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Join Date: May 2004
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2004-06-09, 09:41

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Originally Posted by alcimedes
as for them cooling dual 2.5Ghz chips with liquid cooling, i'm not sure that's exactly terrible as far as news for a G5 laptop.
Speaking of that...there's a nice little article over at MacCentral today mentioning 'the word' from Apple on G5 laptops among other things.

Some snippits:

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"I think it's important to realize that the technical challenges are not trivial putting that G5 in a PowerBook or anything else and not to expect a G5 anytime soon in a PowerBook -- certainly not before the end of the year," said Boger.

While Boger didn't give a timeframe for an iMac G5, he did say the company faced similar challenges getting a G5 to work with their consumer desktop.

"It's the same story -- the challenges are obvious when you look at the G5 and the size of the heat-syncs and the enclosure; that would be a heck of a challenge as well."
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"It's actually quite simple," said Boger. "When we made that prediction, we just didn't realize the challenges moving to 90 nanometer would present. It turned out to be a much bigger challenge than anyone expected."

"All-in-all, no we are not getting to 3GHz anytime soon, but what we are announcing today is a very significant upgrade in performance and its something that are customers will be very happy with."
And finally:

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In announcing the new Power Mac G5 models, Apple also indicated that its single-processor Power Mac G4 models have been taken out of production. Since the Power Mac G5's introduction Apple has continued to manufacture and offer 1.25GHz Power Mac G4 systems in single and dual-processor versions. Apple said the $1,299 Power Mac G4 "will no longer be in production and is available for purchase while supplies last."
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