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Wednesday, December 20th 2005
Greene County Schools Renew iBook Program
Greene County in North Carolina has renewed their schools' iBook program, a collection of more than 2000 iBooks for student use. Renewing the lease this early saves Greene County more than $1 million, and with the officials pleased with the trade-in value, it appears a no-brainer to renew. With all of the negative stories coming out of the various schools with large laptop programs, it's nice to see a county so pleased with their laptops.
New Information on Future PowerBook Processors
AppleInsider has an interesting summary of some of the latest information on Intel's Yonah processor, likely to be found in the first Intel laptops from Apple. Among the more interesting points is that the initial release of the processor is likely to be in dual-core versions ranging from 1.66 GHz to 2.16 GHz, with a single-core 1.66 GHz version also available. A 2.3 GHz version is expected by the middle of 2006.
Monday, December 12th 2005
13.3-inch iBook in the Works?
The quite-reliable Think Secret is reporting that a 13.3-inch widescreen iBook is on the way in early 2006, echoing rumors of a simplifying of the PowerBook and iBook lines. It appears that Apple could eliminate both the 14-inch iBooks and the 12-inch PowerBooks with 13-inch widescreen portables, though whether a 13-inch model would come in both an iBook and PowerBook incarnation is unclear.
Monday, December 5th 2005
FastMac Reduces Pricing on Entire Line of Optical Drive Upgrades
We received this news of lower prices from FastMac today:
FastMac today announced it has lowered prices on its entire line of optical drive upgrades by as much as 35%. 32x Combo drives now start at $49.95 and 16x Dual Layer SuperDrives at $89.95. All optical drive purchases now include a free copy of Mac OS 10.3 "Panther" (a $50 value). Drives are available for iMacs (G3, G4, and G5), eMacs, G3 PowerBooks (Pismo and Lombard), G4 PowerBooks (Titanium and Aluminum), iBooks (G3 and G4), Mac minis, G4 Cubes, and PowerMacs (G3, G4 and G5). All drives come with a 1 year warranty and 30 day money back guarantee.
If you needed another opportunity to buy your PowerBook or iBook a Christmas gift, here you go.
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