30 mins 'til midnight: when will the Powermac be switched to the new configs?

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Or will the rumors prove false?



Jet
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  • Reply 1 of 33
    bandalaybandalay Posts: 116member
    or are we all insomniacs with no lives?
  • Reply 2 of 33
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    I hope they prove false. That would make the G5's rumor look better
  • Reply 3 of 33
    alexanderalexander Posts: 206member
    [quote]Originally posted by bandalay:

    <strong>or are we all insomniacs with no lives?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well, I personally am a lifeless insomniac who's serious about buying a new PowerMac.



    Alex
  • Reply 4 of 33
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    Actually, if it happens, I think it will be a press release sent out to MacCentral and a few others announcing the new towers at 10 am or so.



    How did they do the TiBook last year?
  • Reply 5 of 33
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Nuthin, here at 12:20 am.



    Jet
  • Reply 6 of 33
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    What makes you people think they would be silently released on the web site with no announcement at all?



    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 7 of 33
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by starfleetX:

    <strong>What makes you people think they would be silently released on the web site with no announcement at all?



    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    1.) that's what they did with the powerbooks with a press release

    2.) the specs are a bit underwhelming if rumor is correct
  • Reply 8 of 33
    tarbashtarbash Posts: 278member
    I could be wrong, but I really don't think we're gonna see any new PowerMacs today.
  • Reply 9 of 33
    gordygordy Posts: 1,004member
    Well, I hope you're wrong. In the absence of better judgement, I have already bought an Apple Studio display and sold my iMac because I am anticipating an entry level G4 with iDVD/SuperDrive being released any day now.



    I guess that I could go ahead and buy something now, but I'd be pissed if I did that and something else was released the next day.
  • Reply 10 of 33
    kormac77kormac77 Posts: 197member
    day are just began !



    Let's see what happen until end of the day.



    Specially afternoon.
  • Reply 11 of 33
    roundfoodroundfood Posts: 36member
    I'll say this for you Kormac, you have some big balls after all your other insights.
  • Reply 12 of 33
    merlionmerlion Posts: 143member
    [quote]Originally posted by kormac77:

    <strong>day are just began !



    Let's see what happen until end of the day.



    Specially afternoon.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    Yeah K-Man - Good to see you back!

    Any new insider info.?

  • Reply 13 of 33
    gustavgustav Posts: 827member
    Don't forget Apple is on the west coast. If there's going to be anything new today (which I'm not convinced there will be), it will be afternoon on the east coast.
  • Reply 14 of 33
    spiffyguycspiffyguyc Posts: 285member
    It would probably be a press release if all we're getting is 1.0GHz...nothing to brag about...in fact, making a big deal about it would probably be more likely to make a laughing stock out of Apple than staying quiet. So...I'm thinking about 8 or 9 AM PST - which means there's still an hour or two left before any announcement would be made.



    S
  • Reply 15 of 33
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Maybe the end of the day, so as not to disrupt the Stores (closed) and the website (lower traffic)?



    Who knows?



    Jet
  • Reply 16 of 33
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    ? 867MHz PowerPC G4

    ? 128MB SDRAM - 1 DIMM (I'll buy my own RAM)

    ? 40GB Ultra ATA drive (Add a second HD myself)

    ? Apple SuperDrive

    ? NVIDIA GeForce2 MX w/TwinView (64MB SDRAM)

    ? Apple Pro Keyboard - U.S. English

    ? Mac OS - U.S. English

    ? Gigabit Ethernet

    ? Two USB ports

    ? Two FireWire ports

    ? Apple Pro Mouse

    ? $2470



    This is the minimum machine I'd buy. I wonder what it will cost by the end of the day?



    Jet
  • Reply 17 of 33
    g-newsg-news Posts: 1,107member
    They're here, all new PowerMacs, just look at the specs: (from Apple store US)





    $1,699.00





    733MHz PowerPC G4

    256K L2 cache

    128MB SDRAM memory

    40GB Ultra ATA drive

    CD-RW drive

    NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

    Gigabit Ethernet

    56K internal modem





    $2,499.00





    867MHz PowerPC G4

    256K L2 & 2MB L3 cache

    128MB SDRAM memory

    60GB Ultra ATA drive

    SuperDrive

    NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

    Gigabit Ethernet

    56K internal modem





    $3,499.00





    Dual 800MHz PowerPC G4

    256K L2 & 2MB L3 per processor

    256MB SDRAM memory

    80GB Ultra ATA drive

    SuperDrive

    NVIDIA GeForce2 MX w/TwinView

    Gigabit Ethernet

    56K internal modem





    Oh wait, we had these for several months already...



    I don't think we're going to see any bump anymore, it's too late already. Normally news are out by now, no matter where the company is located.



    G-News
  • Reply 18 of 33
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    [quote]Originally posted by G-News:

    <strong>I don't think we're going to see any bump anymore, it's too late already. Normally news are out by now, no matter where the company is located.</strong><hr></blockquote>What? It's only 7:30 in Cupertino right now. They're not even in to work yet over there. I don't know if it's coming today, but just because it's 10:30 on the east coast doesn't mean they're not.
  • Reply 19 of 33
    imacfpimacfp Posts: 750member
    I guess they could be waiting for Wall Street to close for the day, but that would only help the stock today if the response to the new PM wasn't good. Or maybe the rumors are just plain wrong and we won't see new PM any time soon.



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  • Reply 20 of 33
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/17.powerbook.php"; target="_blank">http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/17.powerbook.php</a>;



    Maccentral had a note posted at 8:45 am for the silently upgraded powerbooks. It seems they (Maccentral) run East Coast time. So that would have been 5:45 PST.



    Of course, this might mean nothing.



    Or everything.



    Or somethng in-between.



    I love writing like Meader!



    Jet



    [ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Jet Powers ]</p>
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