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raincoat
May 4, 2005, 03:44 AM
Given that getting a G5 in a PB is "the mother of all thermal challenges", do we thing that Apple has thought about or tried to put two G4's in a PB or is that just rediculously unfeasible? There must be a little bit of room in the 17", a second fan could be added.......what do you mac-sperts think? :rolleyes:


Lacero
May 4, 2005, 03:45 AM
Given that getting a G5 in a PB is "the mother of all thermal challenges", do we thing that Apple has thought about or tried to put two G4's in a PB or is that just rediculously unfeasible? There must be a little bit of room in the 17", a second fan could be added.......what do you mac-sperts think? :rolleyes:
2 hours battery life... no thanks. However, if used as a desktop replacement, it would make sense. Bring it on! http://www3.telus.net/poojja/s/smile2.gif
Platform
May 4, 2005, 05:42 AM
Given that getting a G5 in a PB is "the mother of all thermal challenges", do we thing that Apple has thought about or tried to put two G4's in a PB or is that just rediculously unfeasible? There must be a little bit of room in the 17", a second fan could be added.......what do you mac-sperts think? :rolleyes:

That would be cool......they need to go 64Bit ;)
robbieduncan
May 4, 2005, 05:48 AM
More likely is FreeScales upcoming dual-core G4. It should be available to Apple towards the end of this year, perhaps in time for dual core PowerBooks at MWSF 2006...
Darwin
May 4, 2005, 06:41 AM
Yes, its more likely that Apple will go with Dual Core chips

that way they could increase processing performance but with less power (than 2 processors of course) and increase the battery time
Jaffa Cake
May 4, 2005, 06:55 AM
I've no doubt that they've thought about a dual processor PowerBook, and there may well be prototypes knocking around in the labs at Cupertino – but I agree that dual core chips are much more likely to be the next step.
Heart Break Kid
May 4, 2005, 08:13 AM
forgive a stupid question,

what are dual core chips?
rosalindavenue
May 4, 2005, 08:23 AM
forgive a stupid question,

what are dual core chips?

Here is a good entry-level article on dual core chips. (http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/12/0424207&from=rss) /google ;)
powerbook911
May 4, 2005, 10:14 PM
If dual-core G4s won't be out until January 2005, do you think there will be a Powerbook update before then?
raincoat
May 5, 2005, 03:00 AM
If dual-core G4s won't be out until January 2005, do you think there will be a Powerbook update before then?


Do you mean 2006? :rolleyes:
Darwin
May 5, 2005, 03:26 AM
If dual-core G4s won't be out until January 2005, do you think there will be a Powerbook update before then?

Wow thats not far away at all :p
wheezy
May 5, 2005, 02:50 PM
Here is a good entry-level article on dual core chips. (http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/12/0424207&from=rss) /google ;)

So to put it simply, it's like a dual processor on one processor...but not dual FSB or anything, so it's not exaclty the same as dual processor?

How do they do that on something so small!!!