Looking Ahead to Tiger, Powerbook G5s

sebFlyte writes "ZDNet is running a preview of Apple's newest version of OSX, Tiger, after Jobs said it was still on track for a q2 2005 release (long before Longhorn...)." And an anonymous reader writes "The Register is reporting that Powerbook G5s will ship in Q2 2005."

Comments

Who Cares about G5

[TampaDeveloper]

If Freescale continues to improve the speed and heat dissipation of the G4 the way they have been, who cares if its a G4 or G5. G4 is faster at the same clock speed. So whats the difference between a 1.5Ghz G4 and a 1.8Ghz G5? I think it would be much more productive for Applie to differentiate the powerbook line from the ibook line by putting one of those swanky new dual core G4's in it. Hey, whatd'ya know. The new G4's should be available 2nd quarter.

I Seriously Doubt It Because ...

[Compulawyer]

1. Apple itself has called putting the G5 into a notebook "the mother of all engineering challenges." That doesn't mean that Apple hasn't overcome those challenges but ...
2. Apple's usual policy when asked about new products is "no comment." It is unusual that Apple would expressly deny a product. Everyone KNOWS there will be a G5 notebook SOMEDAY, but ther question is WHEN? Given Apple's tremenndous stock run-up since August 2004, I think it more likely that Apple does not want premature rumours of a G5 PowerBook to cause a bubble effect on its stock price.
3. The linked article ITSELF acknowledged that the original source may have mistakenly typed a "5" instead of a "4." It is far more likely that the iBook and PowerBook lines will get a speed bump, most likely announced at the upcoming WWDC.

java java java 1.5

[acomj]

Apple isn't going to release java 1.5 until tiger. Disapointing, considering its been out for 4-5 months now. Even though tiger seems like its worth the upgrade anyway , I wish they wouldn't make java tied into the upgrade.

Remember what Steve said

Developers Developers Developers.

Oh that was a different Steve, Dancing Steve?

Re:Smart Folders

[zpok]

"What's a shame is that Microsoft announced this as a feature of longhorn a couple years ago, but 10 bucks, no 100 bucks says when Longhorn comes out the slashdot crowd will scream copycat. "

While you're very right, I have to say the following:

1) who cares what the /. crowd screams, users look for a good experience, OS X will more likely give it to them, whichever system I or you prefer. This smart folder implementation will be a good example, just return to this issue in say four years time when MS has implemented it too.
2) not looking to bash MS per se, but just as Apple has this annoying shrowd of secrecy, MS has this annoying habit of announcing features years before production, and while baffled producers of same features flee the field, MS starts delaying and coming back on its word. A good example here is its new meta-data file system that now won't even be included in longhorn. What's different now as opposed to 10 years ago is that producers now say "Hey, deja vue, so go ahead Billy, do your worst, and meanwhile, look at this cool new search engine we built here..."

In short: even if MS announces something ahead of someone else, in my book that means dick. Walk your talk.

Re:"Long before Longhorn"

[avalys]

Your point being what, that Apple knows how to plan ahead and design their architecture for longevity, extensibility and reuse, while Microsoft's stuff is so crappy that they have to throw it all out every few years and start over?

That's what I thought.

Re:I can confirm the new Powerbooks...

[Octagon Most]

"Welcome to the Apple business model. As soon as you consumate your lust, they have a new model for you to lust after."

You do have a point as far as technolust is fueled on the Mac side by Apple's desire to introduce new models in dramatic fashion. What's interesting, at least to me, is that since I switched to the Mac about five years ago I have become so much less desirous of new hardware. Sure I eagerly devour every detail of every Apple product announcement, but then I go back to my iMac and just enjoy it. It's far from the cutting edge to be sure. But I have become comfortable that the user experience is what I appreciate, not the raw power. My iMac G4 1GHz was superceded a little over a month after I bought it by a model with a 25% faster processor and a larger HD. But I didn't really care. I'm just ... happy with it.

A different perspective than most here I imagine.

Re:Smart Folders

[TomorrowPlusX]

[begin BeOS whoring]
BeOS did that back in the 90's. And it Worked, and it was Good.
[end BeOS whoring]

Oh, and MS has been *trying* to do WinFS for what, a decade now? Good luck to them. They've got the brains, they've got the resources: but I suspect that by this point Windows is simply too HUGE and crufty now to really make something as significant as WinFS really integrate cleanly.

Again, good luck to MS.