G5 powerbook: any educated guesses out there?

Malcolm Hamilton malcolm_hamilton at cbc.ca
Tue Mar 9 12:43:54 PST 2004


Hello -
I'll apologize in advance for asking about something I know we should 
all be above asking.  After all, it's silly to wonder about what we 
can never know; it's a waste of time to ponder imponderables.  But 
I'm human, and I'll be needing a powerbook some time within the next 
three or four months, and I'd love an educated guess or two about 
when Apple might release a G5 powerbook.

Just so you know - I got a G4 Desktop just a month before Apple 
announced the G5, and I never complained.  Not once.  But I know I'll 
be mad if I the same thing happens again with my next powerbook 
purchase.  So ballpark this for me if you will - -

Has it been a long enough time since the last G4 powerbook release, 
that suspicions might be start to be justified about an imminent G5 
pb?

Is the new 90-nanometer G5 chip that IBM is now producing a natural 
for a powerbook?

Historically, is it so long a process to get a chip from desktop to 
powerbook that I shouldn't hold my breath?

Educated guesses only please (no chicken entrails).
--
Best Regards,
Malcolm



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