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Apple to Announce the Power Mac G5 at WWDC?
a.ameri writes "Apple Insider is
reporting that Apple will announce computers based on IBM's 64 bit PPC 970 processor in the upcomming WWDC and will market them as G5. The new Power Mac G5s will sport a completely new motherboard design utilizing DDR 400 RAM as well as AGP 8x graphics, FireWire 800, and USB 2.0, sources said. "In the box" connectivity among the news systems is based on Hypertransport which provides 64-bit addressing and will replace Apple's multilevel bus architecture found in current systems. Initial offerings of the Power Mac G5 are said to boast 1.4 to 1.8GHz, single core PPC 970 processors, with the possibility of a dual 1.8GHz chips shortly thereafter."
i just got a 17" powerbook
damn
I call shenanigans on both AppleInsider and Slashdot for being lame. I'll believe it when I see it.
I will believe it when I see it
Nah, the phrase we die-hard Mac fans use (when talking about the G5) is:
I want to believe
Let's see some gaming benchmarks!!!!
Yes. Despite having moved to it in all their current models, they've decided it's overkill for the consumer and are moving back to 4mbit token ring.
Does that have anything to do with Dance Dance Revolution?
All it takes is nukes and nerves.
What do you mean by that? Is this site done by Steve or what? Or is it a joke? I don't understand it...
:-)
No, i was joking. It's not a site done by Jobs himself, but it is a well known fact that many apple employees (supposedl including his steveness) are fan of appleturns. Especially the Polls
When will I end this grieving ? When will my future begin ?
You know, the rumor sites haven't said anything about a keyboard, either! Does anybody know whether Apple plans to ship a keyboard with the G5?
It gets worse. The new 3GHz P4 has a thermal output of almost 80W, around four times the thermal output of a . How will Apple cope with a computer which produces so little heat? The average consumer won't care that you can leave a Mac on longer in order to heat up their room, or that they will actually be able to hear their music over the fan noise. All they will see is that the Mac costs more and they have to buy a heater to keeps their house warm as well.
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Maybe. Might whip all the current available Macs in other important metrics, too, like surface area and operating temperature.
Meanwhile, no one will care.
It will work right up until the G8 is released, which will not sell due to massive "spontaneous" protests that form around each machine with it inside.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
FireWire 800 is essentially useless at this point
;-)
As mentioned several times above, the fact that it's not yet a bottleneck does not mean it's essentially useless. FireWire 800 hard drives and arrays are faster than FireWire 400 drives and arrays. And HD-DV camcorders with FireWire 800 interfaces will be on the shelf at your neighborhood Good Guys by Christmas.
And 802.11g isn't even finalized, and might turn out to be much slower than planned.
How is it going to get slower, exactly? I'm connected via 802.11g as I write this.
Oh yeah, by the way, where did you buy this computer? How do you like it?
I bought it at the Knox Street Apple Store several months ago. I love it. I would never, ever go back.
All-in-one anything sucks.
Wrong, dude. Your personal preference does not translate into a statement of fact.
Pixels going dead? Buy a new computer!
What do you mean, "pixels going dead?" Pixels don't go dead. They either come off the assembly line defective, or they continue to work pretty much forever.
Also, Apple's repair policies are the most customer-friendly in the industry. See the recent Consumer Reports article.
And yes, if you're into upgrading your computer, an all-in-one is not for you. Don't buy one. But the fact is that the vast majority of computer buyers do not upgrade their computers, so the all-in-one design is a good one for most people.
Find me an individual that actually uses Gigabit ethernet at home.
My hand's up, dude. All you need is a crossover cable.
Also find me someone that wants to lug around a 17" laptop.
I'd happily lug one if I hadn't spent my wad on my G4 tower. My friend David has a 17" which he brings to work every day, and it's the bee's knees, dude.
But it's easy for you to snipe, I know. It's a natural response to jealousy.
You Mac lovers love to hop up and down on things that you have, but that you don't actually need.
Do any of us actually need any of this stuff? Of course not. All we need is food, shelter, and clothing. (Of course, my friend's PowerBook can be used as shelter, but that's another point.)
It's very easy.
The processors will continue from G5 to G9, and eventually to G9.2. The next processor after that will be GX 10.0.
Got it?
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
Actually the computer will come with one big button. Press this button and it will do everything.
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
The only people who need to do those things are terrorists and thieves. Would you like to confess now, or down at the station?
Game... blouses.
Just the other day my mate was telling me the same thing about how Mac rumour sites are big in Polland. Wooh, freaky.
Yeah, and insects outnumber humans 200 million to one.
A lot of Macs used to NOT ship with keyboards. That was a big bitch point of PC users. (Jeez, your Mac doesn't come with a keyboard? Apple is sucking you dry!) Then Apple started shipping every Mac with a keyboard and the PC users started razzing Mac users that since their machine came with a keyboard, they didn't have as much choice as a PC user building his own box from Chernobyl debris.
It just goes to show you that there are no winners in the Mac/PC debate, just whiners. (On both sides).
--Mike
Sounds very nice, now if only I did not have to sell a kidney to buy one. If I could dual boot, OS X and Win32 (for my main use of the comuter, GAMES!) I'd probably be one kidney short ;).
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