From: Robert Bononno 

Interesting. I had heard of this a while ago, but I was wondering what
happened to Motorola? Just couldn't deliver the goods fast enough? Or did
they abandon PPC production entirely?


In article ,
 Adam Flinton  wrote:

> http://www.envestco2.com/macwhispers/archives/000071.php
>
> "With the entire Mac world abuzz with (often conflicting) reports of the
> Apple transition to the IBM PowerPC 970 processor family, we have
> decided to report a summary of all that we know at this time... not from
> regurgitated rumors obtained from other web sites, but from our own OEM
> contacts in the Apple supply pipeline.
>
> We have no software information sources; all information we receive
> comes from people working in various positions in and around plants in
> Taiwan that actually supply parts or perform hardware assembly
> operations on Apple products. So, we have to leave the software
> speculation to sites such as Think Secret and, it now seems, eWeek.
>
> What we know at this point is as follows:
>
> - The IBM PPC 970 chips are now actually in volume production for only
> two specific end uses: IBM's own servers, and for Apple Computer.
>
> - The plant contracted for assembly of the new Power Mac is now actually
> manufacturing production Power Macs with single PPC 970 processors.
>
> - The plant contracted for assembly of the new 15.4-inch Powerbook has
> just now begun manufacturing production Powerbooks with the PPC 970
> processor.
>
> - The new Power Mac has a sister model with a 2-processor motherboard
> that is not yet in actual production, but that could be put into
> production at any time.
>
> - The new Power Mac has a new case design with "metallic look
plastics,"
> and a front panel "mostly made with the same anodized aluminum
surface"
> as the newest Powerbooks.
>
> - The new Power Mac retains "handles," though not in the same form as
> the current design."
>
> I wonder when OSX is due to go 64 bit.....
>
> Adam
>

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