Shaddup about G5 PowerBooks already!

[Randman]

Originally Posted by Cat

Indeed, some couldn't. G4: "decent speed FSB" sold separately. The G5 PMs have ~ TEN TIMES the FSB speed of the G4 based machines. That could be worth waiting for IMHO ... if indeed they come out this year.

There's no way a PB could jump to 10 times the performance of a rev c PowerBook.

[adambyte]

Actually, I don't know if any of you have heard this, but it's been proven in scientific studies that a 64-bit processor laptop increases your quality of life by at least two times, and very often more.

I'm curious about a new PowerBook, but not amazingly anxious, like some.

[Arden]

I found the perfect solution to anybody who's still whining about a G5 Powerbook: an iMac and an iLugger case. One of the expo demonstrators showed me how the bag was designed to protect the foot and hold the keyboard and mouse securely. Sure, you'll need access to a power port, and a phone jack if you want to go online, but hell, it's better than BITCHING AND MOANING.

[symphonix]

Originally Posted by adambyte

Actually, I don't know if any of you have heard this, but it's been proven in scientific studies that a 64-bit processor laptop increases your quality of life by at least two times, and very often more.

LOL. That seems about the size of it.

A lot of these recent posts are screaming "oh, woe is me! There's no G5 PowerBook! How am I supposed to do any real work! I'm forever doomed to rip CDs in iTunes at 12x rather than 15x speed! My iMovie transitions might take at least 0.3 seconds longer to process! Why don't I just go kill myself?! Waaah..."

[drunkmac]

Im with Randman...especially with people saying theyll come out with iBooks at the same time. I mean I used to have an iBook...but...now I have a Powerbook

And cooling people. Cooling is a big issue with the G5 chip.

BUT. You cannot compare a G4 system to a G5 system. That G5 has a lot of better things than your quiksilver G4. And nice post symphonix lol...

[chevy]

I had the chance to compare my 1 GHz G4 iMac with a 1.8 GHz G5 iMac... the difference is REAL ! I don't know if it's necessary, but it's real. If you do some iPhoto, or iMovie, you feel it !

[fryke]

There's also yet another reason why I think it's important for Apple to move on with the PowerBooks. Two, actually...

First: The current PowerBooks are old. They're good, but they've been around for too long a time. I have one, I know they're 'good', but Apple should've been able to go 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 GHz with the G4s by now in my opinion. Might not be their fault at all, but those 1.5 GHz models are, in fact, old models. It shouldn't be that the 'Power'Book is lower spec than the iMac for such a long time, too. Both in processor generation and pure GHz speed as well. I think it's just somehow wrong.

But there's a second reason. The iBooks. Their performance is MUCH too close to the PowerBooks' now, compared to the price difference. I don't have any numbers (and Apple doesn't exactly give them out), but I don't think Apple will sell many PowerBooks these days. Sure, if you're on a Pismo and it's finally giving up on you (for whatever reason, be it performance or because you've lost it, it was stolen or it just dies...) and you absolutely need one, why not. But I guess many of those would also consider an iBook now. Because the extra they pay for a PowerBook just doesn't seem justified.

Overall, I don't really care whether the next PowerBook is a G5 or a G4, but they ought to replace them faster. That's my opinion. Don't let those PowerBooks be 'new' for more than 9 months. Rather, replace them after SIX months, please. Be it faster optical drives, a mere hundred MHz, a better basic RAM configuration and/or a faster video card... I say: Advance faster.

[Randman]

Advance faster? C'mon, be real. Don't you think Apple would have released them, if they had them at the ready?
And comparing a 1Ghz G4 to a 1.8 G5 is a much bigger difference than a 1.5 G4 to a 1.6 or 1.8 G5.