PPC 970 Powerbooks and Powermacs in Production?

Thadddius_Brinks writes "MacWispers.com is reporting here that apple is currently in production of a redesigned single processor PowerPC 970 Powermac system and a 15.4 inch Powerbook. They (MacWhispers.com) are also standing by their earlier claims about the speed of the new processor." This article consolidates many of the major rumors surrounding WWDC including the rumor of a new case for the Powermacs, but it raises the ultimate question: 17" Powerbook, or PPC 970 Powerbook?

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Re: 5lb heatsinks

[Niche Slasher]

Yup, more portable furnices on the way.

Prepare to be semi-dissapointed

[Soong]

Steve will officially announce 970 Macs. Availability in 3-6 months. The conservative way to go would be putting them in XServe first, then desktop, then laptop like 6 months later. They might push it faster this time, but ISTR it took about 6 months each for g3 and g4 to get into laptops.

XServe-970 hardware could actually be ready to go right now, and low enough volume to release during the production ramp up. Hmm.

As for the OS, I'm sure Apple got the second test chip off the line and every alpha and beta chip since then. With that, and maybe simulators, they've had many months to port to the new chip. The OS will be ready when the hardware is.

If they do have 970 laptops out next month, they better keep on with the dual processor desktops or they won't sell many. (unless they really do want it to be the year of the laptop)