G5 Rumors

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
To open up FH, let us discuss the new G5 rumors circulating.



I say I want one. You?
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  • Reply 1 of 483
    [quote]Originally posted by MacAddict:

    <strong>To open up FH, let us discuss the new G5 rumors circulating.



    I say I want one. You?</strong><hr></blockquote>I want one as well.
  • Reply 2 of 483
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Phew that makes two of us.
  • Reply 3 of 483
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    I would have to say that the "source" at MOSR has a big head now. He likes that his stories have made it to the front page, so he has become a little overzealous. G6 & G7? C'mon.



    And the info seems a little detailed for a mole. Giving exact times of when things arrived and that he was there on a Saturday?



    MOSR is at it again.
  • Reply 4 of 483
    [quote]Just three weeks ago, Steve Jobs said "I am going to sue the ass of those guys at Motorola. At the last minute, they f*cked us up. They told us we would have 1Ghz G4's, and days before Macworld, the ****ers told us there was a defect which would cause them to fail above 900Mhz." <hr></blockquote>



    That sounds a bit fake to me.
  • Reply 5 of 483
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Is this from MOSR?
  • Reply 6 of 483
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    I'm still chugging away here on my PowerBook G3/500.
  • Reply 7 of 483
    I'm not expecting the G5s anytime soon, I believe Apple is aiming for a July 2002 introduction. The G4 has more juice in it still.
  • Reply 8 of 483
    I'm one of the believers. I think the G5 is coming out January. In fact, I even posted about it when AI was up before. I'm so sure it will be released then, I'll bet my post count.
  • Reply 9 of 483
    I say January; they COULD be out by then. It really depends on whether Apple wants the power out there, or whether they wanna milk the G4 for all the cash they can. I don't think they'll sell many more with the advent of the G5 possibly so close.
  • Reply 10 of 483
    agree with Cipher.
  • Reply 11 of 483
    I say they're milking it for a while longer. Although introducing a 1.2GHz G5 - breaking the 1GHz barrier - has a special ring to it.
  • Reply 12 of 483
    jutusjutus Posts: 272member
    Regarding:



    [quote]Just three weeks ago, Steve Jobs said "I am going to sue the ass of those guys at Motorola. At the last minute, they f*cked us up. They told us we would have 1Ghz G4's, and days before Macworld, the ****ers told us there was a defect which would cause them to fail above 900Mhz." <hr></blockquote>



    I take it that mosr's "source" is sitting under Steve's desk, privy to all his most private conversations.



    Some say that mosr's source is actually Apple non-employee Mea D. Ersass.



    Anone else have confirmation on this rumor?
  • Reply 13 of 483
    nebrienebrie Posts: 483member
    Well, hopefully we'll see the G5 in January with speeds well above a ghz if MacEdition is right; they've had an amazing track record for rumors so far.
  • Reply 14 of 483
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    The only smidgen of truth in that whole mess, as far as I can tell, is the aggressive processor revision strategy. That was the original strategy behind the PPC. It allows for more elegant chip designs than, say, the P4, which made some bizarre compromises in the name of long-term scalability. Think about how quickly AIM went from the 601 to the 604ev.



    Not having to support a bizarrely-designed CISC ISA doesn't hurt, either.



    Other than that, it looks like a lot of handwaving. That Steve "quote" is painfully fake, notwithstanding the attempt to make it sound authentic by peppering it with cuss words.
  • Reply 15 of 483
    I say it will be out n january with an entirely new mobo because we have been stuck with 133 SDRAM for over a year now this is going to be like staying at the 500 mark. If we are so inovative than wh the hell don't we have PC 2100 or RDRAM? this would also bost the performace of either the G4 or G5 just lilke the 1.2 tbird with RDRAM that thing flys. WE NEED better ram and Mobo arcitechure more than a ghz.
  • Reply 16 of 483
    My sources report that it is more likely that the G5 will be delayed until Apple is done creating their Raycer graphics processor.
  • Reply 16 of 483
    G5, xmas 2002! Watch it happen.

    The prediction was for late 2002, and it makes sense. Apple will want to run the G4 up to 1GHz and a little further and then start the G5s up at around 1.2 GHz.





    Does anyone know any details about its data or address buses?



    Nice to be back, but all the blasted prestige is gone.
  • Reply 18 of 483
    addisonaddison Posts: 1,185member
    There is a strange assumption in this thread.



    "Apple wants to milk the G4 for a bit longer"



    Two problems with this:-



    1. You must make hardware sales



    2.I don't believe that a faster chip will cost more to fabricate. It is the yeild that will largly determine the price.



    If they can manufcature a range of faster processors at similar yeilds they will do so without uping the price.



    One caveat, if the roumers at MOSR were true, a 2.4GHZ G5. Apple would want to milk a premium price for the fastest desktop for a while. But volume is what is needed and without volume sales Apple will die. It is as important to Apple to provide the fastest processors as it is to us.



    Apple will sell the fastest kit it can make.
  • Reply 19 of 483
    nebrienebrie Posts: 483member
    [quote]Originally posted by JW Pepper:

    <strong>There is a strange assumption in this thread.



    "Apple wants to milk the G4 for a bit longer"



    Two problems with this:-



    1. You must make hardware sales



    2.I don't believe that a faster chip will cost more to fabricate. It is the yeild that will largly determine the price.



    If they can manufcature a range of faster processors at similar yeilds they will do so without uping the price.



    One caveat, if the roumers at MOSR were true, a 2.4GHZ G5. Apple would want to milk a premium price for the fastest desktop for a while. But volume is what is needed and without volume sales Apple will die. It is as important to Apple to provide the fastest processors as it is to us.



    Apple will sell the fastest kit it can make.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well, they may not want to just to try to avoid the whole 500mhz fiasco; saving some room to grow.
  • Reply 20 of 483
    I dont think Apple are (nor should they be) comfortable with releasing a G5 model so late next year.

    If they release a 1.2, or even 1.6gig G5 next xmas, who's to say the standard intel will run at over twice that in clock speeds, and even if the G5s can hold their own fine with the intels, is that good enough for our computer of choice?



    When the G4s came out, they were MHZ wise close enough to the wintel world that the G4s architecture and altivec capabilities really made the word PowerMac mean something again.. now although a 866 can outrun a 1.4 wintel in certain tests, and it will also cost you as much as buying a couple of said wintels for one Powermac.



    What I'm saying is that Apple NEEDS to have a new system that not only stands up next to wintel boxes quite well, but one that hands down kicks the living crap out of the competition and that deserves the PowerMac name. I want to see a Macworld where the Mhz Myth ISN'T explained, because the evidence that the new Macs are faster will be so crystal clear that Michael Dell will be dropping bunny turds for months on end.



    Although I don't like having to wait for months (Ti Book) after a Macworld hardware announcement to get the gear in my hands, its still better than not knowing when Apple will release its "Next Big Thing"
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