Longer G5 Chip Delay May Hurt Apple Earnings

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Fender2112 · Aug 17, 2004, 10:09 AM

When I spotted this I wondered if Apple is allocating their current supply of CPU's for the antisipated iMac's this month so they can meet the demand for initial orders. This would help explain the delays in PowerMac shipments.

I really thought IBM had their act together. But I guess they don't.

stoid · Aug 17, 2004, 10:18 AM

What is this? Has IBM become infected by Motorola?

Peyote · Aug 17, 2004, 11:36 AM

Just seems like speculation to me...

wdlove · Aug 17, 2004, 11:41 AM

We are certainly getting bad news piles on top of bad news. It would not be right for Apple to hold back on G5 orders.

autrefois · Aug 17, 2004, 11:47 AM

If no new iMac is announced at the Paris Expo, do you think people will boo? For many people, when it comes to computers, Apple=iMac. Certainly having no iMac available has already stopped and is going to continue to stop potential switchers from switching.

They should not have stopped production of the iMac G4 so soon. Missing the infamous 3 GHz promise by .5 GHz should have been an indication that there might still be problems with getting any new G5 technology off the ground.

I still have this completely ridiculous and unfounded feeling that this is IBM's payback for the 1984 ad...

Sun Baked · Aug 17, 2004, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Fender2112

When I spotted this I wondered if Apple is allocating their current supply of CPU's for the antisipated iMac's this month so they can meet the demand for initial orders. This would help explain the delays in PowerMac shipments.

I really thought IBM had their act together. But I guess they don't.

Apple didn't have to make the switch in the PowerMac to 90nm, unless they were sure of IBM being able to cover the amount used in the PowerMacs.

Compared to the iMac the number of CPUs for the PowerMac 1.8 is going to be small once the new iMac3 hits the street.

Of course, with the constrained supply, Apple sure as heck isn't going to be able to ramp production if demand exceeds their estimates and IBM's ability to deliver.

Might be a case of the stores getting an initial iMac3 shipment and not having their supplies replenished for quite awhile.

nagromme · Aug 17, 2004, 12:39 PM

Wait... so if Apple has a temporary problem getting new G5s, they will also have a temporary problem with sales of those G5s?

Fascinating insight

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Fender2112 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC	When I spotted this I wondered if Apple is allocating their current supply of CPU's for the antisipated iMac's this month so they can meet the demand for initial orders. This would help explain the delays in PowerMac shipments. I really thought IBM had their act together. But I guess they don't. __________________ Really? Really, really!
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wdlove macrumors 604 Join Date: Oct 2002	We are certainly getting bad news piles on top of bad news. It would not be right for Apple to hold back on G5 orders. __________________ First MacRumors "Contributor"
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nagromme macrumors G4 Join Date: May 2002	Wait... so if Apple has a temporary problem getting new G5s, they will also have a temporary problem with sales of those G5s? Fascinating insight __________________ nagromme What happens when corporations buy the government? Americans have returned to receiving 1960s wages, despite being twice as productive.
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stoid macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: So long, and thanks for all the fish!	What is this? Has IBM become infected by Motorola?
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autrefois macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere in the USA	If no new iMac is announced at the Paris Expo, do you think people will boo? For many people, when it comes to computers, Apple=iMac. Certainly having no iMac available has already stopped and is going to continue to stop potential switchers from switching. They should not have stopped production of the iMac G4 so soon. Missing the infamous 3 GHz promise by .5 GHz should have been an indication that there might still be problems with getting any new G5 technology off the ground. I still have this completely ridiculous and unfounded feeling that this is IBM's payback for the 1984 ad...
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