<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Everything I read about these new IBM chips makes my mouth water! Lots of “If only...” thoughts. What a monster Powerbook we almost had before Apple took a very wrong turn!<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I wonder if there is any chance (even a very slim one) that Apple could release just one low power dual core G5 Powerbook before they make the final switch to Intel (?!)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>jg</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 23-Aug-05, at 10:25 PM, Chris Olson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">IBM announced the availability of<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=dual+core+powerpc970&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">mobile low power dual core G5 chips</SPAN></A>. In the old days those dual core G5's would be in the beloved PowerBook already, but as Apple makes the transition from a computer company to a digital media company, unfortunately, the Mac will start to take a back seat as it becomes more and more a commodity appliance used to deliver digital media solutions. Apple is conveniently ignoring that those dual core G5's even exist. </SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>