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G5's to replace G4's? IBM over Motorola?

Clara writes "http://lowendmac.com/rumormill/2k0817.html


If you haven't seen slashdot's blurb, there's a rumor on LowEndMac that by January 2001, we'll have G5's instead of G4's. This would use IBM's not-AltiVec solution...


"the G5 will include a 1 MB cache running at full CPU speed, which will range from 700 MHz to 1 GHz upon the chip's release"

Sounds good, if it's true. "

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