MSNBC.COM states No speed bumped Power Macs
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[quote] The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker had been rumored to be planning a new Power Mac professional system with Power G4 ?Apollo? processors in excess of 1GHz. But sources close to Apple and the company?s chip supplier, Motorola, said the Apollo processors would not be available until sometime later in the first half of the year. <hr></blockquote>
[quote] The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker had been rumored to be planning a new Power Mac professional system with Power G4 ?Apollo? processors in excess of 1GHz. But sources close to Apple and the company?s chip supplier, Motorola, said the Apollo processors would not be available until sometime later in the first half of the year. <hr></blockquote>
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I even sold my 867. I am just feeling that there will be no Power Mac news.
SdC
<strong>We don't need Apollos to get to 1 GHz. The current chips will do it on the nextgen fab tech. HIPS6 or 7 or whatever on SOI.
SdC</strong><hr></blockquote>
Uhm? Thats the Apollo.. No big redesign.. Just better fab tech.
G5s will be in the Powermacs on Monday
(I'm setting myself up for a big let down, aint I?)
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Uhm? Thats the Apollo.. No big redesign.. Just better fab tech.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, if that's true, then....fvck.
I'm still going with faster G4's up to a GHz, and DDRRAM, anyway.
(SdC is a little more crestfallen than a minute ago)
SdC
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Sub-GHz Apollo for PowerBook
and then....
GHz + G5 for PowerMac
??
The familiar iMac with its 15-inch cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitor also is not expected to disappear, but instead is expected to be updated somewhat and to remain the company?s entry-level machine.
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I think they are full of it. What do you expect from something Microsoft controls?
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G-News
I bet the Powermacs don't get updated until WWDC, maybe even MWNY. LOL, it would be so typical of Apple....Wintels are over 2 GHz and Powermacs will be stuck under 1 GHz for a year.
Like someone else already noted, if the Apollo isn't ready, then what does that say about the G5?
Well since they are on parallel development tracks, I suppose the G5 might be ready before the Apollo. But with the look of things lately, Motorola has nothing new to offer Apple. Same old sh!t...Job must be pissed as hell.
I bet all the hype over this new product is intended to divert attention away from how pathetic the CPU situation is at Apple.
Maybe Jobs plans on pulling a fast one like with the 500MHz debacle and the 667 & 733 debacle. On both occasions, Jobs announced a machine before it was even qualified for production.
I mean good Mac news from MSNbc ???? That's like asking for a World Class Steak in a Seafood house.