Powerbook G5
Powerbook G5
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- netbanshee0
You won't be seeing a G5 update for a while, but the revision to the 970 (G5) chipset, the 970fx, will probably be what's on the horizon for the powerbook. There was some speculation of a 4 core low-power system going around, but the software engineering for it to work wouldn't be feasible.
On the other hand, we all might be seeing an update to the G5 towers with a different chipset, the 975, in the near future. It's based off of the IBM Power5 (whereas the 970 was based off the IBM Power4). It's not just a bump in ghz, but a Dual 3ghz rev b G5 will run like a Dual 4ghz rev a (the current one) G5. Twice the top-end machine on our desktops today.
Food for thought.
And don't go to macrumors, Appleinsider is much better.