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Re: using laptops for music



There was also that inablity to produce a G5 that could be packaged
into a Powerbook.  Too hot! Too much power!

TravisH

On 10/26/05, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill <rs@moinlabs.de> wrote:
> >Secondly, remember, a 2.3gHz for a Centrino based notebook performs a
> >lot more efficiently than a 2.3gHz non-Centrino Intel based processor.
>
> >This literally screams past the MAC 1.6gHz. Did you know that MAC plans
>
> >to use Intel processors in their future desktops? Why would they do
> >this?  Because Intil keeps pushing the edge of processor performance
> >and MAC wants a piece of the action.
>
> As I heard it, the PowerPC platform has been targeting an entirely
> different platform (automotive/industry, communications and game
> consoles) and as such, Apple didn't get the products they wanted/needed.
>
>