[Ti] New G4 PowerBooks

[Chris Olson]

On Dec 7, 2004, at 7:40 PM, John wrote:

> A "Portable" G5? Sort of like those huge brick computers. C'mon, 
> didn't anyone see it coming? All Apple needs to do is add a grey 
> handle to the current iMac, make the stand folding, and Bam! one cool 
> Apple Portable.

I can't figure out why everybody wants a PowerBook G5.  The PowerPC 
970FX was built from the ground up for SMP.  One G5 is like a fish out 
of water.  My dual 1.42 PowerMac G4 runs circles around an iMac G5/1.8. 
  As a matter of fact, it stomps on it, spits on it, then grinds it into 
the ground under it's heel.

I hate to speculate or even hint at starting any rumors, which happens 
quite easily in the Mac Universe.  So how about just an "observation"?

Sonnettech, today, announced availability of new 90nm process, 1.7GHz 
cpu upgrades for the Cube, and Sawtooth/Quicksilver PowerMac G4's:
http://www.sonnettech.com/news/press/pr2004/pr120704_sg4_prcdrop.html

The processors used on those upgrade cards come from FreeScale 
Semiconductor, the supplier of G4 chips for the Apple PowerBook.  
They're pin-for-pin compatible with the current PowerPC MPC7447A 
processor used in the PowerBook, and the FSB speed on these processors 
scales to 667 MHz.

Hmmmmm.......
--
Chris