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Telomar , Heat rises, the tapering walls constrict the volume, thus increasing the flow through the vent at the top portion. If there were no vent, the hot air would just pool at the top. The increased flow through the top vent lowers the pressur…
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Quote: Originally posted by Bancho You still have to have a good sized heat sink in there as well as power supply and then cool everything quietly. Then there is still that hideous shape. I admit part of my prejudice was from that picture but now…
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Addison, Hmmnn.... Let's see ... I just pulled the CD burner out of my ThinkPad and laid it on top of my Powerbook... Fits nicely... Now a 3.5" hard drive (I have a drawer full) Fits nicely on top... I don't see a problem here ... edit: Now I too…
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Bancho, it's base wouldn't be any bigger than a 12" Powerbook. About the same area as the iMac2. Quote: "I think the goal for the iMac was to remove the computer from the picture so to speak. The current iMac hides the guts in the base and depen…
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Quote: Originally posted by Michael Wilkie "That pyramid has to be the single worst computer design ever... And it really couldn't be worse looking. When Apple makes a computer like that, the apocalypse will be upon us." If by "That" you mean…
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OK then, let's have a reality check ... The conference call clearly pointed to availability of IBM's 970FX as the reason for the iMac3's delay. Heat issues were not mentioned. This definitely makes the IA front page story about the iMac3 dubious.…
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Quote: Originally posted by kenaustus ...The most interesting comment to date is the one about using the same mother board in the iMac as they have planned for the G5 PB. That one definitely caught my eye. Not the first time I proposed that …
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The form factor will allow the (future) G5's Powerbook mobo to be mass produced and de-bugged in a more forgiving enclosure. Not to mention more economical components such as 3.5" hard drives and larger optical drives. Disclaimer: Apple has my ND…
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You have to read between the lines of my starting post to see the next iMac. And yes the POWER 5 powered Apple would be a network server, not an "Xstation" something like this: Updated of course, and selling for a couple of thousand above…
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The IBM P5 520 has two dual core POWER 5 processors which would make it a "Quad" in Apple Market-speak. It retails for just over $12,000 and has four hot swappable hard drive bays. It can run up to nine OS's simultaneously. Could Apple offer a ve…
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Quote: Originally posted by TednDi from yahoo news The latest eServer line, which will be available globally on August 31, uses from two to 16 Power 5 processors per server computer and uses as few as one-fourth the number of chips as compar…
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Quote: Originally posted by TednDi The latest eServer line, which will be available globally on August 31, uses from two to 16 Power 5 processors per server computer and uses as few as one-fourth the number of chips as comparable machines from ri…
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES ~ APPLE USES POWER 5 CHIP !!! Reuters Yahoo News Quote: The Power 5 chip, also used in Apple Computer Inc.'s higher-end Macintosh (news - web sites) computers, has 276 million transistors and is made using 0.…
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Quote: Originally posted by Bancho ... The cooling system in the dual 2.5 is designed to sink a certain amount of heat and we are going to double that... Is this thing intended to sit on a desk or near it? If so it needs cooling sufficient to ke…
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To Quad or not to Quad, that is the question No BS is involved, just a discussion on what might Apple do to monopolize on the high end applications that they are offering. I think it could be considered a "given" that dual core Powermacs will be …
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Quote: Originally posted by Bancho Sure, but then why would you still want to pay for a quad when you could put more duals on people's desks To give each workstation more POWER, and each worker more productivity. What costs more, top level p…
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Quote: Originally posted by Bancho ... in a professional environment this processing can (and almost always *is*) also be handled by servers. Servers are a more economical and can benefit multiple users where your xStation benefits only the prima…
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer ... The problem with this approach is that each processor needs its own FSB port on the system controller, so they need a new system controller to support a quad system. I don't think we'll see quad until w…
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Quote: Originally posted by Bancho ... Imagine the cooling required or how much larger they would have to make the case. The 2.5 Powermac has already solved the cooling requirement. A second pump would not even be required, just add more wa…
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I've got it! How about a ... DIGITAL HUB ! digital music digital photos digital video digital TV (the missing link) When Steve announced iTunes at Mac World he pronounced the Apple digital hub as finished. And finished it will be…