Unless it's the hour and booze talking we both agree; the iMac G5 is mid cycle. Very true the averages are slightly misleading because of some random introductions. What I really like about the tool is a simple easy way to keep the introduction dates correct in my own memory. To compliment this use Apple History to see further back in history and see the actual specs of the machines in question.
When Tiger was first shown to developers at WWDC in June of 04 Apple said it would be released during the first Half 2005. At Macworld earlier this month it was still 1H05. I'm calling for July with a slip to "Summer" aka first day of fall still possible.
My Mac buying advice is pick what you want and if it's not recently refreshed wait for the update and then buy that hardware. I don't know if I would hold out for Tiger at this point in time. It looks to be Six months of waiting vs $129. Your call.
I submit to you the mac buyers guide. Now I dont care for rumor sites but this is a excellent tool to keep track of dates and averages between product cycles. They rate the iMac as neutral and I'd agree. But I would hold out the week or so until the PM, PB etc get updated. Who knows a refresh even if it does not touch the iMac could lower prices or open up other options on the second hand market.
UT 200x isn't actually that hard on graphics - it is hard on CPU. So having a G5 will make a lot of difference. No wonder my 1Ghz G4 + GF4Ti plays it so well, I was surprised.
Sadly Doom 3 is not out for us yet. That said the 9200 should play every other current Mac game out there. That is pretty damn good coming from apple on the cheapest system they have ever sold.
Also I believe Tiger has some extra graphical stuff which require pixel shader 2.0, which the 9200 doesn't have either. It'll still run, but all of the important eye-candy won't. No it does not, but 1) Core Image/Video is not finalized 2) Apple has pulled the list of supported cards (some speculate they will somehow support more...) and 3) All you will miss out is stuff like ripple effects when you drop widgets etc. Someday in the future there may be some ultra cool application that requires the GPU to do special effects but then as long as it's not realtime the CPU can do it, even if slowly.
Please please please look up apples docs on this operation. I have a MDD and I seem to recall holding it for 30 seconds to do the reset. Look up exactly what apple recommends to do, it will be worth the time investment over possibly damaging your mac.
People really need to get off the blog hate. As you illustrate blogs allow developers to communicate about they are up to, plan, collaborate and discuss who something of mutual interest should progress. Now take this and build it out and you can see mothers discussing parenting, cooking, stocks, movies, what have you. I look at blogs and see the fulfillment of the original promise of the web. Allowing normal people to have their own sites and put up whatever they want to share with the world. Nothing more nothing less./minor rant
Come on I've built many computers and it usually takes less then an hour. Take on a few for pricing components/ Frys run for most of the people here it is a loss of $50 or so. As another poster already said it is fun and education. Worst case it costs a few more hours another 100 or so.
When it comes to a 1500+ mac (ie Tower) I can see this argument and it's hard to claim they spend THAT many hours. Now with the mini I don't see it....
bad bad bad.
A user on our ACM system had a bad file upload script. Forgot about it and someone uploaded a cli php script not much more complex then that. Used that to start a DOS attack on undernet and do other bad things about the system.
The law of technology topics as my professor used to say. The more complicated sounding the name the simpler the idea is. The simpler it sounds the more complicated it really is.
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but the lynx is 15 years older!
Unless it's the hour and booze talking we both agree; the iMac G5 is mid cycle. Very true the averages are slightly misleading because of some random introductions. What I really like about the tool is a simple easy way to keep the introduction dates correct in my own memory.
To compliment this use Apple History to see further back in history and see the actual specs of the machines in question.
When Tiger was first shown to developers at WWDC in June of 04 Apple said it would be released during the first Half 2005. At Macworld earlier this month it was still 1H05. I'm calling for July with a slip to "Summer" aka first day of fall still possible.
My Mac buying advice is pick what you want and if it's not recently refreshed wait for the update and then buy that hardware. I don't know if I would hold out for Tiger at this point in time. It looks to be Six months of waiting vs $129. Your call.
no.
I submit to you the mac buyers guide. Now I dont care for rumor sites but this is a excellent tool to keep track of dates and averages between product cycles. They rate the iMac as neutral and I'd agree. But I would hold out the week or so until the PM, PB etc get updated. Who knows a refresh even if it does not touch the iMac could lower prices or open up other options on the second hand market.
UT 200x isn't actually that hard on graphics - it is hard on CPU. So having a G5 will make a lot of difference.
No wonder my 1Ghz G4 + GF4Ti plays it so well, I was surprised.
Sadly Doom 3 is not out for us yet. That said the 9200 should play every other current Mac game out there. That is pretty damn good coming from apple on the cheapest system they have ever sold.
Also I believe Tiger has some extra graphical stuff which require pixel shader 2.0, which the 9200 doesn't have either. It'll still run, but all of the important eye-candy won't.
No it does not, but 1) Core Image/Video is not finalized 2) Apple has pulled the list of supported cards (some speculate they will somehow support more...) and 3) All you will miss out is stuff like ripple effects when you drop widgets etc. Someday in the future there may be some ultra cool application that requires the GPU to do special effects but then as long as it's not realtime the CPU can do it, even if slowly.
WWDC is in June, MWNY is in July. Not sure about MWTokyo which was around Feb/March.
oh, and keep dreaming.
Please please please look up apples docs on this operation. I have a MDD and I seem to recall holding it for 30 seconds to do the reset. Look up exactly what apple recommends to do, it will be worth the time investment over possibly damaging your mac.
People really need to get off the blog hate. As you illustrate blogs allow developers to communicate about they are up to, plan, collaborate and discuss who something of mutual interest should progress. Now take this and build it out and you can see mothers discussing parenting, cooking, stocks, movies, what have you. I look at blogs and see the fulfillment of the original promise of the web. Allowing normal people to have their own sites and put up whatever they want to share with the world. Nothing more nothing less. /minor rant
"Internet Time" is now controlled by 19th Century bureaucrats. ;-)
And it only took 15 years! Now that is progress!
But iTunes and the iPod will play many other formats.
this one is too easy. Aliens.
Come on I've built many computers and it usually takes less then an hour. Take on a few for pricing components/ Frys run for most of the people here it is a loss of $50 or so. As another poster already said it is fun and education. Worst case it costs a few more hours another 100 or so.
When it comes to a 1500+ mac (ie Tower) I can see this argument and it's hard to claim they spend THAT many hours. Now with the mini I don't see it....
XP Pro for one, but that will not make up such a difference. So probably the smaller mother board costs without volume to push the price down.
Apple announced it last week. Want to really blow your mind? Dell things it's Q3 05
yup only the automator article is new, but it's all good info that I had not seen before so I included links to them as well.
bad bad bad. A user on our ACM system had a bad file upload script. Forgot about it and someone uploaded a cli php script not much more complex then that. Used that to start a DOS attack on undernet and do other bad things about the system.
no, it has a fan in the back.
thanks. Should have thought about wikipedia, oh well. Probably wouldn't catch the one anyway.
I don't get it
It's that place some call the old world which American and Japanese companies always seem to give the shaft.
I think it was 4 when they were back in $YEAR_MOVIE_WAS_MADE and he tried talking into a Mac Plus' mouse.
and then we can dream we will be as successful in the "War on SPAM(TM)" as we are in our "War on Terror(TM)" and "War on Drugs(TM)"
The law of technology topics as my professor used to say. The more complicated sounding the name the simpler the idea is. The simpler it sounds the more complicated it really is.
/me hands robyannetta a cookie.