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Another Humdinger

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utilizer

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May 12, 2002
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In Atlanta!
Just made this configuration at the Apple store:
Summary


• Dual 1.25GHz w/ 2MB L3 Cache per processor
• 256MB DDR333 SDRAM (PC2700) -1 DIMM
• 80GB Ultra ATA drive
• Optical 1 - Apple SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Optical 2 - None
• NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium dual-display w/128MB DDR
• Apple Cinema Display (20" flat panel)
• 56K internal modem
• AirPort Card
• Apple Pro Keyboard - U.S. English
• Mac OS - U.S. English
Subtotal $3,377.00

Then loading it up with some RAM from Crucial, about 1 Gig more would bring the total up to about $3,700. Wow.

And I wonder why I'm considering purchasing either a 17 in. PowerBook or a 1.6 Ghz G5. I don't know, but I have a gut feeling that Apple will feel the need to place two G4 processors in the 15 in. and 17 in. models in this upcoming revision, when you take into account the slowness of one chip; case in point, I was at Compusa the other day testing out the 12 in. PB 867 mhz and a Toshiba 2.4 Ghz Celeron. Yeah, the Celeron, unfortunately, pretty much whupped the PB big time with everything I threw at it.

That would change my mind about getting the G4 Tower and getting a PowerBook if they release duals in them. But for about the same price, just look at what you get with the tower now for $3k. You can't argue with the numbers!
 
2 processors in a powerbook would make it have some real heat issues and power issues, when running on battery one of the processors would need to be disabled to save power, otherwise the battery would drain very fast...don't expect to see DP powerbooks coming soon...
 
Re: Another Humdinger

Originally posted by utilizer
But for about the same price, just look at what you get with the tower now for $3k. You can't argue with the numbers!
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Yeah, but carrying around a monitor, tower, speakers, KB/M w/you and always needing to find someplace to plug it all in is a PITA. ;) Laptops are about portability, not power.


Lethal
 
Re: Re: Another Humdinger

Originally posted by LethalWolfe
Yeah, but carrying around a monitor, tower, speakers, KB/M w/you and always needing to find someplace to plug it all in is a PITA. ;) Laptops are about portability, not power.


Lethal
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I forgot to add something else...
I have a Pismo and as soon as Powerlogix releases the 1.1 Ghz G3 from IBM upgrade w/ Altivec later this November, I'll do it and be just about on par with the current crop of G4 laptops out there (or should I say out of stock) now.:D
20 in. plus dual 1.25 Ghz G4 is at under $3,700?! I'll take it and then save up for the dual 3 Ghz G5 coming out next year!
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Another Humdinger

Originally posted by vniow
Eeerm..where did you hear this at?
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Straight from the horse's mouth: Powerlogix.
They said they'll be testing now but the only caveat is that the new 750gx processor includes a 200 mhz FSB, but Pismo users will have to stick with the 100 mhz FSB since it's permanent.
Here's the original e-mail I was sent from them from 7/7/03:
Hi there,

The 750Gx will probably not be available to the public for another 2-3
months, for which at that point, we'll have to test to see if it will work
in the Pismos, though we suspect it will.

The Pismo's have a bus-speed preset to 100mhz, so extra 100mhz overhead in
bus-supported speeds will not be utilized on this upgrade. :(

Thanks,

[Name blocked]
 
If that is indeed the rumored G3+Altivec processor we heard about awhile back you need to tell arn ASAP.

attachment.php
 
PowerPC 750GX Microprocessor

The IBM® PowerPC® 750GX microprocessor is the fastest and newest addition to the IBM 7xx PowerPC microprocessor family. The 750GX expands the capabilities of the IBM PowerPC 7xx processor family to support more performance-demanding and power-sensitive applications. The 750GX is architecturally based on the PowerPC 750FX processor, and implements several enhancements that address the performance requirements of embedded applications. Running at frequencies up to 1.1 GHz, the 750GX includes 1 MB of internal L2 cache, 4-way set-associative, running at core frequency with cache locking by way, additional L1 and L2 cache buffers allowing pipelining of up to four data cache miss operations, and the capability for up to 200-MHz operation of the 60x system bus interface with additional bus pipelining. The IBM PowerPC 750GX is ideally suited for a variety of systems, including networking, communications, storage, imaging, computing and consumer applications.
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er...

Where does it say Altivec in the IBM statement (above) or in the Powerlogix e-mail?
 
Misread it then

Originally posted by Daveman Deluxe
The PPC750GX is not the long-rumored G3+AltiVec processor. The one coming after the 750GX is.
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I misread it then!
Oh well, 1.1 Ghz G3 is a lot better than 400 mhz or 500 mhz G4!
 
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