wait wait wait wait waaaaaaaait. you (dan) jump all down this guys throat and you don't even know what u are talking about. I mean come on how the heck do you think you can justify claiming what he has said as b.s. if you can get the the difference between the current g4 and the apollo? i mean seriously it's people like you that make the world a sick place to live in. i really cant stand people who punk other posters for b.s. or being stupid, but of course its not their fault they were born dumber than me. lol
You say that the new iMac will have a 15.2 inch LCD. Can anyone verify that the Quanta shipment was 15.2 inch LCD's? Now, the only 15.2 inch LCD I know of is the one in the Powerbook G4, which is a widescreen. Mastergateing, do you know if the iMac G4's will be widescreen?
You say that the new iMac will have a 15.2 inch LCD. Can anyone verify that the Quanta shipment was 15.2 inch LCD's? Now, the only 15.2 inch LCD I know of is the one in the Powerbook G4, which is a widescreen. Mastergateing, do you know if the iMac G4's will be widescreen?
The new Powermac will have a new enclosure, though I do not know what it will look like. I do know it will be new and of course beautiful. DDR Ram is a go with machines shiping with 266MHz DDR SDRAM. he new bus will be 400 Mhz or four times faster than the current G4 equivelant.
The LCD screen used in the iMac will indeed be similar if not the same one used in the Powerbook G4. I have heard that it is the same and it will be the "mega widescreen" display.
<strong>"but a cache flaw was discovered when the chips ran above 900Mhz. Motorola has steadfastly refused to rectify the problem, claiming that the release of it's 7460 was too near to justify the cost of fixing it. In the last few weeks, there has been talk of Apple filing a lawsuit against Motorola for having misrepresented its ability to produce microprocessors for Apple on a timely basis. This is essentially a repeat of the G4 fiasco that occurred in 1999, differing only in that Apple had not opened its mouth to the public too quickly. Steve Jobs was forced at the last minute before Macworld to change his product announcement, as the G4 lineup was supposed to have been 733 Mhz, 867Mhz, and dual 800Mhz and 1Ghz to ship in late august." </strong><hr></blockquote>
I read that as well - but a while back. This was in reference to an older pre-production revision of the G5 (0.5?) which did have a cache problem that caused many to think that yields would not be as high as initially expected (expectations were for it to start around 1.4GHZ). The problem was not with cache once placed into a Mac, as was suggested earlier in this thread, but rather a fault of the chip itself. The problem did slow down development, but was solved in a later revision (0.6?) that allowed the chip to soar past the GHz barrier. The G5 has not reached initial expectations, but it should in the next revision - for now expect the first models to top out around 1.4, but you shouldn't see anything under 1.0 GHz. FYI, these chips are being produced - it's just a matter of when we'll see them in an Apple machine.
It's also worth stating that Apple can't just start pushing machines out as soon as MOT is mass-producing a processor. I personally have no guess about whether we will see a G5 in Jan. or not - it's possible, but it would be tight. Bottom line: if Steve demo's a G5, I wouldn't expect one to ship for a month or so. If we get a speedy G4 revision, I'd expect them to be available "immediately" (2 weeks).
1600x1024 on an iMac? That would be cool, but if the common iMac buyer is anything like my wife of Mom, then they should get a more moderate screen size. Like 1280x832 to keep the ratio or maybe even 1440x928.
sign...would be great...if i could get a widescreen lcd iMac with a 867 mHz G4 and superdrive for $1599, the credit card would already be out of my wallet...guess we'll see soon enough...g
I gotta stop reading this board, I can't get anything productive done! I come here and there's an interesting post followed by another contradictory post then another contradiction to that post and it goes on and on forever and you don't even get a second to live. I'm trying to live but these "insiders" won't let me!! WHY WON'T YOU LET ME LIVE!?!?
<strong>Yep, Phil Schiller. There is my source, chew on that.
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[quote]Originally posted by Mastergateing:
<strong>Phil Schiller is not my source but the source is on his level. </strong><hr></blockquote>
This is why I can't belive a word your saying. Either he is your source or he isn't.
Personally I think your just regergitating various rumors that you think will come true so that you can have the spotlight knowing that if you get even some of them right you'll have people who will believe your an insider.
That said, I hope your right (even if you are just guessing)
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The price increase of the low end seems non-sense but when think about super drive is bundles that would make sense.
Again....ONLY IF what Mr. Mastergating said is true....
Got any more info/jiuce to help convince us to believe you?
Any info on new monitors? Will the G5 in fact have a new case? DDR ram? Faster bus? Gigawire? What is gigawire?
I want some juice!!
Got any more info/jiuce to help convince us to believe you?
Any info on new monitors? Will the G5 in fact have a new case? DDR ram? Faster bus? Gigawire? What is gigawire?
I want some juice!! Â* Â* Â*Â*
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You say that the new iMac will have a 15.2 inch LCD. Can anyone verify that the Quanta shipment was 15.2 inch LCD's? Now, the only 15.2 inch LCD I know of is the one in the Powerbook G4, which is a widescreen. Mastergateing, do you know if the iMac G4's will be widescreen?
The new Powermac will have a new enclosure, though I do not know what it will look like. I do know it will be new and of course beautiful. DDR Ram is a go with machines shiping with 266MHz DDR SDRAM. he new bus will be 400 Mhz or four times faster than the current G4 equivelant.
The LCD screen used in the iMac will indeed be similar if not the same one used in the Powerbook G4. I have heard that it is the same and it will be the "mega widescreen" display.
<strong>"but a cache flaw was discovered when the chips ran above 900Mhz. Motorola has steadfastly refused to rectify the problem, claiming that the release of it's 7460 was too near to justify the cost of fixing it. In the last few weeks, there has been talk of Apple filing a lawsuit against Motorola for having misrepresented its ability to produce microprocessors for Apple on a timely basis. This is essentially a repeat of the G4 fiasco that occurred in 1999, differing only in that Apple had not opened its mouth to the public too quickly. Steve Jobs was forced at the last minute before Macworld to change his product announcement, as the G4 lineup was supposed to have been 733 Mhz, 867Mhz, and dual 800Mhz and 1Ghz to ship in late august." </strong><hr></blockquote>
I read that as well - but a while back. This was in reference to an older pre-production revision of the G5 (0.5?) which did have a cache problem that caused many to think that yields would not be as high as initially expected (expectations were for it to start around 1.4GHZ). The problem was not with cache once placed into a Mac, as was suggested earlier in this thread, but rather a fault of the chip itself. The problem did slow down development, but was solved in a later revision (0.6?) that allowed the chip to soar past the GHz barrier. The G5 has not reached initial expectations, but it should in the next revision - for now expect the first models to top out around 1.4, but you shouldn't see anything under 1.0 GHz. FYI, these chips are being produced - it's just a matter of when we'll see them in an Apple machine.
It's also worth stating that Apple can't just start pushing machines out as soon as MOT is mass-producing a processor. I personally have no guess about whether we will see a G5 in Jan. or not - it's possible, but it would be tight. Bottom line: if Steve demo's a G5, I wouldn't expect one to ship for a month or so. If we get a speedy G4 revision, I'd expect them to be available "immediately" (2 weeks).
-S
"? and the MysteriANS" were a 60s rock group - they had that hit song '96 Tears.'
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Unless I'm mistaken, 400Mhz is 3 times faster than the current G4s...
And I don't think it's possible to have a 400MHz FSB along with 266MHz DDR... Not sure though, can anyone back this up?
iMac G4
667 Mhz DVD or CD-RW
733 Mhz Combo
867 Mhz Superdrive
15.2 Inch LCD
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sign...would be great...if i could get a widescreen lcd iMac with a 867 mHz G4 and superdrive for $1599, the credit card would already be out of my wallet...guess we'll see soon enough...g
<strong>Yep, Phil Schiller. There is my source, chew on that.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
[quote]Originally posted by Mastergateing:
<strong>Phil Schiller is not my source but the source is on his level. </strong><hr></blockquote>
This is why I can't belive a word your saying. Either he is your source or he isn't.
Personally I think your just regergitating various rumors that you think will come true so that you can have the spotlight knowing that if you get even some of them right you'll have people who will believe your an insider.
That said, I hope your right (even if you are just guessing)
Then what would justify the price premium for a PowerBook??? since the most expensive part of it, the screen, is the same btw both machines?
The ibook was speedbumped last on October 16th. That would make a less than three month time for a speedbump, isn't that sort of unprecedented?