[Wickers]

Added. . .

And thanks. I am more geared toward the A+ cert. I don't want to be a network tech, but the class was free, and I can't say no to a free cert.

[709]

August 31st. Yup.

[Spart]

January 18, 2005 or bust!

[Wickers]

Added. . .

[Messiahtosh]

MacWorld January San Fran Expo.

[Wickers]

Originally Posted by Messiahtosh MacWorld January San Fran Expo.

Read the thread again. . . .

[Wickers]

Ok, fine, I'll give you a hint. . .

I need an exact date. You can't just say MWSF. . . I need an exact date and if that exact date has been guessed by someone else and you win then your prize will not be as big (smaller bottle) then if you win by yourself.

[iLikeMyiMacG4]

December 1, 2004
No reason, just a guess. And what have I got to loose. Nothing.

[Wickers]

added. . .

(could this be the first non-ex-ai.com member to guess?)

Originally Posted by pscates2.0 I'm guessing late October? I'll go on record and say October 28. You never can tell. Might be five months, might be eleven. Probably be a 1.33 or 1.5GHz G4, hard drive bump, at most. As for "getting one this summer and hoping they'll be bumped", don't be silly. They JUST got revved less than a month ago. I don't think Apple is going to update them again in 3-4 months.

I'm hoping it gets the video bumped so it can handle Core Image.

[DMBand0026]

That's why I'm sticking with my January prediction. The G5 PBs with a silent update of the iBooks so they can handle the Tiger a little bit better.

[Robo]

February 29, 2005

[Wickers]

added. . .

And tomorrow, CubeDude's guess is up on chopping block. . .Will he win? Only time will tell.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by \/\/ickes added. . . And tomorrow, CubeDude's guess is up on chopping block. . .Will he win? Only time will tell.

And I'm going out of town today. I'll have to wait to find out till Friday.

[DMBand0026]

I'll save you the trouble:


You didn't win.


Next up?

[Wickers]

When the apple store had the 'be back soon' sticky up early today. . . I thought CubeDude had a chance.
Sadly, it was just Motion.

[DMBand0026]

See, I told y'all it wouldn't be him

Who's up next on the ol' chopping blocks \/\/ickes?

[709]

That would be me.

[Wickers]

Don't worry, 709, you still have three weeks till then.

[SilentEchoes]

How about this?

[Wickers]

Originally Posted by SilentEchoes How about this?

Does that sound like an iBook? No, it sounds like a tablet to me.

[Messiahtosh]

March 12, 2005

[Zodiac]

I guess on January 7th.

[Wickers]

added. . . (BTW, every time I say, 'added' I am marking down the names and dates on the first post of this thread. . . take a look.)

[SilentEchoes]

Originally Posted by \/\/ickes Does that sound like an iBook? No, it sounds like a tablet to me.

Still does not mean it could not carry the iBook name..

[windowsblowsass]

Originally Posted by SilentEchoes Still does not mean it could not carry the iBook name..

doyou understand were not guessing what it will be rather dates in competiton for some3 syrup right?

[Wickers]

Originally Posted by SilentEchoes Still does not mean it could not carry the iBook name..

Actually, if it does cary the iBook name. . . then it does not count.

Then contest is for the next iBook "bump", not the next iBook incarnation.

I used the term "bump" to try and convey a spec update. . . more memory, faster G4, but no major design/cosmedic changes to the model.


As I said. . . the person who guesses the next "bump" to the current iBook line will win.

Reread the first post if you are not clear.

[Luca]

So if the iBook line stays the same but is slightly faster, then the closest person gets the syrup? But if it's given a major update, no one does? That doesn't seem to make sense. Yeah, you were asking about when the next bump will be, but how can anyone know whether the next update will be a minor or a major one?

[Wickers]

If they axe the current iBook line and replace them with the iBook tablet. . . then that date does not count. Like I said, I was asking for guesses for the next "bump". However, that does not mean that the contest is over. . . it will go on till the next 'bump' in the line. . . weather that happens to the tablet line or the current G4 line.

And don't worry, I'll consider giving everyone who guessed another try if Apple releases a tablet and axes the G4. . .

Which won't happen. . . If they release a tablet iBook, then I can see the current iBook getting a bump around the same time. . . they will not axe the line.

[aswitcher]

November 9th...and no I think the iBook line will last for many years to cater to schools and for those wanting a fully featured true laptop