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Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup

Posted by michael on from the slobber-slobber-drool-drool dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MacRumors.com posted a massive rumor roundup of all the major rumors surrounding Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference which starts next week. There's been talk of 970 PowerMacs, PowerBooks and Panther... seems like the biggest uncertainty is whether or not 970 PowerMacs will ship or not."

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  1. Re:Rumours... by MacEnvy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Okay, here's the issue. The reason this is important is that it will increase the relative speed of the PowerMac 2-fold. Right now, the G4 is 1.5-2 times the efficiency of the P4 at the same clock speed. The 970 (G5) will be 1.5-2 times faster than the G4 at the same clock speed. If you do the math, this means the 970 will be 2.5-4 times as fast as the P4 - as well as having dual processors when using Altivec enabled apps, including the OS. Estimated initial clocks are 1.4-1.8. An dual 1.8 (3.6 total) 970 wouls be CONSERVATIVELY equal to a 9 GHz P4. Make sense yet why this is important?

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  2. Re:Anything on Safari 1.0? by ElGanzoLoco · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm running a leaked beta right now (v.0.80). You can group bookmarks in "buttons" on the adress bar, and have them all opened in tabs. Cool.

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  3. Re:Nonsense appearing as news by toddhisattva · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Kremlinologists need something to do since the fall of the USSR. So chill out for a while and see who's right about what.