G5 PowerBook

Source: MacFixIt
Jobs purportedly promises PowerBook G5 by end of 2004

MacFixIt reader Gabriel Dorado alerted us to an interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs in which he purportedly promised delivery of a PowerBook G5 by the end 2004. This is the translation of an excerpt of the original Spanish article:

Spanish Reconoció después que la revolución decisiva será la introducción en los portátiles del nuevo chip de 64 bits, G5, que la compañía ha desarrollado junto a IBM, con una inversión de 3.000 millones de dólares. 'Estamos trabajando en ello y lo que nos gustaría es conseguirlo para finales del año que viene', afirmó.

English He acknowledged that the strategic move will be the introduction of the laptops with the new 64 bits G5 chip, which Apple has developed with IBM with an investment of 3,000 million dollars. 'We are working on it and we would like to get it by the end of next year', Steve said.

Source: MacMinute

Jobs on PowerBook G5, consolidation of PC industry

September 21 - 14:41 EDT An article on the Spanish Web site 5Dias and an interview in the German publication F.A.Z. offer a few interesting tidbits from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. According to 5Dias, Jobs reportedly said last week that Apple is currently working on a PowerBook G5 and hopes to introduce it "by the end of next year." In the interview with F.A.Z., Jobs said he expects that the computer industry will continue to consolidate, while others will disappear completely from the market. In particular, he said (according to the BableFish translator) "the future position of gateway is very uncertain" and he imagines Sony to withdraw itself completely from the PC business.

3,000 million dollars? um... 3..billi....