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by seanmcdirmid 767 days ago
G4 was 1998, Core Duo was 2006, 8 years isn’t bad.
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That is a long time – bet it felt even longer to the poor PowerBook DRI at Apple who had to keep explaining to Steve Jobs why a G5 PowerBook wasn't viable!
Ya, I really wanted a G5 but power and thermals weren’t going to work and IBM/Moto weren’t interested in making a mobile version.