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Future of AirportIf Apple gets the bandwith up on Airport, will current users be able to take advantage of it by replacing cards, or will everyone have to buy new bas…
If Apple gets the bandwith up on Airport, will current users be able to take advantage of it by replacing cards, or will everyone have to buy new basestations to get the higher bandwith? -'pert -
Death Of Classic == Change In Processor?It's a question we have to ask ourselves ... the big thing holding back Apple from any radical departures from the standard Moto PPC was Classic ... …
... ditch it any earlier because of all that legacy Classic productivity ... -
Has anyon considered the possibility of an intel based rack mount?I mean think about it, all you need for OSX server really is Carbon & Cocoa. If Apple buy out some rack manufacturer and give it a funky case, by…
... Aqua across. The advantage? Think of all the redunant Hardware manufacturers ... -
Final proof of new hardware at MWNY?Dunno, I always hear that the naked mole rat is quite credible and under <a href="http://www.macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20020517.php" target…
... an eleventh-hour arrival date of Sept. 20 or thereabouts, ... head during the last week of June, they aver, and ... Apple?s next major round of desktop hardware." Since "desktop ... mean clearly Apple has lots of 1.0 ghz processors ... 1.0 ghz chips as of late or we will ... -
Dreaming of 13.3" iBookOkay, I can't afford the Titanium and it's a bit fragile for my usage.<br /> <br /> The 12.1" iBook is too small (my eyes are not as good as the…
... the same weight and size of the 12" by just expanding ... -
A look at computer tech at the end of 2002Ok, so now everyone is talking about a new G4/G5 and it would surely be nice to have one. I was thinking about a possible new PowerMac system and too…
... the built-in audio of the PowerMacs, which are ... motherboards supporting serial ATA of Intel. I hope the ... serious about regaining some of the "pro" market and ... only expect a ****load of cutting edge features since ... stuff among the lines of "Hey everyone, we have ... -
The future of Powermac is closer than you thinkFirewire 2 is making news.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.oxsemi.com/press/may02/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.o…
... actual computer to take advantage of this new speed. and with ... high MHz? A small process of munufacturing but mostly an extended ... to help in the scaling of processor speed. On die memory ... 's a solution: get rid of multiple processors. Hyper threading. Create ... -
Pegasos MotherBoards: Attack Of The Clones ???<a href="http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/gfx/pegasos/pegasos_art_e.html" target="_blank">http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/gfx/pegasos/pega…
http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/gfx/pegasos/pegasos_art_e.html does this mean we will soon have the (pc) luxury of building our own PPC systems and running OSX on them ??? -
iPod of photos?I was reading the New York Times (May 23 Circuts) and saw this device: Nixvue Vista. Available in capacities of up to 30GB, it holds JPEG images for …
... : Nixvue Vista. Available in capacities of up to 30GB, it holds ... -
What one of Apple's big announcements should be......Speed bump the eMac, cut the margin to 10% (5% of which goes to the reseller) and put those puppies everywhere. It's time to put up or shut up, Stev…
... the margin to 10% (5% of which goes to the reseller ... is scary for 2/3rds of the populace. They don't want to spend a ton of cash and find out they ... , I'm gonna buy one of them Mac things"?!? Let's ... -
If we get big Ghz, then what of the laptops?Let's assume that in a months time we get a 1.5Ghz DDR 333 based PowerMac. It will have no bottlenecks and will fly, with Athlon XP type performance.…
... less than half the power of its big brother and totally ... -
Apple exec predicts branded handheld bombshell (sort of!)Don't know if this has got any coverage on the other side of the Big Pond, but this appeared in today's edition of UK Mac magazine <i>MacUser</i>:<b…
... appeared in today's edition of UK Mac magazine MacUser: [ ... Apple product. Ink is one of the least talked-about ... at Wacom, the main manufacturer of Mac-compatible graphics tablets, said ... been consulted during the development of Ink, which indicates that Apple ... -
Sources of PPC G5, 8500, Sahara rumorsHmm... I think this may be the source of the Register's November 2001 PPC G5 rumor (as seen in JYD's AI <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.c…
... 10-step conveyor, new structure of internal processor bus, altered ... be constructively made with use of copper connections and SOI; such combination of technical process still used ... in 2002, and shippings of small parties to interested ... -
The End of the Macintosh Line of ComputersHello All,<br /> <br /> I am not here to pick fights or say is Apple is dying. Just some ideas to throw around.<br /> <br /> What will it take for A…
... to discontinue the Macintosh line of computers? Will a revolutionary break ... the Mac line would all of the misconceptions generated throughout the ... never going to get rid of the Macintosh line because it ... -
Cycle of Apple innovationsIt just occurred to me today that Apple has come out with a totally unexpected, really cool industrial design every two years since Steve Jobs' retur…
... it's the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh. Or maybe it ... desktops really fit the description of "totally unexpected." Their laptops have ... the sheer jaw-dropping impact of the desktops. And mentioning the ... -
more rampant speculation on future of Power MacI know it's yet more rampant speculation and this board is probably already saturated, but just thought i'd throw in an alternate hypothesis. NOTICE…
... an alternate hypothesis. NOTICE, most of this is probably wrong ... specifically to fully take advantage of the multiple procs. this ... (Shake, Logic etc.) Therefore lots of the more powerhungry apps ... system running at the limits of RIO and DDRAM capabilities ... -
Could it be the sign of a change?I am about to purchase a new mac right after the convention. I noticed that they were offering a $300 dollar rebate on all g4 quicksilvers. <br /> …
... ? Could it be the sign of the G5, a new case ... rebates and the falling prices of some of the mac's is allways a sign of change. I think and hope ... planet for the small price of only $3,499. -
What do you guys make of this "new g4"?I was making my daily rounds at the sites I visit, and I came across this article on PixelMonger. The article isn't much good (I think), but a littl…
... left, they have a "picture" of the "new G4". I have ... -
Re: the intro of the new imaci've read a few things around here where you guys have suggested you knew that the new imac was coming - in that you expected the flat screen and you…
... whatever", if only because of the release of the xserve.. it is only a question of "when" will it be ... that attracts a lot of consumers AND media coverage ... than releasing it outside of a mw.. for these ... necessary reduce the cost of the outdated pm's ... -
New Set of Next-Gen Power Mac RumorsThe dirt I got is as follows:<br /> <br /> Apple has been working with a new Motorola CPU and a fundamentally different motherboard design since the…
... motherboard design since the Fall of 2001. My source tells me ... this is his little rebellion of sorts or maybe he's not considered the ramifications of what will happen to him ... -
"Mr. Jobs means to take Apple back to the land of the handhelds...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/19/technology/19APPL.html" target="_blank">...but this time with a device that woul…
...but this time with a device that would combine elements of a cellphone and a Palm-like personal digital assistant." [ 08-18-2002: Message edited by: jbc ] -
CaddiMac: Is This The Future Design of Optical Drive Bay Doors?I went by the CompUSA yesterday and took a quick look at the new "CaddiMac" G4 tower. I call it that because of the decorative air-inlet po…
... . I call it that because of the decorative air-inlet ports ... -
Riddles of the past..I was going over some old files before they were sent to the trash I found these quotes from back in Dec 2001.<br /> <br /> Someone who went but the …
... Stone." "When the third sucessor of Artemis shall eat pie in ... seem like a random spew of old Apple code names (cube ... ? Oh well... comment if any of this rings a bell Dave ... -
Hardware Implications of OS X Only BootStarting January 2003, all new Macs will lose the ability to boot into OS 9. Classic will still be available of course. The official PR here:<br /> <…
... . Classic will still be available of course. The official PR here ... people ask for remaining stock of "OS 9" Power Macs, etc ... ? They'll be locked out of upgrading? Or will MWSF see ... the specific Future Hardware implications of this announcement. -
Moved: p4 to reach 5 ghz by first half of 2003This is really starting to beacome embarrising.<br /> <br /> 3 ghz by end of year with hyperthreading<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wininf…
This is really starting to beacome embarrising. 3 ghz by end of year with hyperthreading http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=26616 [ 09-14-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ] -
Does the core of a multicore chip have to be identical ?Many rumors said that the next high end chip used by Apple will be a chip made by IBM with dual core and altivec unit. <br /> <br /> Do you think it'…
... transistors and lower the cost of the chip. In a other way the number of transistors saved could not be ... advantage. What do you think of that, is it possible and ... can bring something in term of prize and heat issue ? -
My proof of the G5's development.I got <a href="http://www.webforever.com/mcv03g5.JPG" target="_blank">this link</a> from a friend. I just had to pass…
I got this link from a friend. I just had to pass it along. And Mods.. please oh please don't take this off because of legal letters from Apple which are bound to start pouring in. Thanks all and have a nice weekend. I'm off to go fishing for a new iMac. -
Pure speculative sketch of new iPodokay. i was kinda bored and whipped this up really quick.<br /> <br /> it's a rough idea of what a combo iPod/digital camera could possibly look like…
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"CONFIRMED" FireWire 2 in Next Wave of MacsFirewire 2 is shipping in new firewire products today!<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.lacie.se/news/news.cfm?id=D01425C3-D6B7-11D6-981C0090…
... market with a new range of drives that will deliver data transfer rates of up to 800 Mbps. The ... made possible by the use of Oxford Semiconductor?s OXUF922, IDE ... device. LaCie?s next generation of mass storage products will include ...
