Rev A Intel Laptops... Will you buy??

[Megatron]

Let's just say a little heat problem...

Seriously, was that the battery problem that apple had the recall for?

 

[gwuMACaddict]

nope

rev b? maybe

rev c? probably

 

[phonic pol]

I'm waiting for rev B. Maybe even rev C. I see no reason to put out over $2000 to be a beta tester.

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Diatribe]

I will wait until the beginning of 2007... you get the best of both worlds.

1. A Rev. B Intel Mac
2. Pre-installed iLife '07 and Leopard

That's almost $200 right there. Also by then there are finally acceptable HD capacities for notebooks out. 120GB just isn't cutting it...

 

[phonic pol]

I'm really interested to see the new form factor. I'm sure there's gonna be a whole new look and feel to these intel machines. It should be a similar aesthetic transitions to that of G3 to G4 PB's/PM's and G4 to G5 PM's.

There should also be some really good deals on refurb machines at time of release if anyone needs a cheap PB!

 

[PhilaScott]

No...

I've learned my lesson over and over again (see, it took a while) about being a first adopter... I'll wait it out.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

I will buy a rev. A Intel Powerbook, if I have the money by then.

I need one for grad school next fall so I may not be buying until September - but the rev. As might still be around then.

I'm not worried about early adopter issues - I've had problems with rev. C Macs and rev. D Macs so bring on the rev A.

 

[generik]

I will buy a rev. A Intel Powerbook, if I have the money by then.

I need one for grad school next fall so I may not be buying until September - but the rev. As might still be around then.

I'm not worried about early adopter issues - I've had problems with rev. C Macs and rev. D Macs so bring on the rev A.

What logic is that?

It is like "I've got my left hand and right hand bitten off by that zoo lion when I tried to feed it hotdogs, but I have no problems sticking the hotdog on my weiner and sticking it into the enclosure "

 

[~Shard~]

I will wait until the beginning of 2007... you get the best of both worlds.

1. A Rev. B Intel Mac
2. Pre-installed iLife '07 and Leopard

That's almost $200 right there. Also by then there are finally acceptable HD capacities for notebooks out. 120GB just isn't cutting it...

That's kind of my thinking as well. Although I don't see myself buying a laptop per se, I will be waiting until 2007 until I buy my next Mac so that I can get a nice dual-core Intel system utilizing Conroe/Woodcrest, iLife '07 pre-installed and who knows, maybe Leopard pre-installed!

 

[Diatribe]

That's kind of my thinking as well. Although I don't see myself buying a laptop per se, I will be waiting until 2007 until I buy my next Mac so that I can get a nice dual-core Intel system utilizing Conroe/Woodcrest, iLife '07 pre-installed and who knows, maybe Leopard pre-installed!

That'd be a screaming system... considering they said end of 2006/beginning of 2007 for Leopard, we might get lucky.

 

[~Shard~]

That'd be a screaming system... considering they said end of 2006/beginning of 2007 for Leopard, we might get lucky.

Yep - I'm holding out for a Blu Ray drive and 1 GB of RAM standard as well, and probably a 500 GB HD or so.

 

[electronboy]

No, Hell No on Rev. A Intel Laptops

We will not buy rev. a intel macs. The software will most likely not be ready that we will use so why bother?

 

[cyclotron451]

I *will* buy the Rev.A AppleIntelBook. Well, not completely true, I will submit my product specification recommendation to the IT guy in my Unit and he will pass the purchase request to my Management Support Unit who will ask for 3 seperate quotes, or publication for tender in the Official Journal of the European Union if the price is getting around 50000Euros. Having passed thru' the various layers of bureaucracy I expect to get my hands on the Rev.A just as everyone else will be playing with the Rev.B, but I will be getting *someone else* to pay for my Rev.A.!!!

I'm currently using a Key Lime 466MHz iBook 128Mb 10GB Hdd, so I might see some performance improvement!??!

My IT co-worker is ready and primed and also wants to see what the x86 OS X experience will be like, but he's happy to leave the onerous maintenance tasks to me. Latest rumours indicate a June kick-off, but that might just be "spin"??

 

[generik]

That's kind of my thinking as well. Although I don't see myself buying a laptop per se, I will be waiting until 2007 until I buy my next Mac so that I can get a nice dual-core Intel system utilizing Conroe/Woodcrest, iLife '07 pre-installed and who knows, maybe Leopard pre-installed!

I have a funny suspicion that in a short time all Powermacs will be quad.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

What logic is that?

It is like "I've got my left hand and right hand bitten off by that zoo lion when I tried to feed it hotdogs, but I have no problems sticking the hotdog on my weiner and sticking it into the enclosure "

What can I say, I'm a risk taker....

My rev. C iMac had issues, so how did I escape troube there by not buying the rev. A? I'm not worried about rev. A Powerbook problems, that's all.

 

[~Shard~]

I have a funny suspicion that in a short time all Powermacs will be quad.

That would definitely be one hell of a swan song for the G5, that's for sure!

 

[aricher]

I'm going to make my Rev. C PB 17" last until the Rev C PB Intel 17" comes out. I never trust Rev A and only somewhat trust Rev. B products.

 

[fps]

Well I thought buying the latest(?) of the G4 powerbook would give me a sweet machine with all pbms in previous rev having been sorted out which I could have kept for the 1st 18/24 months of the Intel transition... Instead I got one (refunded since) with marvellous lines on the b***dy screen!
So right now I think the rev A won't be any worse and I hope it's out soon.

 

[Cooknn]

I hope Apple releases something like the Sony Vaio TX 11.1-inch notebook. Ultra portable and totally built for wireless - it even has a carbon fiber body I wonder if anyone's hacked OS X for Intel on one of those...

 

[Bye Bye Baby]

Software

For my mind, i would want all my software native, which means extra $$$$. And lots of it.