[Ti] Updated 15" books?

[Mark Booth]

And if you have access to and can make purchases at any University
Bookstores, try there for pricing, especially right after new model
introductions. 4 months ago I purchased a 667mhz DVI TiBook for $1650 at
the UCSD Bookstore.  Brand new, not refurb. (But on closeout because the
867 & 1gig models had been released.)  Even today, that is a very good
price.

Mark


>The other choice is to buy a 1ghz 15" tibook now, considering the
>following;
>
>1) It's possible, but I think unlikely that Apple's 15" Albook, when it
>is released, will be faster than 1ghz - I think this because I don't
>think it's likely that Apple would release a 15" pbook that is faster
>than the 17", and think that releasing a new 17" so soon after shipping
>the 1st one would upset existing customers who've only just started
>receiving their machines.
>
>2) The current 15" apparently has a better performance graphics chipset
>(ati 9000) than the 12" and 17" (GeForce4) (says xlr8yourmac). The
>speed of the 15" 1ghz also beats some of the 17" tests done at
>http://www.barefeats.com/pb17.html
>
>3) The current 15" is based on a design which has gone through several
>architecture revisions, so many unforeseen 'quirks' would have been
>addressed by now, unlike a newly designed 15".
>
>4) The new 15" will most likely have internal bluetooth, airport
>extreme, FW800 and a glowing keyboard. These are nice, but for most
>people, probably not urgent.
>
>So, now that I've said all that, my prediction for the new Albook 15"
>is mid-May, but I'm only basing that on the previous pattern of
>approximately six month updates. At the end of the day, when I asked a
>similar question to this list when the 667 was the best tibook around,
>I think the best answer was 'If you need it *now*, buy it. If you can
>wait, then do so, because there's always something better coming out in
>the not too distant future.'
>
>Mark