iBook G4?

[Da_iMac_Daddy]

On the back of the most recent MacMall catalogue there is an ad that reads "NEW iBook G4!" I thought I had missed something but it seems to be just a typo. Or maybe a little hint of things to come?

[fryke]

a typo, of course.

glad you weren't an owner of a just released G3 iBook. You'd have gotten a heart attack.

[Da_iMac_Daddy]

yep ;-)

[spuchee]

It may be too soon for Apple to ditch the G3 on the iBook. It is less expensive than the G4, runs cooler and quieter, and still has some potential in terms of increased horsepower.

[Jason]

i just about had a heart attack when i saw this title... next time you do that to me, i press "the button"

[garymum4d]

The ibook must go onto a G4 soon if Apple are to carry out the threat of all Macs booting only in OSX from jan 2003

[vanguard]

Originally posted by spuchee
It may be too soon for Apple to ditch the G3 on the iBook. It is less expensive than the G4, runs cooler and quieter, and still has some potential in terms of increased horsepower.

Ok, it runs cooler, I'll give you that. To say that it runs "quieter" hardly seems true. Yeah, it needs less cooling but my iBook is *much* louder than my P3 IBM thinkpad. The fact that it doesn't need as much cooling doesn't mean much if apple puts piece of junk fans in the case.

Increased horsepower? The G3s are so behind it's time to give up on them. Most people will agree that it's time to give up on the G4 as well.

The only reason that Apple is still putting G3s in the iBook (according to me) is to avoid eating into the sales of the tiBooks. That's it. There is no technical reason for it. As a customer, I don't like it. I want them to produce the best machines they can and I want them offered at reasonable prices. I have to imagine that Apple's margins are growing by the day because their prices machines are standing still and their component prices are dropping.

Vanguard

[kendall]

The G3 is held back by Apple, its not behind. In reality, it should have surpassed the G4 in MHz and system bus speed quite awhile ago. It is a lot cooler and quieter because the fan rarely comes on. Its a lot cheaper as well. Its just as fast as a G4 of the same MHz for non Altivec apps. The reason people think the G3 is crap is because Apple has conditioned them to think that way.

I would take a 1.5GHz G3 over a 1.25GHz G4 any day and if Apple wasn't holding the G3 back, we'd have that option. But the G3 doesn't support SMP. Right now, no, because no SMP motherboards have been designed for the G3. The Athlon didn't support SMP either when first released. If Apple wanted the G3 to support SMP it could very easily do so.

1GHz G3s were announced 14 months ago. Where the hell are they?