Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) & PowerBook G5

Se pare ca vara asta vom avea parte de multe surprize de la Apple. Tiger e pe "vine"
iar PowerBook-urile G5 se pare ca vor apare si ele prin august-septembrie.
  La fel ca upgrade-ul de la Jaguar la Panther, upgrade-ul la Tiger nu va fi free din pacate

Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"

Apple today announced that Steve Jobs will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote on Monday, June 28, 2004, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at San Francisco’s Moscone West. This year's keynote will include a preview of “Tiger,” the next major release of Mac OS X.
According to Apple, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is being considered a 'highly evolved' version of the Mac OS X.
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

"All of the key components for Apple to produce a PowerBook G5 appear to be ready, and Mac users should expect to see the new laptop no later than this summer, Peter Glaskowsky, analyst with Instat/MDR and editor of the Microprocessor Report, told MacMinute.
He noted that the IBM PowerPC 970FX—which is used in the Xserve G5—offers basic power-consumption features needed for a portable machine. Glaskowsky explained that the 970FX also has PowerTune, IBM's version of the voltage and frequency scaling technology used on x86 laptop processors. "With all this new technology, a PowerBook G5 should be much faster and last about as long as a PowerBook G4 in average usage,"
                                                 MacMinute

Parerea mea e ca NU  va fi lansat anul asta, ci in 2005 , vor sa implementeze tehnologia pe 64 bitzi   inainte de al lansa....

Ramine de vazut....

Ar fi o mare surpriza din partea Apple daca Tiger ar fi un OS 64-bit de la cap la coada. Daca e asa, si reusesc sa-l lanseze anul acesta sau la inceputul anului viitor, hats off - bravo lor.

In privinta PowerBook-urilor G5, poate o sa anunte ceva - insa momentan IBM are probleme majore sa livreze suficiente 970FX-uri ca sa satisfaca cererea pentru XServe-uri (care sunt totusi un produs destinat unei piete foarte restranse), existand intarzieri de livrare de luni intregi pentru clientii care comanda acum. Nu cred ca Apple va dori sa introduca la vanzare PowerBook-uri - care probabil vor fi foarte cautate - pana nu se rezolva aceasta problema de productie.

Mai interesant e daca o sa anunte miticul G5 3Ghz, asa cum a promis Jobs in vara trecuta.

Salutari,
Andrei

Bine ai zis "mare surpriza" sa fie Tiger-ul pe  64-bit OS desi sint sceptic.
  Eu insa abia astept sa vad ce pret si performata vor avea PowerBook-urile G5.
  De G5-ul la 3 Ghz nu stiu ce sa zic. Deocamdata vad ca au facut upgrade la G4 de pe laptop-uri:
- pina la 1,2 Ghz pe iBook-uri
- pina la 1,5 Ghz pe PowerBook-uri