I am still bummed. In two years or less, I won't be able to buy PPC software. Just watch. I think I have to return mine to Amazon and take the 20% hit. I don't know. I am really pissed off...that's all I really know.
Hey, SDW, are you bummed or what?
I think we all got the message; but then you got the tax deduction in 2005! Think on the bright side
no way the new UNiversal software will probalbe go on for a long time, look at the g4 or g3 they were different cpus mans. think about it would be like 5years at least when they will stop for the powerpc man.
oh the 2-3 times binary that is nothing to report apple, hello if you were speaking about movie editing, photos then talk about it.
i have a g5 imac 17" that i final got friday the 6th. (DAMN FEDEX) and all i need to do is upgrade for more memory and a 10,000 rpm hard drive then the same man.
Even though I do some minor video editing with Final Cut Studio (why I bought Studio when I'm not real big into video editing, I still don't know) I mainly use my computer for Word/Interent/Music and Photos too so I don't think the speed will effect me too much. I do want a MacBook a few months down the road though.
Hate to say I told you so, but I did, here and elsewhere I recall telling people with any sort of servicable mac (anything from the last 3-4 years) to just wait...
On the plus side, your G5 macs should continue to run "current" versions of Apple's wares without issue...
correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the X1600 have hardware h.264 encoding/decoding?
From ATI's website on the X1600 (both standard and mobility, don't know which one the iMac has.) This info is for the pc version though, they don't have any info yet for a "Mac" X1600
From ATI's website on the X1600 (both standard and mobility, don't know which one the iMac has.) This info is for the pc version though, they don't have any info yet for a "Mac" X1600
Exactly, these chips are really fast. For real fast, not just Steve Jobs reality-distortion fast.
Don't let the "GHz myth" continue to fool you. Intel is back-peddling. They're no longer just ramping GHz for performance. With two cores and improved performance PER clock cycle, they can get the same performance out of a lower clocked chip as they do a 3+ GHz Pentium 4 chip of old... as PB's link demonstrates. There's lots of horsepower in the Core Duo.
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Originally posted by SDW2001
I am still bummed. In two years or less, I won't be able to buy PPC software. Just watch. I think I have to return mine to Amazon and take the 20% hit. I don't know. I am really pissed off...that's all I really know.
Hey, SDW, are you bummed or what?
I think we all got the message; but then you got the tax deduction in 2005! Think on the bright side
oh the 2-3 times binary that is nothing to report apple, hello if you were speaking about movie editing, photos then talk about it.
i have a g5 imac 17" that i final got friday the 6th. (DAMN FEDEX) and all i need to do is upgrade for more memory and a 10,000 rpm hard drive then the same man.
Ah...yes... Sweet satisfaction
I had a feeling they were going to pull this stunt. In fact, AppleInsider's first rumour on the MacTels included the PB and iMac.
Naturally, I was going to hold out anyway, but this is sweet victory.
Once I wait a month or two for some Mac zealots to beta-test this bad boy, I'm going to buy one of my own. Maybe they'll even drop the price by then.
On the plus side, your G5 macs should continue to run "current" versions of Apple's wares without issue...
Originally posted by cj171
correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the X1600 have hardware h.264 encoding/decoding?
From ATI's website on the X1600 (both standard and mobility, don't know which one the iMac has.) This info is for the pc version though, they don't have any info yet for a "Mac" X1600
High performance programmable video processor
Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264 decoding (including DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray playback), encoding & transcoding
Originally posted by imacFP
I know it's a mobile chip so do you lose anything compared to the desktop chips?
Considering today's desktop Intel CPUs, you would only lose a good heat radiator, I guess.
Originally posted by PB
Considering today's desktop Intel CPUs, you would only lose a good heat radiator, I guess.
I take that to mean they are good chips.
Originally posted by opuscroakus
From ATI's website on the X1600 (both standard and mobility, don't know which one the iMac has.) This info is for the pc version though, they don't have any info yet for a "Mac" X1600
High performance programmable video processor
Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264 decoding (including DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray playback), encoding & transcoding
There is no more need for a 'Mac' version of anything. The hardware is exactly the same as you'd find in a PC.
Originally posted by imacFP
I take that to mean they are good chips.
Don't worry, just go to AnandTech and check the benchmarks against desktop AMD CPUs.
Don't let the "GHz myth" continue to fool you. Intel is back-peddling. They're no longer just ramping GHz for performance. With two cores and improved performance PER clock cycle, they can get the same performance out of a lower clocked chip as they do a 3+ GHz Pentium 4 chip of old... as PB's link demonstrates. There's lots of horsepower in the Core Duo.