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Leaked: ****** Info!

good nite 🙂

been following crazy news and watching leaks go by...as the 'g5' info goes around. hope everyone has a good night, im off for now 🙂 too much rumors for a day...but i don't think they are really rumors anymore 🙂, just thought id ad to a thread thats important! 😉 woo hoo, it was nice to talk to some of ya on irc too = )
 
Everything's pointing to this being some small(HUGE) error by some poor soul who's about to lose their job. Can't wait for the release on monday.

Most promising images yet from willi. Thumbs up from me. 😀
 
Holy flaming f@%!, Batman!

If this these are the true specs and not just a clever ploy by Apple to screw with the rumor-mongers, then these machines are going to kick some major a$$! Either way, the new Powermacs will hopefully give that huge kick-in-the-pants that they've been needing for the past year.

I noticed a similar yawn-effect going on with the original iMacs after a few years. They just had some speed bumps and that was it. Nothing to impressive past that. But then the next generation was the flat panel iMac. I hope that this upcoming line of PM will be just as revolutionary and exciting.

And if the line does start at 1.6 GHz, that will be 200 MHz higher than many rumors were speculating. We'll see...
 
Once a year...

I try to post this....With all the rumors flying around, its making me mac horny 🙂


It hasn't been this much fun since the iWalk!....
 
Originally posted by Mr. MacPhisto
Of course, they could have exaggerated the specs too, if it was intentional. I know from two sources at IBM that they've sent 2.5GHZ 970s (.13) to Apple (haven't been told how many, but was told it was a large shipment and went with the initial 970 shipment). I wasn't expecting Apple to release those yet, but what if Steve pulls a "one more thing" and reveals the "uber-ultra-Intelkilling-PowerMac" w/ dual 2.5s and a 1.25 GHZ FSB? I doubt it, but a boy can dream, right?
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Heh, I was thinking the same thing. We can still dream, even when our previous dreams came true. 😀

Another thing to think about... what if they were planning to do a press release tomorrow (Friday) to announce the G5s. That would give the weekend for everyone to go crazy about them and start ordering, etc. Then on Monday, Steve can talk about them but still focus on Panther. After all, this is still the main attraction at WWDC, right?

Probably not, but we'll know about this possibility within 12 hours or so...
 
What Steve should do now

These specs are beyond amazing--the 1.6 bottom end would not have surprised me as the TOP end, coming out this fall! But human error sounds simpler than a hack, and I'm inclined to believe the specs.

Price? It will be VERY high. Apple has been spending a lot on R&D, there's pent up demand, and the economy is bad. This is a product they will sell out at ANY price, so they'll make what they can from it. But be patient and prices will fall.

Optical audio... sounds innovative! Maybe audible video too!

Now the question is what Steve will do about this leak come Monday. What he should do--and I bet he will--is something hilarious. Like maybe bring the person who made the mistake on stage!

Besides Panther is still a potential surprise--not ALL the thunder is stolen!
 
i'm going to remain skeptical until i see it officially announced.
getting worked up over it now seems like it would really suck if there was a let down.
when i noticed the mention of 3 PCI or 3PCIX slots it made me think they had two logic boards --typically they throw one in the low end version, right? as an in between (i.e., BW G3 Yikes!)
So up to 8 gig of ram= 4 gigs ram per processor
the 50% clockspeed bus to the logic board
8x AGP

man that sounds sweet. but until i see one or see final specs, for sure....whew... with an improved OS.... man....
i'm gonna have to forget I saw this. it is for the best.
what does this mean for 3D animators? competition on the silicon streets...sheeesh... want money for machine.....

dual deuces....man... it is gonna suck reading news sites tomorrow. i only hope i don't dream in aqua or about panthers

man. and these aren't G3s or G4s...it is the one i've been waiting for for 4 loong years....make it stop....gotta go...get...no...gotta go now.

but i won't go until someone promises to buy me one. you no like Yiminy when Yiminy angst ridden.
 
think secret still has the "leaked" images & page on their site...

...not for long, I imagine! 🙂


By the way, if this news follows the usual release cycles, they will announce the dual-2Gb on monday, but won't actually ship it until August (6~8 weeks is common for newly announced boxes, right?)

I'm getting in line for one if it really is those specs... practically matches my dream "wishlist" to the letter... I don't care WHAT the box looks like! I'll stick it under a desk if it's yugly...


tlc
 
Its not soo hard for Apple !

Because not every man reads rumor Sites !

🙂


I think there are many which will cry at WWDC 🙂
 
Originally posted by Laslo Panaflex
I don't believe it, this is awsome, I hope someone didn't hack apple (either from inside of apple or out).
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Exaclty the same feelings....
Almost too good to be true. (and you know what they say about "too good to be true")
 
Re: G5 mockup pictures FAKE!

Originally posted by williwilli
check out these pictures:
http://www.sejus.com/earth2willi/forums/viewtopic.php?p=742#742

download some music or something while you are there!
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Come on! This is so fake. Look at the reflection on the comparison. It shows the air holes from the G4! You can see it better when it's darkened.

g5fake.jpg


It's just a shameless plug to get us to go to that site. Too bad, cause it looks fairly good!

EDIT: Seems since I posted this edit of the original posted pic, the posted one has been taken off that site. Obviously a fake pic, but the specs are looking good.
 
Re: joke? cmon

Originally posted by bretm
...say like nigel from spinal tap... "it's the G5, it's like 2 higher than the G3." I guess when OS 11 comes out they can have nigel say "these go to eleven."
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THAT (OS 11) would be the funniest ad in the history of advertising! What a BRILLIANT idea!
 
Re: Re: G5 mockup pictures

Originally posted by ZildjianKX
Those look pretty real to me... no jacks on the front, interesting.

No PB leaks? LoL, too bad.
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They could be on the bottom left side towards the front...or recessed with the handles.
 
Ok dont know what ive just seen dont know if its reall dont know if its some sick joke hack or what...... but if its true the good for apple for a change sick of all the microsoft dell packardbell and HP about time apple got somthing great to shout about shame its been shouted about already..


Now some one get the bloody prices for them please..
 
No more OS 9 towers?

True, the specs list is shorter than the available space. But look where it lines up across the page... see?

It would exactly fit if Apple removed the Mac OS 9 mini-banner. I'd say OS 9 towers (now that Quark is out) are about to be taken off the store. Or greatly de-emphasized.

PS, somebody has a complete HTML mirror of the leak if you want to see what I mean: http://www.garyschechter.com/G5/g5.html

PPS, Apple ALREADY uses the Spinal Tap "11" quote in marketing: http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11 (second paragraph)

PPPS, is the Music Store down?
 
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Seems there is one site that has summed up the recent events rather eloquently...

Originally Posted by www.appleturns.com

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Hee hee. Heh.

Aheh.

mmmmmmppppphhhhhhHAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Hee hee hee hee... HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE! Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha. Aheh. Heh.

Okay, all better now.

If you don't know what just caused us to unload a mouthful of 18-hour-old mocha all over our Cinema Display and keyboard, you need to keep your ear a little closer to the ground, because you're missing out on comedy gold, people. Faithful viewer John Duffin was the first of many, many people to inform us that the proverbial cat is out of the bag. Indeed, said cat is not only out of the bag, it also ate said bag, which means it's pretty much as out of that particular bag as it gets. Yes, kiddies, ******* **** ** specs have been leaked, and we think you'll judge the source to be pretty reliable as far as these things go: it was Apple.
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And to think people were laughing over the early publication of the spoiler for the new Harry Potter book, and how the author was ranting how it'll ruin the surprise for all the little kiddies come the big day. 😛

Hope people aren't too saddened by this little spoiler, though the author of this fruity little tale is probably as steamed as J.K. Rowling right now. 😀

[edit - this tale could only have been written better by a cast of muppet interns]
 
Please explain how Apple can force this site to remove detail Apple posted to it own PUBLIC web site.

Is America a free country? Over here magazines publish spy photos of new cars with impunity. How is it that there is a different law for Apple?
 
Good question.

Maybe Apple asked nicely, no threats, gave their reasons, and this site decided to comply? Every other site still has the info and images, so maybe they declined the request. (Or they're just asleep still!)

In any case, this adds credibility that it's real and not a hack. Apple would ask to have the info removed either way--but along with the request they'd SAY it was false if that was their reason.

(Wow, this site is bogged down!)
 
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