[Macpartners] 15" PowerBook discontinued

[jay mcsweeney]

Tom,

    The supply of PowerBook G4 15's ended faster than we  
anticipated.    We have the 12" and 17" still available.   Is the  
size of the 17 an issue ?   Would you ( or anyone on the list ) be  
willing to entertain an additional discount offer on a PB 17 or 12"  
as an alternative ?  .  I was just advised yesterday that I can get  
my hands on a MacBook Pro demo unit.  When I get one in my hands on  
one,   I'll give you a call and we can schedule a demo.   It is also  
reasonable to expect we can have one to show at the next MacPartners  
meeting.

Regards

Jay


On Feb 22, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Tom Pixton wrote:

> Hi Helen:
>
> Thanks, but I was inquiring where we could order the "older" 15"  
> PowerBooks. Surely there must be many in a resellers inventory  
> somewhere. I'd need to demo running all the Adobe CS products at  
> the same time on one of the new MacBook Pros to be convinced.
>
> Tom
>
> On Feb 22, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Helen Rose wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>