[CUBE] G5 upgrade

[Lizardo H. C.M. Nunes]

On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 04:24  PM, Bill Fox wrote:

> It is fake. That's Dan Knight's spoof (Anne Onymus) of rumor sites.
>
> On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 10:45  AM, Lizardo H.C.M.Nunes wrote:
>
>> It sounds totally fake:
>>
>> http://www.lowendmac.com/rumormill/03/0623.html

I know, it is nonsense. But I would like to hear from you about that: 
it seems that not just Apple, but other assemblers have plans to use 
the PowerPC 970. If so, there is a concrete possibility that we will 
see Mac clones in a near future. Moreover, since there is a P3+Linux 
Cube, a G5 Cube wouldn't be that impossible, as long as you are 
disposed to replace the whole system (except for the hard drive and 
optical drive). So, I would like to know if there are projects towards 
this path ; )

Thanks,
Lizardo.

P.S.: Anyway, I would like to drive some attention over the fact that 
Apple could indeed sell its own CPU upgrades. I don't believe in such 
hypothesis, since Apple is concentrated on selling their brand new 
machines. But in America you have credit and leasing is a real 
alternative. However, here in Brazil, where a PowerMac costs more than 
US$ 7.000,00 and a three years financing is unfeasible, this could be a 
possibility. One of the main reasons of discontentment by Apple 
consumers is the price, followed by the lack of alternatives regarding 
upgrades. If Apple or any serious enterprise could sell a "Mac 
motherboard+CPU" set, that would be hitting the jackpot for the 
brazilian market.