Shame on me, none of my
top 3 rumors is true. Steve Jobs surprised us again: no new iBook (although it is way overdue), no Mac Mini Media Center. But A NEW
POWERBOOK MacBook Pro (the new name that stands for the Macintel era).
The design is almost the same like the latest aluminium ones, but the specs are really promising: faster, thinner, brighter, lighter etc. The CPU: a Intel Core Duo with 1,67/1,83 GHz, that is up to 5 times faster than the 1,67 GHz G4. Read the
full specs on apple.com and the first
Hands-on at Engadget.
Secondly: the new iMac.
The Design hasn't changed neither, but it has the Core Duo as well, which seems to be three times faster like the latest G5 processor in the iMac. The
specs are on Apple's Webpage.
In other words (and that applies for iMac and Powerbook): G4 and G5 Macs are slow! Today we can finally admit.
What's coming up next? The MacBook as a replacement for the iBook? Won't last too long...
PS:
This guy seems to have some good sources at Apple. All of
the guesses he posted on his weblog became true!