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Hold off those video card purchases (details on GeForce 4 family/new ATI cards)Here's the goods folks.<br /> <br /> NV25 (GeForce 4 Ti4400 & 4600):<br /> <br /> -63 Million Transistors <br /> -0.15 micron. <br /> -4 renderin…
... Ti4400 & 4600): -63 Million Transistors -0.15 micron. -4 rendering pipelines ... -
Speculation: G4 AND G5 rumors true?There appear two sets of rumors flying right now. The first is that the next speed bump for PowerMacs will be fairly small with speeds topping out a…
There appear two sets of rumors flying right now. The first is that the next speed bump for PowerMacs will be fairly small with speeds topping out at just over 1GHz, ie 866, 933, 1.13GHz. The actual speeds vary, but the spirit of the rumor is there. The ... -
Why there will be no Future Hardware for me for awhile....After my wife and I got her iBook last week (mostly because the lack of a G4 upgrade, and the fact we needed another machine ASAP), we thought "…
After my wife and I got her iBook last week (mostly because the lack of a G4 upgrade, and the fact we needed another machine ASAP), we thought "well, summer or fall for a rockin G5 Tower. But now, there will be no such thing. We also got appoved for a ... -
MondayMonday is the day for Apple to announce the new G4......<br /> <br /> How do I know...???<br /> <br /> you'll see <img src="graemlins/lol.g…
Monday is the day for Apple to announce the new G4...... How do I know...??? you'll see :eek: -
WHEN?!Eveyone seems to have diffrent opinion about when the "imminent" release for a new G4 will take place. One thing for sure I don't think w…
Eveyone seems to have diffrent opinion about when the "imminent" release for a new G4 will take place. One thing for sure I don't think we will have to wait much longer so keep on refreshing the apple web page -
Why new round of G4s may not be here that longIt looks like these new G4s may live a life similar to the old B&W 450 G3, that was announced prior to the G4 and was only on the market for arou…
It looks like these new G4s may live a life similar to the old B&W 450 G3, that was announced prior to the G4 and was only on the market for around 3 months or so. There's a new education monitor promo for these new G4s that expires March 31... right ... -
wait a tootWell apple has FINALLY hit 1 ghz<br /> thats cool I guess <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarra…
... with a 1.6-2.0 ghz processor ya know? also ... -
ibook g4so how long before theres a g4 portable in my price range? <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /&…
so how long before theres a g4 portable in my price range? it's obvious apple is moving as fast as it can towards the g4, enough so to canabalize its powermac sales, talk of the apollo in another thread gives 733/867 as possible Ti specs; so what does ... -
What is holding up ATA100?We all know that current processors cannot make proper use of DDR ram so we are stuck with PC133 for the time being. But why oh why do we still have …
We all know that current processors cannot make proper use of DDR ram so we are stuck with PC133 for the time being. But why oh why do we still have no support for ATA100. Top end PC's are starting to support ATA133? :confused: :confused: -
Maccentral - 7455 IS ApolloI've read a number of users complain that the new G4 chips are NOT the long-awaited apollos. <br /> <br /> Well, according to Maccentral today, they …
I've read a number of users complain that the new G4 chips are NOT the long-awaited apollos. Well, according to Maccentral today, they are indeed. What does this mean? How far can the Apollo scale? Does this change whether or not we'll see G5's in the ... -
Other Hardware Additions...I understand the debate about the G5, but what we have is what we have, and until Steve opens his eyes and uses these message boards to gauge what Ap…
... UltraWide SCSI, and USB 2.0. This technology is key to ... -
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 ... -
FutureWire (IEEE 1394b)The 1394 Trade Association has announced a next-generation FireWire specification called 1394b (as we all know). It will boost sustained data-transfe…
... FireWire- 400 Mbps USB 2.0- 480 Mbps The 1394b specification ... has adopted the USB 2.0 standard and wants to kill ... -
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…
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What do recent G4 pronouncements mean?I was wondering what people felt about the new range of QS towers and recent statements from moto and apple engineers on the G4?<br /> <br /> With mo…
I was wondering what people felt about the new range of QS towers and recent statements from moto and apple engineers on the G4? With moto maintaining that mac users can look forward to many incremental advancements from the G4 yet does this mean that the ... -
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 ... -
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... -
Idea for iMac 2I think the next revision of the iMac should have A/V ports on it. It should also have some apple writen iSoftware written for it. Mainly, I think th…
I think the next revision of the iMac should have A/V ports on it. It should also have some apple writen iSoftware written for it. Mainly, I think this would be for playing PlayStation, but it could also but used for other things like stereo systems, etc. ... -
The G5 vs the AMD HammerFrom what I heard, the G5 is a powerful chip, but how will it match up to the Hammer?<br /> <br /> I heard the Hammer will have 8Mb of L2 cache, and …
From what I heard, the G5 is a powerful chip, but how will it match up to the Hammer? I heard the Hammer will have 8Mb of L2 cache, and stuff like that, but as the G5 is a closely guarded secret, I have heard nothing about its specs. Will the G5 just be a ... -
New IBM Power PC 1GHz chipIn a New York Times article written by John Markoff on February 4th, "The Increase in Chip Speed is Accelerating, Not Slowing"<br /> <br />…
In a New York Times article written by John Markoff on February 4th, "The Increase in Chip Speed is Accelerating, Not Slowing" I.B.M. (news/quote ) will also present several papers at the conference, and the company said that its technology focus has been ... -
Ge Force4.....but MX?We all know that the current 933 and also the DP are built with the new GeForce 4MX. Now when are they going to replace it with the real GeForce4?? …
We all know that the current 933 and also the DP are built with the new GeForce 4MX. Now when are they going to replace it with the real GeForce4?? I heard the new card is ready for imminent release and should be fitted in the new G4 by next week! Is this ... -
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 ... -
what the iPod should become...Read this<a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-830274.html" target="_blank"> article </a> and tell me this wouldn't…
Read this article and tell me this wouldn't be one of the most nifty-est things around if it was done with the iPod. Whee! tsukurite -
G5 Advantages Being MinimizedEach week that passes without new Apple hardware powered by the purported G5 speed demon negates the impact such an announcement would make. <im…
Each week that passes without new Apple hardware powered by the purported G5 speed demon negates the impact such an announcement would make. Progress on new technologies is very rapid in the PC world as Intel and AMD move forward at a steady pace with new ... -
When will next imac rev appear?Ok, so I'm asking this because I'll be in grad school next year, and I'm going to be getting a new mac <img src="/images/smilies/1biggrin.gif" bord…
Ok, so I'm asking this because I'll be in grad school next year, and I'm going to be getting a new mac My faithful 7600/120 just isn't going to cut it anymore So, do you think the imac will get updated at MWNY in July? I'm holding off as long as I can, ... -
Just some thoughts on Apple's Hardware/Software Release strategy...Since MWSF, it has been fairly obvious that many contributors to these forums are disappointed that their aspirations for new PM and PB hardware were…
... debuts @ 1.7GHz and 2.0 GHz with internal Superdrive PM ... -
Faster Sonnet Duet?I hope this hasn't been covered recently. Does anyone know why Sonnet hasn't increased the speed of the Duet that has been at 500Mhz since it's intr…
I hope this hasn't been covered recently. Does anyone know why Sonnet hasn't increased the speed of the Duet that has been at 500Mhz since it's introduction? It seems that the faster G4's are available. Is there some technical reason 500Mhz is the fastest ... -
Image is everythingI was wondering, all these speculations on the internal guts of the next G4 or G5 are making my head spin. Does anyone have any clue whether Apple p…
I was wondering, all these speculations on the internal guts of the next G4 or G5 are making my head spin. Does anyone have any clue whether Apple plans to change the external "tower" appearance, to something a little more friendly? Perhaps a cylinder ... -
G5 go bye bye -- the article that ends it all.From the MacCentral Article:<br /> <br /> <i>Motorola's Apollo G4 chip, which is currently shipping in Apple's newest desktop machines, <b>will be th…
From the MacCentral Article: Motorola's Apollo G4 chip, which is currently shipping in Apple's newest desktop machines, will be the chip of choice for some time to come. "The G4 has a long life ahead of it," said Joswiak. "There are a number of tweaks and ...
