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[MisterMe]

Re: Got Moto?

Originally posted by kaneda
according to zdnet Moto just released a G5 chip...I don't know if it is the chip uses in the Apple Powermac..

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-945430.html

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

Read the article. Motorola introduced its new PowerQUICC III chip for use in communications equipment, not Macs. Could it be used in Macs? I suppose.

As for the G5, it is not a chip. It will be the 5th generation RISC-based Macintosh. The designation is given by Apple, not the chip maker. When Apple introduces its next-generation systems, they may very well be based on the 85xx, but they could be based on another chip altogether.

 

[alex_ant]

Originally posted by iH8Quark
yep...that sounds about right. Nice thought, but it's not going to do sh*t for a 32bit operating system. So we're still stuck at 1GHz. And it also sounds like it's embedded. Most router and cellular communications sets are. Although I could be wrong.

Besides, if we see a G5, it's for naught intil OS X is compiled into 64 bit. That's not coming for 12 more months. anyone want to wager a gentleman's bet on that one?

The 64-bit version of G5, if that's the one Apple plans to use, is supposed to run both 64 and 32 bit code natively. The only way OS X wouldn't run on it would be if OS X were 64-bit and the G5 were 32-bit - in any other case, OS X would run fine.

Alex

 

[alex_ant]

Re: Re: Got Moto?

Originally posted by MisterMe


Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

Read the article. Motorola introduced its new PowerQUICC III chip for use in communications equipment, not Macs. Could it be used in Macs? I suppose.

As for the G5, it is not a chip. It will be the 5th generation RISC-based Macintosh. The designation is given by Apple, not the chip maker. When Apple introduces its next-generation systems, they may very well be based on the 85xx, but they could be based on another chip altogether.

Actually, G5 is a designation given by the chip maker, not by Apple. The G stands for "generation" - as in, "5th generation PowerPC." The PPC 601 was in generation 1, the 603/604 was in generation 2, the 750 was in generation 3, and the 7xx0 was in generation 4. The Gx designation has nothing to do with Macintosh generations.

Alex

 

[no name]

page source

at the bottom of the polish web page there is a reference: geek.com

look at http://geek.com/procspec/apple/ and you find the specs there, nicely in english language.

Note that the document entitled g5+.htm has a last modification date of 15-Jul-2002 ...

 

[drastik]

that sounds pretty sick, and the date thing doesn't really bother me. It takes a hell of a long time to design and create a chip, much less to get it into mass production with usable yields. This has certianly been in the works for years, so an early date and a date from last week aren't that wierd.

Of course, I could dare to dream that there are two million of these things in cupertino being slapped onto mobos as I type.

I wonder if Apple would skip a chip generation? Maybe if they felt enough heat to catch up.

 

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by groovebuster


You can't even see the difference between a slavik language and an indo-german language?? Holy ****!

German has the same roots as English and Dutch and I always thought that is quite obvious when you see the language written...



groovebuster

french plays an equally big role in the english language, too

look at the word work which is taken from german, but the word labor is taken from french

to a person in america, polish does look german far more than it looks like english...i took a few years of german in school so i know the difference but i see more similarities of polish to german than english to german...but the polish language has a lot more c,j, and z's

the apple website for poland is so dynamic looking compared to our subdued site in america

 

[MacCoinnich]

Originally posted by jefhatfield


french plays an equally big role in the english language, too

look at the word work which is taken from german, but the word labor is taken from french

English, Dutch and German all have a common root, wheras French (along with Spanish, Italian, Portugeuse and the other Romance languages) is descended from Latin, which English isn't. Though in all fairness, French has had a big influence on English, partly because French was the language of choice of the aristocracy about 800 years ago. At least a couple of the English kings didn't even speak English. As a demonstration - the words Pig, Cow and Sheep are all English words, while Pork, Beef and Mutton are all French descended words. It's clear who was doing the farming, and who was doing the eating.

 

[jefhatfield]

did someone say eating?

if i do a little less, then that number in my sig will say 160, which is my goal weight

i live in my pants so therefore that explains my location of 33W or in my 33-W pants which i hope to be 32-W when i am at 160 lbs

i am 5"7" so 170 is a little on the big side still