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Originally Posted by cynical_rock
Likeliest scenarios for Intel machines (in my eyes): - iBook and *improved, beefed up* Mac mini- MWSF '06
- Powerbook- WWDC '06 (announced- shipping Sept-Oct)
- iMac- MWSF '07
- PowerMac- WWDC '07
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I'll buy that! Sounds halfway reasonable, even. Maybe the PowerBooks (having just been updated, after all) will indeed wait for Merom, and be a dual-core, 64-bit release. Seems more "PowerBook-y" to pack that...major bragging rights (FWIW): dual-core and 64-bit, plus whatever other goodies Apple packs in (HD, iSights, Mighty Mouse-inspired trackpad, new design, etc.).
In the meantime, the neglected (as of late) iBook can get a redesigned widescreen, thinner case, a nice Yonah, more Tiger-friendly graphics, 5400rpm hard drives, etc. and be quite the little performers we all knew they could be.
When/if the PowerBooks finally went big with Merom, the iBooks could then step up nicely in clockspeed (or even go dual-core on their Rev. B, in the latter half of 2006) because the PowerBooks would finally break past 1.67GHz, and wind up with some true muscle. No longer would the iBook have to be so cruelly hobbled to avoid stepping on the PowerBook's toes. They could BOTH be legit, no-compromise buttkickers, with the PowerBooks simply being of the Extra Special Buttkicker Extreme™ variety.
It does make sense for the more consumer stuff to take that road first (iBook and mini), just because of the third-party pro software concerns. Any word on how Adobe and the others are doing with that transition on their end? Or is that something that would be kept tightly under wraps?
