Well, technically "G5" is only a marketing name, anyway. The actual
name of the chip is "IBM PPC 970", and it doesn't even share the same
lineage as Moto/Freescale's "G4" series. Prior to the Intel
announcement, there was some speculation that Apple would use a
next-gen 64-bit dual-core chip from Freescale in their notebooks, and
call it a "G5" even though it was completely different from the PPC
970.
Who knows what Apple will call the MacIntel chips? Theoretically, they
could even call them "G6" -- I think that's _extremely_ unlikely, but
they own the name so there's no _technical_ reason why they couldn't
just continue with the "G" series. (Of course, that would be terrible
marketing, so realistically it won't happen.)
On the other hand, they will probably want to avoid the word "Pentium"
if at all possible. I suppose it depends what arrangement they've
worked out with Intel. Steve wouldn't have partnered with them if they
hadn't been willing to make exceptions to their usual marketing
practices -- for instance, I doubt we'll be seeing Macs badged with the
"Intel Inside" logo, or be hearing the Intel jingle at the end of Apple
commercials.
- Darcy
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On 08 Jun 2005, at 7:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like a switch to these chips may make a G5 powerbook possible.
And that would be great!
No, it would make a Pentium M notebook possible.
O.K...I should have said "G5" powerbooks. The point of my post was
that this is a speed/cooling barrier that Apple has been trying to get
past as far as notebooks and smaller machines go...now these chips may
allow them to do that.
Not sure what they will end up being called or if they will or won't
be named after the chip they are running on...that is a marketing
issue.
Intel has other chips they are rolling out that are faster than the
Pentium M. So only time will tell which chip will end up in the new
machines...Pentium M...Yonah...Itanium...
Best,
-K
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