The two audio ports that used to reside outside the port compartment are enclosed inside. The power input jack and IrDA port are the only two remain outside the port door. It's known for a fact that the graphics chip in 101 is greatly improved, and rumored to be of Rage 128 descent. Word has it that the new chips will, like the one in the Yosemite models, perform MPEG 2 decoding, replacing the need for an additional DVD decoder PC Card. The new PowerBooks will not ship with floppy drives, sources said, and should also include a 2nd generation lithium ion battery, which will once again improve battery life.
Pricing is rumored to be extremely aggressive, even though pricing of LCD screens are on the rise.
The new units will be network bootable. Apple documentation received on the 101 PowerBooks mentions the USB implementation dozens of times, but yet never mentions the addition of FireWire. Of course, as stated at the beginning of this article, this is the information we believe to be the most reliable and most in sync with field reports, but not necessarily the information that will become reality.