iMac G4? Powermac G5?
FACT: the G5 is on the way - it's been in Motorola and IBM's PPC roadmaps for ages and was supposed to have been finished by now.
FACT: a shareware developer has made reference to his software not working on the G5 (he could very well be yanking us).
FACT: Motorola is shipping the G4 Apollo.
A number of scenarios arise here:
1) the new iMacs will ship with G4s
2) the new iMacs ship with G3s, but the powermac line is divided between G5 and G4.
3) iMacs are G3 and powermacs are apollos.
Which scenario do you think is most likely? And why?
FACT: a shareware developer has made reference to his software not working on the G5 (he could very well be yanking us).
FACT: Motorola is shipping the G4 Apollo.
A number of scenarios arise here:
1) the new iMacs will ship with G4s
2) the new iMacs ship with G3s, but the powermac line is divided between G5 and G4.
3) iMacs are G3 and powermacs are apollos.
Which scenario do you think is most likely? And why?
Comments
[ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: Fran441 ]</p>
<strong>LCD's don't make much heat. All they have to worry about is the processor and if it's an Apollo then it's supposed to be cooler than a 7450 and they use the 7450 in laptops!</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't think he meant that the LCD would add to the heat, rather, that the reduced size of the enclosure would not have the same convection cooling properties of the current iMac design.
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It doesn't use any moving parts, no heat on it's own, and no noise. It's not really OUT there yet but soon... and Apple would be one of the first to use it i bet.
<strong>I think that as long as the G5s arrive the iMacs will have G4s.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think the iMac will get a G4 regardless. There is no rule book to go by here.
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I think the iMac will get a G4 regardless. There is no rule book to go by here.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You're right about that but I just don't see Apple having both with the same chip right now.
If Apple can not come through, they really need to make a statement denying false reports or the disappointment for MYSF will make the frustration with the last expo absolutely pale in comparison.
I know this has been said, but it seems more and more people are expecting greater and greater things.
They will not show new PBs with a combo drive but they need 2h for the keynote. We have the right to expect great news, don't we?
The Professional: G5 1.2,1.4,1.6Ghz
The Home user/Gamer/Semi Professional: G4 933,1Ghz
The LCD iMacs' would be just as interesting;
Since we know that IBM has the new 750 G3 with speeds up to 1Ghz this would be very possible as long as it doesn't violate any agreements with MOT. If it does, we might see the G4 7440 like the 667, 733, 867. This would be also acceptable in my view. I think the herd mentality is starting to realize that the megahertz myth has some validity. So having a G4 in the iMac wouldn't mean it necessarily has to beat the gigahertz mark.
I'm not sure how much I like the ideas, but it looks like (for once) there will be room enough for all the low-cost, non-miniaturized innards requisite for a consumer-priced machine. This is also why I do not buy many of the schemes that have it the size of a flat-panel monitor alone.
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<strong>LCD's don't make much heat. All they have to worry about is the processor and if it's an Apollo then it's supposed to be cooler than a 7450 and they use the 7450 in laptops!</strong><hr></blockquote>
ya know A friend of mine has the icebook and I was using it, I couldn't feel ANY heat on my lap
I was amazed, it was the first laptop I'd ever used that didn't leave me worried about my sperm count!
the Dell inspirion is an okay laptop(for a Pc, its got nothing on the tibook though)
but after using it for like 2 minutes my lap is in flames, that thing has a fan too!