The 1W number is their target average consumption. That is definitely a marketing number. Even at 2x or 3x that number, though, 3W is pretty miserly. Intel has designed a mobile, …

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: Intel has designed a mobile, power-friendly processor from basically the ground up, so IBM and Apple will have to compete with that, …

With the introduction of the 90nm G5s the propect of G5 Powerbooks is a lot more realistic than it was just two months ago. Even without in-chip clock steppings the chipset can aut…

I thought I read that IBM wouldn't be delivering the 90nm G5 until the fall at earliest. Probably won't be seeing 3GHz in the 130nm.

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: I thought I read that IBM wouldn't be delivering the 90nm G5 until the fall at earliest. Probably won't be seeing 3GHz in the 130nm. …

my bad, read it wrong. they were sampling LAST autumn, not this coming autumn . w00t.

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: The 1W number is their target average consumption. That is definitely a marketing number. Even at 2x or 3x that number, though, 3W is…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug: Yes, the Pentium M is an excellent chip, and I believe that the G5 90 nm laptop CPUs won't be quite as power efficient. However, I do no…

Quote: Originally posted by Pierre B.: How do you think such a G5@1.5 GHz would compare against a Pentium M at, say, 1.6 GHz? I mean calculation power, not power consump…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug: I dunno. I'd just be guessing, but I'd say it'd be in the same ballpark, with the edge going to the Pentium M 1.6 on average. Of c…

Quote: Originally posted by Pierre B.: Of course there is the test software issue, so anyway things would not be clear. However, do you know how the Pentium M compares t…

Quote: I fully believe that IBM has a 1.5+ GHz chip in the works that has a maximum wattage in the ballpark of 25 Watts. Yes, but I'm not so sure its the .09u …

Quote: Originally posted by cowerd: Yes, but I'm not so sure its the .09u 970 thats in the Xserve. The footprint seems a little small for a CPU--like it was missing som…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug: I still don't know to what you're referring exactly. Maybe Intel has a 1 W idle with their slowest chip, but that's a 600 MHz Pentium M…

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: I'm just stating some facts, and they add up to that it's an entire system that needs to be optimized. Let's just hope Apple can do i…

Got it!

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: I was referring to the Intel specs on the P-M. they quote target or 1W for "typical operation" for the regular model (1.6GHz-1.3GHz),…

Quote: Often with a die shrink companies like Intel add extra cache, but IBM did not. I suspect it's partially because power characteristics and time-to-ship were deemed…

Me = negative: 1. Expected / wanted G5 updates and/or price reduction. 2. Expected lower prices for iPod Minis. 3. Can't get excited by XServes - sorry, majority of us won't e…

Since this was posted in the Powerbooks section, I assume that's what you are referring to. With the exchange program going on right now, I didn't expect any PB-specific items. I…

Quote: Originally posted by JHromadka: Since this was posted in the Powerbooks section, I assume that's what you are referring to. With the exchange program going on ri…

i belive apple offered to give you some money if you trade in an old ibook or powerbook but i dont think its much and it is the same price for all models

Quote: Originally posted by Sakino: Exchange program? http://www.thinksecret.com/news/pbg4upgrade.html . Other sites have confirmed this.

From MacCentral.com Quote: At this week's Macworld Conference & Expo, graphics card and chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. is showing off a forthcoming card that may…

I just want ATI to release a better PCI Mac video card. Such as the 9200. As well as a nice AGP card for the Mac mid-range, even a previous generation 9500 Pro.