1.25ghz dual processors :)
.......well i guess it's going to be "current hardware" tomorrow
Apple will unveil new Power Mac G4 systems tomorrow, MacMinute has learned. Sources inform us that three configurations will be offered: dual-867MHz (US$1,699), dual-1GHz ($2,499), and dual-1.25GHz ($3,299). The dual-1GHz and dual-1.25GHz models will feature ATI Radeon 9000 series graphics cards; additional system-specific details are not available. The dual-867MHz configuration is slated to ship by the end of the week, while the new dual-1GHz model will ship towards the end of the month. Availability of the high-end dual-1.25GHz model is being pegged at sometime in September. Current Power Mac G4 systems will be reduced in price as follows: 800MHz ($1,299), 933MHz ($1,499) and dual-1GHz ($2,199). Additionally, Apple will introduce a SuperDrive-equipped eMac for $1,499, sources say, and will reduce the price of CD-RW and Combo Drive iMacs by $100 to $1,299 and $1,499, respectively.
Apple will unveil new Power Mac G4 systems tomorrow, MacMinute has learned. Sources inform us that three configurations will be offered: dual-867MHz (US$1,699), dual-1GHz ($2,499), and dual-1.25GHz ($3,299). The dual-1GHz and dual-1.25GHz models will feature ATI Radeon 9000 series graphics cards; additional system-specific details are not available. The dual-867MHz configuration is slated to ship by the end of the week, while the new dual-1GHz model will ship towards the end of the month. Availability of the high-end dual-1.25GHz model is being pegged at sometime in September. Current Power Mac G4 systems will be reduced in price as follows: 800MHz ($1,299), 933MHz ($1,499) and dual-1GHz ($2,199). Additionally, Apple will introduce a SuperDrive-equipped eMac for $1,499, sources say, and will reduce the price of CD-RW and Combo Drive iMacs by $100 to $1,299 and $1,499, respectively.
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One word for the low end model : Acceptable
Overall impression. Again, one word: YAWN
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if the new powermacs are coming out in september [forecasted shipping date]........
wouldn't that mean there's a really low chance of a new powermac [or bigger speedbump] for MWSF '03???
would they release another powermac just 4 months after the previous one?
<strong>i was thinking..........
if the new powermacs are coming out in september [forecasted shipping date]........
wouldn't that mean there's a really low chance of a new powermac [or bigger speedbump] for MWSF '03???
would they release another powermac just 4 months after the previous one?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes. The whole idea that Apple doesn't relaes things as fast as they can make them is the dumbest, most pernicious myth on the internet. The very fact that they are often moreg uilty of annoucing new products and not being able to ship them for 3-4 weeks indicates they are doing they're absolute best to get stuff out as fast as possible.....
If they have something faster in 3 months, they will release it.
Jet
The reason updates have taken so long is because there hasn't been much to update to. If something better is available, then it'll come out as soon as possible thereafter.
If it's got a 333 FSB, we're going to see some very large speed increases. I'm betting against that, but even a 166 with xserve-style DDR will be a tidy boost.
But I'm still pissed about the price increases.
<strong>One word for the high end model : Lame
One word for the low end model : Acceptable
Overall impression. Again, one word: YAWN
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Did you really expect anything better, Leonis?
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Did you really expect anything better, Leonis?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I was expecting 1.4 dual
Now with 1.25Ghz top Apple better put a real DDR mobo and 4MB of L3 cache. And DON'T increase the price!
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<strong>But the price increase just doesn't make any sense</strong><hr></blockquote>
You've got a point there.
Personally, I'm quite pleased with these yet-to-be-confirmed "leaked" specs. Over twice the effective processing power(theoretically) for only $100 more, I can't(and neither should anyone else, really) complain about that!!
I also beleive that people are too hung up on the numerical "MHz number". The real performance increases are going to come from increased throughput to the processor due to the motherboard redesign.
-Dual 867
You want a speed increase, look for a faster bus. If rumors are correct, we'll see a 166 MHz bus in the upcoming towers, with double pumped DDR memory at 333 MHz. That alone will make a significant speed difference. Combined with a 250 MHz jump in clock speed, and all the speed increases in Jaguar... prepare to be far more impressed than you figured you would be with a dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac.
Of course what will make a massive difference is IBM's "Power5", with oh, I don't know, a 400 or 500 MHz bus.
If it's the same as the leaked pics, though, well that sucks.
Apple desperatly want the PowerMacs to bwe the best out there, they've succeeded in getting DDR-RAM, faster bus speeds and quality video cards into the machines.
They are still hamstrung by Motorolas crappy processors, but by taking the fastest processors they can get in decent numbers and putting two in each machine to give them that 'workstation' feel, they'll pull enough power to at least keep their heads above water until the new IBM processor hits in early 2003.
Jaguar is the other half of the solution, QE and the multi-threaded (and hopefully now cocoa-written) Finder will combine with the hardware changes to make a formidable system, although we'll still get mocked for low processor speeds...
I'll be interested to see how apple markets dual 1.25ghz CPU's, some clever spin on twice the power or something I guess.
I know it's not what we want, G5 etc... but G5 is only really what Apple will call the next generation whether it's PPC, Power4, Intel, AMD, Sparc or whatever...
I'll be prepared to buy the top end machine, partly because i need it and partly because Apple have obviously tried there hardest to give me what we've been screaming for.
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