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#1 2006-04-04 9:06 am
- MattElmore
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Intel iBooks coming soon
http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ … 43961.html
Taiwan's Austek wins order for 1.2 mln Apple iBook notebook computers
04.03.2006, 08:50 PM
TAIPEI (AFX) - Asustek Computer Inc (2357.TW) has secured a contract from Apple Computer Inc for iBook notebook personal computers, estimated at about 1.2 mln units initially, the Commercial Times reported, without citing sources.
The laptops will be powered by Intel Corp microprocessors and equipped with 13.3-inch liquid crystal display panels.
Apple Computer will start selling the notebook PCs from June, while contract suppliers of panels to start deliveries from April.
The US firm will source the panels for the laptops from AU Optronics Corp (2409.TW) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp (3009.TW) as well as South Korea's LG Philips LCD.
AU Optronics is expected to supply about 40,000-50,000 panels to Apple a month, it added.
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#3 2006-04-04 9:25 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
June? That's like :does math: 2 months! Then there will be the shipping delays! That's almost forever away!
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#4 2006-04-04 10:27 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
damn - I know so many people ready to buy an Intel iBook. I hope they come soon.
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#5 2006-04-04 11:52 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
I was kinda hoping for a 12" widescreen. Perhaps they are using that form factor for a 12" Power...err... MacBook Pro. Then we could have ambient light sensors and a backlit keyboard on all of them.
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#6 2006-04-04 5:26 pm
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
I sure hope it won't have shared graphics, but i've got a bad feeling in my stomach that they will.
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#7 2006-04-04 5:33 pm
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
Gaming on a laptop has never been all that great.
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#8 2006-04-04 6:43 pm
Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
NAG wrote:
Gaming on a laptop has never been all that great.
No, but it can be good enough - unless they stick it with a crappy integrated chip. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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#9 2006-04-04 7:23 pm
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robco wrote:
No, but it can be good enough.
I'm no gamer, but that seems to fly in the face of the very foundations of the gaming mantra.
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#10 2006-04-04 7:59 pm
Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
If you want to run at ultra-high resolutions with all goodies cranked up at fast frame rates, then you need a desktop - or one of those 9lb behemoths. Oh, and you need a Windows box, a Mac won't cut it.
For others of us who don't game often, but do enjoy it now and then, and are willing to turn down a few settings, then a laptop can work just fine. Unless it has an integrated video chip. As long as I can run WoW with reasonable speed, I'm happy. I'm not expecting 100fps in Doom III - that's just not a realistic expectation.
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Stack it!#12 2006-04-04 9:49 pm
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
Czachorski wrote:
robco wrote:
No, but it can be good enough.
I'm no gamer, but that seems to fly in the face of the very foundations of the gaming mantra.
What, "Have fun?"
You don't need to game at 1600x1200 with 8xFSAA and 16X AA with every setting at its highest to have fun.
Ex: CS 1.6
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#13 2006-04-04 9:59 pm
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
You'll be able to run WoW with integrated graphics.
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#14 2006-04-04 10:28 pm
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
is about time!
every $499 wintel laptop have 14.1/15.4 ws!
12.1 1024x768 for a 1k laptop(yr 2006), what a sick joke.
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#15 2006-04-05 1:20 am
Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
NAG wrote:
You'll be able to run WoW with integrated graphics.
Not very well. Even an entry-level card will yield much better performance.
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#16 2006-04-05 1:36 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
at this rate... I may just buy a refurb last generation PowerBook G4 with the high resolution screen and dual layer SuperDrive.
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#17 2006-04-05 1:42 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
pcguy wrote:
is about time!
every $499 wintel laptop have 14.1/15.4 ws!
12.1 1024x768 for a 1k laptop(yr 2006), what a sick joke.
I agree. Apple is an "innovator" for a year, then they fall behind for two years, then the cycle repeats.
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#18 2006-04-05 1:47 am
Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
I won't buy an iBook (equivalent) if they had integrated graphics. I'm not looking for super gaming performance, but I want something better than that. Namely, something that will handle T&L or vertex shaders on the card. Since I'm on the market next school year for a laptop, I'll probably buy either an mid to upper tier iBook equivalent, or if none have dedicated graphics I'll grudgingly get a MacBook Pro. (Grudgingly because I would prefer not to spend $2000 on a laptop with my tower to do the heavy lifting) Of course, if they don't have a laptop with dedicated graphics under $2000, there will be a serious problem. 
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#19 2006-04-05 1:48 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
robco wrote:
NAG wrote:
You'll be able to run WoW with integrated graphics.
Not very well. Even an entry-level card will yield much better performance.
Those are better than just fine. I can run WoW on an 867 QS with a Geforce 3. WoW really isn't that big of a resource hog (it just needs ram out the ass...which could pose a small problem with integrated video if you don't upgrade your ram).
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#21 2006-04-05 4:24 am
Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
I'm thinking that the low end would have integrated graphics, and a higher level model will have a discrete graphics card. Like I said, it would be very sad indeed if the cheapest you had to go for a real graphics card was $2000.
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#22 2006-04-05 6:27 am
Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
Discrete GPU's will be one of those things that differentiate the PowerBooks — I'm sorry: MacBook Pro's, from the iBooks. I wouldn't count on any Intel iBook coming with discrete GPU's.
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#23 2006-04-05 7:59 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
integrated graphics will draw less power, for a laptop that is a important consideration
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#24 2006-04-05 9:35 am
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
You won't need a Windows box anymore. Boot Camp is here!
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#25 2006-04-05 1:10 pm
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Re: Intel iBooks coming soon
pcguy wrote:
is about time!
every $499 wintel laptop have 14.1/15.4 ws!
12.1 1024x768 for a 1k laptop(yr 2006), what a sick joke.
A guy can dream...
Wouldn't it be nice to get an Intel iBook (single core, more than likely...right?) with decent grafx capabilities for under $800? I mean, the screen is only 13.3" anyway...
*Sigh*
When I got my iBook, there weren't any rumors of iBook upgrades soon, Intel, or upgraded grafx.
If only I'd waited another 1 1/2 years...but on thre bright side, at least I got $130 off the price from Amazon.
I'll be disappointed if the new iBooks are $1,000 + dollars.
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