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[Particle Physicist]

cause im itching to buy a powerbook now.. but if the G5s are just around the corner, ill hold off for a bit.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

Unfortunately not anytime soon.

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/09/20040901151919.shtml

With the introduction of the 2" thick iMac G5, many Mac enthusiasts' attentions have now focused on the PowerBook, and the hope of it moving to a G5 processor as well. In an interview with Tom Boger, Apple's worldwide product development director, The Mac Observer writes that Apple is unable to overcome certain engineering problems faced with making a smaller G5 chip to work in a portable.

The new iMac G5 (desktop) is thin, but (the G5) is not thin enough for a laptop right now. There are great challenges in putting a G5 processor in a laptop. The issues range from power to cooling and its overall size...You're not going to see a G5 in a laptop anytime soon.
Rumors about a G5 PowerBook have been circulating through the Mac web ever since the introduction of the original Power Mac G5. Apple has kept their position saying that the PowerBook would be a long time off, citing power and size constraints as a factor in moving the G5 to the PowerBook.

I recently returned a laptop (Asus M6Ne) back to discountlaptops.com because I found it too heavy and the fan was too loud.

old laptop

And here's the laptop I will be replacing it with, the Fujitsu P7010D. I love laptops.

 

[Idle Will Kill]

As far as the rumors are looking, the next Powerbook update is going to see a new dual-core G4 chip in it. It won't be the G5 everyone wants, but it will provide performance very close to a G5.

I wouldn't expect the Powerbook G5 until January of 2005 at the earliest, though I'm thinking it's looking more like a summer '05 announcement with it going on sell a month or so later.

 

[miyuru]

Is that the Fujitsu where you can remove the monitor and use it separately as a tablet PC?

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

No its their 10.6inch screen wxga laptop. I go to Frys and play with it all the time, awesome laptop. The screen may be small but the text is very crisp. At only 3.3lbs and the option to take out the cd-rom and put in a modular battery for 8 hour battery life, it's the perfect laptop for me.

Here's the silver one available only in Europe at the moment. I love it, but it says "steal me" more loudly than the black version.