stingerman
macrumors 6502
As far as Motorola/Freescale coming in with a competitive processor to Dothan, have you people forgotten the last 5 years! Jeez. Even if Freescale comes through, do you really think Steve is going to give them yet another chance to hurt Apple? Come on now.
Apple moves for competitive reasons, Intel made the last move now its Apple's turn. I think this WWDC will be a watershed event with Apple re-entering the battle for the Enterprise. That means they will need Enterprise hardware in addition to Xserve. The Powerbooks for the Execs and mobile workers and a new iMac that will look good in the office and at home.
If Apple could, I think they would announce a G5 based Powerbook as soon as they can get it ready. There is absolutely no reason for them not to. The 1.5GHz Powerbook was a quick interim solution to help stave off further declines in Powerbook sales as users awaited a faster notebook. The next step for Apple will need to be 2GHz plus for the Powerbook. And they need it now before Intel's marketing plays deja vue with Apple.
Apple moves for competitive reasons, Intel made the last move now its Apple's turn. I think this WWDC will be a watershed event with Apple re-entering the battle for the Enterprise. That means they will need Enterprise hardware in addition to Xserve. The Powerbooks for the Execs and mobile workers and a new iMac that will look good in the office and at home.
If Apple could, I think they would announce a G5 based Powerbook as soon as they can get it ready. There is absolutely no reason for them not to. The 1.5GHz Powerbook was a quick interim solution to help stave off further declines in Powerbook sales as users awaited a faster notebook. The next step for Apple will need to be 2GHz plus for the Powerbook. And they need it now before Intel's marketing plays deja vue with Apple.