If you require it then sure go ahead and buy it, if you don't and just want to keep up with technology then I believe you have bigger personal issues to be dealt with. 
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Rev A Intel Laptops... Will you buy??
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Kobushi said:Nope, I sure won't. But mainly due to the fact that I just bough my laptop a few weeks ago. Although,....I usually do wait for other people to find the bugs for me
Early adopters, guinea pigs, call them what you like...
if i like it, i will buy. There is no point NOT to buy a product just because its Rev A. Thats why companies have customer services. Probs do get solved. While people wait for Rev B or even Rev C, you would be enjoying your new lappy for more than a yaer while others are just staring.
In a single shot NO. they WILL release an infinitely better product at the same price with in 4 months. More over apple's rev A are rushed. DONOT just wait for 3 months get the rev B.
The problem with if i like it i will buy it is that imac G5 (supersonic jet), powermac G5s (before they went all dual at the same price), 12" powerbook (worst ever more hopeless than ibook), all look good and you will like them. When imac G5 was released i was literally day dreaming about it (luckly i did not have enough money to buy it, soon i was so happy that i did not!!).
The problem with if i like it i will buy it is that imac G5 (supersonic jet), powermac G5s (before they went all dual at the same price), 12" powerbook (worst ever more hopeless than ibook), all look good and you will like them. When imac G5 was released i was literally day dreaming about it (luckly i did not have enough money to buy it, soon i was so happy that i did not!!).
TaKashMoney said:
No.
I already bought a Powerbook. However, I will do my research concerning the line of Mactel Powerbooks/laptops at the time and determine if that's the route I wish to take. I know for certain I won't switch back to another Windows box.
Will definitely grab the first of the iBooks to go the way of the Dark Side. I'll keep my PPC iMac for a while though because I doubt the switch will be trouble free.
even if there are bugs in the Rev. A products, wont apple fix them, via software update etc? and about the rev B's being infinitively better, after such big thing i dont think the rev b's will be that much better, just the usual speed bump, bigger hard drive etc, they will be concentrating on improving the desktops especially the PowerMac's... wont they?
seconded (except it's an albookxparaparafreakx said:
). When RevA comes out, I'll see how much of a speed boost the books have gotten- if it's minimal, there's no way I'm getting one before RevB, otherwise, I'll see how well I can hold back my greed and try to wait. Either way, if August comes around and I still don't have a new book I'm buying.
Nope.....just bought my PB in October and am planning to be happy with that for a long time. The only reason I might possibly change my mind would be if Apple came out with a tiny little 2-pound ultraportable....
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3 months ago I bought a maxed-out PB15 (2Gb RAM, 100Gb fast HD, 128Mb VRAM, etc.) that'll last me the next couple of years. When it's time to upgrade, hopefully the problems with the laptop Macintels will have been sorted. I was relieved when the new PBs were announced that the only thing that they have on mine is the higher-res screen (with optional lines ).
Get real: no matter how careful Apple's engineering team are, there WILL be problems with the new laptops. Some might be able to be fixed in Software Update (remember that iMac G5 update some time ago to fix a sleep problem?). However 10 will get you 5 that there will also be hardware-specific problems that will only be able to be addressed in a new product revision.
I bought the original 500Mhz TiPB five years ago the week that they were released - and had to endure 2 years of P.A.I.N.
Never again.
).Get real: no matter how careful Apple's engineering team are, there WILL be problems with the new laptops. Some might be able to be fixed in Software Update (remember that iMac G5 update some time ago to fix a sleep problem?). However 10 will get you 5 that there will also be hardware-specific problems that will only be able to be addressed in a new product revision.
I bought the original 500Mhz TiPB five years ago the week that they were released - and had to endure 2 years of P.A.I.N.
Never again.
Possibly...
I already have a laptop (see sig) but I am looking for a Mac. It's either replace the AMD64 laptop and get a PowerBook, or keep the beast and get a Mini.
I already have a laptop (see sig) but I am looking for a Mac. It's either replace the AMD64 laptop and get a PowerBook, or keep the beast and get a Mini.
Most probably.
I'm waiting for a 12" or 13" PowerBook which support the 30" ACD.
If the new Intel PowerBook do I'll buy one right away...
I'm waiting for a 12" or 13" PowerBook which support the 30" ACD.
If the new Intel PowerBook do I'll buy one right away...
I would buy one after 3 months. They constantly work out bugs in manufacturing and such, and after a few months, I think they would have worked out all the major hazards. A rev.B is probably a better idea, but I'd still feel confident in buying a rev.A PowerBook as long as I didn't buy one immediately.
I wouldn't buy the Rev.A first-move product (i.e. Intel iBook) right away, I'd wait for Rev.B. If the iBooks come out as speculated, much earlier than PowerBooks, I would be quite tempted by a Rev.A Intel PowerBook since I would justify that Apple has worked out most of the kinks in the iBook line.
I'm not too worried about the transition, I'd say buy Rev.A stuff and let us all know how well it works, so I don't have to
I'm not too worried about the transition, I'd say buy Rev.A stuff and let us all know how well it works, so I don't have to
just got my powerbook and powermac so i didn't have to buy a Revision A.
Waiting for Revision C.
Waiting for Revision C.
Abstract said:
I agree - nothing wrong with Rev A if you buy it after a little while - I wouldn't necessarily want to buy one on the first day they're released though.
I won't get one due to the fact I would have just have got an iMac then. If they come out in the summer, then I might got one if they're cheep.
The only way I would buy a Rev A Intel PowerBook is if my current PowerBook died and that the major applications I ran were available with Universal Binaries.
Of the apps that I use most frequently, I expect the Apple provided ones to be shipped with Universal Binaries real soon. And most of the shareware/freeware that I use seem to be work on universal binaries.
It's Photoshop and Nikon Capture that I care about that probably won't be ready for several more months.
Of the apps that I use most frequently, I expect the Apple provided ones to be shipped with Universal Binaries real soon. And most of the shareware/freeware that I use seem to be work on universal binaries.
It's Photoshop and Nikon Capture that I care about that probably won't be ready for several more months.