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Apple G5 Powerbook?

post #1 of 6
10/24/03 at 12:29pm
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Is Apple going to release a G5 Powerbook?
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post #2 of 6
10/24/03 at 12:33pm
Yes

Next year.
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post #3 of 6
10/24/03 at 12:33pm
Not for a while..the processor runs WAY too hot to be put in a notebook as of this moment...
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post #4 of 6
10/24/03 at 12:34pm
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Originally posted by Element
Not for a while..the processor runs WAY too hot to be put in a notebook as of this moment...
Agreed, but from what I've heard they'll just lower the clock speed for the first line or two.
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post #5 of 6
10/25/03 at 2:18am
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Not for a while..the processor runs WAY too hot to be put in a notebook as of this moment...
I don't know...The Pentium IV 3.2GHz/EE can be put in Notebooks, and it is easily the hottest-running chip ever to grace desktop PCs (G5 and *AMD included), with a max heat output of 114W(!!), and a typical power output of 92W.(link), compared to 97 watts (typical?) for the early G5's (link).
Then again, Apple has a reputation for making thin, cool-running laptops. Making a 1" thick 12" screen laptop with that kind of chip is going to take some clever engineering, and probably a die shrink. Liquid nitrogen would help, too.
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post #6 of 6
10/25/03 at 9:42pm
It was 18 months from the time the G4 powermac was released until the first G4 powerbooks were out. I'd think it would be longer this time around.
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