[Macpartners] 15" PowerBook discontinued

[Helen Rose]

On Feb 22, 2006, at 12:43, Tom Pixton wrote:

> Any chance our office can get a demo model of the MacBook Pro to see
> if we really want to get involved in yet another newer unfamiliar
> operating system environment? Does anyone know where we can purchase
> new 15" PowerBooks?

I have a few MacBook Pros on order (they haven't arrived yet). I  
ordered mine through the Apple Store (via ECAT).

While I do have some concerns about speed of applications under  
Rosetta, I am less worried on laptops than I would have been on  
iMacs. A 1.67GHz PPC Powerbook is quite a bit slower than even the  
slowest available MacBook Pro (which is dual core), not just in  
Megahertz but also efficiency in general. I anticipate seeing  
performance on a 2.13GHz MacBook that is *no worse* than a 1.67GHz  
PPC, even under Rosetta applications. And as for native applications  
(Safari, Mail), I hope for a significant speed bump.

--Helen