Why Not a G5 PowerBook?
Could a similar phenomenon be about to repeat itself with G5 PowerBook speculation? – I mused in January 2005, although I had in mind a “G6” chip IBM reportedly had under development, recalling that Apple spokespersons had been equivocal about prospects for a G5 ‘Book. For example, in September 2003 then Apple senior vice president of hardware engineering Jon Rubinstein told Macworld UK that the possibility of a G5 PowerBook was simply “an issue of good, solid engineering.” In November 2003, David Russell, Apple’s director of product marketing for portables and wireless, told Computerworld that Apple would someday like to offer a PowerBook G5. “We certainly want to do that,” he said, “But it’s going to be a while. We think the G4 has a very long life in the PowerBook.” The main obstacle in getting a G5 processor into a portable was the need to keep the processor cool, Russell said. “Have you looked at the inside of the G5 tower?” In February of 2004, Peter Glaskowsky of the Microproces
