Rumors: 10.2.1 and Paris PowerBooks?


MacOS Rumors is reporting that OS X 10.2.1 is not far away. The bug-fix is reportedly at build 6D47.

The story says that the revision addresses a number of problems in Mail, Disc Recording, Classic, File Server, ATI and nVidia drivers, AltiVec DVD acceleration, and a number of other core system processes.

MOSR says that developers using the build have seen no new features, but report some important performance gains, particularly in Classic.

On the PowerBook front, it's been widely mooted that Apple will release a revampled PowerBook G4 at the Paris Expo in September, which Steve Jobs is keynoting.

An alert MOSR reader notes a special PB promo, available above and beyond educational discounts for regular consumers, at the AppleStore. The promo apparently runs through September 25.

Analysis: It's possible that revved TiBooks could appear September 25, although it would make more sense for Jobs to announce them in situ, as he did the iBook FireWire at the 2000 Paris Expo. Of course, they may be announced, but not ready to ship until the 25th. The other thing is that Apple - like all other companies - runs promos on the basis of what they expect inventory will look like. In some cases, promos end early, as supply dries up. The big price discounts on cleared-out Pismos in late 2000 is one example: although the discounts applied until MWSF 2001, everyone snapped up the only slightly-more-expensive 20GB Pismo 500 over the 10GB Pismo 400. So it got to the point where you could scarcely find a 500.

But if the 1GHz PB is coming, I want to be first in the discounted 800MHz Ti queue.