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WWDC PowerBook G5 2.2GHz?
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Sounds like complete and utter bull plop to me.
I just can't see the powerbooks being upgraded yet becuase they have been just upgraded!
I just can't see the powerbooks being upgraded yet becuase they have been just upgraded!
joelypolly said:
That is sooo funnnyyy. !!! Thanks for the laugh man ! And I second that. I eat my socks as well. 
Looks like the world-supply of socks is going down....
If this turns out to be true, expect me to be first in line to get a 15" top-end!
If this turns out to be true, expect me to be first in line to get a 15" top-end!
boomtopper said:
Second that as well. I see noooo way that they update the Powerbooks now. Did they ever do that ? Update in such a short time ? I don't think so.
I guess we see the PB G5 in January.
We can dream on, but with the latest rumours about the difficulty of getting new G5s into even Power Macs I'm doubting this one very much.
1.6GHz 12" would be cool mind..
1.6GHz 12" would be cool mind..
Bogus..
https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/04/20040419232454.shtml
He said it himself..it would be "quite some time"...
https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/04/20040419232454.shtml
He said it himself..it would be "quite some time"...
Squire said:
See https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
Last update: 44 days ago
Average time between updates: 171 days
Shortest time between: 60+ days, BUT that was to add two new sizes--the 15" did not change
The shortest time since then--the shortest time for updating all 3 sizes, is 7 months! It was 8 months before that.
All I know is ---
they came out with a SuperDrive TiBook in November/December of 2002, and then the Al Books (12" and 17") came out in January 2003, one month later
soooo...... such things have happened before
NEVER EVER make apple predictions based upon typical product cycle updates ---- especially when the product is transitioning into a major piece of new hardware/processor, etc
they came out with a SuperDrive TiBook in November/December of 2002, and then the Al Books (12" and 17") came out in January 2003, one month later
soooo...... such things have happened before
NEVER EVER make apple predictions based upon typical product cycle updates ---- especially when the product is transitioning into a major piece of new hardware/processor, etc
nagromme said:
...and that pretty much states the obvious: LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE PBG5 FOR A WHILE -- FOR GOOD!
* this doesn't mean it wouldn't be a kick ass announcement, even if they weren't available until september
this means new powermacs right?
(little getting my own back for all you people posting about pbg5's in every forum)
also the teams developing the g5 powerbook and the team developing the recently updated g4 powerbook are different teams they may very well have had a breakthrough with maybe the 975 or getting good yields of the 970fx?
if the pbg5 team finished early steve jobs is not exactly going to say "oh no we cant release those it would piss off all the people that bought the 1.5GHz g4 powerbooks". if it's ready it will be released, not that i think they are ready especially not at 2.2GHz
(little getting my own back for all you people posting about pbg5's in every forum)
also the teams developing the g5 powerbook and the team developing the recently updated g4 powerbook are different teams they may very well have had a breakthrough with maybe the 975 or getting good yields of the 970fx?
if the pbg5 team finished early steve jobs is not exactly going to say "oh no we cant release those it would piss off all the people that bought the 1.5GHz g4 powerbooks". if it's ready it will be released, not that i think they are ready especially not at 2.2GHz
Even if it were true that they'd announce (not ship, duh) a Powerbook G5 at WWDC, I sincerely doubt that they would have a 2.2 GHz at the high end.
That's not a fair time comparison: the existing PowerBook did NOT changein Jan 03--Apple just added two NEW sizes. Adding sizes makes sense to happen at any time. Changing an EXISTING product is another matter.
Past cycles aren't a basis for knowing the future with certainty. But they ARE a very GOOD way to make an educated guess.
A LOT more reliable way than the words of some anonymous prankster Especially when past cycles are far from the only evidence that PBG5s are a long way off.
Past cycles aren't a basis for knowing the future with certainty. But they ARE a very GOOD way to make an educated guess.
A LOT more reliable way than the words of some anonymous prankster
Especially when past cycles are far from the only evidence that PBG5s are a long way off.