Speaking of which, what are they going to call the PowerMacs and PowerBooks now that we e moving from Power chips?
The “Power” in the names doesn’t actually refer to the Power-based architecture, as the first Apple PowerBooks used the old 68k chip. The same goes for the G4, G5, and possible G6, designations of computers. Those are names, which although they relate to the chip used inside, do not necessarily demand that the chip in there be a PowerPC chip. In January, 2006, Apple released the MacBook Pro to eventually replace the PowerBook line of professional notebooks, becoming their first Intel-based notebook. According to Steve Jobs, the name change was because Apple wanted “Mac” in the name, rather than to remove “Power”, so it is unclear if the PowerMac name will also change.
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