g5 pbooks /ibooks soon ?

[neostyle]

According to Taiwan-based DigiTimes, Apple will start receiving shipments of G5-based notebooks in the second quarter of this year. Original Equipment Manufacturers Quanta Computer and Asustek have purportedly been tapped to build Apple's designs, and both are supposedly shipping the new notebooks at some time in the second quarter of this year. Apple surely can't be pleased that this news has leaked out of Taiwan, accurate or not. I was surprised when I saw the data because just this week Apple's VP of Worldwide Sales and Operations said in the company's quarterly conference call that a G5 notebook "would be the mother of all thermal challenges." Thus, we cannot be 100% certain that these products are this far along in development, but it does strike us as curious that Asustek is reported as building both iBooks and iBook G5s.

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050114-4524.html

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[neostyle]

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050114-4524.html

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sorry this is old stuff . i was too quick . could somebody please put this into the bin ? :ninja:

[Xenoxide]

It may be old, but does it still hold true? I was actually planning to get a PowerBook in the next month or two, but now I'm not so sure.

[Huy]

I doubt that it is, given that we've just had new PowerBooks being introduced a couple of months back.

[brettm133]

I wish we knew something about the new ibooks.. I've been holding out since April to get one because people are saying the ibook upgrade is right around the corner.. i'm not seeing it.. oh well patience pays off. :(

[Vice]

they will only speed bump them, G5 Processors are not attainable since Apples standards are to high, they could do it but the fan in the iBook's and Powerbooks would have to be on all the time (Something Apple does not want to do / ever has) unless they force some kind of "Smart Underclocking" where it would reduce the clockspeed and electricity to the chips when the extra power is not needed but if they did that as soon as you use something like Photoshop and the Chip is brought to full power the fan would come on and stay on much longer then it does with the current G4 chips.

For that reason there wont be a G5 powerbook / iBook for a very very long time.

[ZZOOzzoo]

WinMacLin, that's nice to hear, since my PowerBook is arriving tomorrow. :p

It's hard to decide when I should purchase Apple product, because Apple always strickly keep it veiled until the d-day.

I'm in dilema of whether or not I should get iPod photo to replace my dead 3G iPod... :(

[1337.g4M3R]

lets be honest, nobody knows if/when g5 powerbooks/ibooks are going to be out.... so there is no point in speculating.

see what happens at wwdc and macworld

[Gary_Player]

An ancient and unfortunatly totally untrue rumor...why they would ever say something so improbable is beyond me :s

[Shetland]

It may be old, but does it still hold true?  I was actually planning to get a PowerBook in the next month or two, but now I'm not so sure.

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same, I am worried also now.

[saxondale.]

Well i will be getting my powerbook around september time, so i hope they upgrade before then

[dougal.s]

AFAIK, they have had no luck in cooling the G5 enough to put it in a laptop form factor. I think it is more likely we would see dual G4s then possibly a Cell processor, skipping the G5. Of course, this would require Cells to be used in the Powermac first.

All idle speculation on my part of course, but if you go get the datasheets for the the FX970 (G5 chip) and the Toshiba/IBM cell, you'll see what I mean.

Dougal.

[izkandare]

When is SOON?

[MMike6]

When is SOON?

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relax dude, the topic was old. you can 'maybe' something new at the wwdc beginning of june. but dont bet on g5 pb's, ok :happy:

[Shetland]

AFAIK, they have had no luck in cooling the G5 enough to put it in a laptop form factor. I think it is more likely we would see dual G4s then possibly a Cell processor, skipping the G5. Of course, this would require Cells to be used in the Powermac first.

All idle speculation on my part of course, but if you go get the datasheets for the the FX970 (G5 chip) and the Toshiba/IBM cell, you'll see what I mean.

Dougal.

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I really hope they dont switch to cell, a whole new architecture would mean the os would have to be changed and all the programs too, thats just a kick up the arse, it will probably be full of bugs.

I wanted to get the current powerbook, or hopefully if they revise to dual g4's.

sadly my money didnt come though though so my powerbook purchase is on hault till 2006.