Motorola??? New PowerBooks?

I

iscaro

Italian Cool Mac User :-)
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? :mad:

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!!! :mad:

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!!! :confused:
 
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.
 
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....
 
Originally posted by arden
Link?
Click to expand...

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."
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
yeah... i'm completely agreed with arden... the 15" is just what most of us needs...
 
Ok, 1Ghz is enough... for you... but if somebody has to choose between a Mac and a PC ???

Ok, now we have even a faster iMac!!! That was easy to make...

So, what's next??? And when???
 
When is the easiest to answer, next week, at the Paris Expo

What's next is not as easy. Rumors say an updated G4 chip. My optimistic side keep nagging me about power-efficient and small G5 chips.
 
G5 PowerBooks for sure. Why else did they save the PowerBooks for the keynote, and not the iMacs? :D
 
I think that if a powerbook goes G5 it will be the 17" model, not the 12 or 15".
The 17" may have the size for cooling a G5. The 12" and 15" are to small.
 
The iMac upgrade was relatively minor, nothing compared to the G3 => G4 change or the Powermac G4 => Powermac G5 change. All they really did was to tweak it to make it a bit faster. (Nice software bundle, too!) I think they did this (and the iPods) so close to Paris to whet our appetites for the Next Big Thing From Apple.
 
If only Apple will release the following in Paris: :rolleyes:
-Single 12" 1GHz
-Single 15" 1.25GHz
-Dual 17" 1.33GHz

he he :D
 
Have you ever seen a dual-processor laptop? That would be really cool... or should I say, hot!
 
Well, the 17inch alubook has a lot of space. And heat is no issue for that giant. So, why not? I think that the energy-aspect might be a prob. Anyway, a simple and single G5 would be more than enough in my 15' alubook... *dreaming*
 
The G5 could go into the PowerBooks, but only at considerably reduced clockspeed. I think that at best they would have the same clockspeed as current models, or just a notch higher. If any, that is.
 
Originally posted by 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.
Click to expand...

Where are the 7457s? Well for one, as stated in their press release, Motorola intended they start production runs in the Oct. - Dec. 2003. This translates to new PowerBooks and iMacs using this chip appearing in November, at the earliest, unless they've managed to get a few thousand during the sampling runs. Sampling runs will always carry the stigma of process problems with them. So the next question is, "Why the late timing for the production run?"
This time it's not really process problems that are keeping huge numbers of 7457s from being manufactured, but intangibles concerning Motorola's long term manufacturing capabilities. Technically, Motorola is being caught between upgrading their current facilities and suddenly rising chip orders from other customers. The MOS-13 plant at the Ed Bluestein campus in Austin,TX, where they make the current 7455, is currently being upgraded to a 90nm process from the current 130nm and won't be fully operational until spring 2004.
As for their Crolles2 plant in Crolles, France, I seriously have to laugh at MacBidouille when they said Motorola pushed out 50,000 7547s last week Folks, the Crolles plant is designed produce 20K+ 300mm wafers per month. At 98.3squaremm for a 7457, over 600 can be produced on one wafer. Industry average defect rate per 300mm wafer at 130nm is 27% meaning well over 400 7457s can be produced from a single wafer. But lets be extremely conservative and say they have a defect rate of 60%, that's still 240 CPUs per wafer. This is a daily output of >150,000 CPUs. Sorry but the 30,000 1.25 GHz and the 20,000 1.3 GHz sounds awfully like a sampling run.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top