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WWDC PowerBook G5 2.2GHz?

G5 PowerBook

mklos said:
I think who ever posted this rumor is seriously smoking something! Why would Apple go through the trouble of coming out with G4 updates a few weeks ago, then turn around 30 or 40 days later and release completely new PowerBooks? Doesn't make any sense to me. As far as the time when Apple updated the 15" Titanium then introduced new 12/17" PowerBooks, well if you remember they didn't update the 15" PowerBook until well into that year so to me that doesn't really count since they didn't update the 15" PowerBook with those new models.

I don't think you will ever see a G5 PowerBook anytime with in the next 2 years. There isn't a G5 processor out there right now that will be usable in a laptop configuration without eating the battery and boiling your leg. It ain't gonna happen people so quit pissing and moaning about it! As you can see its not getting you anywhere is it!!!
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The rumor didn't say there would be a complete new line of PowerBooks. Maybe they'll keep offering a low-end and mid-range G4 and replace only the high-end PB with a G5 model. I don't see any reason why this couldn't be possible.
 
utilizer said:
So, to sum up, Americans in particular are ignorant about technology; you can't market to these people with abstract ads.
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Wait wait wait wait wait. I'm not an ignorant American. I'm an American barbarian. Keep the slurs straight why don't ya! :p ;)


other then that I have to agree. If nothing else from a marketing standpoint having a G5 will help Apple.
 
mewzrh33 said:
The rumor didn't say there would be a complete new line of PowerBooks. Maybe they'll keep offering a low-end and mid-range G4 and replace only the high-end PB with a G5 model. I don't see any reason why this couldn't be possible.
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The "rumor" was a crock, the poster was anonymous, and it was pulled by the site it was on. I can't believe it has generated this much attention.
 
James L said:
The "rumor" was a crock, the poster was anonymous, and it was pulled by the site it was on. I can't believe it has generated this much attention.
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Its generated this much attention because people want their G5 PowerBook. Enough said.
 
cjc343 said:
I seriously doubt this, but it would be great if it were true...
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of course it would be great, but wouldn't many things, no matter how utterly fantastical be great if were found to be true? like living on the moon, or teleportation. These things would be great too... but doesn't mean they are going to happen any time soon. and not within the very near future anyway.
 
T'hain Esh Kelch said:
Looks like the world-supply of socks is going down.... :p

If this turns out to be true, expect me to be first in line to get a 15" top-end!
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if it happens... you can put me down for some more apple stock... and one of these for each member of my family.
 
iChan said:
of course it would be great, but wouldn't many things, no matter how utterly fantastical be great if were found to be true? like living on the moon, or teleportation. These things would be great too... but doesn't mean they are going to happen any time soon. and not within the very near future anyway.
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Well, you know... they can teleport beams of light now and other nonmatter articles.
 
Frobozz said:
I tend to believe your second scenario. I suppose anything can happen late in the game to throw it off, but I DO believe it's the most likely scenario. I know IBM... and they won't be kept down for long. They have those chips (whatever they're called) and Apple will be getting them.
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Yeah, that seems most plausible. But I do tend to believe the excerpts of the submission I quoted.
 
csubear said:
I don't beleive it at all. After buy my NEW powerbook less than a month ago. I would be very angry if they updated to G5 now.
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Very True. I bought a new PowerBook recently and if they are udpated I'm going on a Killing Spree. :mad: (UT2004, of Course :D )
 
MacMinute.com said:
All of the key components for Apple to produce a PowerBook G5 appear to be ready, and Mac users should expect to see the new laptop no later than this summer, Peter Glaskowsky, analyst with Instat/MDR and editor of the Microprocessor Report, told MacMinute. He noted that the IBM PowerPC 970FX-which is used in the XServe G5- offers basic power-consumption features needed for a portable machine. Glaskowsky explained that the 970FX also has PowerTune, IBM's version of the voltage and frequency scaling technology used on x86 laptop processors. "With all this new technology, a PowerBook G5 should be much faster and last about as long as a PowerBook G4 in average usage, "] he said.
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Hmmm, this article is dated February, so maybe we will see them at WWDC?!?! :D
 
There is no way we will see G5 PowerBooks @ WWDC 2004. If anyone is a betting person, please let me know and I'll be happy to take your money. :cool:

No G5 PowerBooks until 2005 - end of story.
 
Calebj14 said:
Hmmm, this article is dated February, so maybe we will see them at WWDC?!?! :D
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That article was before Bernie said that getting the 970fx to fab was like staying out of the bathroom after taking Maxiumum Relief Exlax.

Not a pretty sight.. :(

I'd like an update to the PowerMac, since I'll be in the market.
WWDC seems like a great place to unveil it, since most of the people there who do dev, probably use PowerMacs. Dev on a laptop is like... well... y'know, cramped.

-Wyrm
 
not going to happen

This sounds good, but it is not going to happen.

Look for a 2.0GHz PowerBook 17" with a dual layer superdrive.

It will be a number of months (Jan-Feb 2005) before the G5 hits the PowerBook line-up.

You can bank on new G5 iMac systems however.
 
no pb, unless

There will be no PowerBook, there will however, be an XBook.

-15 and 17 only.
-Aluminum enclosure, all of which resembles the speaker grill on the current PBs.
-1 and 2 iPod hard drives, totalling 160 GBs, for pro apps where multiple drives come in handy.
-2.2 and 3.0 GHz G5 processor with 1.2 GHz and 1.8 GHz system bus.
-2 and 4 GB PC4000 RAM
-16X AGP Pro GPU with 512 MB VRAM
-3 USB, 2 FW400, 2 FW800, ADC (XBook must be plugged in) and DVI (full size)
-Swap Bay- A second optical drive, or a second battery.
-Built in mini WiFi
-Longer lived battery, yielding a claimed 8 hrs.

This will be sold alongside the existing portable options. Prices rumored to start at $3,499 and $4,099

This is real people!
 
jeff.macaddict said:
There will be no PowerBook, there will however, be an XBook.

-15 and 17 only.
-Aluminum enclosure, all of which resembles the speaker grill on the current PBs.
-1 and 2 iPod hard drives, totalling 160 GBs, for pro apps where multiple drives come in handy.
-2.2 and 3.0 GHz G5 processor with 1.2 GHz and 1.8 GHz system bus.
-2 and 4 GB PC4000 RAM
-16X AGP Pro GPU with 512 MB VRAM
-3 USB, 2 FW400, 2 FW800, ADC (XBook must be plugged in) and DVI (full size)
-Swap Bay- A second optical drive, or a second battery.
-Built in mini WiFi
-Longer lived battery, yielding a claimed 8 hrs.

This will be sold alongside the existing portable options. Prices rumored to start at $3,499 and $4,099

This is real people!
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HoochieMama!! if this turns out to be true....


:eek:
 
I've been clamoring for these specs for well over a year, except I would want 5400rpm 2.5" hard drives instead of iPod 1.8" ones. I wonder how tough, and how thick this xBook would be...I wouldn't mind if it's 1.5 to 2 inches thick overall. A version without the built-in display would be my "Slab" concept (headless iMac, too) since I would always connect a [much] larger LCD to this "transportable". Bring it on!
 
We're all but blind fools

James L said:
Amen!

People, please, this is page 5 of comments on a completely anonymous theory.... not exactly reliable at all. You can bet somewhere there is a PC weenie right now who submitted the rumor, sat back with a 6 pack of beer and some chips, and is now killing himself laughing at how gullible the Mac community is.
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Better to say, how pathetic and blind we are. Thank that to Apple and their ridiculous iron curtain they are hiding behind. In fact, they are pathetic, not us. Normal users of normal products of normal world companies out there demand some valuable information to make educated purchases, but that's not the case in Apple's world. We all are blind bunch of enthusiasts who feed ourselves only with a thought that sometime, in some respects, we are ahead of the rest of IT industry.
And that's about it. According to economic theories, there are about 5% of such users (early adopters) on the market. And guess what -- that's close to the size of Apple's computer market share out there.
;)
 
No way would they put the G5 in the Powerbook before they did in the iMac. I wish they would stop stuffing around with small speed bumps...and get the G5 in the PB...I have been waiting for around a yr now, and i am sure i speak for most people in the market for a PB.
 
Nemesis said:
Better to say, how pathetic and blind we are. Thank that to Apple and their ridiculous iron curtain they are hiding behind. In fact, they are pathetic, not us. Normal users of normal products of normal world companies out there demand some valuable information to make educated purchases, but that's not the case in Apple's world.
;)
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I agree and I disagree. Apple has to protect competition from stealing ideas before Apple gets them to market. Are they a little to rabid about protecting it...yes...I believe they have played into the hands of their loyal supporters by using the carrot and stick routine. But Apple also has to sell their products, and they can't do that if people are going to hold off knowing what is around the corner. It's a double-edge sword. If Apple gains some more ground and broadens its marketshare, I could see that rigid secrecy lessen to a degree.
 
Will there be a live webcast of SJ's keynote address at WWDC'04? Or a delayed telecast?
 
AT71 said:
Will there be a live webcast of SJ's keynote address at WWDC'04? Or a delayed telecast?
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I am sure it will be live. All the keynotes have been webcast live. At the very least MacRumors will keep up a running transcript of the presentation.
 
jeff.macaddict said:
There will be no PowerBook, there will however, be an XBook.

-15 and 17 only.
-Aluminum enclosure, all of which resembles the speaker grill on the current PBs.
-1 and 2 iPod hard drives, totalling 160 GBs, for pro apps where multiple drives come in handy.
-2.2 and 3.0 GHz G5 processor with 1.2 GHz and 1.8 GHz system bus.
-2 and 4 GB PC4000 RAM
-16X AGP Pro GPU with 512 MB VRAM
-3 USB, 2 FW400, 2 FW800, ADC (XBook must be plugged in) and DVI (full size)
-Swap Bay- A second optical drive, or a second battery.
-Built in mini WiFi
-Longer lived battery, yielding a claimed 8 hrs.

This will be sold alongside the existing portable options. Prices rumored to start at $3,499 and $4,099

This is real people!
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LOL - thanks for the laugh, you got my day off to a good start! :cool:

Of course, on the remote off-chance that you're being serious (for some reason), a source would sure be nice! ;)
 
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