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• The guy also spells it "scaler", not scalar. Me thinks its just a pun about the G4/altivec. Scaler = scales well.

  in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• OK, other than the history issue (kind of assumed the beige G3's mobo to be THE G3 mobo), I find my prediction quite plausible.

  in 25th Anniversary Macintosh Comment by lowb-ing April 2002
• Anyone care to respond to that?

  in 25th Anniversary Macintosh Comment by lowb-ing April 2002
• I think there's a slight chance for a 25th aniversary mac with a G5, 'cause it would justify it being limited edition and VERY expensive, which would be nessesary since G5 yields are probably not up to "major release" standards (if its even ready at…

  in 25th Anniversary Macintosh Comment by lowb-ing April 2002
• That 100% performance increase rumour is the very reason I've been suspecting Quads are coming. IF it is true that is. Going quad would do exactly that! Increase performance 100%. At least theoretically, and this is not an official statement so why…

  in There is no G5 Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• Apple already did make a new memory controller for the xserve, didn't they? maybe they're just waiting for moto to do their part now.

  in There is no G5 Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• How about this: apple has a new G4 coming with a faster bus, but it's not fabbed by moto, so they can't release it 'till the deal with moto ends this summer (does anyone know the exact date?). Or it IS fabbed by moto, but designed for the new 0.13…

  in There is no G5 Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• Well, POWERMAC G5's in 2003 is probably a safe bet, but I wouldn't be surprised if the G5 shows up in rackmount servers first. perhaps even this year. [ 05-01-2002: Message edited by: LowB-ing ]

  in There is no G5 Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• Double post. [ 05-28-2002: Message edited by: LowB-ing ]

  in G5 - The truth Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• Way cool! doesn't sound unlikely for the G5 i think, but what are the chances of moto making a G4 that supports hypertransport? Is it more difficult/expensive to do than DDR? The G4 is obviously getting some kind of overhaul anyway, but will apple …

  in G5 - The truth Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Programmer: Given the statements by the Motorola rep about the positioning of MPX in the semiconductor market, however, I'm not optimistic about seeing a DDR MPX bus. Processor support for DDR will have to wait until …

  in G5 - The truth Comment by lowb-ing May 2002
• It's possible ( even likely) that Dorsal was testing prototype chips not made on a full scale fab. If those chips were designed to be fabbed on a 0.13 micron process (which he indeed suggests) then they won't be available 'till moto's 0.13 fabs are …

  in G5 - The truth Comment by lowb-ing May 2002