Apple releases new iBooks

Written by Philip Roy | 20 October 2004
Posted in Apple

Apple today announced updates to their iBook laptops, including one with a superdrive installed. With a fast PowerPC G4 processor running at accelerated speeds up to 1.33GHz, built-in wireless networking capability and up to 1.25GB of memory, the iBook G4 introduces impressive performance and flexible mobility to everyday work and play.

From the Apple site...
http://www.apple.com/ibook/

Built-in wireless capability on every iBook G4 means you can work or play anywhere. Enabled with AirPort Extreme technology, the iBook can surf the Web in any Wi-Fi hot spot, from hotels to bookshops. With an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express Base Station in your room or office, you can get online from the comfort of your couch. The iBook also offers an incredible 6 hours of battery life. Thanks to the energy-saving features built in to the PowerPC processor, the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics processor and Mac OS X Panther, the iBook works as long as you do.

In the US, you can order your iBook with either a 1.2GHz or a 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine and 512K Level 2 Cache. To maximize its speed, Apple engineers pair the G4 processor with a fast 133MHz system bus and 256MB of onboard memory to accelerate calculations and make your applications scream. And you'll be glad to hear that you can boost memory capacity to a remarkable 1.25GB of memory, giving you room to run many applications at once.

You can also include an optional Bluetooth module for wireless connections to a wide range of peripheral devices. Built-in FireWire, USB 2.0 and a long list of other expansion options offer numerous communication and data transfer capabilities.

Both iBook models offer brilliant 1024 x 768 pixel resolution ?? ideal for doing everything from working on spreadsheets to displaying your movies and digital pictures in millions of colors. What's more, the iBook display scales down beautifully, again with millions of colors, for special games and applications optimized for 800 x 600 or 640 x 480 pixel resolutions. And both come powered by an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics processor with 32MB of dedicated video memory and AGP 4x support for dazzling 3D graphics that bring games to life.

Hi all. Apologies for not writing something myself, but getting copy from the Apple site. I'll try and fix that at some point, but I am catching a plane to San Francisco in a few hours. I intended to buy a PowerBook there with a superdrive, but this new iBook launch has got me thinking. An iBook with a superdrive...very impressive!

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