Another Intel-based portable, getting closer

Apple officially released the 17″ (43 cm) version of the MacBook Pro, aka a Mac-based portable with an Intel processor. 
 
Still too big for the backpack my wife made me years ago to carry and store my old 5300c, now currently occupied by my iBook G3. 
 
I would like to replace my portable Mac this year since the current iBook I own is rather long in the tooth but I think I’ll wait until the Intel-based iBook successor appears, and the kinks are worked out. Being an early adopter is really just a different label for pretentious, impatient idiot.