New iBooks. No widescreen. Bummer, dude.

By Ryan Block

Yup, after all that hullabaloo about
widescreen iBooks headed our way this product cycle—it just didn't happen. So what do the new iBooks have? Well, a sudden motion sensor to shut down hard drives if you drop your machine (trust us, you're going to have bigger problems with your iBook than hard drive issues if it takes a fall), Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11, the enhanced trackpad, and spec bumps to 1.33GHz / 512MB / 40GB / combo drive for $999, and 1.42GHz / 512MB / 60GB / SuperDrive (aka a DVD burner) for $1299. Wow, Apple, way to show a commitment to your PowerPC based product line before you go Intel. Carry on, everyone!

P.S. And yes, their store is down right now—so you can't buy one yet.

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