PowerBook G5: By end of 2004?

From MacMinute

Jobs on PowerBook G5, consolidation of PC industry
September 21, 2003 - 14:41 EDT__ An article on the Spanish Web site 5Dias and an interview in the German publication F.A.Z. offer a few interesting tidbits from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. According to 5Dias, Jobs reportedly said last week that Apple is currently working on a PowerBook G5 and hopes to introduce it "by the end of next year." In the interview with F.A.Z., Jobs said he expects that the computer industry will continue to consolidate, while others will disappear completely from the market. In particular, he said (according to the BableFish translator) "the future position of gateway is very uncertain" and he imagines Sony to withdraw itself completely from the PC business.

Noooooo!!!

Me need G5 laptop by March. :-(

Anyone know anything about this?

I think gateway is moving away from computers and focusing more on electronics such as plasma tvs, digital Cameras, DVD players. home theater systems. etc... I don't even remember that last time i saw a gateway commercial that actually included PC's.

Whoa Freg3000....
Gr8 find.
Is Steve suddenly giving roadmaps?
i.e.: "G5 to 3 GHz by this time next year", "Hope to introduce the PB G5 by the end of next year"

???? :confused:

If the PB won't get the G5 till end of next year.... what will it get until then???
G4 7457??? Highly doubtfull. I can't believe Moto still will deliver processors for Apple next year.
G3 750 GX (or better) ??? Branded the G4-and-a-half... If Moto doesn't deliver any G4's anymore, then I think Apple could brand any PPC with SIMD units a G4. Leave the G5 as a 64 bits CPU, brand any 32 bits CPU with Altivec a G4 (just to take the marketing "age" out of the G3 750 GX)

Very interesting.

End of 2004 for a G5 powerbook isn't good news at all.

this is a year of laptops

a part of its prices, from 1599 and 2999 euros, they are notably better than many laptops that have WIndows OS, and Jobs confirmed that with these models the share of laptops of total computers in apple will raise to 50 % and to be the best year so far (or this or the next year) he afirmed to european journalists.

the revolution will be the laptops with 64 bit processors, g5, that the compnay has developed together with ibm, using 3.000 dollars to develop it. "we are working on it and we'd like to complete it b efore the end of year" (jobs) confirmed.

apple had the last fiscal (economical? tax year?) year 5.489 mln euros of profit (?), with (profit??) 66,3 mln.

sorry i'm tired. desculpe mi spanglish.

"Reconoció después que la revolución decisiva será la introducción en los portátiles del nuevo chip de 64 bits, G5, que la compañía ha desarrollado junto a IBM, con una inversión de 3.000 millones de dólares. 'Estamos trabajando en ello y lo que nos gustaría es conseguirlo para finales del año que viene', afirmó."

"He believes that after the decisive change there will be an introduction of the new 64 bit G5s into laptops that the company has developed with IBM, with an investment of 3 billion dollars. 'We are working on this and we would like to release this before the end of next year.' he assured."

A slight change on the translation above by microrario (although nothing substantial) :)

"Reconoció después que la revolución decisiva será la introducción en los portátiles del nuevo chip de 64 bits, G5, que la compañía ha desarrollado junto a IBM, con una inversión de 3.000 millones de dólares. 'Estamos trabajando en ello y lo que nos gustaría es conseguirlo para finales del año que viene', afirmó."


"Afterwards he admitted that the decisive revolution will be the introduction in laptops of the new 64 bits chip, the G5, that the company has developed along with IBM, with an investment of 3 billion dollars. 'We are working on it and what we'd like is to have it by the end of next year', he said".

They better start working on getting the G4 with 512 L2 and L3 of 1mb-2mb going...we're gonna need it.

I was hoping for next summer.

Originally posted by VladDracul
A slight change on the translation above by microrario (although nothing substantial) :)

"Reconoció después que la revolución decisiva será la introducción en los portátiles del nuevo chip de 64 bits, G5, que la compañía ha desarrollado junto a IBM, con una inversión de 3.000 millones de dólares. 'Estamos trabajando en ello y lo que nos gustaría es conseguirlo para finales del año que viene', afirmó."


"Afterwards he admitted that the decisive revolution will be the introduction in laptops of the new 64 bits chip, the G5, that the company has developed along with IBM, with an investment of 3 billion dollars. 'We are working on it and what we'd like is to have it by the end of next year', he said".

eventually, someone got it right !!!