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I think it was more than a year before the tiBook came out, but then again it was also a brand new laptop design, not just dropping the chip into an existing design, so who knows? Maybe we'll see G5 tiBooks in January with the G5 Towers that are RUMORED to come out then.
I think G5 Book would be out about a year after the release of the G5 chip.
The Ti model still new, there should be at list 3 more significant chages as it use to be.
Look at the evolution of the Powerbook G3, the iBook, etc.
The G5 may carry heat problems, too much battery consuption, etc. and who knows what else.
The Ti model still new, there should be at list 3 more significant chages as it use to be.
Look at the evolution of the Powerbook G3, the iBook, etc.
The G5 may carry heat problems, too much battery consuption, etc. and who knows what else.
MM, Where did you hear that the G5 uses more power and produces more heat?
Even if that is so, the G4 is a pretty hot little chip and if the G5 produces about the same amount, then there shouldn't be much trouble in making the tibook a G5. As you said, it is still due for some upgrades!
Even if that is so, the G4 is a pretty hot little chip and if the G5 produces about the same amount, then there shouldn't be much trouble in making the tibook a G5. As you said, it is still due for some upgrades!
I also don't think that the it's too new argument or the look at the past introduction schedule argument holds much water anymore. The game has changed.
Look at the iBook, what was the life cycle of the original incarnation?
Look at the iBook, what was the life cycle of the original incarnation?
G5s - what will happen
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G5s in janurary not much doubt about it!
G5 PBs at New York - but we don't know (Unless Steve j is browsing this!)
GUy
Hi
G5s in janurary not much doubt about it!
G5 PBs at New York - but we don't know (Unless Steve j is browsing this!)
GUy
People please!
Let's not get overly psyched up here just yet! The G5 Mac has not been officially announced yet, so let's just take that as a rumor and nothing else. We've been down this road before--LCD iMac at MWNY anyone?
I read this morning on the Register that the G5 has been completed and is now ramping up for mass production. But you know what? I will not completely accept this until there is some kind of official announcement made. I think it's in all of our best interests if we all do the same.
Let's not get overly psyched up here just yet! The G5 Mac has not been officially announced yet, so let's just take that as a rumor and nothing else. We've been down this road before--LCD iMac at MWNY anyone?
I read this morning on the Register that the G5 has been completed and is now ramping up for mass production. But you know what? I will not completely accept this until there is some kind of official announcement made. I think it's in all of our best interests if we all do the same.
Im with Kethoticus
The G5 is not out yet.. so why wonder whats going to happen once its releaced. Lets wait for it to ship before we start speculating on things we have no real information about. Its more fun that way.. one of use may even guess right
SPG is right.... it is a new game now. New CPU's are just that... NEW. We dont know what the spects are like, what the heat ouput and power consumption will be like. It could get beter or it could get worse. There will not be any clear 1 to 1 ratio of ship date of desktop to ship date of portable.
But hey.. i guess that is what this fourm is for... for us to wast time at work as we are forced to work on our Windows boxes and talk about what we wish apple would do for us.
... i cant wait to get home to my Mac...
The G5 is not out yet.. so why wonder whats going to happen once its releaced. Lets wait for it to ship before we start speculating on things we have no real information about. Its more fun that way.. one of use may even guess right
SPG is right.... it is a new game now. New CPU's are just that... NEW. We dont know what the spects are like, what the heat ouput and power consumption will be like. It could get beter or it could get worse. There will not be any clear 1 to 1 ratio of ship date of desktop to ship date of portable.
But hey.. i guess that is what this fourm is for... for us to wast time at work as we are forced to work on our Windows boxes and talk about what we wish apple would do for us.
... i cant wait to get home to my Mac...
so much speculation
so much speculation is ususally what happens right before an actual product makes its debut in the world of macintosh
i like what i have been hearing on these boards and with what the register has been saying
as the chips are built on yet smaller micron technology, the heat and voltage issues make the hardware world a different game as mentioned above
who really knows, except for engineers at apple and motorola and ibm, when and if the G5 mobile processor will debut at the same time as the desktop version...on this one i will dare not speculate
...i mean, six months ago, who would have thought that pentium 4 would go to 2 GHz and the celeron would surpass 1 GHz? so if the mac world is meant to grow in the same growth spurts starting next year, the sky may be the limit
we can only hope and wait for january's debuts
so much speculation is ususally what happens right before an actual product makes its debut in the world of macintosh
i like what i have been hearing on these boards and with what the register has been saying
as the chips are built on yet smaller micron technology, the heat and voltage issues make the hardware world a different game as mentioned above
who really knows, except for engineers at apple and motorola and ibm, when and if the G5 mobile processor will debut at the same time as the desktop version...on this one i will dare not speculate
...i mean, six months ago, who would have thought that pentium 4 would go to 2 GHz and the celeron would surpass 1 GHz? so if the mac world is meant to grow in the same growth spurts starting next year, the sky may be the limit
we can only hope and wait for january's debuts
Hi. Um, just want to remind everyone that this is in fact www.macrumors.com and not macFACTS.com, there is one of those and it's called www.apple.com.
Wild speculation is what it's all about !
Jef, you did say "january's debuts" as though it's a done deal. I like it. Even when we're telling ourselves not to get swept up in th eexcitement and hope, we still take it like it's a fact.
BTW, I write my posts on a Mac with a 21" screen while it's slow at work. I'm thankful I don't have to use a PC at all.
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Keep on guessing and one of us will be right.
Wild speculation is what it's all about !
Jef, you did say "january's debuts" as though it's a done deal. I like it. Even when we're telling ourselves not to get swept up in th eexcitement and hope, we still take it like it's a fact.
BTW, I write my posts on a Mac with a 21" screen while it's slow at work. I'm thankful I don't have to use a PC at all.
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Keep on guessing and one of us will be right.
G5's in Jan
I think it is almost a sure thing for G5's in Jan, but for Powerbooks, I don't think MWNY, most likely MWSF 2003, but it is possible for MWNY. If so, it will most likely come out at 1Ghz, ore maybe 1.2, i would definetely like to see that.
I think it is almost a sure thing for G5's in Jan, but for Powerbooks, I don't think MWNY, most likely MWSF 2003, but it is possible for MWNY. If so, it will most likely come out at 1Ghz, ore maybe 1.2, i would definetely like to see that.
How much work would it take to up the current tiBook G4 to a G5 in the same case design? would there really be a lot of work to do? I tend to think that Apple could do it pretty quick if they wanted to, and I guess that's the issue, spread out the thunder of new product announcements to the damn macexpos.
agreed SPG this is a rumor site, although having said that it also isnt http://www.lets-be-over-optimistic-because-it-makes-us-happy.com
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http://www.lets-********-about-macs.com
Find a balance.
I doubt the G5 will be out in january.
or
http://www.lets-********-about-macs.com
Find a balance.
I doubt the G5 will be out in january.
Lucky SOB. I hate my Windows Box at work. Its bran new and it crashes all the time. The only good thing about it is I can work on my source code for my computer science classes that require a language that I cant develop on my Mac i.e. LISP, Assembly, Prolog. Im writing this post from my '17 ViewSonic and my 900Mhz Dell. :-( I want my 867 quick silver with '17 Apple LCD that I have at home... I miss her.
Gosh I am Mac geek!
All this speculation is just for fun.... or at least thats how I see it.
Since this is a rumors site a lot of us are going on other reported rumors about the G5. If the G5 in production rumor is even close to accurate then we shouldn't feel too optimistic to expect at least an announcement of the G5 at MWSF. What makes you think that we won't see it then? Gut reaction? Pessimism? Other rumors? or even God forbid, Facts?
let the rest of us know why tou don't think we'll see it.
I think it wil be released or announced mainly because it's time has come, the rumors point to it, and if Apple doesn't get on it soon we'll be at 3%.
let the rest of us know why tou don't think we'll see it.
I think it wil be released or announced mainly because it's time has come, the rumors point to it, and if Apple doesn't get on it soon we'll be at 3%.
Evil dead...
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Spikey a whole lot. Creative post, Spikester, and you didn't need one iota of insults or profanity to do it.
This IS a rumors site, and yes, we can have fun and speculate. But some in this thread ain't speculatin'. They're predicting and believing. All that does is set one up for a let-down.
Let's all speculate 'cuz it's fun to do so. But let's reserve permanent judgement until the facts have been officially announced. I will say this much, however: I've read about the G5's imminence from several different sources now, and not just from rumor sites. This is encouraging. But no one outside Apple, Moto and God has all the facts right now.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Spikey a whole lot. Creative post, Spikester, and you didn't need one iota of insults or profanity to do it.
This IS a rumors site, and yes, we can have fun and speculate. But some in this thread ain't speculatin'. They're predicting and believing. All that does is set one up for a let-down.
Let's all speculate 'cuz it's fun to do so. But let's reserve permanent judgement until the facts have been officially announced. I will say this much, however: I've read about the G5's imminence from several different sources now, and not just from rumor sites. This is encouraging. But no one outside Apple, Moto and God has all the facts right now.
Re: Evil dead...
I didnt know that I was fighting with Spikey? As for the insults and profantiy... which ones were those.. when I called him a Luck SOB? That was becuse he gets to use a Mac at work.. while I have to use a Windows2000 Box at my desk. The key word there was LUCKY. I agree with Spikey on the most part.
I didnt know that I was fighting with Spikey? As for the insults and profantiy... which ones were those.. when I called him a Luck SOB? That was becuse he gets to use a Mac at work.. while I have to use a Windows2000 Box at my desk. The key word there was LUCKY. I agree with Spikey on the most part.
full text
Don't know if anyone else read it, but over at http://www.macosrumors.com they have the full text of the email from the source. It says a few things that the Register didn't, like that it won't be multi-cored. I agree, though, this chip's time has come. If things don't work out for a MWSF release, one FACT I can assure you of is a very pissed off middle-aged man in a turtleneck and blue jeans!
Don't know if anyone else read it, but over at http://www.macosrumors.com they have the full text of the email from the source. It says a few things that the Register didn't, like that it won't be multi-cored. I agree, though, this chip's time has come. If things don't work out for a MWSF release, one FACT I can assure you of is a very pissed off middle-aged man in a turtleneck and blue jeans!
Sorry for the confusion
I didn't mean to suggest that you, Mr. Evildead, were fighting with anyone. I was just making a personal note there. He and I have had problems recently (I criticized him for his language in these posts) and I wanted to give him credit when I felt it was due. That had nothing to do with you.
I didn't mean to suggest that you, Mr. Evildead, were fighting with anyone. I was just making a personal note there. He and I have had problems recently (I criticized him for his language in these posts) and I wanted to give him credit when I felt it was due. That had nothing to do with you.
double
Last I heard, the G5 had about double the power consumption of the G4, which is still not bad considering it's double the clock speed. (And it's still about half of what the P4 uses)
Last I heard, the G5 had about double the power consumption of the G4, which is still not bad considering it's double the clock speed. (And it's still about half of what the P4 uses)
