Lets All Design The New G5/PPC970! (Or Whatever You Want To Call It)

[mystixman]

Well, WWDC is coming up here in a couple weeks, and rumors are pointing to a new Power Mac. Now what they call it ( if its even coming out that is ) is also still unknown. Here is my rendition of it. Tell me what you think, and make one of your own!

http://www.homepage.mac.com/bigjawbone/ppc970.swf

[Huked on Fonick]

Mesa bets it will look something like that.......yup

But i am hopeing it will lookg something like this

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/G5cube.html

Who knows?

[zuggerat]

thats hot yo...but not likely at all

[Spock]

Originally posted by mystixman
Well, WWDC is coming up here in a couple weeks, and rumors are pointing to a new Power Mac. Now what they call it ( if its even coming out that is ) is also still unknown. Here is my rendition of it. Tell me what you think, and make one of your own!

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I like this but it looks alot like the Performa 6400

[yzedf]

Originally posted by Huked on Fonick
Mesa bets it will look something like that.......yup

But i am hopeing it will lookg something like this

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/G5cube.html

Who knows?
Front load optical drive blocks the vents you included... :rolleyes:

[Abstract]

So? People are just playing around here. Its not like the official machine that will be sold. Plus it looks sweet. :cool:

[e-coli]

Anyone remember this thing.

'twas very nice. I wouldn't be heartbroken at all if it took some cues from the Xserve.

;)

[Dont Hurt Me]

Hey ecoli that looks like the machine to me.

[yzedf]

Nice job e-coli :D

[Falleron]

Originally posted by e-coli
Anyone remember this thing.

'twas very nice. I wouldn't be heartbroken at all if it took some cues from the Xserve.

;)
I like the look of this. I would be happy if something similar was released.

[mystixman]

e-coli. that looks pretty cool but too much like a PC case from lian li

[Dont Hurt Me]

wasnt this the same photo that apple had pulled from spymac? could this be the real mccoy? If so arn wont be happy when apple's Lawyers are looking for some e-coli.

[ollywilson2003]

Originally posted by mystixman
e-coli. that looks pretty cool but too much like a PC case from lian li

Off topic, who here really likes Lian Lis cases? I dont think they look stylish or beautiful at all, just like another PC case.

[cubist]

Originally posted by Dont Hurt Me
wasnt this the same photo that apple had pulled from spymac? could this be the real mccoy? ...

No, this picture is at least a year old... Instead of this (IMHO) beautiful clean design, we got MDD.

AI says the front is aluminum but the sides are "graphite", and that there are "thinner handles"; MacWhispers says the case is substantially all plastic.

How about if the handles, instead of sticking up or out, were sort of "scooped out"? Or maybe they would look like the nonfunctional rear spoilers that nearly all cars seem to have these days :-P

[Kid Red]

This isn't bad-

http://www.applele.com/powerfulmac_r09a.jpg

[Dont Hurt Me]

Originally posted by cubist
No, this picture is at least a year old... Instead of this (IMHO) beautiful clean design, we got MDD.

AI says the front is aluminum but the sides are "graphite", and that there are "thinner handles"; MacWhispers says the case is substantially all plastic.

How about if the handles, instead of sticking up or out, were sort of "scooped out"? Or maybe they would look like the nonfunctional rear spoilers that nearly all cars seem to have these days :-P How do you now this is a year old?

[jayscheuerle]

Originally posted by ollywilson2003
Off topic, who here really likes Lian Lis cases? I dont think they look stylish or beautiful at all, just like another PC case.

Very industrial looking.

Apple will have rounded edges. Pull-out handles (like the cube) would be nice. I'm sure it will be minimalistic....

[ColoJohnBoy]

Nice e-coli, very nice. I know that's an older image, but with all the rumors that it will still have handles (akbeit redesigned ones) where would they go? Damn, I can't wait for WWDC or whenever the hell these suckers are released.

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[mystixman]

ecchhh kid red, that one is terrible~!

[iN8]

Originally posted by e-coli
Anyone remember this thing.

'twas very nice. I wouldn't be heartbroken at all if it took some cues from the Xserve.

;)

I created a version of it around the same time and called it the xMac.

Here it is.

[ozubahn]

Originally posted by iN8
I created a version of it around the same time and called it the xMac.

Here it is.

That one looks like it is yodelling.

[xelterran]

Paint it flower-power color and add a free coffee cup holder :D

Anyway, how about some lighting around the CD drives and other important parts, maby a ambient light sensor like in the pbg4.

[BlainKBanquier]

My personal daydream: a design that allows the PM to be rackmountable right out of the box. Like an Xserve but 4-6 rack units high. Maybe integrate the rack ears into the new lower profile handles.

[e-coli]

Originally posted by yzedf
Nice job e-coli :D

Hey iN8, you ripped me off!! :eek:

lol. Wish I could take credit for the design. I think the original was done by eyelikeart or ensignparis a loooooong time ago.

when the G5 *finally* comes, it will be like the second coming of you_know_who. Seems like we've been waiting a Biblically long time.

But if it looks like the pic, I'll be all smiles. :D

[e-coli]

Originally posted by Kid Red
This isn't bad-

Dude, your apple is backwards without the "bite"

hmmm....maybe what you're saying is that the G5 is Apple's "missing piece".

oooooohhh. Very conceptual. Everyone check out the big brain on Kid Red. :D :p ;)

[job]

The inspiration for this design was from the following quote from the AI story:

The front of machine is flourished by this mesh metallic surface...

http://www.geocities.com/mcculloughmun/uh_copy.txt

I made it myself... ;) :p

[macphisto]

I like some of the ideas, but they are beginning to look like the custom/mod cases that you can get at tigerdirect or xtechnologies or outpost. There needs to be a bit more snaz and pizazz to them and then will Apple legal come after you. :)

[Sol]

Let us not forget the processor.

The XServe look of the PowerMac above is great. I wonder if the body will be transparent like the Cube & G3 iMacs. The mono speaker should be dumped once and for all; after all, Apple has done this to the G4 iMac already. I also hope that noise is minimized with a fan-less design but the quad hard-drive design of current Powermacs does not permit such an option. Perhaps now that IDE drives have the capacity for tones of data and work well with the latest FireWire standard it is time to start using 2.5 inch, serial ATA drives. For bigger drives, and plenty of bays, you can always buy an XServe and/or its RAID unit.

[Rustus Maximus]

lol :D

[adamfilip]

http://www.filipowicz.ca/supamac.jpg

okay here is my rendition (taken from the other photos and photoshoped)

i want dual slot loading cdroms!

[AppleMatt]

Sorry for the off-topic reply everyone, but can someone click on the flash link in mystixman's post (the thread-starter), make sure it opens in a new window, minimise the window and wait a long time.

When the flash finally loads does it display on your screen over the current window?

This could be a major bug I've discovered, or my machines screwed.

AppleMatt

(10.2.6 Safari v80)

[me hate windows]

Originally posted by AppleMatt
Sorry for the off-topic reply everyone, but can someone click on the flash link in mystixman's post (the thread-starter), make sure it opens in a new window, minimise the window and wait a long time.

When the flash finally loads does it display on your screen over the current window?

This could be a major bug I've discovered, or my machines screwed.

AppleMatt

(10.2.6 Safari v80)


I'm running Camino and the link timed out. Quite interesting though

[Sol]

Can't you see we are designing a PPC970 Mac here?!

[benixau]

if its great expect it to be dictator like:
It will be a 3d image of SJs head with 2x Slot loads in the mouth, an apple logo on the forehead and front mounted USB port and FW400 (maybe 800) port in the nostrils. Eyes are ambient light sensors for Apple LCDs only and the power button is voice activated: "You are god"

now seroiusly - has apple ever truly let us down? i know about the 'puck' but really - mostly i say - no.

[marco_ppc]

Here is a real picture of the new apple desktops, ppc 970 based, by the way of ppcnerds :)

THE picture (http://www.ppcnerds.org/node.php?id=44)

[celaurie]

Originally posted by Huked on Fonick
Mesa bets it will look something like that.......yup

But i am hopeing it will lookg something like this

http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/G5cube.html

Who knows?

No chance of that. Cubes went out when Janeway whooped the Borg's ass... ;)

[celaurie]

Originally posted by marco_ppc
Here is a real picture of the new apple desktops, ppc 970 based, by the way of ppcnerds :)

THE picture (http://www.ppcnerds.org/node.php?id=44)

Isn't that the design spec for the x-box?

[marco_ppc]

Originally posted by celaurie
Isn't that the design spec for the x-box?

maybe you want to say apple copied the design?
i've always dreamt a box like that :)

[celaurie]

Originally posted by marco_ppc
maybe you want to say apple copied the design?
i've always dreamt a box like that :)

If I was ever to dream of a Microsoft box, I know in advance, that it would be a nightmare!

[groovebuster]

Originally posted by BlainKBanquier
My personal daydream: a design that allows the PM to be rackmountable right out of the box. Like an Xserve but 4-6 rack units high. Maybe integrate the rack ears into the new lower profile handles.

What would be the benefit of rackmounting it? Maybe 1% of the users would need a workstation that is rackmountable and for those people there are always solutions from 3rd party companies.

groovebuster