Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 5th Nov 2005 17:51 UTC
Without getting into specific dates at this time, sources familiar with Apple's Macintosh hardware roadmap say the company is striving to unveil a completely redesigned set of Intel iBook laptops just in time for next year's K-12 educational buying season, which takes place around April or May. Expected to make its debut even earlier than the new iBooks will be Apple's first Intel-based PowerBook, sources added.
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Member since:"Surely this is not just slapping together another basic PC laptop 'in a couple weeks', but months and months of work."
I'm sure Apple has had this concept in their product pipeline for a long time and has already finished or is very close to finishing the design. I doubt a highly strategic company would wait to the last minute to create a product... they are not college students, staying up late to write an essay for class the next morning.
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Thus far the only credible speculation for an earlier release is related to the release date of Yonah.
And while Apple may want to move early, they will also want their first generation to clearly differentiate itself from the competition. They will want their powerbooks to be more than just another Pentium M laptop.
Apple has a reputation for leading the industry in design and integration. Surely they will want to capitalize on that with the first generation of powerbooks. If the analysts are going to be figuatively comparing apples to apples, they will want something fancy to make people go Oooh!! Surely this is not just slapping together another basic PC laptop "in a couple weeks", but months and months of work.
There is also their boutique products like the iMac and the Mini. Products which don't have anything to quite that extreme level of design and simplicity, hence nothing to copy from others.