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01-22-2006, 01:18 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,545
|  iBook with Intel chips?
Ok, I am starting to wonder why Apple made a bother at all switching to Intel for the MacBook and then iMac Desktop when they are so bloody expensive that I cannot afford one, and, not a whole lot of people can.
So, are they going to make an iBook version of the MacBook? Like a slower CPU smaller GPU etc. Because I really need a Mac for college and I don't want to drag around old technology nor do I want to say goodbye to $2000.
Is Mac going to continue using the PPC CPU in iBooks and just make them faster, or are they going to put Intel chips in iBooks any time soon?
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01-22-2006, 01:32 PM
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Member (again) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raul's Wild Kingdom...How 'bout that, huh? Posts: 4,200
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By the end of the year, or early next year, we should be seeing ALL Macs having Intel procs. So, there WILL be an Intel iBook soon. Since the iBook is supposed to be the so-called consumer portable Mac, it will very likely have a less powerful CPU and less powerful GPU than the MacBook Pro, which will make it more affordable.
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01-22-2006, 01:33 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,295
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Quote: Originally posted by GameGURU
Ok, I am starting to wonder why Apple made a bother at all switching to Intel for the MacBook and then iMac Desktop when they are so bloody expensive that I cannot afford one, and, not a whole lot of people can. | Apple switched to Intel for Power, not price.
And yes, they are planning a lower-priced iBook replacement, but there hasn't really been any confirmation as to when it will be released.
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01-22-2006, 04:40 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,545
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Power not price...bad marketing move if you ask me.
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01-22-2006, 05:31 PM
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iBook will likely be much more price focused, especially if they choose to put a Core Solo as opposed to Duo in it...
That is, if they remain "iBooks"...MacBook Express??? :eek:
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01-22-2006, 05:57 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Qiranworms
That is, if they remain "iBooks"...MacBook Express??? :eek: | I was expecting just a regular MacBook since the PowerBook replacement is the MacBook Pro, but who knows?
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01-22-2006, 06:03 PM
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They didn't change the name of the iMac, so I have a hunch they won't change the name of the iBook, either.
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01-22-2006, 06:08 PM
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if powerbook g4 - macbook pro
then powermac g5 = macmac pro
i cant wait to buy my macmacpro :-P
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01-22-2006, 06:18 PM
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I saw a commercial today about intel expanding their processor to apple, it was like "for too long have our processors been trapped in pc's" or some stuff like that.
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01-22-2006, 07:11 PM
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I think thats apple's commercial.
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