Amazon Listing for Dual 2.7 Ghz PowerMac

[Blue Moon]

Appleinsider Story

Has anyone noticed that the new Appleinsider story on Powermac shipments now places the announcement for these new machines for tomorrow (Wednesday)? We all might be repeatedly refreshing the Apple page for nothing.

 

[tmiller12]

Amazon Listing for Dual 2.7 Ghz PowerMac

Ok...I am new here, and I am a PC user, who is WAITING to get into the MAC world with the purchase of a new iMac...and I am surprised no one has brought this up before...

Could it be that this Amazon listing is a "phish" hoax to get mac users to turn over their credit card numbers? It may sound a little "conspiracy theory" but I find it odd that a search within Amazon will not yield the results for these pages...you have to go directly to the link...just a concern...

Anyway...I am anxiously awaiting the release of upgraded iMacs...a few days ago, I received a "coupon" for $30 off at the Apple Store...set to expire 14 days later...I wonder if that is another indication that it might be a little longer for updated computers....

tyler

 

[Devie]

I hope to see a price drop of about $200 AUD on the Dual 2.0 (compared to the price of the current Dual 1.8). Then I will be extreemly happy .

 

[puckhead193]

Finally, dual layer DVD burning. I wish this update would have reached the 3 GHZ but new updates are good

 

[aussie_geek]

Has anyone noticed that the new Appleinsider story on Powermac shipments now places the announcement for these new machines for tomorrow (Wednesday)? We all might be repeatedly refreshing the Apple page for nothing.

I say we persist until 9 am in California - just over an hour away. If there are no announcements on Apple.com after that, assume that it will be tomorrow. What do you think?

aussie_geek


edit:
How many of you are actually refreshing the AppleStore page? - It's sad to admit but I am!!!

 

[SweetFeet]

Could it be that this Amazon listing is a "phish" hoax to get mac users to turn over their credit card numbers? It may sound a little "conspiracy theory" but I find it odd that a search within Amazon will not yield the results for these pages...you have to go directly to the link...just a concern...

I wondered the same thing - why can I not search for the new machines within Amazon? If you can't search for it, how did anyone find it?

 

[DakotaGuy]

One other thing...I wonder if liquid cooling is a thing of the past on these computers? I wonder if Apple discontinued the 2.5 and went with a 2.3 for the mid-level model because it can be air-cooled which will save money. Seems logical to me. The 2.7 might still be liquid cooled though.

 

[le_coc]

I say we persist until 9 am in California - just over an hour away. If there are no announcements on Apple.com after that, assume that it will be tomorrow. What do you think?
aussie_geek

That 09:00 am in Calafornia is still 2 hours away!!

Nope sorry you are right!! nice waking up for mister Steve.... Amazon is offering his powermacs allready! He will be PISSED!

 

[iGary]

Wrll, I got what I wanted, a dual 2.0 under 2,000, and with my edu discount it'll prolly be 1700 or 1800 something.

Now I have to decide whether to keep the G4 tower and finally make the jump to serving my own website, or sell it towards the new machine.

That said, a very lame update. Lame indeed. 1 year = 200MHz.

 

[propropro]

I hope to see a price drop of about $200 AUD on the Dual 2.0 (compared to the price of the current Dual 1.8). Then I will be extreemly happy .

You are not getting it. Look a the amazon.com. The new 2.0 will cost exactly the same as the old 1.8

 

[tromboneaholic]

I wondered the same thing - why can I not search for the new machines within Amazon? If you can't search for it, how did anyone find it?

perhaps someon a Amazon leaked the pages...


it is not phishing because other items appeared in my cart that I put in there on previous visits...

 

[adamfilip]

I'd just like to point out to all the people complaining about modest speed increases that my Rev. A dual 2.0 ghz G5 has been going strong for a year and a half having every kind of processor hungry video thrown at it (dv up to HD).
I understand the desire for apple products to improve and get better and faster but the people who talk about the G5 line as if it is hobbled aren't using one on a daily basis I think. I'm happy for those about to get a dual 2.7, it can only be an improvement on mine which is a stunning machine.

it doesnt matter if they are quick already its the lack of progress in a year
thats the problem.

also they are not keepingup with the jones's. Dual Core processors should be in this update

also consider the fact that some people may have a bigger speed requirement then you.

 

[tromboneaholic]

That 09:00 am in Calafornia is still 2 hours away!!

8 + 2 = 9?

since when?

 

[840quadra]

LOL... whoa... how about IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME??? 16X Dual layer burners have been out for pc's since... august? 250 GB hard drives are pedestrian when other OEM's include larger drives in their top models. Of course the OS is free, it better be since you just paid for the rest of the system.

Woa, settle down.

I have been a Macintosh user for years, and never did I poke slander at the PC world because they were Behind on adopting technologies that Apple used first, or adopted more quickly. If or when Apple has the next innovative or state of the art component, I will try not to exhibit the same attitude in the direction of the PC world.

We all know none of these items are state of the art, I don't think the poster you replied to was saying they were. Larger hard drives on many systems are "options" in most cases in systems such as Dell and gamer popular Alienware.

The top Dell Precision currently has 512 Memory, and an 80GB for it's base configuration. The XPS is also Default at 512mb of Memory, and a 160gb HDD. Alienware is slightly better offering a base of 1gb of memory in most cases, but the Default hard drive is still 80GB for most systems. Like Apple, if you want bigger and better installed on these systems, you pay extra.

And before you label me as a "zealot" make note that I too have an AMD equipped Gamer system in my arsenal, I love that system as much as my G5 , for it's own unique purposes and reasons.

840

 

[fps]

So so so happy to have bought my dual 2.0Ghz as soon as Rev.B came out
They could have gone for 1Gb of RAM and a top of the range video card though... at least on the dual 2.7GHz.
Pleased I enjoyed my powermac for the last 9 months

 

[scu]

This is bad news.

Don't get me wrong. The update is not that bad. They will sale quite a few of these machines. For those who have waited, they will get a descent machines in the 2.7 GHZ.

The bad news is that this update confirms how far behind IBM and Apple are when it comes to better technology. It means we may not see a big jump until Jan 2006. Apple might release a faster top of the line system in Oct. the way they did last year.

I just hope they lower their prices a little to make this update a little more respectable.

 

[deputy_doofy]

I'm calculating pi to see if it ends. I need all the power I can get, geez.

I figure if pi ends, then there IS finite quanta values (smallest unit of anything in the universe has a discrete value), which means nothing in the universe is left to continuous distributions, which means nothing is random, which means our thoughts are predictable, which means we don't have free will.

got it?

I'm guessing you never saw the movie Pi, or you'd know what happens if you get too close to that answer.

 

[Mac-Xpert]

Hey no one is forcing anyone to buy this garbage and piece of trash Apple is building, so if you don't like the POS don't buy it. If I needed a PowerMac, I would probably buy the 2.3Ghz model, but I know many people on this board would need a computer much faster then that.

I think the real problem with this update is that people will be able to buy a AMD X2 Athlon (dual core) in a couple of weeks (around june) that will perform quite similar to a Dual G5 2.5/2.7 for a fraction of the price. If as others here have said, Apple would drop the price a couple of hundred dollars and update other features significantly (like putting at least a Radeon 9800 XT 256MB in it) than it would be a decent update. The way things are looking right now it's just crap.

Although I wouldn't switch to Windows unless I was forced to, I does mean that I, and I think a lot of other people will wait until Apple can come up with a machine that actually is worth the money they are asking for it.

I don't mind spending 3000 euro on it, but I do want something that will perform at a reasonable performance level for at least 3 years, like the original G5 has done.

 

[minimax]

Ok...I am new here, and I am a PC user, who is WAITING to get into the MAC world with the purchase of a new iMac...and I am surprised no one has brought this up before...

Could it be that this Amazon listing is a "phish" hoax to get mac users to turn over their credit card numbers? It may sound a little "conspiracy theory" but I find it odd that a search within Amazon will not yield the results for these pages...you have to go directly to the link...just a concern...

Anyway...I am anxiously awaiting the release of upgraded iMacs...a few days ago, I received a "coupon" for $30 off at the Apple Store...set to expire 14 days later...I wonder if that is another indication that it might be a little longer for updated computers....

tyler

err...I don't think you have received 'phish' mails yet...or if you did you might have a problem right now. You can easily spot "phish" sites because they have a different URL then the original. It is impossible for a phishing site to use the same address as the actual company.

 

[Devie]

You are not getting it. Look a the amazon.com. The new 2.0 will cost exactly the same as the old 1.8

Yeah I saw that, but who knows? Since the last update I beleive our dollar has gotten quite a gain on the US dollar. Maybe even tax been stripped down a bit?

Shutup I havve to stay positive . If it comes at $200.00 cheaper, then I should be able to get a 20" Dell widescreen with it... (hopefully I can anyway, I havnt really looked how much money I have all up, about $4400 I beleive.)

 

[HelloKitty]

I guess the important question now becomes.."when's the next update (after this update) gonna be?"..

Or more precisely.."When will Apple come up with a dual core machine?"..

I guess it definitely gives me time to save some more money..

 

[cc bcc]

Abercrombieboy, you use Comic Sans in your sig, you're not worthy a mac!

 

[deputy_doofy]

Ok...I am new here, and I am a PC user, who is WAITING to get into the MAC world with the purchase of a new iMac...and I am surprised no one has brought this up before...

Could it be that this Amazon listing is a "phish" hoax to get mac users to turn over their credit card numbers? It may sound a little "conspiracy theory" but I find it odd that a search within Amazon will not yield the results for these pages...you have to go directly to the link...just a concern...

Anyway...I am anxiously awaiting the release of upgraded iMacs...a few days ago, I received a "coupon" for $30 off at the Apple Store...set to expire 14 days later...I wonder if that is another indication that it might be a little longer for updated computers....

tyler

Thank you for this post. I have searched numerous times and cannot find the "new" Powermacs anywhere on Amazon.

 

[topgunn]

perhaps someon a Amazon leaked the pages...


it is not phishing because other items appeared in my cart that I put in there on previous visits...

Go to amazon.com, click on electronics. See box that says "New Power Macs".

 

[AidenShaw]

and maybe run more slowly

Remeber though that IBM use the Dual core.. but it doesn't come cheap. So I am sure if they wanted to use the Power line up they could but they would cost more... and use more juice.

Note that the dual-core POWER4 and POWER5 chips do not have VMX (aka AltiVec).

That could hit the programs that are AltiVec-aware - as well as introducing another incompatible instruction set option (POWER 64-bit w/o VMX) for the compilers and developers.