I agree about the CPU change. But, this seems like an inventory dump by Apple. I think they may have changed directions when the G5 died and now wants to just get out of Motorola. If this is the case, I'd expect something big in the next bit. We may be 6 months away even, but think about the technology Apple has at it's disposal. The Hypertransport bus, FireWire2, and, of course, the one they're shipping, Gigabit Ethernet. That's some serious I/O and internal bandwith. IBM has always worked with Apple and I really believe that new IBM PPC chip could be the future of Apple. From what I've read, the chip could work with the Hypertransport natively with practicly no changes.
With the SF show coming quickly in Sept, I think we're going to see improved iBooks and Titaniums. If we see the iBook reaching near 1Ghz and the Titanium breaking 1GHz, we're going to see the next generation Apple processor for 2k3 or the Apolo G4 to hold them off until July at MacWorld NY. Apple never wants its consumer line to "outclock" its pro. A 933MHz iBook, 1GHz PowerBook, near 1GHz or 1GHz iMac.........I don't think Apple will get high enough speeds from the current CPU to use it again, without moving to it's high end brother.
With the SF show coming quickly in Sept, I think we're going to see improved iBooks and Titaniums. If we see the iBook reaching near 1Ghz and the Titanium breaking 1GHz, we're going to see the next generation Apple processor for 2k3 or the Apolo G4 to hold them off until July at MacWorld NY. Apple never wants its consumer line to "outclock" its pro. A 933MHz iBook, 1GHz PowerBook, near 1GHz or 1GHz iMac.........I don't think Apple will get high enough speeds from the current CPU to use it again, without moving to it's high end brother.
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