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Amazon Listing for Dual 2.7 Ghz PowerMac
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yeah, I think they need to be careful, they still seem to have some one pumping good info to them, which is dangerous for the mole. I'm sure this will figure into the pending litigation. Someone is real stupid....
aswitcher said:
yeah, I think they need to be careful, they still seem to have some one pumping good info to them, which is dangerous for the mole. I'm sure this will figure into the pending litigation. Someone is real stupid....
yeah, right
moto is like a dead man walking, problem is, they don't know it.
edesignuk said:Worst G5 PM update to date?
Hi IBM, meet Motorola.
moto is like a dead man walking, problem is, they don't know it.
Here's to hoping Steve unveils the new top-end Dual dualcore 3.0GHz PowerMac G5 at WWDC, which they would make room for by dropping the single processor PM and letting the rest of the new line up drop in price accordingly.
Show me the RAM
Well, guess that confirms it. Apple's web site has nothing yet, but it's only 6:30 in morning, so I'm guessing an hour or so. I like that they are coming with 512MB of RAM; but really, Apple's RAM is over priced and the G5s should come standard with a 1GB. At that price, it's scandalous they were selling them with 256MB. If Crucial can sell RAM at almost 50% what Apple is, then Apple's bottom line can afford a slight hit.
I suspect, based on all the other rumors of minor updates, this update has more to do with bumping the RAM than anything else. Tiger is probably even slower than Panther with 256MB and they just couldn't get away with jippn' their customers anymore. Sad thing is that 512 isn't really much better, especially on a G5 PM; you need at least a 1GB on any mac before it starts to perform properly.
Well, guess that confirms it. Apple's web site has nothing yet, but it's only 6:30 in morning, so I'm guessing an hour or so. I like that they are coming with 512MB of RAM; but really, Apple's RAM is over priced and the G5s should come standard with a 1GB. At that price, it's scandalous they were selling them with 256MB. If Crucial can sell RAM at almost 50% what Apple is, then Apple's bottom line can afford a slight hit.
I suspect, based on all the other rumors of minor updates, this update has more to do with bumping the RAM than anything else. Tiger is probably even slower than Panther with 256MB and they just couldn't get away with jippn' their customers anymore. Sad thing is that 512 isn't really much better, especially on a G5 PM; you need at least a 1GB on any mac before it starts to perform properly.
aswitcher said:
Pricey? Of course it isn't. I bought a Sony DRU-700A Dual Layer 8x burner (fit's nicely in my 2001 Quicksilver) for about $169 at Best Buy. Lo and behold, a few months later, Sony comes out with a 16x Dual Layer burner and Best Buy was selling it for $139!!!
Oh well...
Peyote said:
How did you find these? I did a search on Amazon and couldn't get them
And what about the iMacs and eMacs
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Yvan256 said:Well, you can put a LOT of.... erm... files... on that 250GB.
Hmmm three partitions I say - 70Gb each. One for OS, one for apps and um, the other, err, filevaulted for "sensitive data"...
aussie_geek
adamfilip said:
No, I believe that would be the one where the 450MHz G4 was substituted for the 500MHz G4. At least PowerMac speed bumps go forward these days, not back.
here is a link to the amazon page-
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/565098/ref=e_hp_ln_26/102-4948851-6040943
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/565098/ref=e_hp_ln_26/102-4948851-6040943
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WoofJoe said:
I'd have to say I'm very disappointed myself. Configuring a Dual 2.0 Opteron with 6 200GB SATA Hard Drives, 4GB of memory, and a 16X DVD-R is going to run you about $3,000. Is it worth it to pay nearly twice that for a G5 that you can't rackmount without reaching for your hacksaw? If I have to run a Mac only application, yes... but $6,000 will get you a fully loaded Dual 2.7, or a Quad Opteron 2.0. Folks, there's no argument there about processing power, unless one is completely off one's tod.
As time marches on, the lack of updates combined with zero price movement in the is really going to hurt. Don't get me wrong, I love Macs. I own enough of them, and I sell them too. But if another window manager for a *BSD or *nix gets stable and has good eye candy, Steve is going to have to figure something out. I'm not the only UNIX inclined nerd who's very disappointed with the lack of updates and price drops for the Apple line.
I love all of this. I am sat here on my 1.42GHz G4 DP and it is great. OK I know people here want the top of the range stuff but the phrase 'flogging a dead horse' springs to mind. Apple needs to look at where the problem is, and I dont believe it is them. The best thing for them to do IS build their own hardware so at least they are not dependant upon others. Anyway, long live the G4
I said it before but I think it needs repeating. While past performance is no indicator of future events, Apple has never released a product only to turn around TWO months later and release a better version of that product. The chances of a better, dual-core G5 being released in June is next to nothing (notice I didn't say completely nothing).
Use some logic.
From the 2.0s to the 2.5s, Apple waited a whole year. Do you not think people would wait the full year again if Apple could squeeze out the dual core in June? People sure would wait - as if they had any choice.
I see NO common sense in the arguement that Powermacs will be single core tomorrow and dual core in June. It's possible but not probable.
Use some logic.
From the 2.0s to the 2.5s, Apple waited a whole year. Do you not think people would wait the full year again if Apple could squeeze out the dual core in June? People sure would wait - as if they had any choice.
I see NO common sense in the arguement that Powermacs will be single core tomorrow and dual core in June. It's possible but not probable.
*Assuming* that these are NOT dual core...
Is it still at least *conceivable* that these new models are dual-core? The specs at Amazon leave out some key items such as video card, PCI type, etc...still hoping...
Assuming that these are NOT dual core, and are instead just slightly-faster versions of the current G5s, I'm astonished that there isn't an accompanying price drop, at the very least.
I gotta figure that this is PURELY a temporary stop-gap to a) allow them to release the bumped-up iMacs, and b) to hold things over until WWDC...
Is it still at least *conceivable* that these new models are dual-core? The specs at Amazon leave out some key items such as video card, PCI type, etc...still hoping...
Assuming that these are NOT dual core, and are instead just slightly-faster versions of the current G5s, I'm astonished that there isn't an accompanying price drop, at the very least.
I gotta figure that this is PURELY a temporary stop-gap to a) allow them to release the bumped-up iMacs, and b) to hold things over until WWDC...
pgre said:
Yep, none taken - I was replying to this comment made in this thread by another member
imnoah said:
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