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PowerBooks: Available Today... or not

A key line from Apple's press release announcing the new PowerBooks says: "The new 15- and 17-inch PowerBook G4 models are available immediately."

But I went and configured one at the Apple Store (15 inch, 1.25 Ghz, 80 GB ATA, blah blah blah) and it said I would expect to receive it in 4-6 weeks.

See the differences based on config changes:

PowerBook 1.25GHz (15.2" TFT) Z07E 4-6 weeks
$3,224.00
1.25GHz PowerPC G4 065-4116
80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm 065-4544
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) 065-4119
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English 065-4495
1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM 065-4673
AirPort Extreme Card 065-4496

PowerBook 15.2TFT/1.25GHz/512(2 SO-DIMMS)/80G/SuperDrive/AIRPT/BT/56K M8981LL/A Same bus.day
$2,599.00
1.25GHz PowerPC G4
80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 4200 rpm
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 2x256 SO-DIMMs
AirPort Extreme Card

- louismg