Intel G5 Thoughts?

[Abulia]

Took a quick scan through the thread and was surprised no one made this clear... The computer is called a Power Mac G5. The G5 in the name specifies the processor it uses which is PowerPC. With the move to Intel it should retain the name Power Mac but since it will no longer use a G5 processor it will be called a Power Mac *processor name*. Does that make sense?

Not that I really care what Apple calls the machine (I'll be buying mine the day they're announced!), but this is unlikely.

Apple wants "Mac" in the names of their computer for branding. The "Power" portion of the "Power Mac" alluded to the IBM PowerPC chip; the same way the "PowerBook" was for the notebooks. Note how Apple dropped that name, which was already highly branded and tied to their laptops.

I believe it's all but certain that the new desktop "Power Macs" will be, in fact, the "Mac Pro" platform. Apple wants to move on and differentiate their new product lines from their old product lines and the PowerPC platform. Thus, the elimination of "Power" from their lines. It's a new day.

 

[shrimpdesign]

Yes but the graphics card is not......That is my main issue with the iMac. If i could change it i would go with that. But i'll have to wait for the powermac.

Good point. Games usually rely on the GPU more than the CPU these days, correct? That's why Halo runs better on my iMac Core Duo than my dual 1Ghz MDD.