Apple Planning Intel iBook Debut for January?

axonis writes "Apple is planning to release its first entry-level iBook laptops with Intel processors next January at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, highly reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret." From the article: "Apple will almost certainly tap Intel's forthcoming Yonah processor for the iBooks, a successor to the company's Pentium M. It is unknown whether Apple will go with a dual-core version of the processor, slated for release in January, or a single-core version, which Intel announced in August would be delivered shortly after the dual-core version. The dual-core Yonah chip could very likely deliver performance greater than Apple's current G4-based PowerBooks."

oh, and one more thing...

[BushCheney08]

"Oh, and one more thing...That whole thing about switching to Intel was just a joke..."

Leaked Picture link here!

[Anonymous Coward]

Leaked Picture link here! [mit.edu]

WTD does *next* January mean?

[logicnazi]

Does that mean the next january which will occur or the next one after 'this' january. The first seems way too soon (three months!).

God I hate this particular phrase. It confuses me almost every time. I wish we had some clearer system where we would just say a number before the month/day to indicate how many away it was for small numbers. So instead of next january meaning the first january after this we could say 'the first january' and the next one would be 'the second january'.

So could someone please reply and tell me which it is. Also wouldn't hurt to add it in the story.

Re:One problem with them going mainstream

[superpulpsicle]

I still think people are buying the iBooks for the coolness, because it is the far better looking than your boring corporate compaq/dell laptops. However for those who don't mind spending the money, nothing beats the custom color beefed up Hypersonic laptop line. http://www.hypersonic-pc.com/ [hypersonic-pc.com]

(More) Leaked Picture link here!

[Fhqwhgadss]

Leaked photos of the upcoming P-p-p-powerbook [sbcglobal.net]

Re:Don't buy this.

[tezbobobo]

Great! Good for you! Please let me know when you've hacked the Gimp into Photoshop, or Scribus into InDesign. Sure I'm sarcastic, but you get my point.

Re:Don't buy this.

[Anonymous Coward]

People who use the word 'boxen' don't get a vote on what computer I buy.

Re:Don't buy this.

[djdavetrouble]

When you buy an Intel PowerBook, you're buying into the most evil technology imaginable

Funny, I can imagine much more evil technology than an Intel Powerbook,
Starting off with something along the lines of a gigantic painful death ray that dissolves your skin first
then fries your nerve endings before it finally boils your blood and liquifies your bones, thereby killing you
until you die to death. Now THATS evil.
Even a laptop that shocks you when you make spelling errors seems more evil to me, Or a Gateway 2000,
Or that little wiggly controller on IBM thinkpads, the mousenipple or whatever it is called... Folks, me and my
imagination have all day to out evil the Intel Powerbook. Apparently you, Sir, have underestimated me in your
hyperbolic haste.

Re:All right

[Golias]

Seems Dr. Moore has forsaken poor Apple.

Well, Dr. Moore did work for Intel, after all. In January the mountain comes to Mohammed.

Can't wait to run Windows on it!

[abroadst]

I'll definitely buy one of these and the first thing I do will be to wipe it clean and install XP. Finally a decent looking laptop from Apple that can run standard software.

Re:And the point is?

[vertinox]

The current Mac GUI stinks. I have to use it occassionaly for work and it drives me nuts with frustration. Just moving the windows about or (much worse) resizing them is a nightmare on a large screen. The Dock is far too limited, the menu bar too far away, the general layout of the control panel, to say nothing of the madness which is the file tree with its "sometimes I'm Unix, sometimes I'm MacOS" tangle. I hate it.

To give you professional advice, it appears your mastery of moving the mouse cursor across the screen and clicking leaves something to be desired. May I suggest buying a lubricated mouse pad for easier motion til your arm gets strong enough to drag items into the dock on a regular basis.

Re:DVD Jon

[HeetMyser]

"Why would you even WANT to use an OS that will not be supported for your hardware? Every software update will break it so you end up running an old version of the software all the time just so you can be l33t?" I ask my Windows-using friends this all the time.

Re:How many?

[Randolpho]

someone will have a binary stripper

Will he get a binary lap dance?

Re:So...

[Anonymous Coward]

hey ya fucking nimrod! we're talking about a laptop computer here. not a luggable. you don't just "change out the video card" on a laptop!! it's not the way it's done. not unless you have some mystical power over laptop motherboards that allows you to unsolder one GPU for another. moron. get over yourself.

Re:This is why I love Apple

[toph42]

KIRK: "How long to re-fit?"

SCOTTY: "Eight weeks. But you don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for you in two."

KIRK: "Do you always multiply your repair estimates by a factor of four?"

SCOTTY: "How else to maintain my reputation as a miracle worker?"

KIRK: "Your reputation is safe with me."

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

Re:How many?

[nine-times]

They won't be able to give away PowerBook G4s after intelBooks like these ship.

Sure they will. I'll take a 15 incher right here.

Re:How many?

[Capt'n Hector]

0...0....0...0..0..0...0...0...00000001!

Re:How many?

[PantsWearer]

Will he get a binary lap dance?

I'd pay two bits for that.

It's the Apple Way.

[solios]

At least since the iMac, probably since the 6500 (the first personal computer- x86 OR PPC -to break 300mhz), Apple has ALWAYS lead the jump to new and improved technology and aesthetics with the consumer hardware. The pro hardware comes along later - learning from flaws in the revA consumer stuff and fitting in new features in the process.

There's also a good chunk of mac fanboi out there that are all OMG!!!!! GLEEEEE!!!!!!!! when Apple releases new kit. We're talking the kind of people that bought an iMac, then turned right around and bought a blue-and-white G3 when those were released.

Also... the big advantage of the mini is you're not bound to a specific keyboard and monitor. Much as I love my iBook, the keyboard blows compared to my old powerbook and a 12" display makes my face hurt (it's nice but it's too damned small for my eyes) - the mini lets me use my existing pile of mid-90s Apple CRTs (DVI -> VGA adapter with a VGA -> 25-pin Mac adapter plugged into that, FOR THE WIN!) and my existing keyboards and input devices. It's certainly true that if you're starting fresh (say, just out of high school), a notebook is a much better bang for the buck... but if your house is the Macintosh equivalent of an elephant graveyard, the mini fits into that magic slot of "slightly more expensive than a processor upgrade."