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> "The move is in response to Motorola’s delays in reaching volume production of its 500 MHz G4 processor chip, which is now scheduled for availability early ne
by AceJohnny2 4y ago
> "The move is in response to Motorola’s delays in reaching volume production of its 500 MHz G4 processor chip, which is now scheduled for availability early next year."
> "A full six months after its original introduction, Apple was finally shipping a 500 MHz Power Mac G4. [...] a lesson in controlling your own technology stack that Apple wouldn’t forget."
I guess this was the start of the PowerPC production (and later, performance) woes that would eventually lead to Apple transitioning to Intel, announced at WWDC 2005.