I'm all for more storage space, but unless Blu-Ray includes H.264 video codec like HD-DVD, I'll avoid it like a disease. It would be very evil of them not to adopt this (very good) standard-based codec.
For those of you who are curious how the G4 will affect the power usage in the new iBook, here is some info (800 MHz only).
First, there are two versions of MPC7455 that Motorola produces (ignoring the MPC7445 for now since exact same statements apply), they are designated by XPC7455RX800LC and XPC7455RX800NC. The LC version, with a core voltage of 1.6V is the one that's published on Motorola's website, it has a power rating of 17W (typical) and 24W (Max), which is terrible for notebook application. The NC version, on the other hand, has a core voltage of 1.3V and its power rating is 11.2W (Typical) and 15.9W (Max) which is reasonable. I believe this is the version that Apple's using in their 12'' iBook G4.
You can see for yourself at http://e-www.motorola.com/files/32bit/doc/data_she et/MPC7455RXNXPNS.pdf
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I'm all for more storage space, but unless Blu-Ray includes H.264 video codec like HD-DVD, I'll avoid it like a disease. It would be very evil of them not to adopt this (very good) standard-based codec.
Booo! I'll cold blood murder that son of a b*tch if he dares to touch Darwin inside my Mac.
Got my SSH baby! Don't need no wireless password.
For those of you who are curious how the G4 will affect the power usage in the new iBook, here is some info (800 MHz only).
e et/MPC7455RXNXPNS.pdf
First, there are two versions of MPC7455 that Motorola produces (ignoring the MPC7445 for now since exact same statements apply), they are designated by XPC7455RX800LC and XPC7455RX800NC. The LC version, with a core voltage of 1.6V is the one that's published on Motorola's website, it has a power rating of 17W (typical) and 24W (Max), which is terrible for notebook application. The NC version, on the other hand, has a core voltage of 1.3V and its power rating is 11.2W (Typical) and 15.9W (Max) which is reasonable. I believe this is the version that Apple's using in their 12'' iBook G4.
You can see for yourself at http://e-www.motorola.com/files/32bit/doc/data_sh