BigC- I have the Cinema Display so i can only imagine how sweet the 23" HD is </strong><hr></blockquote>
Couldn't live without the ACD.. The 23" is but an Apple update away (lot of money though, but I'll expense it off) wonder what it will be like with dual monitors (23" and 22").
For what it's worth, this thread's initial post has some clear merit. January 27 was the initial, tentative release date for the new hardware. We first were told the 27th date during Macworld Expo/San Francisco, but learned this week the the date has been changed. It's possible that this will be the weekend after iLife is released. -Nick
<strong><semantic> afaik there was no declaration of war. sure, military action was authorised by congress, but only to liberate Kuwait. there was no political will to start seeing allied body bags pile up by pushing heavily into Iraq.</strong><hr></blockquote>
we have only declared war 5 times in our (US) history. Revolutionary, 1812, mexican-american(or was it spanish-american??), WWI, WWII.
Could we see the release of Power Macs and iMacs with the Gobi chip as rumoured <a href="http://macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20030122.php"; target="_blank">here.</a> I thnk it is possible, I can't rember if the Gobi chip had a VPU.
[quote] For what it's worth, this thread's initial post has some clear merit. January 27 was the initial, tentative release date for the new hardware. We first were told the 27th date during Macworld Expo/San Francisco, but learned this week the the date has been changed. It's possible that this will be the weekend after iLife is released. -Nick <hr></blockquote>
hey thanks nick...at least i have thinksecret covering my back on this info...even if i did steal the info from some crystal meth guy from up north of me....g
I have to admit I'm very curious about what they'll release. I have this sneaking suspicion that they're going to significantly, if not radically, tweak their low end models.
Maybe it's just the MWSF hangover, but the whole-year stagnation of the iMac and eMac, combined with the out-of-the-blue announcements at MWSF, make me think they've got something unexpected in the works.
No inside info, as usual. Just a nagging feeling. No, it's not meth withdrawal.
hey, Apple let the iMac stagnate for an entire year now. i bet its gonna do the same thing with the power macs, and just get by with pathetically underrated specs until IBM can ship enough 970's. then, next september, BAM, we all get wowed with new power macs. of course it'll be a long, dry, painful road to get there, but its not like 1.4GHz chips from Motorola would really ease the pain that much.
You've got a dual-gig and can't wait any longer to upgrade??!!? G3/266 here...I'm the one who can't wait any more. As soon as I get my tax refund I'm buying a new PM
Apple's gotta make some moves besides the whole "Year of the Laptop" thing. I envision some problems with that already -- namely huge numbers of preorders with some people not getting their fancy new machines until late March or April, perhaps even May. We've seen it before. I don't know if the PowerMac market can hold between now and September (which is when I would think the 970-equipped macs would ship). Apple's gotta make some kind of bold consumer move again --- reinvigorate the success they had with the original iMac and white iBook (which is still a mainstay for Apple). I don't know, but I think we'll be surprised again as we [almost] were on January 7. I'd love to see them scrap the eMac and just send out a desktop like we had back with the G3s (which my family too still has, Derrick -- a 266 beige desktop). I think Apple could do something very nice in that arena -- a cheap-er (not necessarily cheap, mind you) tower or desktop with a PCI slot or two...or three.
I'm slugging along with my 233 Bondi Blue iMac running Jaguar and continuing my Surfin' with Safari! My 12" Powerbook is still a few weeks out, I guess its because I upped the specs to the max 640/60 + SuperDrive. I'm going nuts waiting! I can't install the new software I bought because my current machine has no drive space available. Reminds me of my MacPlus. Long live the 68k!
You've got a dual-gig and can't wait any longer to upgrade??!!? G3/266 here...I'm the one who can't wait any more. As soon as I get my tax refund I'm buying a new PM</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well if they come out with Dual 1.4's and 200 MHz FSB, it will be more than 50% faster than what I have (which is my minimum percentage increase point for updating). Speed increase along with faster I/O with the DDR setup is worth it (YMMV).
If you read the thread you'd know that someone was mistaken when they thought the 27th was also the day the Persian Gulf War started which was in reference to a sarcastic reply about Saddam having a cache of 970s.
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No, the 27th is when Mr. Blix is scheduled to make his report to the UN security council. The 27th also seems to be the latest date we are all infatuated with for Jobs to release a product. Coincidence? I think not!
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hehe, east coast US.
BigC- I have the Cinema Display so i can only imagine how sweet the 23" HD is
Couldn't live without the ACD.. The 23" is but an Apple update away (lot of money though, but I'll expense it off) wonder what it will be like with dual monitors (23" and 22").
<a href="http://www.thinksecret.com/news/ilifehardwaredelay.html"; target="_blank">http://www.thinksecret.com/news/ilifehardwaredelay.html</A>;
Sounds good to me.
Fish
<strong><semantic> afaik there was no declaration of war. sure, military action was authorised by congress, but only to liberate Kuwait. there was no political will to start seeing allied body bags pile up by pushing heavily into Iraq.</strong><hr></blockquote>
we have only declared war 5 times in our (US) history. Revolutionary, 1812, mexican-american(or was it spanish-american??), WWI, WWII.
In any case, I'd like to see updated iMacs...
iBook, maybe.
hey thanks nick...at least i have thinksecret covering my back on this info...even if i did steal the info from some crystal meth guy from up north of me....g
Maybe it's just the MWSF hangover, but the whole-year stagnation of the iMac and eMac, combined with the out-of-the-blue announcements at MWSF, make me think they've got something unexpected in the works.
No inside info, as usual. Just a nagging feeling. No, it's not meth withdrawal.
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Speed Kills
Yeah...kills Pentium 4s! :cool:
just a theory.
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Yep, ordered my DP gigger on Jan 28, 2002. Still a good machine, but ready for any new machine. Can't wait any longer.
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You've got a dual-gig and can't wait any longer to upgrade??!!? G3/266 here...I'm the one who can't wait any more. As soon as I get my tax refund I'm buying a new PM
That'd be nice...
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You've got a dual-gig and can't wait any longer to upgrade??!!? G3/266 here...I'm the one who can't wait any more. As soon as I get my tax refund I'm buying a new PM</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well if they come out with Dual 1.4's and 200 MHz FSB, it will be more than 50% faster than what I have (which is my minimum percentage increase point for updating). Speed increase along with faster I/O with the DDR setup is worth it (YMMV).
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If you read the thread you'd know that someone was mistaken when they thought the 27th was also the day the Persian Gulf War started which was in reference to a sarcastic reply about Saddam having a cache of 970s.
No, the 27th is when Mr. Blix is scheduled to make his report to the UN security council. The 27th also seems to be the latest date we are all infatuated with for Jobs to release a product. Coincidence? I think not!
remind me to not use subtle humor in this group