any guess as to what the current 15" Powerbooks (with Superdrive) will go for (with educational discount) when the new ones come out? Are we talking $1800, $1600, less?

Well, that depends on what comes out, obviously. But IMO the next powerbook update is simply going to be a G4 proc speed bump, and probably only on the order of .25Ghz bump at that. If that's the case, I'd expect the current 1.25Ghz proc w/ SuperDrive to only get marked down a few hundred. I'd say probably $2,299 or maybe $2,199. It'll probably be avail on the Apple Store with a Combo for $1,999 - taking place of the current 1Ghz.

Now, If they come out with the G5 powerbook, then we're talking something different. Who knows what the Apple resellers would pawn off the G4 powerbooks for at that point. But at the rate that the G4 powerbooks are selling right now, I don't see the G5 coming out for quite a while. Currently the G4 powerbook is Apple's biggest hardware seller under the iPod, of course.

- trs