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Apple Pro Machines -- Still Coming?
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"I know a guy at apple..."
Ok so the title is false - BUT today I was at the SJ Hilton (ajoins the SJ convention center) and on my way to the garage I shared an elevator with an Apple guy attending IDC at the SJ Convention center (his card had Sr. on it while this could be Sr custodial engineer since I do not knwo what IDC is..... it was a Sr title)
So not being able to resist.... I said hay [Anonymous Guy] - the names have been changed to protect the innocent -, when are the new G5s coming and after he mocked my B/w G3 with a 550mhz G4 card... he said my brain would melt with any of the current G5s (probably true) - but I pulled the old argument...well Stevie Jobs PROMISED me 3gig by July - so I can wait til then I've waited this long - to which he replied as he strolled off in the echoing garage "You will not have to wait long".
This is proof that upgrades are coming! Of course that is so specific that I could have talked to a fry clerk at Mcdonalds and achieved the SAME level of insight. Heck even some of my windows friends would not argue that fact.
But the twinkle in his eye told me that there will be bumps soon and that would give 4 month (all April, may, june and July) til 3gig G5 deadline and another 3-4 months til the 3gig ones ship - huh... huh... check it out... a 6-8 month gap between upgrades... sounds spadoinklely cool to me!
Of course I want you all to remember Free Crab 'Tomorrow' at Joe's Crab Shack.
Iriejedi
PS - the catchy term Spadoinkel - is frrom "Cannable The Musicle" - great musicle about the Doner Party but leave people who respect you and sober people out of the room. Matt and Trey's first film out of film school (south park dudes) -
Ok so the title is false - BUT today I was at the SJ Hilton (ajoins the SJ convention center) and on my way to the garage I shared an elevator with an Apple guy attending IDC at the SJ Convention center (his card had Sr. on it while this could be Sr custodial engineer since I do not knwo what IDC is..... it was a Sr title)
So not being able to resist.... I said hay [Anonymous Guy] - the names have been changed to protect the innocent -, when are the new G5s coming and after he mocked my B/w G3 with a 550mhz G4 card... he said my brain would melt with any of the current G5s (probably true) - but I pulled the old argument...well Stevie Jobs PROMISED me 3gig by July - so I can wait til then I've waited this long - to which he replied as he strolled off in the echoing garage "You will not have to wait long".
This is proof that upgrades are coming! Of course that is so specific that I could have talked to a fry clerk at Mcdonalds and achieved the SAME level of insight. Heck even some of my windows friends would not argue that fact.
But the twinkle in his eye told me that there will be bumps soon and that would give 4 month (all April, may, june and July) til 3gig G5 deadline and another 3-4 months til the 3gig ones ship - huh... huh... check it out... a 6-8 month gap between upgrades... sounds spadoinklely cool to me!
Of course I want you all to remember Free Crab 'Tomorrow' at Joe's Crab Shack.
Iriejedi
PS - the catchy term Spadoinkel - is frrom "Cannable The Musicle" - great musicle about the Doner Party but leave people who respect you and sober people out of the room. Matt and Trey's first film out of film school (south park dudes) -
Sonofhaig said:
jade said:
I don't think that was a very smart thing to say. Now a lot of people won't buy the current models because they know faster ones are coming.
soon...youn padiwan
I was trying to reference Santa Clause - I guess I should have used Twinkle - not sparkle - to indicate that there was a hint of new toys coming soon!
Patiente is the virtue of a jedi - relaxation is the key to being Irie -
so be an Irie Jedi and soon will come soon enough!
Mr Maui said:And then he woke up from the dream. The "sparkle in his eye" comment confirmed dream status!
I was trying to reference Santa Clause - I guess I should have used Twinkle - not sparkle - to indicate that there was a hint of new toys coming soon!
Patiente is the virtue of a jedi - relaxation is the key to being Irie -
so be an Irie Jedi and soon will come soon enough!
neonart said:When does the "new quarter" start? Maybe then?
Tomorrow.
Seriously, I'm not kidding.
invaLPsion said:Tomorrow.
Seriously, I'm not kidding.
I doubt they will release anything tommorrow, on a thursday, but next tuesday, April 6 seems like a good day.
iriejedi said:
Is this a true story?
If it isn't, please don't mess with our minds like that. It's not cool.
iAtom said:I doubt they will release anything tommorrow, on a thursday, but next tuesday, April 6 seems like a good day.
Every day is a good day to release powermac updates.
(As long as that day is fairly soon, that is.)
invaLPsion said:Every day is a good day to release powermac updates.
(As long as that day is fairly soon, that is.)
I agree. It's true that on average things happen on Tuesdays, but it's no rule. Besides, I'll take anything they give us, any day of the week!
DavidM said:
Anything is possible. Hopefully there will be updates soon, but I have the sinking feeling that Apple is waiting for a convention like WWDC. The longer the gap between upgrades becomes, the more I think Apple is ready to release big things, and Apple usually releases big things at conventions. I was hoping all the cpus would be incrementally bumped before the next big show, but now I am starting to think nothing is going to happen before WWDC.
Sped said:
Yeah I've gotten to accept that likelihood, as well... I think the issue is going to be shipping times. If they ARE waiting until WWDC, therefore giving us a HUGE update (+50% max proc speeds, and presumably tons of other improvements? huge!), they had better be ready to ship pretty soon after. Waiting three months after no announcements for a year would be pretty suck. If they were going to be shipping them late, however, that seems to improve the chances of an interim speed bump (with little or no wait for shipping), which would pretty much fall smack dab between the September shipping dates last year and later this year.
So while everyone says "next Tuesday" all together now, what's the concensus regarding buying after a (perhaps hypothetical) speed bump SOON, vs. waiting for the magical 3.0 release in a few months? I know you can play the waiting game forever, but people around here with better 'puter chops could probably give their opinions about a "sweet spot" (time-wise) to buy?
EDIT: and I will not accept "buy now if you need it -- the G5 is still good, even if you're paying tons of money for a half-year-old computer" as an answer.
JamesDPS said:
I will definately be buying after the next release no matter when it is. I see your point though, I think if you can wait for the 3 GHz release it would be a good idea.
I think Apple will be announcing the rev b 3Ghz G5 at NAB April 19 -24 along with updates for Shake and possibly other pro products.. This is the best venue for the rev b G5's because it'll be full of potential buyers of highend hardware & software.. Last years NAB brought us FCP 4, DVD studio, and Shake 3..Then at WWDC SJ will announce G5 power books and possibly G5 Imacs..
Makes sense to me.
Makes sense to me.
To the lost & unfaithful...
Pixar can make the most incredible movies, but you don't hear it associated with the name Steve Jobs do you. Steve Job's pride and reputation (not to mention large chunk of income) rests solely on that little computer company called Apple. He is far to driven and dedicated screw things up especially where they are now... ESPECIALLY from the tattered pieces he managed to rebuild Apple from (thanks Gill). Apple and IBM pretty much had to get the initial G5 into the market to help with some damage control thanks to Motorola and their lack of well pretty much anything. But after the PPC970 was delivered that gave Apple and IBM time to work on the next chip that will scale to 3GHZ and beyond (Some inital white papers had the 970 only scaling to 1.8). So the one thing you can count on is Steve Jobs pulling a rabbit out of his hat yet again and wowing the crowd like he always does, only this time it's going to be a 1,2,3 punch (fill in what the 1,2,3 is yourself). And yes it is going to be a highly public venue... WWDC sounds good to me. Also I would count on the top of the line machines shipping first. Why waste potential sales losses shipping the entry level machines first?
So if a 2GHZ G5 isn't good enough for you and that makes you run out and buy a Wintel box, it's only your lose, especially when you get to see what is really just the tip of the iceburg for the Apple/IBM partnership.
cheers,
-j
Pixar can make the most incredible movies, but you don't hear it associated with the name Steve Jobs do you. Steve Job's pride and reputation (not to mention large chunk of income) rests solely on that little computer company called Apple. He is far to driven and dedicated screw things up especially where they are now... ESPECIALLY from the tattered pieces he managed to rebuild Apple from (thanks Gill). Apple and IBM pretty much had to get the initial G5 into the market to help with some damage control thanks to Motorola and their lack of well pretty much anything. But after the PPC970 was delivered that gave Apple and IBM time to work on the next chip that will scale to 3GHZ and beyond (Some inital white papers had the 970 only scaling to 1.8). So the one thing you can count on is Steve Jobs pulling a rabbit out of his hat yet again and wowing the crowd like he always does, only this time it's going to be a 1,2,3 punch (fill in what the 1,2,3 is yourself). And yes it is going to be a highly public venue... WWDC sounds good to me. Also I would count on the top of the line machines shipping first. Why waste potential sales losses shipping the entry level machines first?
So if a 2GHZ G5 isn't good enough for you and that makes you run out and buy a Wintel box, it's only your lose, especially when you get to see what is really just the tip of the iceburg for the Apple/IBM partnership.
cheers,
-j
Forevercoolin said:
My money is on something like this. (Literally, I've pretty much got to buy after NAB).
W
what about WWDC - works perfectly well for launching PowerMac G5 Dual 3 Ghz...a conference for developers but I hope it will not take that long
but I hope it will not take that long Forevercoolin said:
freddiecable said:what about WWDC - works perfectly well for launching PowerMac G5 Dual 3 Ghz...a conference for developers
Sounds more likely than NAB. I suppose they could go right from 2 GHz to 3 GHz with no intermediate jump. I still expect a 2.4-2.6 GHz announcement prior to any 3 GHz one.
My theory is that for SJ to make a bold statement like 3Ghz in a year means he must have known they would be ready long before then. So i think Apple will surprise us at NAB and then they'll "shock and awe" everybody at WWDC with the G5 Power Books, new displays, and the Imac G5. AT MWSF well see OS 10.4.
Updates coming at NAB
I was at an Apple sponsored training event this week. The Apple presenter said to "go to the Apple home page for new product announcements on the Sunday of NAB" (April 18). Although he obviously did not specify the products, I believe he was referring to the PM/display updates.
I was at an Apple sponsored training event this week. The Apple presenter said to "go to the Apple home page for new product announcements on the Sunday of NAB" (April 18). Although he obviously did not specify the products, I believe he was referring to the PM/display updates.