Is Today the Day for a 13.3 or 12.1 inch MacBook?

So is the much discussed 12-inch iBook and PowerBook replacement just around the corner? The rumor mills are churning out all kinds of information; that it will have a 13.3-inch widescreen display, that it will be called the MacBook and will replace both the 12-inch and 14-inch iBooks, as well as the 12-inch PowerBook, that it will be priced slightly higher than previous iBooks, slightly thinner, multiple colors (I would imagine black and white and nothing more), that it will be based on Core Duo or there will be both Core Duo and Core Solo versions available.

I would have said that it would be Core Duo only, since the price difference between the two is small, and the Duo offers a lot more, but the Intel Mac mini proved me wrong, and having a Core Solo CPU would definitely differentiate between the MacBook and MacBook Pro – in the past, the gap between the iBooks and PowerBooks had narrowed considerably, and now is Apple’s chance to widen that again.

Announced: First of the Intel-Powered Apple Laptops

Apple has announced the first of their Intel-powered portable lineup , and it’s not an ultralight 13-inch widescreen iBook as so many have rumored – instead it’s a 15-inch “MacBook Pro“. The new MacBook Pro is powered by an Intel Core Duo 1.67GHz or 1.83GHz CPU.

Apple – Mac – Intel – Watch

Current Apple Laptops (12″ – 13.3″) – Apple MacBook – 13.3″ WS, Intel C2D Penryn (Feb 2008) – Apple MacBook Air (January 2008) – 13.3″ WS, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 pounds. Discontinued Apple Laptops (12″ – 13.3″): – Apple MacBook (May 2007) – 13.3″ … Read more

Apple iBook 1.33GHz

Summary: 12″ non-widescreen, 1.33GHz G4 PowerPC, Around 5 pounds, 802.11g, Mac OS X 10.4, Discontinued. Similar Laptops: – Replaced by Apple MacBook (May 2006) – Replaces iBook G4 (1.2GHz) – Similar to PowerBook 1.5GHz – Search Small-Laptops.com for Apple iBook News Product Name: Apple iBook … Read more