G-5's 1.6 arrived at my office today

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  • Reply 101 of 283
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Multimedia

    Well then you are BLIND. It is obviously a large pile of G5 boxes and it is REAL. They got 40 yesterday.



    Now that I look closer, yes, they are vaguely reminiscent of G5 boxes. But it looks like it's backwards or something...huh.
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  • Reply 102 of 283
    the data from the "system profiler" would be the most important information to be gleaned from this machine.
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  • Reply 103 of 283
    msanttimsantti Posts: 1,377member
    I promise when I get mine, I will post in depth details, system profile and everything.



    Whenever that may be. \
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  • Reply 104 of 283
    multimediamultimedia Posts: 1,061member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    Now that I look closer, yes, they are vaguely reminiscent of G5 boxes. But it looks like it's backwards or something...huh.



    Yes it is backwards because it was taken with an iSight camera and grabbed from iChatAV's Video Preference Pane. \
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  • Reply 105 of 283
    kaikai Posts: 8member
    Forget about Altivec Fractal Carbon!!



    It prolly has a few DSTs and DCBZs in its Altivec-Code!



    Better go with Gaston , it looks WAY better anyway and the guy just released a G5-Version a few hours ago especially for the chosen few that get their shipments first! ;-)

    That thing is heavily optimized for Altivec (also G5, as said!) *and* SMP, so a Dual 2GHz should really fly!



    See "run benchmark" in the Pulldown-Menues!



    Best known score to beat: 0.47fps / 2.143s on a Dual 1.25GHz MDD!



    For more Scores see here .
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  • Reply 106 of 283
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Multimedia

    Yes it is backwards because it was taken with an iSight camera and grabbed from iChatAV's Video Preference Pane. \



    Why the heck does iC AV flip the grabs?
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  • Reply 107 of 283
    The keyboard is the same as the emac, no new mouse, though the mouse has two plastic "grips" on the left and right, which are not on the mouse that came with my G4, they don't have any function though. The keyboard has the usb ports on the rear instead of the sides. I'll try some more benchmarks soon, and I'll get up more pics as soon as I can
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  • Reply 108 of 283
    Thanks richcigar! You are upholding your duties as the first G5 owner!



    I take this to mean however, that you did not photograph the out of box experience?
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  • Reply 109 of 283
    multimediamultimedia Posts: 1,061member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    Why the heck does iC AV flip the grabs?



    Could have been flipped in Preview before it was posted. iChatAV reverses the image so it is like a mirror and thus easier for you to compose yourself in the camera for the other person on the other end.
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  • Reply 110 of 283
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    <off topic> it only flips the local feedback image, not the one broadcast to the other party</>



    We're so hungry for details now... I'm surprised that the stanford store hasn't been completely overrun.
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  • Reply 111 of 283
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    The single cpu G5 really is 'missing something'.....



    maybe I am just too used to the dual one.
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  • Reply 112 of 283
    kcmackcmac Posts: 1,051member
    I still ain't buyin into this....
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  • Reply 113 of 283
    jobjob Posts: 420member
    Macrumors has some actual benchmarks.



    They are from a stock 1.6 system.



    Go. Check. It. Now.
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  • Reply 114 of 283
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dfiler

    <off topic> it only flips the local feedback image, not the one broadcast to the other party</off topic>



    <off topic reply>As fate would have it, the PC Magazine review of iSight reads: "Oddly, images from our iSight were mirror-flipped, rendering text unreadable." They must not have asked the folks on the other end of the feed what they saw.</off topic reply>
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  • Reply 115 of 283
    Quote:

    Originally posted by job

    Macrumors has some actual benchmarks.



    They are from a stock 1.6 system.



    Go. Check. It. Now.




    For convenience, this is the site MacRumors refers to.
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  • Reply 116 of 283
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    <off-topic reply to off-topic reply>People tend to be far more comfortable looking at their mirror image than their "real" image, since one seldom sees one's face as others see it. Unless your face is symmetrical, you'll like the mirror image better chances are. Then again, perhaps if you've used webcams for a long time maybe it's annoying? (anyone shave using a webcam instead of a mirror?) But Apple should make a toggle for when you need/want to change it.</off-topic reply to off-topic reply>
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  • Reply 117 of 283
    jobjob Posts: 420member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LudwigVan

    For convenience, this is the site MacRumors refers to.



    True. It is the other site of the guy who runs Macrumors.
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  • Reply 118 of 283
    Quote:

    Originally posted by job

    True. It is the other site of the guy who runs Macrumors.



    My best Johnny Carson impression: "I did not know that."



    Taps pencil.



    Straightens tie.
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  • Reply 119 of 283
    multimediamultimedia Posts: 1,061member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by job

    Macrumors has some actual benchmarks.



    They are from a stock 1.6 system.



    Go. Check. It. Now.




    Would someone please analize these numbers. They mean nothing to me. What do they mean to someone who understands them please?
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  • Reply 120 of 283
    fotnsfotns Posts: 301member
    Well the Cinebench scores are only slightly better than what my two year old 1400MHz Athlon achieves.
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