On 19/10/04 9:14 pm, "Stephen Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (in part):
> Is anyone else less than impressed with Apple's new offerings? Can you elaborate on this? At first glance I don't see anything that would be considered disappointing...what bothers you about them? The iBook line still doesn't come with BT built-in which really should be at this stage...but besides that there is precious little difference between the new models (in reality) and the 17" 1.33 PB I am using and there is quite the price difference (I can assure you of that!)...there are screen hacks available to provide external monitor support on the iBooks, the video is not bad and the price is getting better and better. A PC laptop with the celebrated centrino processors aren't much faster and the wlan mobility features on the PC's are now built-in as standard with the iBooks as well...They must be getting the mix correct as more iBooks were sold this last quarter than PB's...(238,000 units!, +74 percent increase equalling 256 Million USD...compared to 213,000 PB units) On the other hand, a G5 2.5 GHz iBook with 128MB VRAM, 10" OLED display, very low power model and DVI interface would be great too...however I don't think that they will provide any iBook that endangers the PB line until it goes G5. My .02 Richard -- -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> 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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
