burningbusch Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 I came across this article from what I assume to be Taiwan based high tech/financial news service. What caught my eye was: 1. iBook and Powerbook G5s are scheduled to start shipping in Q2 2005. 2. ASUStek manufacturers the current G4 ibooks and will build the G5s. They also make the new iPod Shuttle. FYI, ASUS is the #1 manufacturer of PC motherboards. I've built more than a dozen PCs for myself and others and have always used ASUS MBs. 3. Quanta Computer is the largest Taiwanese maker of PC laptops. They build the Powerbooks (G4 and G5) for Apple. I guess I was somewhat amazed to find that, after all the huffing and puffing about Macs and PCs, they are manufacturered by the same companies. Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiospace Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 For what it's worth, Apple rumor sites are dismissing the details in that story about G5 laptops shipping this spring as pure hokum. Apple Insider calls it a "wild rumor" and states: While AppleInsider is fully confident in DigiTimes' ability to accurately assess and report on Apple's existing overseas manufacturing contracts, the publication has in the past provided inaccurate information in regards to unannounced products. AppleInsider ceases to believe that Apple in the second quarter of 2005 could simultaneously launch both iBooks and PowerBooks based on a G5 processor, and do so successfully and proficiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted January 15, 2005 Author Share Posted January 15, 2005 Fair enough. The cooling issue has got to be a bitch. Does IBM have a variant of the G5 chip designed for laptops like the Intel M series? Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 If G5 iBooks ship in the second quarter of 2005 I will personally buy you all one The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Originally posted by nursers: If G5 iBooks ship in the second quarter of 2005 I will personally buy you all one Bookmarking thread now... "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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