Who da man?

thttht
Posted:
in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Time to grade the prognosticators. I think I did pretty well myself



Here's my post on 11-23-01:



[quote]

<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000055"; target="_blank">The realistic MWSF '02 thread</a>

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Here's my prediction:

iMac - $799

Same form factor - only one version available

600 MHz PowerPC 750cxe

128 MB PC100 SDRAM (100 MHz bus)

Rage 128 w/16MB

30 GB ATA/66 drive

CD-RW

2 USB + 2 Firewire (400 Mbit/s)

100 MBit/s Ethernet

Airport optional



iMac DL (Digital Lifestyle) - $1299 to $1699

iPOD like form factor - 15 x 14 x 2 inches with white front and clear coat steel back

15.1 TFT screen

600, 733 MHz PowerPC 7440/7450 (no backside cache)

128, 256 MByte PC133 SDRAM (133 MHz bus)

Radeon w/32MB

40, 60 MByte ATA/66 drive

Combo, Superdrive opticals

2 USB + 2 Firewire (400 Mbit/s)

100 MBit/s

Airport optional



Power Macintosh G4 - $1699 to $2999

Same form factor - El Capitan case is 3 years old in MWSF02, how much more can they squeeze out of this thing? But I think they want to wait for MWNY02.

800, 933, 1067, 933x2 PowerPC 7460 w/2MB backside cache

256 to 512 MByte of PC2100 DDR SDRAM

GeForce 3 w/64 MB

60, 80, 100 GByte drives

Combo, Superdrive opticals

2 USB + 2 Firewire (800 Mbit/s)

Gigabit Ethernet

Airport optional

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So how'd you do?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    kedakeda Posts: 722member
    Wow, good job.



    So whats your call for the G5? I think MWNY.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    maskermasker Posts: 451member
    Looks like you are about 68% accurate....





    Let's see a 69 is a "F". You get a F.







    MSKR
  • Reply 3 of 10
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    Um, 68% is a high D.
  • Reply 4 of 10
    maskermasker Posts: 451member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

    <strong>Um, 68% is a high D.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I'm using the seven point scale.... the ten point scale is for flunkies...





    MSKR
  • Reply 5 of 10
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Good job. Pretty close.
  • Reply 6 of 10
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    THT gets extra points for not pretending he saw the hardware last week.



    A+.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    sizzle chestsizzle chest Posts: 1,133member
    THT, those are/were good guesses, but I'm curious why you thought there would be FOUR Powermacs instead of the usual three?
  • Reply 8 of 10
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    aN F, not a F



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  • Reply 9 of 10
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by sizzle chest:

    <strong>THT, those are/were good guesses, but I'm curious why you thought there would be FOUR Powermacs instead of the usual three?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    There've been 4 in the past. MWSF '01 had the 466, 533, 667, and 733. I'm pretty sure the B & W G3s had 4 models too.
  • Reply 10 of 10
    thttht Posts: 5,447member
    Considering that many grades are given on a curve, I think I was doing pretty well at 68% No, I think I just got pretty lucky.



    I was seriously off on FireWire 1394b and DDR SDRAM which was more hope than sheer logic on my part. 1394b will not be for awhile yet, maybe not even in 2002 because the hardware is relatively immature and the final specs are barely even there.



    And I think I finally figured out why Moto won't implement a DDR MPX bus (in order to support DDR SDRAM). They just don't want to go through the effort of modifying the current MPC107 memory controller let alone developing a new memory controller to support a DDR MPX bus. DDR should be relatively simple to implement, maybe one new signal pin. It's just mystifying that they didn't do it for the 7445/7455. Maybe not even the 7460.



    DDR SDRAM will probably have to wait for the mythical G5.
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