invaLPsion said:
Personally, ThinkSecret is the one I am watching. They seem to be conservative but have a good trakc record whilst I've been watching...
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Personally, ThinkSecret is the one I am watching. They seem to be conservative but have a good trakc record whilst I've been watching...
aswitcher said:
ThinkSecret is without a doubt the MOST accurate mac rumor site. But they rarely make any reports about mac hardware releases.
There goes 3GHz!
Well, I guess there goes the 3GHz promise! It seems to me that Apple has had a difficult time keeping their promises on dates. Either they need to stop making promises on what they can/can't do, or they need to be a lot more realistic about their time frames for doing them.
Either way, we're not going to reach the 3GHz mark come July. Never mind that the first G5s took way too long to get to market. It will be interesting to see if the chips come out significantly faster, or if we're going to see the Dual 2GHz at the bottom and Dual 2.2GHz and Dual 2.4GHz rounding out the series. If so, that virtually guarantees that 3GHz won't be around until after January of next year.
You gotta love Apple, sometimes they just make it difficult to do so!
Now... if they can just get a G5 Powerbook, that would be awesome! (Some updated displays... or at least a significant drop in prices on the current ones would be much welcomed as well)
Well, I guess there goes the 3GHz promise! It seems to me that Apple has had a difficult time keeping their promises on dates. Either they need to stop making promises on what they can/can't do, or they need to be a lot more realistic about their time frames for doing them.
Either way, we're not going to reach the 3GHz mark come July. Never mind that the first G5s took way too long to get to market. It will be interesting to see if the chips come out significantly faster, or if we're going to see the Dual 2GHz at the bottom and Dual 2.2GHz and Dual 2.4GHz rounding out the series. If so, that virtually guarantees that 3GHz won't be around until after January of next year.
You gotta love Apple, sometimes they just make it difficult to do so!
Now... if they can just get a G5 Powerbook, that would be awesome! (Some updated displays... or at least a significant drop in prices on the current ones would be much welcomed as well)
awesomebase said:
Barring any of those, I guess I'm in for a long wait. I was very close to buying this past weekend but came to my senses and will not go back into an Apple store until the next revision is announced. I swear Steve had RDF generators installed in the stores. Probably behind those big bright Apple logos.
invaLPsion said:
This is true. Once TS puts something down about hardware, it's because they *really* have some info.
I think many of the other sites get their info kinda like we do.
Example:
"Apple is going to release G5's at MWSF or I eat my liver."
You Know You Want It...
Oh, puh-leeze. His Steveness was not speaking under oath, he was not making solemn vows, he was holding forth at a sales event. I'm sure he really believed that the 3 GHz would be ready in somewhere around a year's time, but he left it fairly loose - he didn't say "At 11:52 a.m. on August 26th, the 3 GHz G5 will be available in your local Apple Store."
Besides, do you really want Steve to get up there and say, "Gee, guys, we don't know if we can do it, but we're really gonna try to have 3 GHz in a year, give or take, so long as neither we nor our suppliers run into any glitches, the Lord is willin', and the crick don't rise..." The next sounds you'd hear would be the thud of Steve's jeans-clad bottom hitting the pavement and the Board slamming the door behind him. We don't really want truth from our leaders, be they corporate or political. Truth is messy, inconvenient, and difficult to fit into a sound bite. We want to be inspired, and that requires a certain amount of spinning, shading, and stretching.
Frankly, all this is sounding just a bit petulant. "But Mommy, you promised..."
There will be a 3 GHz G5. It will be on or under your desk in less than two years from Steve's announcement. Close enough.
awesomebase said:
Oh, puh-leeze. His Steveness was not speaking under oath, he was not making solemn vows, he was holding forth at a sales event. I'm sure he really believed that the 3 GHz would be ready in somewhere around a year's time, but he left it fairly loose - he didn't say "At 11:52 a.m. on August 26th, the 3 GHz G5 will be available in your local Apple Store."
Besides, do you really want Steve to get up there and say, "Gee, guys, we don't know if we can do it, but we're really gonna try to have 3 GHz in a year, give or take, so long as neither we nor our suppliers run into any glitches, the Lord is willin', and the crick don't rise..." The next sounds you'd hear would be the thud of Steve's jeans-clad bottom hitting the pavement and the Board slamming the door behind him. We don't really want truth from our leaders, be they corporate or political. Truth is messy, inconvenient, and difficult to fit into a sound bite. We want to be inspired, and that requires a certain amount of spinning, shading, and stretching.
Frankly, all this is sounding just a bit petulant. "But Mommy, you promised..."
There will be a 3 GHz G5. It will be on or under your desk in less than two years from Steve's announcement. Close enough.
nightcap965 said:But they're giving out free Kool-Aid...
Sadly I don't think that Apple will ever give out any food at the local retail stores. They are concerned about damage to the products. I have carried coffee into the store, they didn't say anything, but I'm one of those that is highly cautious!