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Rumor: 15.4" PowerBook to Replace Titanium
By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac
January 15th 2003
TiBook may be close to EOL
Appleinsider forums published a discussion between a Digitimes correspondent and a
reader, which says Apple is set to replace the current 15.2" PowerBook G4 Titanium
model with a slightly larger screen.
The Digitimes correspondent wrote to the Appleinsider reader:
"The 15.4" model will replace the current 15.2" model in the near future. On Apple
Computer's website, the company has pointed out that the actual 15" PowerBook measured
at 15.2" in diagonal."
The correspondent is reportedly Chinmei Sung of Digitimes. IGM have mailed Mr. Sung
requesting verification of this quotation.
The PowerBook G4/15.2" was left untouched at MWSF, with no upgrades to its existing
specification.
Analysis: There are genuine reasons for suspecting this may well be authentic, despite
not being able to ascertain the provenance of the source. With the 12.1 and 17"
PowerBooks, Apple has essentially shown its hand; aluminium is the metal of choice;
and the TiBook in its current form is probably not long for this world. A slightly
larger screen [although at what resolution?] would slot in between the two new
PowerBooks nicely, while the 12.1" - and cheaper - PowerBook G4 sports better features
than its bigger brother, such as a faster Combo drive, support for Airport II; better
graphics; and BlueTooth built-in.
Get the Ti while you can, if you want one: our bet is Apple will wait until demand for
the 12.1" (end of Januaru) and the 17" (February) is sated, before dropping a big
15-incher on us to keep that PowerBook demand steamrolling in.
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