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Apple Releases Dual Core PowerMac G5s

bbyrdhouse said:
Recently, our church was broken into and our brand new Dual 2.7 with 20" Display was stolen. We were covered under our Insurance so when we get the insurance check I will be ordering that new Dual Dual.
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Congratulations... on your new Dual 2.7 with 20" Display ;)
 
nVidia Quadro graphics available, and ECC RAM? Dual ethernet ports?

What is this, some kind of workstation?
 
It'd be worth owning the Dual Core G5 just to own the fastest ever PPC Mac. Get a little teary eyed thinking about our move away from beloved RISC...
 
spencecb said:
I will never understand the people that complain that Apple doesn't update quickly enough, and then the same people get pissed when they buy something and Apple makes it better. This is how technology works, folks. You will never have the best, because the best is always around the corner. I know this has been posted before, but I just felt the need to throw my two cents out there.
Apple has not SCREWED anyone over....they simply made their products better. I know it sucks to have something come out right after you make a purchase, but such is life.
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I never complained that Apple doesn't update quickly enough, I just stated that this new quad, whilst great for Apple and for the future of the Power Mac comes only after having mine for 4 months which makes me feel sick!!! I mean you could have bought a dual 2.7 ghz yesterday and now this! Then you'd be sick too. Doesn't seem fair really...to reiterate, if Apple, or some other reputable firm offered a part exchange system I'd use it!
;)
 
solvs said:
Was kinda hoping for a new low-end PowerMac for around $1500,
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There is no mid-range headless from Apple. Let's hope they fill that gap next year with Intel.

(Maybe they've figured out that although demand is high for a mid-range headless, a LOT of those people WILL accept an iMac instead. So Apple gets the sale anyway?)
 
EDIT: Question answered below. One FW 800, no internal modem, separate digital and analog audio I/O.

BTW, the specs say ONE Firewire 800 port, but I swear I see two here:

designbkfrt20051019superdri.jpg

(From the Design page)

I see, from top to bottom:

Dual ethernet
Modem
FW 400
Dual FW 800? Am I crazy?
Audio I/O
Three USB

(And on the front: headphones, another USB, and another FW 400. That makes the total 4 USB and 2 FW 400, as the specs state.)
 
Can't wait to see the benchmarks on these. I wonder how a singe dual core rates to dual processors?
 
itswoody said:
I never complained that Apple doesn't update quickly enough, I just stated that this new quad, whilst great for Apple and for the future of the Power Mac comes only after having mine for 4 months which makes me feel sick!!! I mean you could have bought a dual 2.7 ghz yesterday and now this! Then you'd be sick too. Doesn't seem fair really...to reiterate, if Apple, or some other reputable firm offered a part exchange system I'd use it!
;)
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I have ordered a computer from apple to receive a call from them a week later stating they would upgrade me for free to the newly released product. I was quite pleased.
 
andiwm2003 said:
the main question to me is the dual core 2.3 ghz. is it better than the old dual 2.3 ghz? and does the gpu and the pci-express slots justify the higher price compared to a refurbished old 2.3 ghz. i almost think no. the dual 2.3 ghz is only a sidewards step in performance for the same price.

my 2 cents.
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depends on how long you plan on using your machine. Having PCIe and ddr2 is gonna make you a happy camper "further on down the road " and with any latest, greatest improvements you might want to add

Even though I have G5's I still use my heavily upgraded Sawtooth because I can....
 
itswoody said:
I never complained that Apple doesn't update quickly enough, I just stated that this new quad, whilst great for Apple and for the future of the Power Mac comes only after having mine for 4 months which makes me feel sick!!! I mean you could have bought a dual 2.7 ghz yesterday and now this! Then you'd be sick too. Doesn't seem fair really...to reiterate, if Apple, or some other reputable firm offered a part exchange system I'd use it!
;)
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Geez, 4 months is like forever these days. Anyway.... you've had use of that system for 4 months now. What price do you put on that? And your 70% faster comment applies to the quad which costs more than the dual2.7 did.
 
The low and mid end G5s remain essentially unchanged. Great support for 16GB of RAM but the most anyone is ever really going to need is 4GB. Only the Quad G5 is worth anything, but it's like $4000 here. Yikes!
 
ruckus said:
I have ordered a computer from apple to receive a call from them a week later stating they would upgrade me for free to the newly released product. I was quite pleased.
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Yeah I that happen with my 3G iPod...got upgraded from 30 to 40 gig for free, kinda rocked! 4 months is a bit late to hope for a free upgrade to quad power now though!!!
 
i thought i understood apple moving to intel, but now i'm not sure again..these look powerful...aperture requires dual 2 gigahertz g5..how will an intel chip handle that?

i have an emac that is 1 gigahertz and an emachine that is 2.17 gigahertz..the emachines is 1 year newer than the emac, and the emac is MUCH faster, we still have power mac g3s that run tiger well enough...i cant' say the same for pc's that old trying to run windows period....

why shouldn't i think that the ibm g5s are better chips than the intels?
 
Detlev_73 said:
Probably because the iMac is not a pro machine, just a consumer machine. I hear ya and feel ya, but that's probably what others are going to say.
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And probably becuase Apple would get sewed for setting peoples houses on fire. :p
 
What will come out at MWSF?

Man, all of these announcements is going to make next year kind of slow. I mean, the only thing to see now is the first Mactel, which I think will be the mini and iBooks. But these dual core's will have to hold over until 2007.
 
nagromme said:
BTW, the specs say ONE Firewire 800 port, but I swear
I see, from top to bottom:

Dual ethernet
Modem
FW 400
Dual FW 800? Am I crazy?
Audio I/O
Three USB
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Nope seeing things wrong...

Dual Ethernet
Firewire 800
Firewire 400
Audio I/O (Optical)
Audio I/O (Electrical)
Three USB 2.0
 
bbyrdhouse said:
Recently, our church was broken into and our brand new Dual 2.7 with 20" Display was stolen. We were covered under our Insurance so when we get the insurance check I will be ordering that new Dual Dual.
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God is good my friend.
 
nagromme said:
BTW, the specs say ONE Firewire 800 port, but I swear I see two here:

designbkfrt20051019superdri.jpg

(From the Design page)

I see, from top to bottom:

Dual ethernet
Modem
FW 400
Dual FW 800? Am I crazy?
Audio I/O
Three USB

(And on the front: headphones, another USB, and another FW 400. That makes the total 4 USB and 2 FW 400, as the specs state.)
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I believe thats optical audio yout looking at. I think that the FireWire 800 is below the Dual ethernets. Not positive.

oops... already answered.
 
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