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_bnkr612
Jan 28, 2005, 12:23 PM
only for humor and curious minds...

dual 3.0 liquichilled. dual, dual layer dvdrw/cdrw, dual firewire 2 gig front side bus. In our dreams of course...


http://bnkrdesign.com/g5.jpg


saabmp3
Jan 28, 2005, 10:50 PM
I'm confused. What is 'dual dual'? Are you talking about a quad proc machine? They will have G5's at 3.0 GHz eventually. Firewire isn't really a FSB....at all. Or maybe I'm confused still :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
maya
Jan 28, 2005, 10:57 PM
I'm confused. What is 'dual dual'? Are you talking about a quad proc machine? They will have G5's at 3.0 GHz eventually. Firewire isn't really a FSB....at all. Or maybe I'm confused still :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

The "dual dual" is referring to a dual-core, dual processor PowerMac G5. :)
Chip NoVaMac
Jan 28, 2005, 11:52 PM
It is the dual drives, dual FW ports I think.
maya
Jan 28, 2005, 11:59 PM
It is the dual drives, dual FW ports I think.

Referring to everything dual, kinda pointless. :rolleyes:
Daveway
Jan 29, 2005, 12:08 AM
Not having dual drives on the powermacs is probably its main downfall. I suspect Apple will put another drive in at the next revision, possibly in June.
wdlove
Jan 29, 2005, 08:58 PM
Not having dual drives on the powermacs is probably its main downfall. I suspect Apple will put another drive in at the next revision, possibly in June.

Very impressive. Apple just trying to give the Pro user what they want. Hopefully it will be optional.
sjpetry
Jan 29, 2005, 09:05 PM
Do you think Apple will ever have 4 processors in a PowerMac? Or would it be way too expensive? It would be nice though. :)
wdlove
Jan 29, 2005, 09:26 PM
Do you think Apple will ever have 4 processors in a PowerMac? Or would it be way too expensive? It would be nice though. :)

I think that Apple will offer a Quad Power Mac eventually. It would be even more likely if they can't reach the 3 GHz level soon. It's all a matter to attaining the engineering, don't think cost will be a problem. They need to offer something to put a spike in sales.
JesterJJZ
Jan 29, 2005, 11:56 PM
Not having dual drives on the powermacs is probably its main downfall. I suspect Apple will put another drive in at the next revision, possibly in June.

Why? Most people never used the second bay available on the G4's. What the next G5 needs is more space for internal HD's. It would be nice to be able to have 4 or 5 in there, and I mean without having to get 3rd party rigs and another sata card.
Daveway
Jan 30, 2005, 01:10 AM
Why? Most people never used the second bay available on the G4's. What the next G5 needs is more space for internal HD's. It would be nice to be able to have 4 or 5 in there, and I mean without having to get 3rd party rigs and another sata card.

This may be your own opinion. But for many the ability to make a copy of a disc without ripping an image first is a huge time saver. I don't have any idea as to how something like this could be implemented only option as to the way the Powermac is designed. It just wouldn't look right. I do agree with you that more hard drive bays are needed. Many large PC cases can carry around 4 3.5" drives with the ability to also go into the 5.25" drive bays. The whole problem is that Apple doesn't want its customers to have a great deal a customizable system options. And it really hurts the customer this way.
topicolo
Jan 30, 2005, 04:30 AM
Do you think Apple will ever have 4 processors in a PowerMac? Or would it be way too expensive? It would be nice though. :)

A company named Daystar Digital once sold a quad processor PPC 604 132Mhz mac so Apple may be able to do something similar. Of course, the quad 132Mhz mac cost over $10,000 at the time :eek:
ddtlm
Jan 30, 2005, 07:28 AM
So assuming the 970mp happens and uses the same FSB, a dual-dual would be simple for Apple. But I still think it would be a bit silly. Lets compare a dual-dual with a big SUV. ;) For both of them:

1. There is little observable benefit.
2. Size, power usage, and cost are higher than they need to be.
3. Despite the lack of observable benefit for 90% of users, most everyone makes up excuses ("I carry dogs" or "OSX is multithreaded").
4. Status would be a selling point.

I'd much rather that Apple took just one 970mp and made a smaller dual-cored machine around it (compared to current G5 towers).