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Check at the link below (if it isn't already Slasdotted):

http://www.macrumors.com/downloads/5G_ipod.jpg

Note the screen size. Maybe some sort of video is possible?

This picture of the new ipod has just been posted up on macrumors:

http://www.macrumors.com/downloads/5G_ipod.jpg

Looks legit to me, has a larger screen but not as large as everyone seems to be expecting.

A friend of mine who reads chinese says that one of the options means "repeat broadcast" maybe a chinese slasdot member could conrim it.

I think I've found some neat hidden messages in Apple's announcement, if you rearrange the letters you get the following cryptic clues:

Then geronimo
Meeting honor
hint
thin
heroine
remote
nitrogen home
ignore hot men
riot
in no other gem

So I'm expecting a diamond studded, highly addictive PVR, with air-con all in a package no bigger than 7 inches cubed.
Maybe its the new iMac.

(Thanks to http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000966.h tml and http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html)

Could have made it Oct 12....

Gizmodo found a hidden video button in iTunes 5 and Mac Rumors discovered iPod's trademark expanded to include video support.

"I have Cingular. I have Firefox. I have never experienced any difficulties in paying my Cingular bill on their website."

Multiple people have posted about not having a problem with Cingular and their web browser but I'll just reply directly to your comment.

When I last experienced an issue with Firefox and the Cingular website in terms of paying my bill, it was in July 2005.

During this same time, Mac OS X users trying to access their Cingular accounts while using the Safari web browser were also running into issues, as can be read here:

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/07/20050714130 825.shtml

I did not have any problems with Cingular's website after this "issue" became known online, starting in August when I again accessed the site.

If this is really what Jonathan Ives, Avie Tevanian, et al, have been working on over the last few years, then I'm impressed. But will they call it the iPellet?

Folks, I have travelled back in time to let you all know what is being announced on September 7.

People, it is big.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=14588 3

The DS is outselling the PSP by 4 times in Japan and has a 1.2 million unit lead worldwide. "Irrelevant" my foot.

specifically check out here - http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ - suggests Dual Core Powerbooks in Paris.

Product: PowerBook
Last Release: January 31, 2005
Days Since Update: 199 (Average = 185)
Recommendation: Don't Buy - Updates soon
Special Notes: none.

better check here, it may happen
http://www.macrumors.com/

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I've recently switched to using OS X, and it'd be nice if Apple were to add an optional multi-button functionality to its laptops (beyond [ctrl][click], which requires two hands to be done comfortably). This program looks like a work-around, though I haven't tried it yet.

Personally, I never understood the big deal about one vs two buttons on the Mac. Apple has supported two buttons via any cheap 3rd party mouse for some time. While my 3-year-old has no problem using a two button mouse, my father in-law has never grasped the concept. I'm a sysadmin and some of the users I support get that deer-in-the-headlights look when I tell them to right-click (these are the same users that don't understand directory hierarchy... but thanks to things like Spotlight, they wont need me to find their files anymore).

So IMHO the one-button mouse is not as stupid and out-dated an idea as some seem to think. I wont be buying a Mighty Mouse, but Apple has provided an elegant solution that allows both power users and novices to work of the same computer.

Scratch that off the list of things Steve Jobs would never do! First they announce they are going to use Intel CPUs, now this. What's next a Video iPod?

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In the mean time, your geek card is hereby revoked. While you've made an honest attempt to pretend to be one, your lack of interest in an actual computing project that works well for the minority that uses it and uses technology in ways uncommon today shows a clear preference for the mainstream. Please return to Python "programming" and obsessing over how "Linux" will not be "ready for the desktop" until "Grandma" can use it, where I suspect, in pseudo-geekdom, never straying too far from the mainstream while dabbling in all that tech stuff, you'll feel more at home.

ASUSTeKshipped more than one million notebooks to Apple, the paper indicated. According to sources, the company produced Apple's 12.1-inch iBook and 12.1-inch PowerBook. ASUSTeK also secured orders for the 15.4-inch iBook, which will be launched in 2006, the sources added.

I was looking onto the site that tracks Apple release schedules, and did anyone else notice PowerBooks are due for an upgrade? Not anywhere near as badly as iBooks, but still within two weeks of the average update cycle. I wonder if they will have some enhancements too Tuesday if it does take place?

Look at the graphs on the Macrumors.com buyers' guide.
Look at the links to the Macrumors.com buyers' [sic] guide.

They say Asustek is manufacturing the new iBooks, which are set to launch in 2006.

For those who don't want to read the article (or links), I believe the gist is as follows:

- The rumour for widescreens is substantiated by an internal Asustek memo indicating that Apple is buying wide screen laptops.

- The forthcoming iBook update is at least furthered by the lack of an iBook update in a very long time (for iBook updates). See, e.g. Macrumours Buyers Guide. It's been 274 days since an iBook update, where the average is 158. It's writing on the wall.

- It almost certainly won't have an Intel processor. Apple's plans to move to Intel supposedly start in Q1 2006.

Time will tell, of course.

If you check the Mac Buyer's Guide it's way overdue.

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

I think the programmer geek factor is small. At least according to today's profit call which suggested the Intel announcement has made no effect. There will be some who won't go PPC. But it sounds like the PPC MP may be coming to a PowerMac near you. For high end AV stuff that leverages Altivec that will probably for at least a year or two perform better than Intel equivalents. (May - it clearly will depend upon your work flow)

Also realize that with any new technology there will be problems. Many people never buy the 1.0 of anything, knowing there will be problems. Even come March or whenever when the initial Intel boxes are released, there will be unexpected bugs. Count on it. Further just because some programs will hit 70 - 80% with Rosetta many won't. (Most likely AV type apps) If you use those you'll want to stick PPC.

For the average person however, they buy a computer and not a CPU. All of Intel's marketing notwithstanding. There is also the halo effect of iPods. People are, from my experience buying in stores, kind of into Mac's at the moment. There will be some who will wait, but many won't.

Well, Apple seems to be trying to trademark Mactel.

From the notes:

The dual 64-bit core PowerPC970MP(TM) (970MP) is the next evolutionary step in the PowerPC 970 family of microprocessors. The higher frequency grade versions of the 970MP consume higher amounts of power than earlier IBM microprocessors do, and that can cause temperature issues. Each 970MP processor core contains a thermal diode used to monitor its operating temperature. The thermal diode must be monitored to ensure that the maximum operating temperature of the 970MP is not exceeded.

There is disputable evidence that points to Apple's interest in supporting more than 2 processors. Take for example image which depicts two screen captures of an Apple system utility. The top one is an other version which was replaced with the bottom image that depicts an N+1 approach to processor display rather than the previous versions 1 or 2.

Certainly not an open and shut case.

Other ramblings and rumors came in the form of a January 2005 4 processor Xserve for research institutions. This never materialized. Perhaps it was too costly. I believe that at the time Apple was having such a hard time securing G5 chips from IBM that they would rather build 4 iMacs than 1 Xserve.

Still, there were rumors that the keynote announcing the Intel deal, which included a demo on a PowerMac, was in fact powered by a quad-Pentium powered box. Were these the musings of a frantic fanbase or real facts? Impossible for me to say.

I would say that Apple is the only manufacturer I can think of that has regularly embraced the multiprocessor market. OS X is more adept than Windows at taking advantage of a second processor, delivering more bang for the same buck. So I would not discount the >2 processor option coming in future Macs.

How nice. Old news. This was reported by macrumors back on June 15th

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/06/20050615105 533.shtml when they dropped the single 1.8 from their store.
Here's the link to the news.com story http://news.com.com/Bye-bye%2C+single-chip+Power+M ac/2100-1042_3-5754622.html

And they're apparently on the spreadsheet.

That sort of reminds me of a couple of Apple patents, including a mouse with an iPod-like scroll wheel and a mouse with a touch pad instead of a button.

That sort of reminds me of a couple of Apple patents, including a mouse with an iPod-like scroll wheel and a mouse with a touch pad instead of a button.

The PC spec is very standardized and Apple should have no problem making their Macs run windows. I don't see why they would need MS help to do that. The dev kits that Apple is selling do run Windows, and although there is no guarantee that the final products that consumers buy will as well, I think it is idiotic for Apple to break this option. This would finally get rid of the Windows compatibility problem that potential switchers face when moving to OSX. This could only help Apple's hardware sales.

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Until Apple has a Intel powered Mac out, I'd imagine that OS X will run on anything with supported hardware. However, if you check some of the MacRumors sites (thinksecret.com, MacRumors, Apple Insider to name a few), the general opinion is that they will use a different BIOS

Apple also makes excellent hardware designs. How about a Dual P4 iMac in a case the size it currently is? Apple is about hardware and software. Moving to Intel just means that they will be just as fast as anything you can get Windows to run on.

Until Apple has a Intel powered Mac out, I'd imagine that OS X will run on anything with supported hardware. However, if you check some of the MacRumors sites (thinksecret.com, MacRumors, Apple Insider to name a few), the general opinion is that they will use a different BIOS

Apple also makes excellent hardware designs. How about a Dual P4 iMac in a case the size it currently is? Apple is about hardware and software. Moving to Intel just means that they will be just as fast as anything you can get Windows to run on.

It's no secret that Apple rumor sites receive a large spike in traffic during events such as the WWDC. I found it interesting that this year, one rumor site is attempting a new approach to reduce their bandwidth consumption Mac Rumors (http://macrumors.com/) has teamed up with Equiknox to deliver update via Javascript and XML (recently coined AJAX http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/ar chives/000385.php). They believe that this technique, combined with a lightweight http server, will allow them to serve 3300 hits/sec over three servers and to withstand the any severe spike.

If you want, you can read more about this on their technology reviw or on my blog.

MacRumors.com is providing a live transcript of the keynote speech at MacRumorsLive.com.

However, if the source for the story IS Intel, then it is most likely true.

My guess is this story, however much some folks don't want to hear it, is true.

MacRumors.com previously reported that Apple may have quietly invested in a company back in 2001 that makes a product that would allow binaries on one platform to run on another without a huge performance hit. Click on the above link for that story.

>>In 2001, Transitive Technologies demonstrated a technology called "Dynamite" which allowed code written for one CPU to be run efficiently on another CPU. This "translator" was said to dynamically translate and accelerate binaries -- claiming to provide substantial performance over traditional "emulators". Recent numbers claim 80% performance matching.

Some more details came in 2003 at which time a "major" customer was reported. While speculation pointed towards Apple, no reliable reports emerged.

Transitive once again made headlines in September 2004 when they announced a derivative product called QuickTransit. They have since announced having a number of customers including Silicon Graphics Incorporated.

QuickTransit allows software compiled for one processor/operating system to be run on another processor/operating system.

According to an unconfirmed report, there is evidence that Apple has had special internal seeds of Tiger which support this technology for the x86 platform. Beyond allowing Tiger to run on x86, perhaps more significantly is the potential to also allow existing Mac OS X applications to be run on the x86 (PC) platform without recompilation. Otherwise, requiring developers to recompile all current Mac OS X applications has been seen as a major hurdle in providing Mac OS X on the PC.

... Will we see PCIe @ WWDC? Will ATI even release an AGP card that accelerates H.264?

Steve, AGP is a dead end.

http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Frobb ushway.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F05%2Fapple-tablet-pc- sightings.html

I think the whole situation with the FTA would be alot more fair if we could just buy things directly from the US. At least we could access the benefits of a large free market.

For example, we can't buy songs from the Apple USA store. The Australian price for a song was about $1.69 Australian according to some sources when the Austrialian apple store went online briefly before being pulled. At that price its way more than the US resident pays, even allowing for currency conversion rates its no more than $1.39 allowing for a profit on currency conversion.

And all the stuff about australia being a small market, etc, really doesn't wash to much when the website is already developed, etc, by apple. Particularly as Apple doesn't try to make much of a profit on all of this, the money all goes to the music industry. The majority of the songs will be common with the US site and shouldn't cost a cent more than it does in the US.

Just another example of greed by the **AA.

Michael

This very same thing happened to me a week ago. I documented the screenshots here and here (uploaded on May 1).

I had just installed Tiger 2 days prior, so I suspected a hole the operating system, as you can see by the title of the screenshots. That also prompted me to post a question (along with everything I had learned about what was happening) to Mac Rumors, to see if anyone had known anything at all about this at the time.

Again, this was in the morning Sunday, May 1. Everything I'm reading late last night and this morning seems to indicate that this is the first time anyone is seeing this happen. It's not.

I've just posted this as a story submission - maybe if Roland Peekaboo is reading this he can submit the story too, so that we can have some real news posted;)

If you want to read an Apple rumors site then I suggest you read AppleInsider itself, it happens to be a pretty good one. If that has too much detail for your taste and you want someone to summarize the high points for you then read Mac Rumors. Having this post on apple.slashdot sort of makes it into a poor imitation of Mac Rumors.

Noone should be surprised that after releasing a major new version of the OS Apple would be developing an update that "address[es] 'over three dozen componets, with an emphasis on improving general stability and reliability'. The only useful information summarized for us is that "[t]he patch is listed for a mid to late May release." And that is just a rumor of a projection that could easily change.

Slashdot should be a place where you come and catch links to interesting articles that you would not have found on your own and that reach a certain level of newsworthiness. Like an informative review of a new Apple OS release or an educational story of reverse engineering Mac OS X.

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I must be old around here...

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

you're screwed. you should always check here before buying a mac. they keep pretty good details on upgrade history for all mac hardware. Don't turn around and get an ibook today either.

they've also update the emac

Perhaps you should start visiting the rumor sites. this powermac update was not a surprise

MacRumors.com

MacRumors' Buyer's Guide also keeps track of time since last release and a summary of recent rumors, and a buy or not-buy recommendation.

Perhaps you should start visiting the rumor sites. this powermac update was not a surprise

MacRumors.com

MacRumors' Buyer's Guide also keeps track of time since last release and a summary of recent rumors, and a buy or not-buy recommendation.

Wonder what Tiger would be like on a dual core processor......

...on whether these use the already-known-to-exist IBM PowerPC 970MP, a dual core version of the G5. This could mean that we'd have >2.5GHz dual-dual core Power Mac systems.

Further, an update to Apple's CHUD tools (subsequently pulled) had clear references to quad processor capability, as well as references to the 970MP, and the single core 970GX.

What could essentially be called "quad G5" systems (including Xserves) are just a matter of time. And with dual >1GHz frontside busses and PC3200 DDR RAM (8GB max in Power Mac, 16GB max (also ECC) in Xserve), these machines are nothing to sneeze at.

What will be interesting to see is when the Power Macs will have PCI-X and Blu-Ray. From the most current round of rumors, it looks like that's still another upgrade away...

...on whether these use the already-known-to-exist IBM PowerPC 970MP, a dual core version of the G5. This could mean that we'd have >2.5GHz dual-dual core Power Mac systems.

Further, an update to Apple's CHUD tools (subsequently pulled) had clear references to quad processor capability, as well as references to the 970MP, and the single core 970GX.

What could essentially be called "quad G5" systems (including Xserves) are just a matter of time. And with dual >1GHz frontside busses and PC3200 DDR RAM (8GB max in Power Mac, 16GB max (also ECC) in Xserve), these machines are nothing to sneeze at.

What will be interesting to see is when the Power Macs will have PCI-X and Blu-Ray. From the most current round of rumors, it looks like that's still another upgrade away...

Heh... well, just think how more annoyed you're going to be if new PowerMacs come out next week!

The only REAL story on /. today is from October 2004