PowerBooks Still Delayed

Motorola can't be this incompetent, particularly given how desperate they are for revenue.

Clearly something else is going on here with Motorola. I think this will push up the G5 in PBook line and the remainder of the desktop line, since Apple can't remain at the mercy of Moto's incompetence or at the whim of this strange game they are playing.

Just how early "early 2004" would be...

Aha, the powerbook rumor for the week!

:-)

e.

At the current rate of delays, the next PowerBook revision will have a G5 "in early 2004"! Perhaps Apple should just make a little more of the current models and lower the prices some more until then?

Originally posted by superfoo
Just how early "early 2004" would be...

if you read the linked articles, you would know the answer to that.

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Why don't these rumour sites just admit they know absolutely nothing about the powerbook situation........ Oh, silly me, that would mean reduced traffic and reduced advertising revenue. Please remember that the prime objective for sites like these is to make money, which is before there desire to offer advice to potential customers............ So, expect more rumors

Originally posted by BWhaler
Motorola can't be this incompetent, particularly given how desperate they are for revenue.

Guess so. ;)

My guess is that the G5 has really put Moto's nose out of place and they're dragging their heels on the 7457. With the knowledge that Apple will eventually switch over to the G5 across the board why bother putting on a sweat? And this just says "See you do still need us, don't you?" to Apple.

If my assumption is true (and in a way I hope it isn't) then Moto deserves everything they get in the future, quite frankly I don't see them surviving the next decade as a major player. Dumping Symbian for MS, now that's a sound business decision... NOT!

e.

Kodawarisan also added to this never-ending Powerbook rumor by claiming that only the 12-inch and the 17-inch models will be revised and announced at Apple Expo next week - no 15-inch model this time, and this revision will be the last for the G4-based Powerbooks.

I think that this PowerBook update will be a minor one anyway, and the Powerbook G5 may come sooner than expected - before the end of the year, I hope.

Doesn't this remind anyone of the original G5 by Moto explanation that was posted here about 6 months ago? I think Moto is getting poor yields of the chip, because their engineers are encouraged to smoke crack in the manufacturing facility. Or maybe it's something else entirely. ;)