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• I think you're missing something. What they were doing before was Linux only hardware built on non-Apple PPC motherboards. This hardware runs OS X. It's built by Apple! At first I thought they must just be buying off-the-shelf Apple hardware a…

  in WTF! did anybody know about this? Comment by timortis April 2002
• Hmm, what bothers me is that there is no option for a built to order Geforce4 or even a Radeon 8500. Since the possibility of a Geforce4 card coming out in retail for the Mac is equal to nil, pro users are stuck with the low-end of Nvidia. I …

  in Just saw it on the Apple store!! NEW PM'S!! Comment by timortis January 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by tsukurite: So I'm guilty of building speculation on a solid base of supposition, leavened with a healthy dose of rumor and equal parts guesswork and bald-faced fantasy. I actually hadn't remembered …

  in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by timortis August 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Ensoniq: The IBM built G3, currently used in the 700 MHz iBook, allows for a 200 MHz bus speed. If IBM took that G3, and tacked on an AltiVec compatible SIMD extention set, it seems you'd have a pretty kick-arse pro…

  in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by timortis August 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Appleworm: PowerPC is a subfamily of the POWER CPU and Current PPC G3-750FX and G4 are based on POWER 3, if I remember correctly. Aw The differences between the earlier POWER chips and the PowerPC are a…

  in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by timortis August 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by cowerd: My guess is that they will still be low-power, or relatively low-power. Entry-level servers == blade servers, where heat dissapation and power consumption are a concern. Not as much of a concern as embedded, bu…

  in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by timortis August 2002
• Last year, one of IBM's presentations at the MPF was the Gekko chip for GameCube which came out a month later. They did announce a next-generation PPC architecture with SIMD last year when they published their latest roadmap. According to that ro…

  in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by timortis August 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by DaveGee: When you get a little older get married and buy your own home you will look at things A LOT different than you do now. Funny, unless you know something I don't, and my wife secretly divorced me and sold …

  in The iFrame! What's feasible? Comment by timortis August 2002
• I think it's perfectly feasible to take that iFrame and smash it on your head and anybody else's that comes up with these stupid gadget ideas.

  in The iFrame! What's feasible? Comment by timortis August 2002
• These gadget threads make me wanna go postal.

  in Moved: ***SORTA CONFIRMED: An Apple Branded Cell Phone in conjunction... Comment by timortis July 2002
• [quote]Steve Jobs: "so we actually eek out a fair amount of performance from these things when all is said and done." That sounds to me like Steve is finally admitting that they have a performance problem. Trying to "eek out a fair amount…

  in Steve Jobs on the PPC roadmap Comment by timortis July 2002
• Great!! Apple can use the G4 in products that it really belongs in. After all, it is and embedded processor, right? That's how motorola defines it... They should just build all sorts of consumer gadgets with G4s and get out of desktop computing …

  in New iPod-like devices coming! Comment by timortis July 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by torifile: Just because I've also got the stats to prove they are not as big as they think they are and I'm throwing them up here doesn't make me hostile. I've not attacked anyone personally (yet , just kidding). …

  in -- Why is APPLE so stupid ?!? Comment by timortis July 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by LowBandwidthMember: thats what i tend to think... jobs' didn't want the new PM's to take the spot light away from what was an impressive keynote. Aahhhahahahahahahahah hah hah!! That's a good one!

  in A G4/MWNY question...kinda confused Comment by timortis July 2002
• Whatever happened to making "the best personal computers money can buy" in Steve's own words? When did Apple users turn into gadget junkies? When did Apple become a consumer electronics manufacturer? Screw the iPod, screw the ipad, and all oth…

  in Think Different, people! New iDevices and Apple philosophy Comment by timortis July 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by hotboxd: Anyway, the more the new Powermac is delayed the better it'll be when it's released. This seems to be the consensus, but I beg to differ. The later it is released, the more it has a chance of already being …

  in No Powermacs at MWNY? Comment by timortis July 2002
• [quote]Says Cnet: Channel sources warned that Apple's inventory of Power Macs has been building in recent weeks, despite three sales promotions launched since April. The release of faster Power Macs in January and of Adobe Photoshop in April failed…

  in No Powermacs at MWNY? Comment by timortis July 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Analogue bubblebath: I may be nitpicking, but that sentence is little bit misleading because the POWER4's SPEC scores were achieved with the second core disabled (SPEC cpu only measures single processors). No it…

  in Itanium 2: Intel and the megahertz myth Comment by timortis July 2002
• Can someone please show me a document, or a TV ad, or a magazine ad or something, anything, where Intel said "megahertz=performance"? I mean, sure, their engineers made a design decision and went with a hyper-pipelined architecture, and so far it …

  in Itanium 2: Intel and the megahertz myth Comment by timortis July 2002
• I would need dual 1.5 Ghz G4s with improved bus that supports higher bandwidth. DDR 266 bandwidth for the processor bus and DDR 266 RAM would make me happy. AGPx8 would also be necessary since this will probably be "the" motherboard for Appl…

  in What is the least that would satisfy you? Comment by timortis June 2002
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