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Stupeid PPC roadmap from MotoI'm not sure if this belongs in Future Hardware, but here is a moto roadmap that is totally stupid: <a href="http://e-www.motorola.com/webapp…
I'm not sure if this belongs in Future Hardware, but here is a moto roadmap that is totally stupid: moto roadmap so why doesn't apple use the 1ghz in their machines :confused: they still use 867mhz as the highest clock speed. [ 01-26-2002: Message edited ... -
Aqua help in NVidia GeForce 4The GeForce 4 supports 2D transparency effects (alpha channel) in 2D. If the 2D GPU is a programmable as the 3D GPU, this could mean substantial hel…
The GeForce 4 supports 2D transparency effects (alpha channel) in 2D. If the 2D GPU is a programmable as the 3D GPU, this could mean substantial help for aqua compositing. Check the Window Effects (for Windows) slide in the following URL. http://www.xp- ... -
Prepare your engines... March 31,2002Check out <a href="http://www.apple.com/promo/screensaver/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/promo/screensaver/</a&g…
Check out http://www.apple.com/promo/screensaver/ [quote]Buy a Power Mac G4 and an Apple flat-panel** display between January 28 and March 31, 2002, and get a picture-perfect deal. You?ll save on your choice of a 15-inch or 17-inch Apple Studio Display or ... -
Screen Deal Updated/ Indicator?Interesting that after all the talk about the Flat Panel Display Offer ending around now, Apple have posted a new G4/ Flat Panel promotion..... endi…
Interesting that after all the talk about the Flat Panel Display Offer ending around now, Apple have posted a new G4/ Flat Panel promotion..... ending 31 March 2002 http://www.apple.com/uk/promo/screensaver/ And indictor of the next 'bump' G4 update at ... -
new G4 is a 7455. will there ever be Apollo?as motorolas site <a href="http://e-www.motorola.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?nodeId=03M943030450467M98653" target="_blank"…
as motorolas site http://e-www.motorola.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?nodeId=03M943030450467M98653 is saying, the new G4 in apple's tower-line is a 7455 G4. my question: is this apollo or will there be the apollo between the 7455 and the G5? i think an ... -
Who da man?Time to grade the prognosticators. I think I did pretty well myself <img src="/images/smilies/1smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="aSmile" class="in…
Time to grade the prognosticators. I think I did pretty well myself Here's my post on 11-23-01: [quote] The realistic MWSF '02 thread ... Here's my prediction: iMac - $799 Same form factor - only one version available 600 MHz PowerPC 750cxe 128 MB PC100 ... -
TiBook's next processor now sampling<a href="http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20020128S0037" target="_blank">http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OE…
http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20020128S0037 It is a lower power version of the 7455 SOI process chip that is in the new PowerMacs. -
why G5's should come out this summerjust to start, i have no inside sources. I am doing what people used to due back in the day and actually post rumors and not make up all this confir…
just to start, i have no inside sources. I am doing what people used to due back in the day and actually post rumors and not make up all this confirmed crap. This is why i believe the G5 will come out. Does anyone remember last january when the G4 733 was ... -
YDM says, last PMG4 update, EVER.YDM says Powermac G5 by MWSF at the latest. As most people here suspected, these powermacs are said to be the last revision of the PMG4 line, a hold…
YDM says Powermac G5 by MWSF at the latest. As most people here suspected, these powermacs are said to be the last revision of the PMG4 line, a hold-over until the Powermac G5s arrive. http://www.yourdailymac.com/g4update.html [quote] Our sources tell us ... -
Clawhammer<a href="http://www.hardwaremania.com/reviews_eng/hammer/hammer1.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.hardwaremania.com/review…
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hypothetical questionyou are delivered two new processor chips whose design is so revolutionary that the concept of Hz as a measure of computing power is utterly meaningl…
... use by Apple's current target demographic. to make things easier ... -
WSJ says Apple is better than PCs!OK, so I that is a little bit of an exaggeration... but read what is said and read the clips below.<br /> <br /> There will never be an end to the ar…
OK, so I that is a little bit of an exaggeration... but read what is said and read the clips below. There will never be an end to the argument about which is better - Apple or WinTel - but I'll tell you from my 20+ years in the biz... I LOVE APPLE and OS ... -
New PowerMacs using hypertransport?New PowerMacs 1 Ghz dual using hypertransport? check that : <a href="http://www.cube-zone.com" target="_blank">http://www.c…
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clusteringInteresting story (in Wired) on clustering Macs:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50078,00.html" target=&quo…
Interesting story (in Wired) on clustering Macs: That's a Whole Lot of Power, Mac Now, is it possible that when Jobs told Wall Street some time ago of a plan to "address the megahertz myth", he had in mind precisely this sort of thing - some kind of ... -
MC7455 == "Apollo"I'm sure a number of you have read this already, but for the benefit of those who have not, the G4's shipping in the new PowerMac's are indeed the &q…
I'm sure a number of you have read this already, but for the benefit of those who have not, the G4's shipping in the new PowerMac's are indeed the "Apollo" chips. They also have the ability to access DDR RAM (at least cache). Thus it makes sense that the ... -
Moto putting the slap down on IBM!<a href="http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20020129S0036" target="_blank">http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20020129S0036</A> <br…
http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20020129S0036 Sounds like IBM will not ship at the 1 GHZ level until latter in the year. For some strange reason, I am feeling a little better about Moto now. I hope its not a false sense of security. -
Wired Article....PowerMac Clusters (news to me)<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50078-2,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50078-2…
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50078-2,00.html If you have not seen this, worth the read! A "simple" recompile on existing apps and we could all have PowerMac Clusters that are uhmmmmmmm very fast. Anyone have any idea why Apple is NOT doing this... ... -
Will Pixar ever use PowerMac's?<a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-825723.html" target="_blank">http://news.com.com/2100-1001-825723.html</a><br …
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-825723.html News is reporting that Pixar is moving from SGI workstations to IBM workstations running Linux. Whats up with that???? If S Jobs uses Mac forums to pump Pixar movies I think Pixar should be pumping Apple ... -
Hypertransport, Rapid-I/O, DDR-SDRAM comments.AN interesting comment that I found at <a href="http://www.cubezone.com" target="_blank">www.cubezone.com</a> (below…
AN interesting comment that I found at www.cubezone.com (below) In response to someone asking about HyperTransport in the new macs. It is highly unlikely that Hypertransport is in the new PowerMac's. They simply put all those system features into one chip ... -
PowerBook G4 review?<a href="http://www.reviewboard.com/Section/Cover/powerbookg4" target="_blank">Reviewboard PowerBook Review</a><br />…
Reviewboard PowerBook Review This is the url of a review of the PowerBook G4. You have to read it to believe it. Are there really people this ignorant in the world, or is the author "taking the piss"? here's a random quote: Their new OS which they call OS ... -
Any Idea what this could be? Quad G4? (video proof?)<a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phillip.briggs1/" target="_blank">http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phillip.briggs1/</a…
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phillip.briggs1/ The computer in question looks to be using 4 CPU's. Could this be one of the sealed test boxes we have heard about? Later Steve [ 01-31-2002: Message edited by: ssmurphy ] [ 02-04-2002: Message edited by: ... -
Anonymous source says desktop G5 is dead<a href="http://forums.maccentral.com/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news020129motorolaphp&Numb er=80106&page=&view=expa…
http://forums.maccentral.com/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news020129motorolaphp&Numb er=80106&page=&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&part=&returnt o=http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/29.motorola.php Someone with the handle of "Wohlf" claims that Moto ... -
The real GeForce 4[quote]Originally posted by powerdoc:<br /> <strong>Before complaining , you should wait for benchmarks. The only information for the moment a…
[quote]Originally posted by powerdoc: Before complaining , you should wait for benchmarks. The only information for the moment avalaible is that the geforce 4 mx provide 1,1 billions pixel per second . The geforce 3 provide 800 millions pixel per second ... -
AMD pulls out of alliance with Mot ?Remember the alliance between Motorola and AMD ?<br /> Motorola has poor production units and AMD has great fabs. Motorola gave SOI to AMD in order t…
Remember the alliance between Motorola and AMD ? Motorola has poor production units and AMD has great fabs. Motorola gave SOI to AMD in order to be able to produce G4 Apollo (.13µ MPC 7460) side by side with AMD Athlon in AMD fabs. now, seen this on ... -
Article about future-mac mock-ups!I found an interesting article on Wired.com about Apple Mock-Ups.<br /> Here's URL: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49898,00.ht…
I found an interesting article on Wired.com about Apple Mock-Ups. Here's URL: http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49898,00.html Just thought people who read this forum would be interested in reading it... -
while watching "death becomes her" doodled a "iDisplay" ?hello!<br /> <br /> while watching "death becomes her," i doodled a some sort of reflective TFT touch sensitive screen, picture frame. <br…
hello! while watching "death becomes her," i doodled a some sort of reflective TFT touch sensitive screen, picture frame. it would be nice to view "iPhoto" pictures on it, or perhaps movies (?) via wirelessly through "airport" or firewire. play games... ... -
Probably nothing... but Feb 11thAs the title says, but Quicktime Live conference starts and <a href="http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4195" target=&q…
As the title says, but Quicktime Live conference starts and Macworld UK says there will be a keynote (it doesn't say who) and a "super secret workshop". I only mention this because i noticed that Alias|Wavefront are one of the exhibitors. Could this be ... -
GForce4TI for PowerMac is herePower Mac G4s get nVidia GeForce4 Titanium option<br /> by Peter Cohen, pcohen@maccentral.com<br /> February 5, 2002 10:20 am ET<br /> <br /> Apple t…
Power Mac G4s get nVidia GeForce4 Titanium option by Peter Cohen, pcohen@maccentral.com February 5, 2002 10:20 am ET Apple today announced that nVidia's GeForce 4 Titanium will be offered as a build-to-order option in its Power Mac G4 series. This news ... -
Surround Sound Petition (to Apple)Let Apple know what we want! Creative is a joke ... we need Apple to address this need (either themselves or by convincing someone else to). Perhap…
Let Apple know what we want! Creative is a joke ... we need Apple to address this need (either themselves or by convincing someone else to). Perhaps it'll be done through sw in OS X ... but we've still yet to see anything from it ... http://www. ...