I've heard rumblings like this too - and it doesnt help that RED's booth is RIGHT NEXT to Apple's booth on the NAB show floor. I got a buddy who is going to the event sunday morning at NAB so I'll be waiting for his call to tell me what went down.
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I've heard rumblings like this too - and it doesnt help that RED's booth is RIGHT NEXT to Apple's booth on the NAB show floor. I got a buddy who is going to the event sunday morning at NAB so I'll be waiting for his call to tell me what went down.
Wow. Alot of hype for something that should have been added as a config option 3 months ago. I mean for real man, that quad chip is on freakin newegg right now and has been for months.
No, LOOOOOONG overdue.
No, LOOOOOONG overdue.
Won't Be Two Octocore Models
3GHz Quad $2499
2.33GHz Quad $1999
Dream on. No way will they offer two speeds. And you can't run 8 cores with 1GB of ram. It is much more likely to be your first guess +
3GHz Quad $2499
2.33GHz Quad $1999
SO-DIMMs
SO-DIMM tends to be used in notebooks and other confined spaces (like iMacs). It would not typically be used in a workstation like the Mac Pro. If Apple went away from the FB-DIMMs (and I"m not sure they will -- there are some genuine advantages to it) it would more likely be to normal DDR2 DIMMs found in typical desktop PCs.
SO-DIMM tends to be used in notebooks and other confined spaces (like iMacs). It would not typically be used in a workstation like the Mac Pro. If Apple went away from the FB-DIMMs (and I"m not sure they will -- there are some genuine advantages to it) it would more likely be to normal DDR2 DIMMs found in typical desktop PCs.
Can someone from the UK who is familiar with the Inquirer please provide a little color as to the reputation of the periodical? I went to the website and it seems like it is a mish mash of tech articles that does not have journalistic integrity as a foremost priority. However this very site could be described as just a bunch of silly mac rumors, but it often has very useful insights. As such, any thoughts from those familiar with the Inquirer would be great.
They simply mean that "white" is one of the staplemarks of Apple. white iPods, white earbuds, white iMacs, white MacBooks... It does NOT mean that the new computer is going to be white. You guys are reading WAY too much in to it!
As a regular reader of The Inquirer, I can confirm that they take pride in having really screwy, twisted, wierd and often completely unrelated article titles and 6 word summaries.
They are also, somewhat anti Apple, well at least usually.
I wouldn't trust anything they say about Apple, especially.
They more or less anti-everything. Anti-Linux? Check. Anti-MS? Check. Anti-Apple? Check. The things they are not against, is usually stuff that are too tiny to be relevant
.They more or less anti-everything. Anti-Linux? Check. Anti-MS? Check. Anti-Apple? Check. The things they are not against, is usually stuff that are too tiny to be relevant
So true. They also seem to like confusing the hell out of everyone with in-joke after in-joke. They seem to take pleasure in creating, well, unintelligible crap.
I suppose the wait is always more exciting than when it actually happens... well...just a conciliatory thought!!
Ever get the feeling that Apple keep an eye on rumor sites like this who reveal a dates and say ha! for that were putting the date back a month !!
But seriously, they must be waiting for the NAB final cut release with 8core as a perfect companion.
But seriously, they must be waiting for the NAB final cut release with 8core as a perfect companion.
Ever get the feeling that Apple keep an eye on rumor sites like this who reveal a dates and say ha! for that were putting the date back a month !!
They may keep tabs these sites looking for inspirations as well... its a process of give and take at its most surreptitious!!
Ever get the feeling that Apple keep an eye on rumor sites like this who reveal a dates and say ha! for that were putting the date back a month !!
But seriously, they must be waiting for the NAB final cut release with 8core as a perfect companion.
Ive always feared that
Clovertowns were introduced at the above speeds, which is maybe why apple hasn't released 8 core machines, yet, or is a 3Ghz version available now? They would never go down in cpu speed for their top model, at the very least they would want to match it.
As long as that isn't available, Apple will wait. It's that famous MHZ myth that still haunts many users they want to avoid stirring up.
If anything, Apple will update their website at US times (probably pacific), not GMT.
Sure makes a lot more sense - a big demo on the new features of FC then a "one more thing - this is a multi-thread application which will use as many cores as you can throw at it, hence the new Mac Pro Clovertown available as of today for pre-order at apple.com with a free upgrade voucher for... OSX 10.5 Leopard which will be available as of 99/99/9999..."
Etc.