A Mobile Low-Power 64-bit PowerPC?

I would take this with a big grain of salt.

I am sure by 2005, Apple would be able to put the 90nm G5's into the powerbooks.

plus steve has already said they want the PB G5 by next year. maybe that would be a stop gap until this new tech is available?

I reworded the post.

This isn't meant to imply that they are going to wait until 2005 before creating a new PowerBook with a 64-bit processor... but they are going to have the same problem with all upcoming desktop-class processors, and so are planning ahead. (according to this report)

This would presumably parallel the mobile Intel processors.

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This would be cool... Get the G5 into the Powerbook for now, but have true mobile 64-bit processor new from the ground up... Good performance, wicked battery life...

drool = )..... i want my 17"pb g5!

Originally posted by mrsebastian
drool = )..... i want my 17"pb g5!

Ditto *sighs* :(

Could this possibly be in response to struggling to put the G5 in a PowerBook? Maybe, they had to rethink this one.

Or maybe they would put G4-comparable G5s into the PB next year (i.e. low clocked, low power, 90nm), and then put this truly remarkable mobile chip in the 2005 models.

I don't think Apple has actually committed to an absolute timeframe for a PowerBook G5, other than that they would really like to have one before the end of next year...

:)

for now, it looks like the pbg5 will have an amazing 15 minutes of battery life :)

Originally posted by dho
:)

for now, it looks like the pbg5 will have an amazing 15 minutes of battery life :)

There are some P4 laptops that have as much as 30mins battery life. I expect Apple will easily be able to get 3hours + out of the G5 since they use small batteries compared to PC laptops.

Originally posted by hvfsl
There are some P4 laptops that have as much as 30mins battery life. I expect Apple will easily be able to get 3hours + out of the G5 since they use small batteries compared to PC laptops.

Maybe this will help propel the fledgeling fuel cell technology I've read about the past few months? If I recall correctly, fuel cells in a more "traditional" battery form factor should last weeks in current laptops before needing a "refill." Maybe this technology would at least allow several hours of use with a PPC 970 or later processor. . . Sorry, I don't have a very good grasp on the tecnhical aspects of this, but if anybody else does that's cool. . .