Motorola PowerPC 7457

[fryke]

Motorola will roll out the new G4 in early 2003. At 867-1833 MHz. New Macs anyone?

Read more at http://macnews.net.tc

[iMan]

I'm looking to buy a new desktop in jan-feb, I don't think I can hold till there will be a 'G5'... seems like that's a year or so away... I was hoping that it would be ready for macworld SF but it doesn't look like it.. to bad

viktor

[fryke]

Forget about the 'G5' moniker. Motorola is using it for the embedded processors of the 85xx series. Like Apple said, the G4 still has some life in it. And the 7457 looks like a good G4 to me, until Apple needs something new.

I'd rather have a faster G4 that is totally compatible with all my software than needing another 'transition' (read: upgrades to all the applications I'm using) until I can work comfortably again.

[Rhino_G3]

I've heard.... a LONG time ago that apple has had plans to release a "G5" regardless of what processor is in it. I believe this was when a major advancement in the G4 came around. If you'll remember back a few years the G4 was originaly going to be called the G3+ but, due to slumping sales, the marketing dept. ended up convincing everybody it should be called the G4.

[kendall]

The G4 is just a G3 with AltiVec so I guess essentially it is just a G3+. The original G4s actually performed poorly against the G3. Basically this was because the lack of AltiVec optimized apps. People still paid a premium for them though because the Koolaid tasted so good.

As for 1833 MHz G4s, I'll believe it when I see it. Just because they can make 1 run at 1833 MHz doesn't mean they can make 20,000. That's basically the problem with all the G4 processor, low yield. Always has been, always will be and we'll always be paying a premium to own one, despite how well it performs.

Motorola is trying to squeeze more juice out of a processor that was never intended to go past 1 GHz. I don't have any faith whatsoever in the G4 or its potential speeds anymore.

The 1.25 GHz PowerMacs benchmark below the previous 1 GHz models in some tests. What's the deal? For $800 you basically get nothing. DDR memory you say? Big whoop. A controller on the motherboard blocks the CPU from taking advantage of it. Why you ask? Because the G4 doesn't work with DDR memory.

I don't know about everyone else but I don't really want to buy a new Mac until Apple gets its act together, both performance and pricewise. OS X is simply amazing but Mac hardware in general just turns me off as it continues to fall behind.

[Nummi_G4]

1.8ghz. yeah right. But if Apple does ship these soon, I will buy one.

[chemistry_geek]

All your processor are belong to IBM.

The future looks bright with an IBM PowerPC 970. And it's meant to run in multiple processor configurations.

[Rhino_G3]

The last new moto processor we'll be seeing in Macs. After the G4, they've left a bad taste in most Apple Fans mouths.
I say goodbye Moto, I won't be missing you!