Except.Mac gives you basic web services, WebDAV file services, and free software in addition to POP and IMAP email services, allowing me to use whatever client I want. I thought Microsoft was all about choice;)
It's not a G5, it's a PPC970, completely different beasts. Not to mention neither Motorola or IBM have 2GHz chips in their roadmap until 2005. Bzzzt One point impossible
G4/G5 is a branding thing, or at the very least a processor family classification. The G4's are PPC74**'s, such as the 7450 in my PB. Apple would go with the term "G5" if only from a branding perspective.
- Up to 1GHz processor bus
1GHz bus? gimme a break. Intel hasn't yet reached this. Two points impossible
Don't take this as truth, but I have read that the processor:bus ratio for the 970 is 2:1, making the bus speed on the 2Ghz 1Ghz. This is in line with the graphic.
- AGP 8X Pro graphics options from NVIDIA or ATI
Almost believable, but for the moment Apple are phasing out the use of NVIDIA cards in their machines. I highly doubt they'll be used. Half a point impossible
Apple still uses NVIDIA as their low-end graphics card on the PM, and on one of the current PB (the 17" I think). Not impossible in the least
In regards to the "three" vs. "3" comment, look at this graphic:
It uses both the numeral and spelled out number. Some of the uses look like they were done to preserve spacing or lengthen a short sentence.
- Three USB 2.0 ports
The rest of Apples site would say "3 USB Ports" not "Three". Also, Apple have a long standing habit of using Firewire instead of USB 2.0. I take this as one point impossible
Apple has a long standing habit of using USB 1.1 as well as Firewire. Apple has always stated that both have their uses. People have been clamoring for USB 2.0 for a while now and there is no reason for Apple to not include it.
- One FireWire 800, two FireWire 400 ports
Once again use of the verbal "One" instead of the numeric. Only one FW800 port? Why would Apple stick with FireWire 400 anyway? I mark this impossible
FW400 and FW800 use different connectors. FW400 is for legacy devices and those that do not need to run at the new specs speed
- Optical and analog audio in and out
Bad grammar, but optical audio in a graphics machine? I'm sorry but this sounds like wishful thinking. One more point impossible.
Remember the Mac is also used in numbers in the video and audio fields. Both of these would benefit strongly from the use of optical audio.
All this being said, these still could not be the true specs but they are not outside the realm of possibility as you claim. We'll have to wait until Monday to find out for sure.
And this is a good reason why you can't count Quark 6 as a sure-fire winner yet. QXP6 won't save down to anything past Quark 5, unless they've changed something since the last beta I saw. That means to output a file to many pubs/print shops, you'll need to save that Quark 6 file down to 5, open it up again in 5, save it down to 4 and pray that nothing happened to your layout. Hell, I've got some pubs that won't accept anything but a Quark 3.32 file!
Combine this with the fact that Quark has re-written their print engine for the second time in two releases (and we all now how well recieved 5 was) so who knows what kind of PS will come out of that, and my decision to switch to ID seems pretty good. Besides which I can set my Adobe rep on any pub that has problems. All I get from my Quark rep is a message saying that her voice mail box is full.
that they'll not charge you for a very buggy OS update... oh wait, they want $129. Remind you of any software giant?
So you got that Windows XP upgrade for free, then? Right...
It's been two years since Apple charged for a version of 10.x.x. Version 10.1 was a free upgrade. Apple "full dot" releases are not just little "service packs", then are major revisions to the code. Fuckin' pay the money already and be happy for the next two years! And what's "very buggy" about the release? I've been using it for about two weeks now and not found a problem with it.
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Except .Mac gives you basic web services, WebDAV file services, and free software in addition to POP and IMAP email services, allowing me to use whatever client I want. I thought Microsoft was all about choice ;)
G4/G5 is a branding thing, or at the very least a processor family classification. The G4's are PPC74**'s, such as the 7450 in my PB. Apple would go with the term "G5" if only from a branding perspective.
Don't take this as truth, but I have read that the processor:bus ratio for the 970 is 2:1, making the bus speed on the 2Ghz 1Ghz. This is in line with the graphic.
Apple still uses NVIDIA as their low-end graphics card on the PM, and on one of the current PB (the 17" I think). Not impossible in the least
In regards to the "three" vs. "3" comment, look at this graphic:
Current PM Specs Graphic
It uses both the numeral and spelled out number. Some of the uses look like they were done to preserve spacing or lengthen a short sentence.
Apple has a long standing habit of using USB 1.1 as well as Firewire. Apple has always stated that both have their uses. People have been clamoring for USB 2.0 for a while now and there is no reason for Apple to not include it.
FW400 and FW800 use different connectors. FW400 is for legacy devices and those that do not need to run at the new specs speed
Remember the Mac is also used in numbers in the video and audio fields. Both of these would benefit strongly from the use of optical audio.
All this being said, these still could not be the true specs but they are not outside the realm of possibility as you claim. We'll have to wait until Monday to find out for sure.
And this is a good reason why you can't count Quark 6 as a sure-fire winner yet. QXP6 won't save down to anything past Quark 5, unless they've changed something since the last beta I saw. That means to output a file to many pubs/print shops, you'll need to save that Quark 6 file down to 5, open it up again in 5, save it down to 4 and pray that nothing happened to your layout. Hell, I've got some pubs that won't accept anything but a Quark 3.32 file!
Combine this with the fact that Quark has re-written their print engine for the second time in two releases (and we all now how well recieved 5 was) so who knows what kind of PS will come out of that, and my decision to switch to ID seems pretty good. Besides which I can set my Adobe rep on any pub that has problems. All I get from my Quark rep is a message saying that her voice mail box is full.