On 19 Apr 2004, at 15:26, Roger Houghton wrote:
On 19 Apr 2004, at 2:20 pm, Tom Burke wrote:
The Maccentral site has some initial details of new Powerbook and iBook configurations; mainly speed increases plus inclusion of Airport as standard. No details yet about iBooks.
And the Apple UK Store is currently (14;20) 'closed for updating', so we've obviously got the new machines as well.
They're out now (PBs only) but nothing very exciting unless you burn a lot of DVDs:
http://www.apple.com/uk/
Indeed, they are largely incremental changes. But they're attractive changes, as far as I can see, and the most attractive are actually in the iBook line: a) they now use Airport Extreme, not Airport; b) slot-loading optical drives, no longer tray-loading; c) minimum speed 1Ghz; and d) cheaper - down �50 on the 12" to �799; �100 on the lower-level 14" to �899; and �150 on the 1.2Ghz 14" to �1050.
Put it this way, the 12" iBook is now a better machine than my 9-month-old 12" PB (Mk 1), and costs �500 less than the PB did.
Those iBooks are now seriously good value for money....
Tom Burke
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