# The last of the PowerPC Macs

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-the-powerpc-macs/326805 "2005-10-18T20:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-the-powerpc-macs/326805/1 "2005-10-18T20:43:08Z")

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Don’t know if there’s a verifiable “factual” answer to this . . . an educated guess will do.

In the near future (weeks to months) I’ll be looking to replace my Mac. I’d rather get a last-generation PowerPC Mac than a first-generation Intel.

Does anyone know whether the G5 Dual 2.7 GHz is, in fact, the last of the Power PCs, or is there going to be a 3 GHz?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-the-powerpc-macs/326805/2 "2005-10-18T22:32:00Z")

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Apple is having a press conference tomorrow (noon EDT OCT 19) (yes, another one!). Rumor has it there will be new PowerMacs announced .

In the recent quaterly finacial brifing, One of the Apple guys said “Great PowerPC products in the pipline” (at least I _THINK_ it was plural). The next day they announced the new iMac (two models). Don’t know if that counts as a product or products.

In any case, wait till tomorrow. If nothing, then the next opportunity is probably MacWorld San Francisco in late Jan. Up to you if you want to wait that long.  
Brian

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-the-powerpc-macs/326805/3 "2005-10-19T17:34:37Z")

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And now I can factually answer the question. Apple anounced three new PMs  
Single chip dual core 2GHz  
Single chip dual core 2.3GHz  
Dual chip, dual core 2.5 GHz

All the models have PCIe, and 1Gig of L2 cache per core.

[http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html#store](http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html#store)

Brian

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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-the-powerpc-macs/326805/4 "2005-10-19T23:52:43Z")

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> [@N9IWP](#):
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> And now I can factually answer the question. Apple anounced three new PMs  
> Single chip dual core 2GHz  
> Single chip dual core 2.3GHz  
> Dual chip, dual core 2.5 GHz
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> All the models have PCIe, and **1Gig** of L2 cache per core.
> 
> [http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html#store](http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html#store)
> 
> Brian

1mb of L2. I wish there was a processor with 1gig L2, that would be nice