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More G3 and IBM PPC Rumors

MacEdition posted a Naked Mole Rat update in their usual style.

In it, they confirm previous rumors from ThinkSecret about faster G3s (aka Gobi) "which is expected to reach full production during the first calendar quarter of 2003", according to MacEdition... and hints to further G3 updates.

They also rehint that future derivitive PowerPC models will be based off of IBM's high end chips... such as the Power5 chip.

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