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Apple's Dev. Tools Hint @ Dual-core G5 & Quad Mac

Posted by Hemos on from the peering-into-the-future dept.

Eug writes "Apple just released a new version of its CHUD tools, which provides clues about dual-core G5s and quad core Macs (dual dual-core). The clues include a reference to the 970MP, which is dual-core G5 with increased L2 cache. Also, there is now support for 4 CPUs, whereas previous versions of these Mac OS X tools only supported 2. This likely means we'll see dual-core Macs by WWDC, and possibly quad Macs based off these dual-core chips by then too."

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  1. powerbook g4.. dual core. by torpor · · Score: 2, Funny

    i'd be willing to wait for a g5 powerbook, if i could get a dual-proc one ..

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    1. Re:powerbook g4.. dual core. by aldeng · · Score: 2, Funny

      i'd be willing to wait for a g5 powerbook, if i could get a dual-proc one .. Then you'd be able to cook away any reproductive potential you once had in less than 10 minutes!

  2. Re:Why rumors? by Daedala · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's much less messy than reading entrails, though.

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  3. Excellent marketing by ites · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm impressed.

    To get to the point where fans will scan random binaries for strings that give clues as to the features of upcoming products, write their speculations in blogs, and where these blogs then make the front page of the world's most popular news site for geeks...

    I'm impressed.

    Now if only I knew what CHUD, 970MP, or WWDC meant...

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  4. Quad Mac by zosa · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...will they call it a Quadra? ;)

    1. Re:Quad Mac by Masami+Eiri · · Score: 4, Funny
      ROFL!

      I just spit soda on my monitor!
      But I think the real question is: How will it Performa?

    2. Re:Quad Mac by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 4, Funny

      Obviously, somewhere in the Centris of the curve.

    3. Re:Quad Mac by Fortunato_NC · · Score: 4, Funny

      LC that pun, and raise you // more. This thread is a Classic!

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    4. Re:Quad Mac by The+Iconoclast · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your puns mean Newton to me! Can you Copeland with the horrible puns iMacing?

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    5. Re:Quad Mac by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Funny
      Can you Copeland with the horrible puns iMacing?
      No. Stop it.
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    6. Re:Quad Mac by b1t+r0t · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm tickled Pink waiting to see what will come NeXT in this cascade!

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    7. Re:Quad Mac by your_mother_sews_soc · · Score: 3, Funny

      I am waiting for someone to post something inTaligent in this thread.

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    8. Re:Quad Mac by pdscomp · · Score: 4, Funny

      Come on you guys... We shouldn't question the iMacculate nature of these rumors, instead we should raise /// cheers!

    9. Re:Quad Mac by Andyvan · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's the lisa we can do.

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  5. Dual Dual Dual ??? by blakespot · · Score: 3, Funny
    Dual dual G5's. I guess now I'd need four screens. The wife is going to kill me.


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  6. Re:Why rumors? by thirteenVA · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rumors are like 'celebrity gossip' for the slashdot crowd. Now shut up so I can here the whispering!

  7. Slashdot's New Title by Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rumors for Nerds!
    Stuff that may or may not be true!

  8. What's wrong with 'Quadra' by MarcQuadra · · Score: 2, Funny

    I take personal offense! Quadra is a perfectly acceptable name!

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  9. Um, no. by JudgeFurious · · Score: 2, Funny

    CHUD = Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller.

    I thought everyone knew that. I also have reservations about the direction Apple is going with this new CHUD thing they're doing. I presume this has something to do with the word "lickable".

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  10. Re:Why rumors? by revscat · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, while it is interesting to speculate on what Apple may be doing and where they may be going with various products, I have never really understood the rabid nature of the fan sites and rumor sites. What is the point with rumors? Can anybody explain that to me?

    Dude, if the though of not one but TWO dual-core 64-bit processors sitting on your desk doesn't get you engorged and/or moist, then it is simply impossible for you to call yourself a geek in good standing.

    Two 64-bit *multi gigahertz* dual core CPUs. On your desktop. Running OS X.

    *shifts in chair*

    Yup, I'm in the in crowd. Kickin.

  11. Re:Why rumors? Because they feel a need. by Peter+La+Casse · · Score: 4, Funny
    Its like IBM in the 60s (boy I feel o-l-d)

    I hate it when adults spell things out in order to keep us from knowing what they're talking about.

    Hate it!
    Hate it!
    Hate it!

  12. Re:Why rumors? by lewp · · Score: 2, Funny

    I usually start with some engorged, then follow it up with a good bit of moist.

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  13. Re:Why rumors? by ePhil_One · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm running Linux on a custom-built AMD Athlon system. I'm hardly a Mac zealot

    Good thing you Linux guys don't succomb to that "cult like following" stuff...

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