Aqua-Soft ForumsI was reading a discussion on a Mac website where people were speculating on the release of the forthcoming, new PowerBooks and especially the replacement to the Titanium G4 model. Will they be G5 equipped? Will the keyboard be illuminated? Will it have extreme this or that... etc. and so forth.
Many complained about Apple's lack of information regarding this, especially in the light of the shortage of stock of the current PowerBook lineup (which is starting to be felt especially among students returning to school).
Here are some thoughts I have regarding the Titanium G4 model:
I also recently purchased a Ti Book (1GHz/512mb). As I see it, this is perhaps the "last" version of the 15" PowerBook in its Titanium incarnation. It has undergone countless revisions and improvements since its release a number of years ago. As a result it has been honed down, tweaked, adjusted to where it has gotten to a point of extreme reliability and efficiency. It is "battle-proven" with a number of generations of refinements. This last Ti model is probably as good as it will ever get.
The problem with buying a newly introduced Aluminum (perhaps) 15" PowerBook (if it ever does come out) is that it will be first generation. Sure it will be faster and will have extreme-everything with all the bells and whistles. But remember, it will still be first generation and the nature of that beast is that it will surely have glitches and what-nots that will have to be weeded out in the successive generations until it will probably reach the state of perfection the Ti is in now... and then Apple will discontinue even this "new" one.
The key is to buy it when it has been honed to perfection! At least that's how I see it.