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Platform said:What if they made an Xserve mini with a single dual core cpu for home useAnd decent graphics...........sweet
a newton mini is more likely
crpchristian said:
On the U.S. store it is just the dual Power Macs that have the 3 to 5 business day wait. Only other "delay" is on the 17" PowerBook, but there it is 1 to 2 days and I don't expect an update on the PowerBooks anytime soon.
I think it is almost confirmed (or certain), we'll see updates to the dual Power Macs next Tuesday. Probably with the specs that appeared on Think Secret --
dual 2.0GHz
dual 2.3GHz
dual 2.7GHz
each with upgraded graphics.
In my opinion, a dual 2.3GHz Power Mac G5 priced around $2500 will be able to compete against the early dual-core Pentiums and Athlons. In particular, note that a dual-processor 2.3GHz Power Mac will have to go up against a dual-core 2.2GHz Athlon.
fpnc said:
Your last point makes sense to me. I think it would be cool to have Apple be a direct competitor with them initially, and down the road when IBM provides a Dual core processor for Apple, I hope they will be much faster then AMD systems. But who knows.
On an other note.
I still don't understand why a system that would be "phased out" such as the dual 1.8, 2.0 (the new 2.0's are said to support only 4gb of memory), and the 2.5 would have a delay in shipping dates. Wouldn't they want to sell the last remaining before the new model comes out?
I had the understanding that the Powermac supply is higher then demand at this point.
840quadra said:
I think the reasoning is that they put a delay on the current configurations so that anyone who orders one between now and next Tuesday will in fact get the new configuration. If they didn't do that then persons who ordered over the last few days before a product introduction would be upset that they received one of the "old" units when (or even after) the new Macs were already announced and available.
Of course, you can still go into a walk-in store and buy one of the current Power Macs right up to the day they announce the new systems. But, at least in that case you'd physically have the unit before the new systems were actually available. And walk-in stores will continue to sell the older units even after the updates, perhaps at a reduced price.
they're playing with your minds
Of course, that's why they play with the dates....
Apple also knows that you'll go into an absolute frenzy when an Apple store website goes down for "maintenance" - especially on a Tuesday morning.
Rootman said:
Of course, that's why they play with the dates....
Apple also knows that you'll go into an absolute frenzy when an Apple store website goes down for "maintenance" - especially on a Tuesday morning.
AidenShaw said:Of course, that's why they play with the dates....
Apple also knows that you'll go into an absolute frenzy when an Apple store website goes down for "maintenance" - especially on a Tuesday morning.
Yes...apple store down=hell breaks loose at MR
But all now is wait !! It's the huge sillence before the storm! if next tuesday something happens everybody will say: " didn't I say that!! "
But we have to wait... And that's not A nice thing to do!
3 days before Powermac updates; 6 days before Tiger!!
Yeehaw!!!
But we have to wait... And that's not A nice thing to do!
3 days before Powermac updates; 6 days before Tiger!!
Yeehaw!!!
aswitcher said:
iMac + eMacs have gone up to 10 days? that's weird! what is it normaly with you guys?
I don't see Apple upgrading the PM for at least two weeks after Tiger has been released. They have too much inventory to introduce a new machine. Two weeks into Tiger sales they may decide to entice hesitant buyers with new Machines to stimulate demand of Tiger.
OziMac said:
My parents and the in-laws are about to switch so I am looking hard at the low end - mac mini, emac and imac - to see whats going on. I hpe to see price drops due to the high Aussie dollar, and maybe buy EOL machines when the new models appear.
I checked out the Apple Store Oz yesterday and did some configuring and got those time frames. As soon as you add anything to the base models the time blows out from 1-2 days to 7-10 days. Guess this might be an Australian "problem" but it suggests to me that your welcome to buy an EOL model now but if you build any extras the longer than usual 5 days delay means new models... Its only a theory
scu said:
this is true but i think a lot of prospective PM buyers are holding out for an update. that's why there is (and will be) a good lot of inventory
admanimal said:
You are correct! Tuesday announcement or maybe a Sunday surprise?
One Click at the ready for a 20 incher....
Before 11 pm EDT (23 h, GMT-4) Saturday night, the U.S. store had all models except the dual Power Macs (and 17" PBook) shipping same business day. By midnight, only eMacs stayed same day. iMacs went from same day to 5-7 as Admanimal noted, and, further, Minis and ALL the lappies went to 1-3 business days.admanimal said:
That means more than just a price cut (which is managed without physical RMA returns). At least a RAM boost by Wednesday. We've passed into the penumbra.
