PowerMac and PowerBook Delays?

well poop. :(

my $$ is waiting .. if this keeps up, I will have the cash for an extra display :-D

Has Apple Insider been right about anything recently?

And I don't mean that as a rhetorical, sarcastic question. Have they?

It seems like they have a new rumor every day.

scem0

At this rate we might as well just wait till September for the promised 3 GHz chips. Also, I don't care about a G4 Powerbook update. No way I'd buy until it has a G5 in it.

While no specifics are available, one would assume that Apple will be using the new PowerPC 970FX upcoming revisions. The 90nm chip should run cooler than its 130nm counterpart.

This is the problem. EVERYONE has been assuming that the 90nm part should run cooler then the earlier chip, yet I think that is assuming too much. Assuming this, then yes...Powerbook G5's may yet be close on the horizon....yet my bet is Apple wants a G5 Powerbook to be as fast as a desktop and quite possibly be the first EVER to bring out a dual processor laptop. This is DEFINITELY something Apple would LOVE to do as it's a virtual impossibility with PC hardware and close to that with the G5. Apple likes to Think Different and I as well as many others on the net have been hoping for a portable that works as fast as the desktop with no compromises. This includes the first ever portable SMP system.

Has Apple Insider been right about anything recently?

And I don't mean that as a rhetorical, sarcastic question. Have they?

They've been less right lately.... (for example, that they also predicted PowerMac revisions for MWSF.) That being said, they do appear to have some real information.

arn

Yes ATI and that R420, they should be releasing it MARCH/APRIL with availability sometime in MAY for the OEMS and board manufacturers so Id say early MAY-JUNE for the desktop G5's as for the powerbooks looks like they might get the ATI M11 (9700) but still be stuck with the G4 so...

This is the problem. EVERYONE has been assuming that the 90nm part should run cooler then the earlier chip, yet I think that is assuming too much.

It's true, though.

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/01/20040121202659.shtml

A comparison chart reveals that the 970FX consumes 24.5W at 2.0GHz while the original 970 consumes 51W at 1.8GHz

DUAL CPU laptop?
What at under 1" you must be joking, what about your battery life, it isnt Apple to do this.

Meanwhile, according to an unverified MacRumors source, the PowerMac G5 delays are reportedly related to difficulties with cooling in the faster machines.

The new G5 towers are experiencing heat issues and causing hard drive failures on the latest working models. Inside IBM the folks point to Apple and not the 970fx chipset. They (Apple) are currently moving the heat sensors around and achieiving OK temp specs but he heat build up is still an issue... wait wait wait. Powerbook 970fx chips will be under top speeds to address this problem... still kinks to work out.