New iBook?
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Alexandert
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Don't wait! 
simX
Unofficial Mac Genius
Supposedly Apple is trying to maintain a 5-month lifespan on all products, which means that after an update, there's probably going to be a 5-month period before it gets a serious rev. However, I would venture to guess that the iBook will probably not get updated until July (6 months).
Depends what you want to do. If you absolutely must have OS X running decently or faster than what you currently have (I dunno if it's decent on your Powerbook or not), then you could feasibly spring for a new iBook. If you can live with your PowerBook for a few months yet, then you could wait.
This is my philosophy: you could wait forever in getting a new computer. Even after an update, there could be another update in as little as two months (the Powerbook and iBook both got updated in October, and then the PowerBook got updated AGAIN in December and the iBook in January). So unless a big trade show is coming up, you should spring for what's available.
In this case, MacWorld Tokyo is coming up in about a week, so I suggest you wait until after then. But after that, you can safely spring for an iBook.
You're inevitably going to be disappointed when a new revision comes out, but it's always a guessing game as to when a new model is coming out, so your judgment is as good as mine.
Depends what you want to do. If you absolutely must have OS X running decently or faster than what you currently have (I dunno if it's decent on your Powerbook or not), then you could feasibly spring for a new iBook. If you can live with your PowerBook for a few months yet, then you could wait.
This is my philosophy: you could wait forever in getting a new computer. Even after an update, there could be another update in as little as two months (the Powerbook and iBook both got updated in October, and then the PowerBook got updated AGAIN in December and the iBook in January). So unless a big trade show is coming up, you should spring for what's available.
In this case, MacWorld Tokyo is coming up in about a week, so I suggest you wait until after then. But after that, you can safely spring for an iBook.
You're inevitably going to be disappointed when a new revision comes out, but it's always a guessing game as to when a new model is coming out, so your judgment is as good as mine.
Don't wait. Just don't do it. I put my order in for one of the little ibooks (before they launched the big screen version); before they placed it Apple contacted me and said all the prices had changed and the big screen version was available. Instead, I chose to max it out (640 MB RAM, 30 gig hard drive). It's better than physics! Possibly the best purchase I've ever made in my life...well, there was that....um....maybe a story for another time.
The iBook is definitely a very good buy right now. The iBooks will get an update as soon as the TiBooks have one. G3 processors at 1 GHz are available in large quantities at IBM, for example, but G4 processors for notebooks lag behind. And they don't want the power of the iBook to exceed the power of the TiBook. MWNY is definitely the point where we'll see Mac OS 10.2 and new hardware, and I think they'll up the TiBook & iBook line there. If you can wait until then, that's fine. You've already got a nice PowerBook, although the new iBook would of course be better suited for OS X. But what would you do if Apple won't release new iBooks at MWNY? Would you wait for Apple Expo Paris in September?
But it's like the iMac and the Powermac. They now have both G4 processors, and the powermac still is the proffesional computer en the iMac the mneeih-computer. So I think that the iBook is going to have a G4 processor, but no speedboost. And that the Tibook also a speedboost (is that the right word?) up to 1 Ghz, i think... and a larger harddrive.
This is not a rumor, i say, it's just my opinion.
senne
This is not a rumor, i say, it's just my opinion.
senne