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This Speed is Cool (7/27/98)
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Meanwhile, the question of what processors will be slapped inside the upcoming Pro systems seems to have been answered. Motorola just officially announced their new G3 PPC 750 processors running at 300, 333, and 366 MHz. MacWEEK has the story. While Apple refuses to comment specifically on its future product plans, MacCentral reports that Apple has committed to using the fastest available G3's as they come out.
These new chips aren't just the existing G3's cranked up to a higher clock speed; they're manufactured using a new process that reduces the internal voltage of the processor to a mere 1.9 volts. Older (or should we say "current?") G3's run at 2.6 volts instead. The upshot is, the new processors run significantly cooler than the G3's we've grown to love, which has its pros and cons. On the plus side, in addition to simply being faster than the current models, future PowerBook G3's should no longer require their users to wear asbestos pants in order to use them on their actual laptops. Unfortunately, that also means that those new, cooler PowerBooks also can't double as an efficient mug-warmer when running closed and connected to an external monitor and keyboard. (The rubberized surface was a great non-slip place on which to set a coffee cup.)
By the way, when we talk about the new Pro systems, we're speaking of the funky new machines that will use the translucent "El Capitan" case design, which may not become available until later this year or possibly early next year. Apple's more likely first to use at least the slower of these faster G3's in a much closer speed bump to its existing Power Mac line, perhaps in late August and announced at Seybold.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 7/27/98 episode: July 27, 1998: Could the "El Capitan" casing used in the prototypes of Apple's new pro-level Power Macs finally bring light-up computing to the world? Meanwhile, Motorola announces some new faster G3's that not only continue to run rings around the Pentium architecture speed-wise, but also make a Pentium II looks like a branding iron. And Apple's CFO is selling off some stock, which makes us go "Hmmmm..."
Other scenes from that episode: 889: Maybe This Time (Please?) (7/27/98) Oh, our cup runneth over... as the rest of the professional Mac-using world awaits the arrival of the new pro-level G3 systems to see how many slots it ends up having, we at AtAT are on the edge of our seats due to reports that the new casing and design are so beautiful and cool, they belong in the Museum of Modern Art... 891: Taking Stock (& Selling It) (7/27/98) Hmmm, does Fred Anderson know something we don't? Apple's kick-ass CFO, who has done more than his share of good hard work straightening out Apple's financial debacle over the last couple of years, has registered to sell off 133,000 shares of Apple stock, to the tune of almost $5 million...
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