A River Running Dry and Snipping a Name
So, it has been a while since there have been any big Apple updates. This past month it has been the whole iTunes-Pepsi give away, and then last week it was the new Filemaker database program (which is made by a subsidiary of Apple). I have been waiting for something, a new PowerMac update, or an iMac or eMac update. What would make me the happiest is a PowerBook update. Not because the current PowerBook models suck, but it would make them so much better if they slapped a G5 into it. After having a 32-bit processor for five years, it would be great to have a 64-bit processor for the next five years, go to the future. A G4 would be fine (as Apple has not made full optimizations for the G5 in the operating system, although they have for their media programs).
Right now, however, a PowerBook G5 has a few drawbacks. Like, making it cool enough not to burn pants off, getting a battery good enough for it to be taken places, and then getting all of that into a 1" tall case. Of course, that illuminated keyboard would be sweet as well. I feel bad for all of you people who are going to be having your really heavy computers that you have to get an external CD drive to make it into a REAL computer.
Now, let us not even start to talk about Intel is going to try to change people's views of how much Mhz really matter. 1 Ghz is not the same on a Pentium 3 as it is on a G4, (the G4 is faster between those two), and there are other parts of the computer that affect computer speed. And now that the G5 is fucking awesome, everyone is really scared... You can read more about it.
In conclusion, JRussell needs to get an iBook or a PowerBook.