Macosrumors posted this earlier this week:

"The forthcoming Intel-based iBook (NOT "MacBook," although that separate midrange product line will also be introduced soon with the MacBook Thin and later, MacBook Gamer) didn't premiere earlier this week as much of the grapevine had prematurely speculated....but the update to an Intel-built hardware platform is indeed imminent. Pricing will not drop as much as had been hoped for, but performance will make a huge leap forward. More details will follow...."

What are they talking about? I thought it was all but confirmed that the new product would be the MacBook we've been expecting. Sorry if this was already brought up, I didn't find anything.

That site is full of crap. Don't waste your time reading it.

The iBook name is dead. Steve Jobs made a comment when introducing the MBP that he wanted the name Mac in Mac products. And when Apple had that publishing snafu last week, the breadcrumb on the published page said MacBook. There is no way that Apple will make any more iBook labeled computers.

That site is full of crap. Don't waste your time reading it.

The iBook name is dead. Steve Jobs made a comment when introducing the MBP that he wanted the name Mac in Mac products. And when Apple had that publishing snafu last week, the breadcrumb on the published page said MacBook. There is no way that Apple will make any more iBook labeled computers.

That's what I thought. I don't normally read that site, but I wanted to see what they had to say about the 'delay'.

MacBook seems to be a lock-on for the new name. Hopefully we will see them before the end of the month.

Steve Jobs made a comment when introducing the MBP that he wanted the name Mac in Mac products.

i didn't catch that in the speech, though i remember jobs saying they were 'done with the Power thing', referring to PowerPC chips.

i didn't catch that in the speech, though i remember jobs saying they were 'done with the Power thing', referring to PowerPC chips.


Odd comment considering that PowerBooks didn't have powerpc chips in them for several years.

As a general rule, if MacOSRumors.com claims something, it's guaranteed to be false. :heybaby:

For goodness' sake, Apple's own site temporarily had a goof on the iPod site that pointed to Apple > Hardware > MacBook (albeit with nothing more than that). That's about as legitimate as you can get short of an official announcement. And there's no suggestions of a budget range below the MacBook - why would there be any need?

That site is full of crap. Don't waste your time reading it.

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I agree

Odd comment considering that PowerBooks didn't have powerpc chips in them for several years.

smoke crack much? ;)

scroll down the page for the tech specs on the current g4 powerbook:
http://www.apple.com/ca/powerbook/

powerpc refers to the processor architecture, not necessarily who made it. i gather you're referring to the fact that motorola stopped making the chips a few years ago.

TroutMaskReplica is wrong Da Jonesy is right

Apple made Powerbooks starting in 1990 and made Powerbooks for 5 years or so, with Motorola 68030 or 040 chips- no powerpc til 1995 or 6

Powerbook as a brand name preceded the PowerPC by several years
now you know

smoke crack much? ;)

scroll down the page for the tech specs on the current g4 powerbook:
http://www.apple.com/ca/powerbook/

powerpc refers to the processor architecture, not necessarily who made it. i gather you're referring to the fact that motorola stopped making the chips a few years ago.

I'd rather just be suprised (if it's iBook, PostBoook, MacBook Amateur, BookMark, or NewComputer or AppleThing). I don't care what it's called.

BookMark??? What is that a new ultra thin bookmark sized Mac? Please splurge on the details!

Seriously if I see one more thread about this whole iBook/MacBook name thing I'm gonna go crazy. People are just so obsessed with what the future will hold.. enjoy the present. :P

BookMark??? What is that a new ultra thin bookmark sized Mac? Please splurge on the details!

Seriously if I see one more thread about this whole iBook/MacBook name thing I'm gonna go crazy. People are just so obsessed with what the future will hold.. enjoy the present. :P

Enjoy the present? What did you get me?

Enjoy the present? What did you get me?

A BookMark Core Solo with 512MB RAM, 4GB solid state memory, MacOSX embedded, Front Row, 640x400 widescreen.

Or would you rather have an AppleThing? Same specs as the BookMark Core Solo just in a bitemark apple shape.

smoke crack much? ;)

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powerpc refers to the processor architecture, not necessarily who made it. i gather you're referring to the fact that motorola stopped making the chips a few years ago.The first powerbook, the powerbook 100, had a motorola 68000 family processor in it. This was years before the powerpc processor came to market, and the "power" part of the name clearly had nothing to do with that chip.

Also, motorola didn't stop making the chips, as such, but spun off the divisio, now known as freescale. freescale continues to make powerpc chips.

A BookMark Core Solo with 512MB RAM, 4GB solid state memory, MacOSX embedded, Front Row, 640x400 widescreen.

Or would you rather have an AppleThing? Same specs as the BookMark Core Solo just in a bitemark apple shape.


Oooh. A boy can dream, but it's nice to have the picture painted once in a while...

The first powerbook, the powerbook 100, had a motorola 68000 family processor in it. This was years before the powerpc processor came to market, and the "power" part of the name clearly had nothing to do with that chip.

Also, motorola didn't stop making the chips, as such, but spun off the divisio, now known as freescale. freescale continues to make powerpc chips.

GeekWars!

GeekWars!Are you still bitter because you thought, laughably, that Nute Gunray was the Trade Federation's Neimodian representative?

i thought da jonesy was going the other way, saying powerbooks haven't had powerpc processors in them for the last few years. if you reread the original comment you can see it could be taken either way.

also, when motorola spun off the division, the entity known as motorola stopped making powerpc chips. clearer?