my crystal ball....
iBook:
The iBook will get updated in late may, early June. Processor speed will jump to a 700Mhz G3 across the board. A 100Mhz system bus will also become standard. The video memory will get bumped to 16MB, although the type of card that will be used is unknown. Note: This will be the last revision before the iBook moves over to a G4 sometime in Q1 of 2003.
PowerBook G4:
Nothing major is in store for the TiBook for the rest of the year. Except a small speed bump in mid fall. 800Mhz and 1Ghz G4's will be powering the next revision. As usual, they will have 256k of L2 and 1MB of L3. Although, the L3 cache could jump to 2MB using a new G4 chip.
PowerMac G4:
The PowerMac will undergo a major overhaul this summer. Apple is furiously working on a new motherboard in hopes that Motorola can deliver its 7470 G4 in time this summer. Meanwhile, Motorola is furiously working on the 7470/7460 versions of the G4.
Here is a brief run down of what might come this summer:
7470 G4 (1.0Ghz, 1.13Ghz, 1.26Ghz)
512k L2 cache
4MB DDR L3 cache
266Mhz DDR RAM bus (supporting up to 2GB)
ATA-100 support
4X AGP
iMac G4:
The next revision to the iMac will come in late summer or early fall. The speed of the top model will move up to 1Ghz while the low end comes in at 800Mhz. (7455 G4 most likely) Both will sport 256k of on chip L2 cache. The iMac will move to a 133Mhz system bus. 4X AGP might come with this revision, but will likely come in the revision after. People might say that a 1Ghz iMac would cannibalize PowerMac sales. Apple would disagree citing the many system advantages on a PowerMac over an iMac. (ATA-100, DDR-RAM, L3 Cache, etc)
Xserve:
This new bad boy will get updated regularly along side or slightly after Tower revisions.
iMac G3:
After the iMac G4 gets its speed bump we will see the very quiet reintroduction of the 700Mhz G3 iMac from last year. 600Mhz and 700Mhz G3's will then power the CRT gumdrop.
Notice that three of the four products here now have 1Ghz G4's powering them. Hint: it's not by accident
as always: all of the above is pure speculation, any relation to future product revisions is pure coincidence. This message has been brought to you by the letters: U, R, and Q. And the Numbers 4, 9, and 2.
edit: spelling
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The iBook will get updated in late may, early June. Processor speed will jump to a 700Mhz G3 across the board. A 100Mhz system bus will also become standard. The video memory will get bumped to 16MB, although the type of card that will be used is unknown. Note: This will be the last revision before the iBook moves over to a G4 sometime in Q1 of 2003.
PowerBook G4:
Nothing major is in store for the TiBook for the rest of the year. Except a small speed bump in mid fall. 800Mhz and 1Ghz G4's will be powering the next revision. As usual, they will have 256k of L2 and 1MB of L3. Although, the L3 cache could jump to 2MB using a new G4 chip.
PowerMac G4:
The PowerMac will undergo a major overhaul this summer. Apple is furiously working on a new motherboard in hopes that Motorola can deliver its 7470 G4 in time this summer. Meanwhile, Motorola is furiously working on the 7470/7460 versions of the G4.
Here is a brief run down of what might come this summer:
7470 G4 (1.0Ghz, 1.13Ghz, 1.26Ghz)
512k L2 cache
4MB DDR L3 cache
266Mhz DDR RAM bus (supporting up to 2GB)
ATA-100 support
4X AGP
iMac G4:
The next revision to the iMac will come in late summer or early fall. The speed of the top model will move up to 1Ghz while the low end comes in at 800Mhz. (7455 G4 most likely) Both will sport 256k of on chip L2 cache. The iMac will move to a 133Mhz system bus. 4X AGP might come with this revision, but will likely come in the revision after. People might say that a 1Ghz iMac would cannibalize PowerMac sales. Apple would disagree citing the many system advantages on a PowerMac over an iMac. (ATA-100, DDR-RAM, L3 Cache, etc)
Xserve:
This new bad boy will get updated regularly along side or slightly after Tower revisions.
iMac G3:
After the iMac G4 gets its speed bump we will see the very quiet reintroduction of the 700Mhz G3 iMac from last year. 600Mhz and 700Mhz G3's will then power the CRT gumdrop.
Notice that three of the four products here now have 1Ghz G4's powering them. Hint: it's not by accident
as always: all of the above is pure speculation, any relation to future product revisions is pure coincidence. This message has been brought to you by the letters: U, R, and Q. And the Numbers 4, 9, and 2.
edit: spelling
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Comments
PBook max 1 GHz G4
iBook max 1 GHz G3
If Apple can get the 7470 into the towers this summer and start it at 1GHz, I agree the iMac can safely go to 1GHz on the top as well a few months later.
Notice that three of the four products here now have 1Ghz G4's powering them. Hint: it's not by accident <hr></blockquote>
Would this perhaps be the old "Gigahertz coming out party?" Why would it not be
"by accident?"
Puzzled.
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
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The iMac G3:
Yes, this product will be around for a little while longer. It is a key product in the sub-1,000 market. (remember, Apple sold 125,000 CRT iMac's last quarter) This product is still a money maker for the company. Little to no R&D is needed and all have been manufactured before, so there is little setup/building costs. This little gumdrop will be around until Apple can offer a competitively priced LCD iMac, which doesn't appear to be anytime soon.
Note: If it is around long enough, this might be the only computer that uses the "Saraha" G3 chip from IBM.
PowerBook G4: The Superdrive Question...
Those expecting the Superdrive to make it into the TiBook this year will be disappointed. Fear not though, Apple WILL be the first to put one in a laptop. It is one of the top priorities for the TiBook engineering team at Apple right now. MacWorld Tokoyo is a probable release date.
as always: all of the above is pure speculation, any relation to future product revisions is pure coincidence. This message has been brought to you by the letters T, I, and H. And the numbers 7, 2, and 1.
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<strong>A few more things:</strong><hr></blockquote>
How about the pricing? Will it stay the same? I can imagine that for certain components Apple might find suppliers that are cheaper. Any news on the LCD screens?
Along with new towers will come a new price tag. A brand new logic board and CPU architecture means lots of R&D money to make up for. Expect prices on towers to go North before they go South. Prices on all other products will most likely remain the same.
AppleWorks 7:
After much anticipation, AppleWorks 7 will be released sometime later this year. In a bid to get even more people to switch over to OS X, AppleWorks 7 will most likely be OS X only. Hot cocoa anyone? AppleWorks 6 will get one last small revision for users of OS 8-9.
as always: all of the above is pure speculation, any relation to future product revisions is pure coincidence. This message has been brought to you by the letters U, P, and J. And the numbers 6, 3, and 4.
I think that the 7470 is plan B and that plan A is a G5 (or 7500 hopefully).
If we have a G4 at max 1.13 Ghz, i'll be very disappointed and i'm sure i will not be alone. DDR or not. The best situation will be a mix between the two:
Dual G4 @ 1.0 GHz (FSB & SDRAM 133)- G5 @ 1.13 Ghz - G5 @ 1.2 Ghz (FSB 500 & DDR 333)
Maybe this is crazy... but they are the crazy one
And that is educated speculation.
G-News
"If you have nothing good to say, don't say it at all."
If Apple can only muster a 1.13 GHz chip , I think they wouldn't announce one at all. They would be the laughing stock of MWNY if all they went from was 1 Ghz to 1.13.
That's why I would suspect something faster, perhaps 1.4 GHz?
They could still update the iBooks and the iMacs and let the PowerMacs fall even more behind.
I think we'll see a 2GHz G5 announced at MWNY...shipping in 2005.
G-news
They're are either going to do something big for the apple tech community & the design industry, or they're just going to play it safe and try to blow away the design people.
Any opinions on Bluetooth and other possible smokescreens?
<strong>If it's 1.26GHz on the top, then it's goodbye Apple for me. Asserting that 1.26GHz is disappointing is an understatement.</strong><hr></blockquote>
WooHoo! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
As far as speed goes I am not sure why you are so desperate for much faster machines. I can do most of the things I want without any speed problems, I can only type so fast. Video rendering is the only area where a speed boost could make a significant impact, hoiwever I suspect that few of those complaining are doing that for a living on the Mac platform, there will be some.
What is certain is that Apple is on a roll now, new products, upgrades, designs are all coming out thick and fast. Apple is extreemly aware of the processor speed gap and I have every confidence that this is their number one priority. We may not see this issue resolved by MWNY but it will be resolved. I see Steve Jobs as the Colin Chapman of computers, beating the opposition by design and inovation with few resources.
I think we will eventuality see PowerMacs with:-
Up to 4 x 120GB raid arrays ATA133
DDR
2GHZ + processor speeds
Fully optomised OS and coco apps.
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but it would be a nightmare to have only a G4 @ 1.26 Ghz max... my expectations are the following: Dual 1.4 Ghz - FSB & RAM DDR - ATA 100 or 133 - Faster SuperDrive. I'm not asking too much i think