07-30-2004, 12:50 PM

I just sold my iBook, and was thinking about buying a new Powerbook, so does anyone know if they will upgrade the line anytime soon? Does anyone know a timeline of about how often they are updated (the current line is 5 months old, correct)?

07-30-2004, 02:44 PM

Apple just upgraded both the iBook and the powerbook. You can look at mac rumors buyers guide.

07-31-2004, 09:54 AM

If they will get an upgrade they might upgrade the processor for now. Not sure what else they will upgrade. I think they upgrade about 3 months or so ago.

07-31-2004, 05:53 PM

I remember when the 2.5 GHz G5s came out, the people at Apple said that they were having problems putting the G5 in a compact computer, and that not to expect a G5 Powerbook until the end of the year. Well, December isn't TOO far away, so you may just want to hang tight for a bit. But yeah, that buyer's guide on macrumors seems to be pretty helpful. I never knew about it before you posted the link, rman. Thanks.

08-01-2004, 12:24 AM

How does the G5 compare to the G4? Isn't it 64 bit?

08-01-2004, 11:09 PM

No upgrade for a while, from what I've seen.

08-02-2004, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by mode7girl

How does the G5 compare to the G4? Isn't it 64 bit?

The G4 is a 32 bit processor, where as the G5 is a 64 bit processor. Also the G5 does run the 32 bit instruction set.

08-18-2004, 02:35 AM

As hinted at earlier, Apple is having trouble putting the G5 cpu into a powerbook. This is, from what I hear, due to issues with heat. My current powerbook already gets pretty warm underneath, I can't imagine what a G5 processor would do to my lap!

08-18-2004, 02:57 AM

'Hotplate anyone?'

08-19-2004, 04:44 PM

January 2005 is my bet. From the looks of that link the second poster put, the iBook only has about 2 months left, and the powerbook 3 months before the next update. Albeit those are only averages . I'm not buying my iBook until at least April anyways.

08-19-2004, 07:51 PM

Even if the iBooks are to get updated before the Powerbooks, that update won't be a G5 processor, because as we've seen with the G4 processors, the Powerbooks get them WAY before the iBooks do. The iBook G4 is actually pretty recent. I think it came out at the beginning of this year or the end of last year!

By the way, while we're on the topic of iBooks, I would just like to say that when I always talk about my Dad's G3 iBook, I'm talking about the newest model of G3 iBooks. You know, it's white and it KINDA looks like a bigger version of the G4 iBook. KINDA. So, I'm not talking about the colored versions of the G3 iBooks.

08-20-2004, 08:45 PM

Next iBook update will likely see a Geforce go 5200 and probably built in wifi. Other than that, I don't know what else it will have, maybe stock 512mb ram?