It's been *confirmed* quite widely in the last few days, and also blamed for the setback of initial dual2Ghz order ship times, FWIW. Although, a measly 1100 units doesn't sound like it would push back *all* orders.
Perhaps I'm not feeling very imaginative today, but I don't catch the implication. Are you suggesting that there are a dozen universities and companies building 1K-node G5 based supercomputer clusters and this is why many individual orders have been delayed?
I can see why a lot of people are annoyed that their machines are delayed, but frankly I think this is the right thing for Apple to do. There is a lot of PR mileage in this, and a lot of immediate benefit to having academic crawling all over the G5s. Suck it up guys, its good for the platform.
We should have pooled our purchases and gave them a little competition. Anyone want to build an Appleinsider Supercomputer? I'm sure we could have at least came up with an order for five (maybe six) G5's.
i like the fact that macrumors posted the following:
An interesting tidbit from CollegiateTimes brings the total weight of the PowerMacs in at 19.25 Tons -- and simply moving the hardware will take about six days with 15-20 volunteers.
tink (and posts following) obviously didn't realize the true benefit of using OS X. They're not using a Linux disto that is made for clustering, they're using a "beta" version of future OS X for clustering. What possible beta version could they be using? Panther.
Admittedly, they could be building KEXTs, but with beta software and just released hardware, they have had no development time, and how long does it take to build clustering software? I don't know, but how could they expect to finish this project so quickly? Apple could also have given special access for development so this thing would be done. But it's much more fun to think the prior.
Yeah, they're doing some pretty cool stuff here at VT. I was really surprised when I read about it. Nice to hear my school (let alone the Engineering Department!!) has so much respect for the mac.
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Originally posted by Ed M.
709.. use your imagination
Perhaps I'm not feeling very imaginative today, but I don't catch the implication. Are you suggesting that there are a dozen universities and companies building 1K-node G5 based supercomputer clusters and this is why many individual orders have been delayed?
I can see why a lot of people are annoyed that their machines are delayed, but frankly I think this is the right thing for Apple to do. There is a lot of PR mileage in this, and a lot of immediate benefit to having academic crawling all over the G5s. Suck it up guys, its good for the platform.
Originally posted by ZO
seriously though... if 1100 dual G5s can disrupt the GLOBAL flow, Apple has some SERIOUS issues
The 1,100 G5s are only part of the total edu orders.
the university said it is using a beta version of the latest release of OS X
They also mentioned,
They will be clustered using 64-bit Infiniband semiconductor technology
(I'm assuming this 64bit software).
http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/31485.html
-tink
An interesting tidbit from CollegiateTimes brings the total weight of the PowerMacs in at 19.25 Tons -- and simply moving the hardware will take about six days with 15-20 volunteers.
Originally posted by ZO
seriously though... if 1100 dual G5s can disrupt the GLOBAL flow, Apple has some SERIOUS issues
My guess is that it would not normally affect their flow but, with production ramping up and so many back orders, it does now.
Admittedly, they could be building KEXTs, but with beta software and just released hardware, they have had no development time, and how long does it take to build clustering software? I don't know, but how could they expect to finish this project so quickly? Apple could also have given special access for development so this thing would be done. But it's much more fun to think the prior.
Originally posted by Ed M.
Its been confirmed...
http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5070403.html?tag=cd_mh
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Thanks Ed, I didn't know so I enjoyed your post.
GO TECH!