[question] Are There Going To Be New Laptops?

Hey, i was wondering if there was any news about new apple laptops coming out say, before the end of this year. I was planning on buying a new powerbook, but would rather spend my money on something newer if its coming out in like the next month or so (or before or during september) Is there going to be like a G5 laptop anytime soon with apple's plans to release these new powermac's? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. <_

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Following today's announcement of the refreshed Power Mac G5 computers, Apple's Director of Power Mac Product Marketing, Tom Boger, said not to expect a 3GHz Power Mac G5, or a G5 PowerBook anytime soon, according to InfoWorld.

At last year's Worldwide Developer's Conference, Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, vowed that Apple would release a 3GHz model within a year. With two weeks to go before that deadline, Boger said Apple will not meet the 3GHz promise.

"It's actually quite simple," said Boger. "When we made that prediction, we just didn't realize the challenges moving to 90 nanometer would present. It turned out to be a much bigger challenge than anyone expected."

"All-in-all, no we are not getting to 3GHz anytime soon, but what we are announcing today is a very significant upgrade in performance and its something that are customers will be very happy with."

Commenting on a timeframe for the debut of a Power Book G5, Boger said, "I think it's important to realize that the technical challenges are not trivial putting that G5 in a PowerBook or anything else and not to expect a G5 anytime soon in a PowerBook -- certainly not before the end of the year."

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