[Ti] [Re] Question about G5 portable

[cbirds]

On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 07:56  AM, Massimo Marino wrote:

> Jon Rubinstein, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering at 
> Apple, spoke to Macworld UK about the Apple G5. While declining to 
> comment on unannounced products, he did concede that the possibility 
> of a G5 PowerBook was simply "an issue of good, solid engineering," 
> David Fanning reports for Macworld UK.
>
>  "He made it clear, however, that the current crop of G5 processors 
> are designed for desktop machines, and a cooler-running version of the 
> processor would be needed for a PowerBook. But he did point to the 
> fact that a few years ago, nobody thought it would be possible to get 
> a G4 processor in a PowerBook" - wink wink

In any case, whether it be a desktop or laptop G5, is it at all a good 
idea to buy the first iteration of anything? I am poised to jump on a 
G5 but wonder if I shouldn't wait until I see that it's had the kinks 
worked out of it......