Incase a G5 PowerBook isn't over the horizon

[Oscar Castillo]

Dual core G4s would certain me over until I can get a G5 PowerBook.

[Cat]

Cunningly, the 8641D can not only appear to the host OS as two processors, but is capable of running a separate operating systems on each core.

The 8641D - and a single core version, the MPC8641 - will sample H2 2005

Dual core G4's ... shipping in 2006? The PowerBooks G5 will ship in ... second half of 2005?

However, being able to use Dual-boot contemporarily would be very interesting ...

[Viro]

To be honest, I'd rather have dual core G4s than a G5. But to each his/her own.

[ScottW]

I'd rather just have new PB period... even a current model.

[Oscar Castillo]

I'd get a dual core now if it were available, but only if the G5 is so far away it's not worth the wait.

[Satcomer]

How about having G5 PowerBooks and Dual core G4's for iBooks?

[Lycander]

Dual core sounds great on paper, but the G4's FSB tops off at 166 MHz. I said it once, I'll say it again: putting DDR RAM into G4 systems does not help anything. Might as well overclock PC133 RAM to 166 like they did to the FSB. The 166 MHz system bus would not be enough to feed data to both cores, unless they put a lot of cache memory onto the die.

[WeeZer51402]

Wouldn't it be a more intelligent move for apple to move away from G4 as soon as possible, especially in their "Pro" line of products. I'm also pretty sure I read somewhere that the G4 costs more to make. Apple is using "64 Bit" as a big marketing thing with the G5 right now, the next step is to completely back up their claims by migrating to it sooner. Though a dual core G4 would probably perform very well and use small amounts of power how long can apple even offer that for until they release a G5 powerbook? 6 months maybe. There has to be a point where they completely phase out the G4 but on the other hand it wasn't until relatively recently that the G3 was totally phased out.