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Mr. mis-spelled user name, You want facts ? Microsoft representatives have made specific reference to Apple's competitive threat, in a venue where they previously have not. Have any friends at Microsoft? When you have time could you ask th…
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Look at what Gateway is rolling out at $1399 after rebate: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529665346.php 2.4GHz dual core, 320MB 8800 GTS, 2GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, and a safe 'n' sane mini tower case. Go ahead and stack the Apple t…
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Apple has a nice chance here to not screw users over, and here's how: make it so every Mac Pro ships with two CPU sockets, and so that the end user can add a CPU or change out the CPU chips, as their needs, wallet and schedule dictate. It wasn…
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As I was just posting on Ars Technica.. think about how high Apple could take one of the Intel processors by simply placing it in the existing G5 chassis and cooling system. They already have a proven liquid cooling system ready to go. Might no…
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Quote: Originally posted by nathan22t yeah i was thinking these updates will be fine and remembered the 3ghz promise its more and more like we are right back in the MOT Days all over again Sit down and chart Intel's clock speed progress si…
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Quote: Originally posted by Ensign Pulver I obviously meant what new display goes with it at time of purchase. No computer company can sell a desktop on the assumption that you'll use your old CRT you got laying around, especially not Apple. I…
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Quote: Originally posted by Ensign Pulver The one question I have never seen successfully answered by any headless Mac advocates is simply "what display goes with it?" In my case, probably the Sony 21" Trinitron. It's probably four years …
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Quote: Originally posted by iDave I think no matter how non-upgradeable Apple wants to make their computers, one should at least be able to swap the hard drive, swap the GPU and add memory with little effort. That's why a G5 Express-like computer…
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Quote: Originally posted by Ensign Pulver I agree. I would also agree ?IF? Apple could actually vend a Mac with the "specs people want". This means >3GHz/
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Quote: Originally posted by Existence I seriously doubt those heat disappation numbers for the PPC970FX at 2.5GHz are a good measure of how tenable it is for a laptop. Sure, there are laptops on the x86 with 100W chips, but are IBM's numbers reli…
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Quote: Originally posted by Outsider Neo is apparently the code name for ARD 2.0 Neo was an Apple codename for the PPC970 processor, it was in plain view in the About-This-Mac dialog boxes on the WWDC 2003 G5 demo machines. If it's being re-…
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Quote: Originally posted by Mr. MacPhisto None at all. As I've said before, it may be feasible to put a 1.6GHZ 90nm G5 in a PowerBook (though the system controller likely makes it a bit stickier), but are their any real benefits to it, and will …
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Quote: Originally posted by Rhumgod PPC7447 - 21.3W at 1.33GHz PPC7447A - 20.0W at 1.42GHz PPC 970 - 65W at 2.0GHz PPC 970FX - 50W at 2.5GHz Any doubt why Motorola chips are in laptops? PPC 970FX @ 1.5 or 1.6GHz == ??? Watts ???
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer The 80486 and 68040 were the first mass market desktop processors which clocked the processor higher than its bus so nobody had figured out how to market that yet. Apple just went with the external clock sp…
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Quote: Originally posted by snoopy From the details revealed, we can figure out some things about the 970FX and how it is used. The chip running at 2.5 GHz is operating at a higher voltage than the chip reported on earlier, which indicated betwe…
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer While its true that they lost many engineers, they didn't lose them all. We don't seem to be disagreeing here -- I'm not predicting that they're going to suddenly come out with a G5 class processor. They c…
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The alleged '222' machine would be perfect for the fence-sitter would-be Switchers out there. I know a lot of these people that want a fast Mac to play with but don't want to pony up for another display - the only option for them is a G4 tower. …
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Quote: Originally posted by keyboardf12 666 - i think apple would have picked a different name. 444- no mention of one. if 666 is upscale and 222 is downscale what is apple going to sell to the 444 crowd. 222 = 37 * 6. 444 = 37 * 12 …
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Quote: Originally posted by THT The G4 SMP systems are fine. They can't handle more than 4 GB of memory, they are actually 36 bit systems but the software can only see 4 GB at a time, and the architecture performs about the same as any other arch…