How big of a leap forward in performance is a G4 over the G3? I've got an old 600 MHz. G3 iBook and I am just wondering how big a step up is the new 1.2 GHz G4 iBooks?
--- Rex. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 1:04 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: The new Powerbooks and ibooks are here... I would be willing to bet that the next PowerBook will have a G5. Probably 6 months or more. Brian O'Neal On Apr 19, 2004, at 12:40 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > Bill, it should be. One the one hand, June with the Apple Developer > Conference is coming and the G5 desktop should see upgrades. On that > same hand, the laptops do not, usually, get updated as often as the > desktops, so 6 months should be fine. On the other hand, ... > > Jerry > > May I re-phrase the question? > > Will this be the last G4 Powerbook and how long until the G5 > Powerbooks are out? > > > > > > On Apr 19, 2004, at 10:31 AM, Bill Rising wrote: > >> On 4/19/04 9:12, Brian wrote >> >>> The new Powerbooks and ibooks are here... >>> The new Powerbooks and ibooks are here... >>> >>> Paul Revere >>> a.k.a Brian O'Neal >>> >> >> Anyone know if this is gonna be the last powerbook/ibook upgrade for >> the >> next, say, 6 months? I'm starting to get sorely tempted, and Mary's >> laptop is starting to get a bit on the dated side (it's a 1999 >> powerbook, >> if I recall - disk is too small for OS X, processor is pretty slow >> for OS >> X). >> >> Bill >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April >> | 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. List posting >> | address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. List > | posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
