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Tiggs
19-10-2005, 04:32 PM
Whats probably going to be the last big push for these lines before the Intel switch.

First up are some upgrades to the power books. New, higher res screens for the 15 and 17 inch models (1440x960 and 1680 x 1050 respectively), 46% brighter and 20% better battery life. They will all also have cinema HD support and superdrives (dvd burners) as standard.

New duel core power macs have been announced too. These will be able to support up to 16gig of ram and 1TB of internal storage. They will also have PCI-e and a set of new nVidia graphics cards to go with, and support for up to 4 of the 30 inch displays (holy moly). The Powermac quad will be released in November with 4 processor cores running at up to 6.6 gigaflops.

The 23" and 30" screens are getting a price drop, and thats about all the new hardware that there announcing today.

Theres also a photography post production tool called Aperture being announced that in meant to make shooting RAW as easy as shooting JPEG, but thats all I know about that.

Possibly more to come, not sure really.
FoxDhoj
19-10-2005, 04:36 PM
Wow. :D

Bigger Macs...one day, they will make a Mac so big, they all be doomed *chuckles* [/kang&kodosreference]
Swirl
19-10-2005, 05:11 PM
Wow.
30".
mmm.
16gb ram.
1TB storage...

:jizz:
piemastermike
19-10-2005, 09:38 PM
any link to stories etc? I'm looking into getting an iBook so this might be interesting...
reno
19-10-2005, 11:01 PM
this just makes me moist. good report.
Tiggs
20-10-2005, 03:16 PM
any link to stories etc? I'm looking into getting an iBook so this might be interesting...
I got my info about it here (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000383064083/), also stuff here (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/19/apple_powermac_powerbook/), and Apple have all the information you need on the Powerbook (http://www.apple.com/powerbook/) and PowerMac (http://www.apple.com/powermac/)

The iBook hasn't been touched this time round. I can imagine that there may be a slight upgrade to it before the intel switch, but it won't be anything big. The iBook is going to be one of the first to switch to intel, so I would wait until mid next year rather than but one any time soon.
Cjw
20-10-2005, 06:34 PM
The way apple are working, you'd think they had ooompa lumpas working for them..
Yorkshire Tea
20-10-2005, 06:41 PM
Wow.

I never thought I'd say it, but I could really do with a Big Mac.







Oh the punnage.
Cheeky Prophet
20-10-2005, 07:13 PM
Aww. I just got my 15 inch powerbook like two months ago. I hate how fast technology changes. Now mine isn't cool.

*sigh*
mini_ninja_pir8
23-10-2005, 04:09 AM
*drools*

I dunno whether getting a powerbook after the intel switch will be such a good idea, but hell, if this becomes standard after the switch, im sooooo saving up for one!!! Yaaay!
Soapie
23-10-2005, 08:36 AM
Aww. I just got my 15 inch powerbook like two months ago. I hate how fast technology changes. Now mine isn't cool.

*sigh*Yes it is. The old iMacs and iBooks are still cool!