At 11:19 PM -0400 10/9/2009, Richard Gerome wrote: > >Isn't it true that the G5 was way too hot for the laptop???
The PowerPC 970 (what Apple called the "G5") was physically too big, too hot, and sucked too much power. It was a desktop/server grade processor, not designed for laptops at all. The intention was that Moto/Freescale would re-work it for laptops, but they failed. Meanwhile, IBM moved on to bigger and better things in its Power line (remember, PowerPC is a subset of POWER). They "lost interest" in Apple's puny need for PowerPC, as the ones they had were ample for their needs in the embedded market. >I have always hated PC's because they are just too complicated for >me and prone to viruses and running virus protection really slows >the computer down too ... Keep in mind the difference between the hardware platform and the operating system that runs upon it. It's *Windows* that has the problems, NOT the PC platform. Except for running EFI instead of BIOS, all our x86 Macs *ARE* PCs. And as the general PC market moves to true 64-bit, they're switching to EFI also! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
