Ghz Celeron. They are both running XP and the HDD on my PII is slower, but has a faster startup time. This is why I got a Pentium M in my dv4000. I personally don't like low-budget Intels.

 

they will probably b core solos instead of core duos.. i seriously doubt apple will put in celerons

 

One must remember that a celeron M is much much different than a p4 based celeron.