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No 3GHz Soon and No G5 Laptop

Wednesday June 9, 2004 8:23 am PDT by Arnold Kim
With the release of 2.5GHz PowerMacs today (Apple Store), some continue to speculate about the 3GHz promise made last year. MacCentral quotes Apple's Directory of Power Mac Product Marketing, Tom Boger regarding the 3GHz prediction from Steve Jobs last year. According to Boger, Apple will not meet the 3GHz promise:

When we made that prediction, we just didn't realize the challenges moving to 90 nanometer would present. It turned out to be a much bigger challenge than anyone expected.

All-in-all, no we are not getting to 3GHz anytime soon, but what we are announcing today is a very significant upgrade in performance and its something that our customers will be very happy with.


Boger also states that users should not expect G5 PowerBooks this year.
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Over Achiever
100 months ago
Ouch ... I was really looking forward to getting a G5 powerbook this year.

Another broken promise it seems? Not like it wasn't expected after all. Oh well, nice upgrades. Looking forward for new displays! ^_^

-OA
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arn
100 months ago
Hopefully this will stop the "Apple will release 3GHz machines next week" speculation

arn
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Over Achiever
100 months ago
Haha, that'd be kinda silly to release new machines next week ... ^^;;
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azdude
100 months ago

Hopefully this will stop the "Apple will release 3GHz machines next week" speculation

arn


Yes, but we can still (realistically) hope for a G5 iMac.

Steve loves triumphant, major iMac revisions... it'll be a great show. :D
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Over Achiever
100 months ago

Yes, but we can still (realistically) hope for a G5 iMac.

Steve loves triumphant, major iMac revisions... it'll be a great show. :D

The iMac was quoted without a timeframe, was with the same cooling issues as the powerbook. So don't expect a G5 iMac anytime soon as well.
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aussiemac86
100 months ago
He says
" but what we are announcing today is a very significant upgrade in performance and its something that are customers will be very happy with. "

Im not that happy.
Firstly the proc speed i am happy with ( not their fault and it is a decent speed anyway) and the upgraded bus is nice.After almost a year though i would have expected better gfx cards, and maybe even a slightly new case, something....anything, and with him saying no 3GHz soon that means no more upgrades until when? January at the eariliest, next June?....

I just hope we get something special with new displays soon.
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CyberB0b
100 months ago
Today, the glass is definitely half empty.
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xy14
100 months ago

Boger also states that users should not expect G5 PowerBooks this year.


He never said no iMac G5. I bet it will be released at WWDC with Mac OS 10.4 installed on it. I am going to put that on my site. (apple.gq.nu)
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five04
100 months ago
notice how they released these pitiful g5's (minus the 2.5) before wwdc so they wouldn't get such bad publicity for it. then again, maybe this guy is just blowing smoke up our asses. i can't see a reason to release a g5 imac at developer's conference though.
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iGav
100 months ago

Hopefully this will stop the "Apple will release 3GHz machines next week" speculation

arn


5 quid says it doesn't... :eek: :p :p
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