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  • Apple briefed some analysts last week on the announcements. One or more of them has leaked to C-Net and DePlume.
    in No Powermacs at MWNY? Comment by lineker July 2002
  • 1.2Ghz would be sensible, if coupled with a mobo upgrade and DDR-RAM. Would significantly increase Power Mac speed while not constraining chip supplies.
    in this is a sign !!! Comment by lineker June 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by xype: but aren't we missing something here? IBM managed to build a highly specialised/fast PowerPC chip that costs considerably less than a G4 chip. Doesn't that mean that IBM, in it's own right, is quite good ad doing C…
    in GameCube CPU as good as a G4? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by JCG: That contract is only for the G4, when Moto can't meet their production requirement for the G4, then Apple can use IBM to fabricate G4's for Apples use. It does not keep Apple from using G3's, or future processo…
    in GameCube CPU as good as a G4? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by xype: Oh? That's a new one - I didn't know they were forced to use Moto. You didn't know it because they aren't. I don't know where he's getting this from, but it's high-grade BS. Come on SpiffyGuyC, where's …
    in GameCube CPU as good as a G4? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by failedmathematician: I simply cannot imagine any 3d professional with demanding deadlines would choose to use a Mac. And frankly, I don't think that Apple cares. As you say, you're no professional. I do know pro…
    in One Last Chance? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg: Motorola has no incentive to make fast desktop PPCs, they care more about the embedded market. It would be very cool if Apple could acquire the rights to Moto's PPC development (and the engineers) and des…
    in Why do you think apple haven't dumped MOTO? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by AirSluf: Wrong. Power4 is a PPC chip that is light-years ahead in performance. It just isn't targeted to desktop PC use at a consumer price point. [ 03-08-2002: Message edited by: AirSluf ] <sigh&g…
    in Why do you think apple haven't dumped MOTO? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by SpiffyGuyC: Well there isn't much reason for IBM TO make the fastest PowerPC chips right now, is there? If they went to all the trouble of designing/manufacturing them, they still couldn't sell them to Apple until t…
    in Why do you think apple haven't dumped MOTO? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • in Why do you think apple haven't dumped MOTO? Comment by lineker March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by G-News: Even if the G4 could close teh GHz gap on its own, it would then face the new Generation gap, and the 32bit gap vs 64bit. Given that Itanium, Intel's 64-bit chip, is due to debut at 800MHz, I think it woul…
    in G4 'tweaks' and 'revs' ... when and how? Comment by lineker February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Shadow Knight: On the G5 note, it's positively strange how some people here argue so violently that the G5 *CANNOT* come out before January 2003. What's your stake in it? Why do you *want* there to not be a G5 until 1/…
    in Apple: Hardware on Hold Comment by lineker February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by JW Pepper: Yep we're all agreed then. We're stuck with a Dp 1ghz machine. Isn't it awful. Yes, isn't it awful that if you're doing hardcore video editing your 1GHz DP Mac eats anything on the Windows side…
    in Apple: Hardware on Hold Comment by lineker February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Eugene: stimuli, what do you think RC5 is? RC5 is pure integer. If only people would take the effort to write AltiVec code into their apps... There's writing AltiVec code, and there's writing good AltiVec code. You …
    in New IBM Power PC 1GHz chip Comment by lineker February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by mslee: The display layer of quartz is vector-based, so there is some benefit from having AltiVec there. If I understand you correctly, you're right, but for the wrong reasons :-) The "vector" in vector processing…
    in New IBM Power PC 1GHz chip Comment by lineker February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by philbot: I don't know about the Hammer, but from what I've seen a single 800Mhz G5 is quicker than a Dual Athlon (I think it was a dual 1.9 Ghz but I can't be sure). [ 02-02-2002: Message edited by: philbot ] &…
    in The G5 vs the AMD Hammer Comment by lineker February 2002
  • When will everyone realise that there's a lot of mileage left in the G4, and that G5 isn't a chip that Apple will use in the short term? G5's won't be around till the Autumn at the earliest, and the first announcements in the G5 line will be devo…
    in Why new round of G4s may not be here that long Comment by lineker January 2002
  • Looks like MU was bang on the money....
    in From macuser.co.uk.... Comment by lineker January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by postheide: 1 GHz for those with too much money in their pockets and merely 800 MHz for the rest of us. And even better: no L3 cache in the low-end configuration and NO APOLLO, i.e. no increased performance per clock. …
    in G5 next week. Certain. Comment by lineker January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Telomar: That is roughly what I'd heard. 3GHz has been pushed back a little but it fits. The AMD stuff comes from two sources. The first was a presentation (by AMD) from a while back that I can't find any inte…
    in There is no G5 Comment by lineker February 2002