# Apple: New Chips, Computers; 64bit OS still waiting

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**Created:** [December 23, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-new-chips-computers-64bit-os-still-waiting/97517 "2003-12-23T17:21:34Z")
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#### Post date: [December 23, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apple-new-chips-computers-64bit-os-still-waiting/97517/1 "2003-12-23T17:21:34Z")

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Good article on Forbes. Mentions a few things about the progression of IBM’s 64 bit PPC chip known as Apples G5.

> Apple CEO Steve Jobs has already gone on the record saying that the G5 computer will contain PowerPC chips that run at 3 GHz by the summer of 2004…

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Faster chips will also migrate to the Powerbook notebook line. There’s a pretty good chance that a Powerbook G5 notebook will appear no later than the summer of 2004.

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For its part, Apple has yet to make any real noise about a 64-bit operating system for the G5. “It’s two years away at least,” Glaskowsky says.

Read more here:

> **[What's Next?](https://www.forbes.com/2003/12/22/cx_ah_1222aapl.html)**
>
> With Apple, one thing is a given: change. And they won't disappoint with their future products.