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  • Quote: Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski Intel explicitly went to it's server-buying customers and said "The new Xeon platform will work with the next three Xeon generations". .... As to the BIOS (technically now EFI) update - I'm sure some soul…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Junkyard Dawg Clovertown is rumored to be clocked a bit slower than Woodcrest, and it will use a 1066 MHz FSB compared to Woodcrest's 1333 MHz FSB. On some tasks, a quad core Woodcrest Mac Pro will likely outperform a…
  • ok, bit of a late post as i was watchin keynote re-runs til L8 yesterday, but before the SLI doubt sets in for good here: ? Quad across the line !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ? 4 HD bays, 2 x optical !!!!!!! ? *all one mobo, 1GB RAM standard !!! ...from j…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by squareback It's all coming folks, 3 ghz quad power Macs, with more power than any one expected are just the start. The Ipod phone arrives with apple branded service. The mobile Mac, mac tablets in small, medium a…
  • Much* of the discussion here is still around cell-phone networks ? sure, in most cases handsets are subsidised by network operators to secure contracts with subscribers. In some cases, handsets are not available directly - only through the networks.…
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman Ah, Back To The Future "You gotta backup, Doc, we don't have enough road..." "Roads? Where we're going, we don't *need* roads..." mebbe with some additional hydraulics it could also finally …
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman Cool. They need some hydraulics on that. That would rock. muchas gracias good to know others around here also don't need to look up "sense of humour" in the wiki... hydraulics? hmmm.... b…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Ireland This is not Dell we're talking about. yep, indeedy Irony is best known as a figure of speech (more precisely called verbal irony) in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a wr…
  • i have too much free time and still don't get out enough...
  • As a rare cheese-grater fan, I'm rooting for consistency. ie: similar case design as with all the intel Macs so far ? Apple's way of saying these are still Macs, even with intel inside. But I like the idea of a change in colour...
  • Quote: Originally posted by melgross According to Apple's site spec's, and my measurments of my own here, the G5 is a bit under 21 inches high. If you remove the handles and feet, which really don't count, you get about 16 inches in height. Lo…
  • Quote: Originally posted by IntlHarvester Heh -- I love when wishful thinking takes over, as it so often does here. I don't think you're ever going to see an official processor expansion/upgrade path from Apple, they make too damn much money from…
  • Quote: Originally posted by iMacfan Am I the only one who thought that the beige-done-right look of the first PMG3 towers was actually pretty appealing? David i did say above-average ? i had an 8600 years ago ? and the internal accessibil…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kolchak With Steve apparently never having gotten over his NeXT phase, that would be great. ...no doubt Steve Jobs is fond of distinctive form factors, from the original Mac (skip a few generations of above-average…
  • Quote: Originally posted by melgross But there should be machines for both extremes. I wholeheartedly endorse a one slot machine. But I also would very much want one that is much more expandable. There are video solutions that fit within one mach…
  • Quote: Originally posted by murk According to my "trusted" sources.... Employing Intel's "Conroe" Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Extreme processors, there will be 2, 4, and 8-core models available with DDR2-800 memory, multiple PCI Express x16-SLI graphics…
  • Quote: Originally posted by JeffDM One thing left out of your argument for no card slots is that sometimes standards advance. A three year old consumer Mac wouldn't be able to take full advantage of a current iPod, but I can plug one card into m…
  • Quote: Originally posted by doh123 the Xeon 5100 series is Woodcrest, the Core 2 Extreme are Conroe, not Woodcrest. But remember that Conroe and Woodcrest are almost the same chip anyways. This article is just plain wrong, someone did too muc…
  • Quote: Originally posted by onlooker I have to ask where have you been reading? Obviously not the thread your in because this has all been known to us, and discussed in here, and elsewhere at AI for months. this, apparently ? which, i agree, …
  • Quote: Originally posted by Booga The bottom line is that it's all about performance and heat dissipation... when Apple can build an Intel desktop that rivals their PowerPCs in performance on MacOS productivity apps they'll release'em. It doesn'…