Is is me or is there something absurdly ironic about 'sitting it out for another year' on an old 1.x Ghz Mac because your waiting for the 3.3 ghz variant as today's 2.3 ghz variant isn't powerful enough'??
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Intel Details Chip Roadmap 2007-2008: Penryn and Nehalem
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iBook 14" 1.2ghz 768mb ram too......
Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and get whatever is available. They'll make more later.Is is me or is there something absurdly ironic about 'sitting it out for another year' on an old 1.x Ghz Mac because your waiting for the 3.3 ghz variant as today's 2.3 ghz variant isn't powerful enough'??
No.
Just give us our Dual Clovertown Mac Pro already. Please?
I have one for sale right now.
Send me $5K, and Ill order a new 2.0 quad from apple, rip out the chips, install 2 quad-cores in there, and send it out to you ;-)
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we will see something soon perhaps, just wait till april when adobe is shipping CS3. Lets face it, CS2 on intel architecture is useable, but not fast, and not entirely stable.
I usualy do this with PCs. I build about every year. Technology is just comming out too fast to keep a computer around for more than 1 or 1.5 years. Ick, I can only remember back to this time 2005... Ancient
Its just better to buy a Mid Range Computer say - 20 inch iMac Decked out every year.... That way you are always current, more or less.
No, just buy something new when it makes sense to.
For the constant waiters, it's one of three things:
1) You really need a new system, but can't afford it.
2) You don't need a new system, but enjoy dreaming about a new one.
3) You've bought into the hype, and are hindering your present work by not getting a system now. (The guy on the beige G3 better be working in Word most of the time...)
If you need a new system for your present work, then buy one when the next update is released. But to make buying decisions based on this new Intel intel is just silly.
Don't expect to see a Penryn before MWSF 2008. It is doubtful that they will be readily available too much before the end of the year and Apple will not make any lineup changes past early November in preparation for the holiday season.
Seeing as Penryn is also slated for the Santa Rosa chipset, I would expect to see Santa Rosa iMacs and notebooks this May - July and obviously 8-Core Mac Pros anywhere between NAB and mid-May.
Then that would allow for the next round of iMac, notebook, and Mac Pro updates to begin next Jan and go through March or April of 2008.
Personally I plan on getting a Leopard Mac as soon as available, and potentially upgrading to Penryn 9-12 months later. The real question is will we see any touch-screen technology this year, most likely not, Penryn's 45nm chips, speeds and power are a more likely candidate, if that soon. We may only see an iMac color option this year with any more substantial redesign coming with the next generation CPU. And even then it is unlikely to be as dramatic as the lampshade to chin progression.
Seeing as Penryn is also slated for the Santa Rosa chipset, I would expect to see Santa Rosa iMacs and notebooks this May - July and obviously 8-Core Mac Pros anywhere between NAB and mid-May.
Then that would allow for the next round of iMac, notebook, and Mac Pro updates to begin next Jan and go through March or April of 2008.
Personally I plan on getting a Leopard Mac as soon as available, and potentially upgrading to Penryn 9-12 months later. The real question is will we see any touch-screen technology this year, most likely not, Penryn's 45nm chips, speeds and power are a more likely candidate, if that soon. We may only see an iMac color option this year with any more substantial redesign coming with the next generation CPU. And even then it is unlikely to be as dramatic as the lampshade to chin progression.
Any word on how they do this? Is there something they are doing right now that slows down single-threaded apps when one core sleeps? Or is it something they aren't doing, and single-threaded apps run just like they would on a single core processor when one core sleeps, and with this technology single-threaded apps will see improved performance?
Is is me or is there something absurdly ironic about 'sitting it out for another year' on an old 1.x Ghz Mac because your waiting for the 3.3 ghz variant as today's 2.3 ghz variant isn't powerful enough'??
If nothing else it is an old (traditional) story.
The good news is now that 3ghz might arrive, it has features 3x as good as the "old promise."
How ironic is it that IBM would OPUD?
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Wait With A Quad G5 For 3 More Years? Unbelieveable
You gonna hang onto Quad G5 as primary for 3 more years? Man you must have nothin' to do. I'm buying Dual Clovertown ASAP and I can't understand how you think 4 G5 cores is enough.
You gonna hang onto Quad G5 as primary for 3 more years? Man you must have nothin' to do. I'm buying Dual Clovertown ASAP and I can't understand how you think 4 G5 cores is enough.
The PowerMac G5 will last that long as long as I do upgrades on it like harddrive, ram, do software updates/upgrades, etc.
Do-It-Yourself Dual Clovertown Won't Do It
1. Void Warranty
2. No Stoakley-Seaburg Support chipset
3. No revised cooling system according to Clovertown heat profile
4. No Leopard multi threaded support
5. They'll cost way less from Apple when they ship
No thanks.
Brilliant.
1. Void Warranty
2. No Stoakley-Seaburg Support chipset
3. No revised cooling system according to Clovertown heat profile
4. No Leopard multi threaded support
5. They'll cost way less from Apple when they ship
No thanks.
Quad G5s Are Weak For What I Do. 3 More Years As Your Primary? Wow.
Hell I can hose a Dual Clovertown in about 15 minutes. I dont get it.
I'm running the Quad G5 and it's DOG SLOW. How can you think it's gonna last for heavy lifting? I'm keeping my Quad G5 for lite work. But the idea it will last 3 more years must mean you're doing very little if any hard video crushing and other processor intensive tasks.
Hell I can hose a Dual Clovertown in about 15 minutes. I dont get it.
a month ago i bought a macbook pro i don't regret it you always know that something better is coming and you just have to take the plunge
I'm running the Quad G5 and it's DOG SLOW. How can you think it's gonna last for heavy lifting? I'm keeping my Quad G5 for lite work. But the idea it will last 3 more years must mean you're doing very little if any hard video crushing and other processor intensive tasks.
Hell I can hose a Dual Clovertown in about 15 minutes. I dont get it.
Maybe you are right, maybe I should sell my PowerMac G5 soon and get a Clovertown Mac Pro at least.
You gonna hang onto Quad G5 as primary for 3 more years? Man you must have nothin' to do. I'm buying Dual Clovertown ASAP and I can't understand how you think 4 G5 cores is enough.
Your just a Power-Hungry Video Editing Dude aka PHVED ..
Yeah I stero-typed you ..
Intel was embarassed by its much smaller competitor because it had rested on its laurels for one season too long. I can assure that they will not allow that to happen again, and they have the strongest, achievable this time, roadmap in the industry.