Not sure if we can do an actual poll on here yet ...
What do you think we'll see first? An iMac G5 or a powerbook G5?
As much as I hate to say it, I think it will be the imac G5. Will be easier to get the processor into it, although that shouldn't be the case. Get it? Case? Ha ha ha
Yeah. And for me, what's doubly hard is that the powerbook g5 is my next computer. But to buy a first rev. of that computer would be crazy. So it's waiting for rev. b. Oh man. Torture!!
yea sorry, that was a response in the subject line. I just think the G5 chip is too hot to squeeze into a laptop up to par with apple's size standards. Liquid cooling techiques have not matured enough support a G5 either, so my hopes are on the iMac G5 rev which is sorely needed to compete.
Also, I have not given up hope on a dramatic powerbook G4 chip rev. The new Dothan chips from Intel (part of the centrino family) are about to debut and they are going to really give the G4 a run for its money. I'll post news on a G4 Dothan comparison as they become available.
Yeah, I've pretty much just come to terms with the fact that something big will happen with the ipod before something big happens with a powerbook. waiting is going to be the hardest part for me.
Apple will never update the imac line before the powerbook line. That is just a matter of marketing. The power line has to be more powerful sooner than the other lines. It just gonna happen this way. So my vote is for the powerbook, even though it proves to be very difficult.
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I don't think that's true per se. I mean, in theory it should be. But for a while, the eMac was the most powerful in the line. I think it's a matter of what they can do first. I do believe we will see an iMac G5 before a powerbook G5. Because, if they can do it in the imac but can't in the powerbook, they are missing out on sales of a very powerful home computer.
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