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MacBidouille claims that IBM's production yields on PowerPC 970's greatly exceed those of Motorola's yields on the PPC 7457. According to the French site, IBM is able to produce 105 PPC 970's from a 12" wafer with a 80% certification rate of 1.6-2GHz chips. Motorola, however, is reported to produce 98 G4 PPC's with only 1/5th the yield of IBM on (presumably a similar sized?) wafer. ...

MacOSRumors posts an update claiming that the future Powerbooks will have backlit keyboards throughout the entire line. iMacs are also supposed to get mild case revisions -- slightly smaller and lighter: Whether the shell would actually be made of metal, or would simply be silver-backed plastics similar to previous PowerMac G4 enclosures, is not yet clear; it is definite that the...

Dell is offering 20% off select LCD Monitors until the 29th. UltraSharp 1900FP, 19" LCD: $749 - $149.80 = $599.20 UltraSharp 2000FP 20" LCD: $1099 - 219.80 = $879.20 One Mac user has Dual 19" LCDs from Dell. Link: Dell Software & Peripherals - 20% Off...

RedLightRunner has new items: Right now you'll find over 40 new Apple collectibles on sale at RedLightRunner.com, including new Black Hats w/ grey Apple logo, new Black Apple logo T-shirts, new Apple logo Badge Holders, Keychains and more! Plus you'll find a rare collection of Apple Polos & Button up Dress Shirts. These are the shirts normally distributed exclusively to Apple ...

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ThinkSecret had some notes speculating on display clearances. Reportedly, Apple's Display Product Line manager had a 90-minute discussion with resellers last night. No reports on the content of the talk. ...

Kodawarisan claims Apple will announce the Bluetooth mouse on July 25,...

Macnews.net.tc echos some persisting rumors and fills out some details about Apple's timeline (re Powerbooks and iBooks) -- according to their source. According to the site, Powerbooks will come in at 1.25 and 1.33GHz - in line with previous rumors, with possibily one more G4 revision before the Powerbooks get the G5. MacNews.net.tc also notes that G5 PowerMacs may see bumps by...

MacConnection is now offering Office v.X ($435.95 value) for Free with the purchase of a 12" PowerBook (Combo or Superdrive). The total cost for the system plus Office v.X is $100 over retail -- but comes with a $100 mail-in rebate. Making the overall cost for Office -- Nothing. MacConnection continues to offer Office v.X Free with new PowerMac G5 orders -- with a the same $100...

LoopRumors.com kicks off the iMac rumors this time around with rumors of iMac updates in September. The only info available to MacRumors at this time is that the new iMacs will sport USB 2....

MacBidouille claims that Apple is debating stopping iBook production and decreasing the price of the 12" PowerBook or simply bumping the iBooks to a faster G3. ...

Amazon is offering the Sony Ericsson T300 Phone with Communicam. Cost for you is $149.99. But they offer $250 in rebates... which means you actually get $100 if you sign up with this phone. Amazon has rebates up to $150 for many phones as well The Sony Ericsson T68is phone is free after rebate. Link: Sony...

Macnews.net.tc claims that Powerbooks will be coming in September with speeds ranging from 1.1 GHz and 1.3 GHz powered by the PowerPC...

LoopRumors claims that the iSight technology will be built into future displays. ...

CompUSA is offering 10%-40% off of select items for Friday, July 18th to Saturday, July 19th. Link CompUSA.com...

PowerPage.org claims that Apple has already received shipment of thousands of Bluetooth mice from a Taiwanese...

Until August 6th, Amazon is offering a $100 mail in rebate on PowerBooks and iBooks. 12" Powerbook, Combo Drive - $1494.99 ($1599.00 retail) 12" Powerbook, Superdrive - $1694.99 ($1799.00 retail)

MacBidouille reports finding evidence for > 2 multiprocessor support in Panther. Oddly, including 3 processor support as well as 4 processor...