Apple website points to G5 Powerbook?

hitbyhitby
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01..._powerbook_g5/



Food for thought? As for me - I bought the 12' PB in October and I'm more than happy with it.

Unless my work makes me an offer I can't refuse ferrit



Cheers

Hitby

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  • Reply 1 of 20
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by hitby

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01..._powerbook_g5/



    Food for thought? As for me - I bought the 12' PB in October and I'm more than happy with it.

    Unless my work makes me an offer I can't refuse ferrit



    Cheers

    Hitby



    the apple web team is just messing around. that code has no reason to be on the page, especially after a footer.
  • Reply 2 of 20
    hitbyhitby Posts: 38member
    And you know that for a fact, of course

    Working on the webdev team at apple n all



    Hitby
  • Reply 3 of 20
    telomartelomar Posts: 1,804member
    Not that I think it is coming yet but there was always this as well.

    Quote:

    But perhaps the most interesting confirmation is that Hypertransport has a design win for the Apple PowerBook. This would appear to be confirmation that a G5 PowerBook is definitely turning up and that despite thermal problems, it is at least in the works.



  • Reply 4 of 20
    d.j. adequated.j. adequate Posts: 476member
    The seems dubious at best. For example, the link on the mini page is labeled "apple_imac_mini_landing_page", but the computer is the Mac Mini and does not bear the iMac name. When I worked with them, companies like this simply gave us the link to put on the page, and they named it. It's just to track who visits the page, and unless it is a new page there is no reason to change the name when the computer changes, let alone before it changes.



    However, much like the G5 itself, if people keep predicting its coming next week long enough, then eventually they will be right.
  • Reply 5 of 20
    d.j. adequated.j. adequate Posts: 476member
    One more thing: you can also find this code:



    <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: G.6.



    Copyright 1997-2004 Omniture, Inc. More info available at



    http://www.omniture.com -->



    So G5 could just as well refer to the SiteCatalyst code version as it could the CPU.
  • Reply 6 of 20
    onlookeronlooker Posts: 5,252member
    This is the snip





    <!--BEGIN AVENUE A-->

    <img height="1" width="1" alt="" src="http://switch.atdmt.com/action/apple_g4_powerbook">;

    <!--END AVENUE A-->



    anybody can change it to this.



    <!--BEGIN AVENUE A-->

    <img height="1" width="1" alt="" src="http://switch.atdmt.com/action/apple_g5_powerbook">;

    <!--END AVENUE A-->





    Ooooooooo.....
  • Reply 7 of 20
    onlookeronlooker Posts: 5,252member




    Just to prove a point I re-faked the fake on my machine. Took about a minute.
  • Reply 8 of 20
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    it wasnt faked. i went to the actuall apple site shortly after this came out today and it was there. apple has since 'fixed' it. i hate all powerbook g5 rumors, so trust me, i wouldnt be lying about seeing it on apple's site.
  • Reply 9 of 20
    d.j. adequated.j. adequate Posts: 476member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ipodandimac

    it wasnt faked. i went to the actuall apple site shortly after this came out today and it was there. apple has since 'fixed' it. i hate all powerbook g5 rumors, so trust me, i wouldnt be lying about seeing it on apple's site.



    I don't think they would fake it either. I just don't think it means what they seem to think it means.
  • Reply 10 of 20
    charlesscharless Posts: 301member
    This could easily be a typo...
  • Reply 11 of 20
    imiloaimiloa Posts: 187member
    ditto, re: not faked. i checked the page source, myself, too, and found the "G5" snipit.



    that said, i definitely agree with the sentiment that someone at apple IT is just messing with us. i wouldn't be surprised if they ran an office pool for who could guess how many hours it would take for the "glitch" to show up on a rumor site.
  • Reply 12 of 20
    ibook911ibook911 Posts: 607member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by onlooker





    Just to prove a point I re-faked the fake on my machine. Took about a minute.



    I want to see whats behind those windows.
  • Reply 13 of 20
    onlookeronlooker Posts: 5,252member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ibook911

    I want to see whats behind those windows.



    My dream girl what else.
  • Reply 14 of 20
    hitbyhitby Posts: 38member
    It is unlikely to be a typo as it appeared on two seperate pages. I am however, probably the only mac fan that doesn't particularly want to see the release of a G5pb, I had to save long and hard and take out a small loan to finally buy my first mac (after using them for many years at work) and although I'm more than happy with it a G5pb could be the end of a long and fruitful relationship with my girlfriend



    Hitby
  • Reply 15 of 20
    kendokakendoka Posts: 110member
    As I wrote in another thread two days ago:

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    Regarding: "http://switch.atdmt.com/action/apple_g5_powerbook";



    You have similar code on other pages, such as "http://switch.atdmt.com/action/apple_g5_landing"; on the PM page and "http://switch.atdmt.com/action/apple_imac_mini_landing_page"; on the Mac mini page.



    Seems like Apple simply uses some sort of web analysis tool.

    (http://www.atdmt.com/).

    The naming of the fake image *might* suggest something though (are Apple perhaps interested in monitoring how much traffic a new PB will create?).



    However, the "apple_g5_powerbook" tag is most likely chosen by someone responsible for the code just because he/she is also one of us hopeful - without really having access to any info on the matter.

    ----------------------------------------------------------



    Also, as "D.J. Adequate" pointed out in this thread, the "imac" reference on the Mac mini page supports this last conclusion - i.e. that the webcoder responsible for the web tracking tags haven't got a clue on the real names of the products.



    In alles. A strange/cool find - but probably nothing more.

    (I still have hopes for a PbG5 -though...)
  • Reply 16 of 20
    g3prog3pro Posts: 669member
    Screw the G5. Check it out, they also have a link to the G7 powerbook!



    http://switch.atdmt.com/action/apple_g7_powerbook



    It also points to a transparent 1x1 gif, so you know it must be true that the g7 is arriving soon!!!
  • Reply 17 of 20
    jimdreamworxjimdreamworx Posts: 1,095member
    Would be nice if it was true, but it could be a error by a zealous translator.
  • Reply 18 of 20
    imiloaimiloa Posts: 187member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by segovius

    And the Italian site right at the bottom mentions PB G5. [/B]



    the italian site is clearly a typo, as it is the path to the current page, which shares the same title, and only contains G4 otherwise.
  • Reply 19 of 20
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    Earlier rumors did suggest that apple where gonna market the mini under the imac label though...
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