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WWDC Pre-Keynote Roundup

Posted by pudge on from the get-yer-mac-on dept.

jonknee writes "Apple fans are diehard... MacMerc is covering the WWDC keynote in real time. The show starts at 1 p.m. EST and should last a few hours." rfernand79 writes "Still some time to go to WWDC, and mac.com has iDisk for Panther preview specifications. Offline access to iDisk sounds really cool." Oculus Habent writes "For those of us who didn't have the money or time to make it to WWDC today, we can catch the keynote. Don't for get to upgrade to QuickTime 6.3 for best performance. I wonder if you can watch it on cell phones, now." The keynote stream is delayed; it begins after the keynote ends.

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  1. Re:Watching it live OR I'm an incredible nerd by twiztidlojik · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Xcode - new developer tools
    Fast compiles
    gcc 3.3 compiler
    Build of finder takes 377 seconds
    code warrior takes 233 seconds
    distributed builds - automatically uses distributed computing
    1 more host - 208 seconds
    4 more hosts - 96 seconds

    No linking needed for recompile
    predictive compile - compiles while you type
    half compiling time

    fix and continue - make changes to applications while they are running
    turnaround times:
    Jaguar tools - 29 seconds
    code warrior - 9 seconds
    Xcode - 3 seconds

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  2. Re:Watching it live OR I'm an incredible nerd by twiztidlojik · · Score: 2, Interesting

    THE ONE MORE THING!

    Premature specification -
    The specs released on Apple's site are true!
    "World's fastest personal computer"

    Uses a "G5" - AKA 970 processor
    runs 32 bit apps
    Runs at up to 2 GHz - fastest 64 bit processor
    1 GHz FSB
    built for Full SMP
    up to 215 in-flight instructions
    2 velocity engine
    2 FPU's
    2 int units
    2 load and store units
    lots and lots of branch prediction logic

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  3. Re:Watching it live OR I'm an incredible nerd by twiztidlojik · · Score: 2, Interesting

    John E Kelly , senior VP of IBM
    Some technical details etc
    Some IBM R&D bragging

    G5 system controller
    point to point architecture
    dedicated to main memory

    G5 details:
    8GBps
    DDR
    64 bit
    bi-directional
    no slowdown for 2nd proc
    latest nVidia and ATI slots
    1 133 MHz 64 bit slot
    2 100 MHz 64 bit slot
    Serial ATA - apple designed chip - hypertransport
    Firewire 800/400
    USB2
    all the usual stuff
    Optical audio

    Single or dual processors
    up to 8 GB memory (HOLY CHRIST)
    4x superdrive

    New enclosure!
    all aluminum
    ports on front
    9 fans
    35 dBA at room temp

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