Does eBay know something that we don't?

Posted by Scott Laird Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:25:23 GMT

Heh. Apparently eBay knows something about the mythical PowerBook G5 that the rest of us don’t. Take a look at this ad that Google Ads attached to Engadget’s RSS feed:

Update: The Inquirer has a few more details on the PowerBook G4 update front. They’re pointing fingers at the Freescale MPC8641, the single-core version of Freescale (formerly Motorola’s chip division)’s dual-core G4. The chip includes a RapidIO FSB, on-chip network and PCI-E controllers, an on-chip dual-channel DDR2 controller. Other reports have suggested that Apple’s going to use Freescale’s 7448, which seems to be the same basic chip, only without the on-board memory controller, PCI-E, networking, or RapidIO, and with a 200 MHz FSB instead.

It goes without saying that I’d love to see the dual-channel MPC8641D in a PowerBook, but that’s probably asking way too much from Apple.

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PowerBook G5 HT leak

Posted by Scott Laird Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:43:28 GMT

The Register has a blip today mentioning that the PowerBook G5 will apparently use HyperTransport. The story that they post is a bit dubious, but they seem fairly convinced that Apple is using HyperTransport in the new PowerBook. This isn’t surprising, because the PowerMac G5 and iMac G5 use HT to tie Apple’s custom northbridge to the rest of the system, but there was no real reason to believe that Apple’s laptops would use the same bus technology as their desktops. Laptops have a lot of special needs, and what works for desktop systems doesn’t always work well on laptops.

Hopefully this suggests that Apple is getting closer to releasing G5-based laptops. Personally, I’m guessing they’ll start to show up around August or September, but that’s a complete guess.

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