Less than 3 weeks ago, I purchased a new (though refurbished) entry level MacBook as a replacement for my long serving iBook. As it turns out, the timing was just right as my iBook finally gave up yesterday.
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I have been using my iBook G4 for well over 3 years now, and as you can see in the photo above, it’s been much abused (but also much loved). The iBook G4 is still performing ok, although it can’t keep up with the latest applications. The battery lasts for a mere 15 minutes, and the power adaptor has been replaced with a cheapo third party one (the original one caught fire, believe it or not). So, it’s time to replace the iBook.
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Tomorrow, October 14th 2008, Apple will hold a special event — and it’s made clear that this is a laptop event. There are many rumours going out at the moment, for example:
- there will be a new, unified laptop line. No more Macbook or Macbook Pro distinction.
- the new laptops will feature a new process to create the casing, which will come from a solid block of aluminium (hence the name “The Brick”).
- Apple will drop Intel in favour of Nvidia for the chipsets.
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