On 16 Aug 2004, at 04:40 PM, Lynn Gold wrote:
Apple rarely does major product releases at San Francisco MacWorld because
it comes just after Christmas.
I'm afraid you are mistaken. Apple *frequently* announces major products at the January MacWorld conference. In fact, the G4 PowerBooks were announced at the January 2001 MacWorld, and the iMac G4 was announced at the January 2002 MacWorld. At the 2003 conference, they unveiled the 17" and 12" Powerbooks. This year was a little lackluster in the hardware department, but nonetheless, they still introduced the iPod mini and the XServe G5.
Also, there will be no more revisions of the G4 PowerBooks. The current 1.5 GHz G4 models are the end of the line.
Not arguing, but who's your source on this?
Macrumors.com, among others -- there seems to be wide consensus on the net that this is the case.
Keep in mind that until very recently, it was Apple's policy never to put a pro chip in a consumer product before *all* the pro products got it. You'll remember that the G4 went first to the minitowers, then (one year later) to the PowerBooks (even though everyone had been saying at the time that a G4 PowerBook was impossible). Then, one year after *that*, Apple finally put a G4 in the (consumer) iMac.
Obviously, Apple are -- reluctantly, I'm sure -- changing this policy for the G5. It will go in the iMac before it goes in the PowerBooks, precisely because the heat issues with the G5 have been so problematic. But "problematic" doesn't mean "insurmountable" -- Apple and IBM have been planning for a PowerBook G5 from the start, and there's absolutely no reason to think they've abandoned this project.
Macosrumors.com are predicting a 6-8 month wait from now for PowerBook G5's -- I think that's overly optimistic. But 6-8 months after the iMac G5's are on the shelves seems reasonable.
At any rate, the point is that many official Apple sources, including Steve Jobs himself, have confirmed that PowerBook G5s are definitely in the works -- though, obviously, it's taking them longer than they would like.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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