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Gobi (PPC 750GX) - This Summer?

Originally posted by dongmin
Yes it's over-used but given that we have 'OS X' it's more or less fitting to use a X-moniker. Hence XServe, Quartz Extreme, Airport Extreme, etc. My guess is that they'll stick with the i-something for consumer machines and go across the board with X-somethings for pro machines.

XServe
XStation (or XTop; XMac sounds weird)
XBook

iMac
iBook
iPod
(eMac is, of course, would be the one anomoly.)

That's my prediction anyway. I would love for Apple to surprise us with something simple, clever, and original.
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They could always release the eMacs only for educational customers again, or perhaps with a Gobi processor.

I think you're right with "i" indicating a consumer Mac - it is already a well recognised brand name. I thought "ProMac" which sounds weird, but it does allow a (slightly funny) advert - "I'm depressed due to working with PCs all the time - I'll take a Promac" :eek: Sorry to all those with a sense of humour and those who have ever been clinically depressed.
 
Reading the first PDF, I noticed that the PPC 970 is supposed to be produced at the fishkill FAB. Earlier today I noticed this on another rumors site:

http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20030509S0034

It says that there is a rumor that IBM is gutting the Fishkill (no pun intended ), and going to be turning it over to AMD for advanced processor manufacturing.

Doubtful, but interesting none the less.
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You have to remember that IBM was an old world mainframe manufacture, the plants that it has in NY are huge. In one the hallway was so long you could not see the other end. So yeah they could be gutting part of the plant or for that matter one of the plants in FishKill but it doesn't really mean anything. Besides the semiconductor plant is rather new compared to some of the fishKill plants.

Personally I'm glad I'm in a postion to wait a bit (bieng broke does have its advantages). I would hate to have to purchase a MAC right now knowing full well that major technology changes are on the way.

As to the question of 970's by July that one I'm up in the air on. I will say this though it will be an accomplishment on Apples part if they do deliever a usefull machine. Even more so if they have more technology than just the 970 built into them.

Dave
 
Isn't XMac a new hamburger at McDonalds? Its been advertised like mad where I live, but it might be a regional thing. PowerMac still does it for me, its an ancient line going all the way back to the 601's but heck, it works. I think many people like having a simle lineup, if you look at PC's they all have elaborate product lines like the Dell Inspiron 44534VC, might as well put a serial number on the front!
 
Re: Not the end of the G4

Originally posted by nagromme
An IBM 750 with AltiVec would not be the end of the G4... it would BE a G4, and give Apple a new G4 supplier for consumer Macs. Good news.
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theres some good info in the hardware section under the topic G3 vs G4
 
Maybe I completely misread the article, but I understood the article to say IBM was converting the Advanced Semiconductor Technology Center (ASTC) in East Fishkill, N.Y. into a 300mm wafer fab. This lead me to believer the Advanced Semiconductor Technology Center to be separate from the new plant IBM has built for processor production.

I guess I stay perpetually confused.:confused:
 
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