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PPC 970 Confirmed for Apple?

Posted by pudge on from the i-want-one-in-my-ipod dept.

batboy78 writes "In what perhaps is the first 'official' confirmation that IBM's PowerPC 970's will be used by Apple, BusinessWeek claims that IBM has confirmed that it's developing a new set of chips for the Mac: 'IBM says the new Apple chip will be of the 64-bit variety, which means it can process twice as much information per cycle as existing 32-bit chips.'" CT The article has been updated to make the confirmation seem... well, far less comfirming.

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  1. Re:Now I'll wait to buy a Mac by jeffasselin · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Don't hold your breath, these chips will first appear in Professional desktop machines. They consume WAY too much power and generate too much heat to consider them as they are in a laptop format. We can eventually expect IBM to make a low-power version, but not until next year.

    Anyway the 12 and 17" PBs have just been released, and although we might see a speed-bump, they won't be completely revamped soon. Waiting a few months will just mean you won't have the powerbook for those few months. These systems are still very hot stock, and very fast. You'll still want to upgrade at the same time in a couple years, because they won't get much faster real soon.

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  2. Re:Now I'll wait to buy a Mac by TotallyUseless · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Honestly, Macrumors is a hunk of shit. They recommend purchasing an XServe, but not a powermac right now? You think Apple thinks it can make a dent in the server market by selling chips that are from a previous generation compared to their desktops? That *buying* guide is just a list of products updated in the past 6 months. If Apple releases a product update, it gets put on the 'safe to buy' list at that site, if it has been over 6 months or so since an update then it gets put onto the 'neutral' list. There is no info on that buying guide that you couldn't glean yourself by looking at Apple history. If anyone buys a machine based on what Macrumors says and they get burned, then they deserve it.

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  3. Re:Me, Too! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    theres something wrong when your laptop is only 2 inches bigger than your dick!! 12" powerbook give me the creeps I'd rather have a 17" one

  4. Re:64 != (2*32) by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't worry, in a few years when Bush has us all burning books, it won't be a problem.

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  5. Re:good, but make Firewire800 standard on ALL Macs by ainsoph · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple saved the USB standard by introducing it on all Macs when the iMac debuted.


    yeah for sure.. If it wasnt for Apple USB would be completely defunct. Just like Nubus and every other proprietary interface Apple has dreamed up.