Motorola??? New PowerBooks?

[iscaro]

This is not possible... the year of laptops... and Apple laptops are really good!

Did Apple made the mistake to stay again with Motorola trusting for new processors, or what?

It cannot be that they are not changing them... everybody is waiting!!!

And IBM too can make 2 GHz G5 and fast G3 too!!! But G4s are so slow now and on PowerBooks... so even the iBook cannot get faster!!!

Are you tired to wait???

Ok, we have very good PowerMacs now... with good G5 processors...

What about Laptops!!!! Anybody can buy a fast PC laptop that is fast... cheap...

Come on!!!

[banjo_boy]

It is only 2 and a half weeks till MacWorld Paris. Apple would never release something that big without Macworld to parade them at. I thought the same thing until I saw that Paris was so close.

[Arden]

Link?

[Quicksilver]

Your right you know it is the year of the laptop so im gonna take my chances and believe that apple will release somthing non-motorola. In fact ill remain to be sure of it.... untill paris expo...we'll see soon.

Ive been waiting for a while now, i heard that there wont be a real update till next year with powerbook G5's but if they were to release such an update it would be really nice and a very impressive one too....

[banjo_boy]

Originally posted by arden
Link?

No links, Just my piece of wood for a head thinkin'.

I really have not opinion on the chip issue. a G5 PB would be awesome but not realistic. But, I really do think Jobs waits to release major products at the macworlds, and it being "the year of the laptop", why not keep the theme going.

Also, not on topic, but why can't we have all models of PB with the different speeds ie 1G 12"PB. And don't say "Wait till the next update."

[Quicksilver]

Its the apple resellers around here "saying" this. If i could put a link id be happy too. basicly their saying dont expect a G5 processor in a Powerbook untill around january next year or at least thats when its being expected by them. i dont know mabey their hyping it up more.

But if you really think about it if it were really the year of the laptop then a G5 processor would be done very soon, or is it the year of the Power Mac G5?

[fryke]

MacBidouille has had a story up about Motorola not being ready to deliver the PowerPC 7457 chip that was rumoured to be in the new PowerBooks. And that probably we'd get 1.25 GHz PBs using the 7455B chip (less Level 2 cache... :/) ... Hopefully, though, it turns out NOT to be true.

[Arden]

I'm wondering why Apple didn't upgrade their 15" Powerbooks as well, when they introduced the 12" and 17" models. They probably wanted to push those for a while, and everyone who wanted a "modern" Book would have to settle for too small or too big to fit their needs, as the 15" models are perfect for just about everyone and that's most of what they would buy.