“Additional sources have confirmed the MacBook’s announcement this Tuesday. Further, sources report that the MacBook will be thinner than current iBooks, will be available in both black and white configurations, and will likely cost slightly more than previous iBook models—not unlike the price increase Apple’s Mac mini saw with its transition to Intel processors,” Think Secret briefly mentions.
In addition, Think Secret reports that 17-inch MacBook Pro units will hit users’ hot little hands this week and we can confirm that tracking reports of our 17-inch MacBook Pro order and several other MacDailyNews readers’ all show delivery dates of May 10th.
Full article here.
[UPDATE: 5/8, 1:30pm: Added the apostrophe.]
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Related MacDailyNews article:
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Apple trademark filing suggests ‘iBook’ to be rebranded ‘MacBook’ – March 06, 2006
RUMOR: Apple iBook to become ‘MacBook’ while ‘MacBook Pro’ will offer more screen size choices soon – January 11, 2006
Thinner? Thinner generally means “more expensive” – not the best trade-off for an entry-level machine.
It’ll be sad to see my little clamshell ibook go. CC ready for the new iBook (plz plz plz plz plz no integrated graphics).
I have a bad feeling this will be the only alternative I have for an under 15” Apple portable.
Has the 12” PB been placed on EOL?
rise AAPL, daddy needs a new pair of ibooks..
please please please let this happen tomorrow. got a nice sized gift certificate for my b-day back in early march that i’ve been hold onto for a new intel ibook.
the change to intel should not increase mac prices, they get slammed for being ‘expensive’ all the time and this doesnt help, the mini had potential and then they priced it out of the market without a low low end model like previously. plus i thought intel were cheaper than ibm chips and that apple got a speacial pre-release and price because of the muilti-core technology they helped provide from aim?
If this is true, then I can get a shiny black one to match my iPod. Sweet.
“plus i thought intel were cheaper than ibm chips and that apple got a speacial pre-release and price because of the muilti-core technology they helped provide from aim?”
That’s why you take rumors and rumblings with a grain of salt.
all this wait is driving me crazy!!!! (please no integrated graphics)
Frank,
The Integrated Graphics we saw in the mini were not there just to save space, they are key to low cost. If you really need great graphics in a laptop you need to open your wallet a lot wider – or, at least enough to max out the memory. The graphics card in this iBook G4 (what I’m typing on now) may be no great shakes but has never failed to meet my needs.
Don’t 🙁 , Be
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” /> – that you’ll be getting a little extra screen real estate to reduce side-scrolling.
I too will miss the aluminum 12″ powerbook, it has served me well. However, I’m sure the 13″ widescreen iBook will be just as portable, yet more powerful, so I don’t think there’s any real reason to feel too bad about it.
And now, finally, thanks to BootCamp, when my Dell Latitude goes back in a couple months, my company will get me an iBook!!
Just tracked my order for the 17″ MBP. It’s on the truck for delivery today! Yey!!! It shipped out from Shanghai May 6th, and it’s already here on the 8th. Boy, that was fast!!!
My 17″ MacBook Pro arrived this morning!!!
(It had a scheduled delivery date of Wednesday 10th).
Anyone have any idea how that intel integrated graphics card might handle World of Warcraft?
The wait is almost over to make a choice which model to buy (macbook/macbook pro, 13/15/19 inch) All models are soon available. Tommorrow I know what I am going to have, do you ??
Tonnemanski.
You might have to wait awhile for the 19 inch.
Sign me up. But yes, I’ll take this rumor with a cube of salt.
iPods were more expensive than the other craap on the market 4 years ago.
Apple are doing the same again – creating products that people will really really WANT…and therefore find the money to get them.
More expensive MacBooks are fine.
Black or White? Let’s get Michael Jackson to sing a song for the TV ads!
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=903605&s=143441&i=909859
Fast?!? I don’t know about you, but I got on a plane leaving Shanghai on the 4th, and arrived in Maine on the 4th! That dastardly dateline does it again!
“…MacBook Pro units will hit users hot little hands…”
Notice the comma.
“…MacBook Pro units will hit users’ hot little hands…”
They will be more expensive because.
1. Core-duo chips cost almost 2x more than g4 chips.
2. The 13″ widescreen LCD will cost Apple $143, which is about $20 more than the current 12″ and 14″ LCD.
3. iSight Cam
4. Mag-safe connector and latch
5. Remote
Because of all the additional costs, the base model will most likely come in at $1099.. Not that Apple is price-gouging, it’s just the new MacBooks cost more to manufacture.
The rumors that Intel chips would be cheaper were just that, RUMORS.
Uh, dub, that’s not a comma, it’s an apostrophe.
It’s not a comma, it’s an apostrophe.
Apple’s entry level machines need to come DOWN in price, not go up. So sad…