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Charles Moore
- 2005.07.08
This Week's PowerBook, iBook, and Notebook News
General Apple and Mac desktop news is covered in The Mac News Review. iPod news is
covered in iPod News
Review. News about Apple's transition to Intel CPUs and other
Intel developments is covered in The Macintel Report.
All prices are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
- Apple Files Patent for Notebook That Uses iPod as
Trackpad
- Intel's Yonah CPU: Heart of Future
'Books?
Bargain 'Books
Apple Files Patent for Notebook That Uses iPod
as Trackpad
mobilemag.com's Tan reports:
"Apple has filed a patent for a notebook design that will
integrate its ultra-popular iPod mini. According to Patent
Application 20040224638, Apple intends the iPod mini to double as
the notebook's touch pad."
Intel's Yonah CPU: Heart of Future 'Books?
macsimumnews.com's Dennis Sellers reports:
"Although Apple hasn't announced which Intel chips will power
the upcoming Mactel systems, the most likely suspects are
microprocessors that have been dubbed Yonah, Celeron D 3515,
Conroe, Woodcrest, Smithfield and Merom. For the rest of the week,
we'll offer a look at the chips and what they might mean to Mac
users.
"Yonah is an Intel dual-core notebook processors that have been
announced and are due for volume production in 2006. Expect to see
it in Apple laptops and Mac minis, probably the first of the Mac
product line to go Mactel.
"Based on a mobile-optimized microarchitecture and 65nm process
technology, Yonah is designed to provide power management
capabilities and enhanced performance for multiple demanding
applications and multi-threaded applications."
"A single-core version of Yonah will also be released for budget
notebooks. Partly because of reduced power consumption, the
footprint on Yonah notebooks will be up to 31 percent smaller than
those of existing laptops...."
Bargain 'Books
Bargain 'Books are used unless otherwise indicated. New and
refurbished units have a one-year Apple warranty and are eligible
for AppleCare.
There are two different versions of WallStreet running at 233
MHz, the cacheless MainStreet
version and the later Series II
with a level 2 cache. It's not always possible to determine from
the vendor's listing which is being offered, so we've included
links within this paragraph to the two models. The same goes for
the PowerBook G4/667 (VGA) and
G4/667 (DVI), the titanium vs.
aluminum 15" PowerBook G4 at 1 GHz, and 1.25 GHz to 1.5 GHz
15" PowerBooks.
- 15" PowerBook G4/800, 256/40/CD-RW, $869
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- Titanium G4/550, 256/20/DVD, $599.99
- 12" PowerBook G4/867, 128/40/Combo, $899.99
- 12" iBook G3/900, 256/40/Combo, $679.99
PowerBook Guy
- 12" iBook G3/300, 128/6/CD-ROM, blueberry, $229.95
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- 12" iBook G3/500, 192/10/CD-ROM, AirPort, OS X, $449.95
Special Deals: Apple
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- refurb 12" iBook G4/1.2 GHz, 256/30/CD-ROM, $799
- new 15" PowerBook G4/1.5 GHz, 512/80/Combo, AirPort, Bluetooth,
1 GB iPod Shuffle, $2,119
- new 12" PowerBook G4/1 GHz, 256/40/CD-ROM, AirPort, PC2100 SO
DIMM 1 GB DDR 266, Kensington Saddlebag Case Black with Brown
trim, $999
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Charles Moore - 2005.07.08
This Week's PowerBook, iBook, and Notebook News
General Apple and Mac desktop news is covered in The Mac News Review. iPod news is covered in iPod News Review. News about Apple's transition to Intel CPUs and other Intel developments is covered in The Macintel Report.
All prices are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
- Apple Files Patent for Notebook That Uses iPod as Trackpad
- Intel's Yonah CPU: Heart of Future 'Books?
Bargain 'Books
Apple Files Patent for Notebook That Uses iPod as Trackpad
mobilemag.com's Tan reports:
"Apple has filed a patent for a notebook design that will integrate its ultra-popular iPod mini. According to Patent Application 20040224638, Apple intends the iPod mini to double as the notebook's touch pad."
Intel's Yonah CPU: Heart of Future 'Books?
macsimumnews.com's Dennis Sellers reports:
"Although Apple hasn't announced which Intel chips will power the upcoming Mactel systems, the most likely suspects are microprocessors that have been dubbed Yonah, Celeron D 3515, Conroe, Woodcrest, Smithfield and Merom. For the rest of the week, we'll offer a look at the chips and what they might mean to Mac users.
"Yonah is an Intel dual-core notebook processors that have been announced and are due for volume production in 2006. Expect to see it in Apple laptops and Mac minis, probably the first of the Mac product line to go Mactel.
"Based on a mobile-optimized microarchitecture and 65nm process technology, Yonah is designed to provide power management capabilities and enhanced performance for multiple demanding applications and multi-threaded applications."
"A single-core version of Yonah will also be released for budget notebooks. Partly because of reduced power consumption, the footprint on Yonah notebooks will be up to 31 percent smaller than those of existing laptops...."
Bargain 'Books
Bargain 'Books are used unless otherwise indicated. New and refurbished units have a one-year Apple warranty and are eligible for AppleCare.
There are two different versions of WallStreet running at 233 MHz, the cacheless MainStreet version and the later Series II with a level 2 cache. It's not always possible to determine from the vendor's listing which is being offered, so we've included links within this paragraph to the two models. The same goes for the PowerBook G4/667 (VGA) and G4/667 (DVI), the titanium vs. aluminum 15" PowerBook G4 at 1 GHz, and 1.25 GHz to 1.5 GHz 15" PowerBooks.
- 15" PowerBook G4/800, 256/40/CD-RW, $869
- Titanium G4/400, 128/10/DVD, $499.99
- Titanium G4/500, 128/20/DVD, $549.99
- Titanium G4/550, 256/20/DVD, $599.99
- 12" PowerBook G4/867, 128/40/Combo, $899.99
- 12" iBook G3/900, 256/40/Combo, $679.99
PowerBook Guy
- 12" iBook G3/300, 128/6/CD-ROM, blueberry, $229.95
- 12" iBook G3/500, 192/10/CD-ROM, OS X, $379.95
- 12" iBook G3/500, 192/10/CD-ROM, AirPort, OS X, $449.95
Special Deals: Apple
Certified
- refurb 17" PowerBook G4/1.67 GHz, 512/100/SuperDrive, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth, $2,299
- refurb 12" iBook G4/1.2 GHz, 256/30/CD-ROM, $799
- new 15" PowerBook G4/1.5 GHz, 512/80/Combo, AirPort, Bluetooth, 1 GB iPod Shuffle, $2,119
- new 12" PowerBook G4/1 GHz, 256/40/CD-ROM, AirPort, PC2100 SO DIMM 1 GB DDR 266, Kensington Saddlebag Case Black with Brown trim, $999
For more deals on current or recently discontinued models, see
our Best PowerBook G4 Deals,
Best iBook G4 Deals, Best PowerBook G3 Deals, and Best iBook G3 Deals.
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