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Yeah, I saw that rumor. I'd hesitate to call it an article, but whatever floats your boat. There are just as many rumors that say the G5 is testing well and just waiting on higher per wafer yields. I would be shocked if we didn't have G5 chips by this time next year. That's just me, I guess.
more internal bays??? wha?
what the heck does that mean? have you ever looked into your case? it has room for 6 drives in the bottom. there is an issue with cables/controller cards.... but not really for the room to stash em. the stock setup of the G3 BW and the G4 towers makes it a snap to pop in a 2nd drive..... beyong that takes a hair more effort, but it's not because of room to stick the physical drives. i wonder if they meant external bays? some people have lamented there not being a 2nd full size bay on the front. though Apple's solution seems to be the superdrive or the combo drive. i'm not totally sure what people want that other bay for these days, but there seems to be some calling. the only real need for 2 optical drives is making copies. really you can image the CD on your hard drive and burn, but if you make copies of random CDs then i guess it would be nice. guess we'll see either next week or next month what the next revision will bring. i'll be pulling for more than a mghz bump as much as anyone (DDR?).
what the heck does that mean? have you ever looked into your case? it has room for 6 drives in the bottom. there is an issue with cables/controller cards.... but not really for the room to stash em. the stock setup of the G3 BW and the G4 towers makes it a snap to pop in a 2nd drive..... beyong that takes a hair more effort, but it's not because of room to stick the physical drives. i wonder if they meant external bays? some people have lamented there not being a 2nd full size bay on the front. though Apple's solution seems to be the superdrive or the combo drive. i'm not totally sure what people want that other bay for these days, but there seems to be some calling. the only real need for 2 optical drives is making copies. really you can image the CD on your hard drive and burn, but if you make copies of random CDs then i guess it would be nice. guess we'll see either next week or next month what the next revision will bring. i'll be pulling for more than a mghz bump as much as anyone (DDR?).
Re: more internal bays??? wha?
That's not the only reason for two bays. I like to listen to CD's on my computer in one drive and use the other to access image archives etc. Having two cd rom/dvd drives is great. I don't even care about the speed of the drive either. I've been pulling cd rom drives from old computers just for the purpose of having one drive available for an audio cd.
Re: Re: more internal bays??? wha?
Or if you want to play a game while burning a CD or perhaps just keep a copy of Norton Utilities in 1 so you can boot from it without digging it out or maybe to RIP with iTunes while installing software.......
There are a ton of uses for 2 optical drives beyond piracy... Get a life johnpaul.
Or if you want to play a game while burning a CD or perhaps just keep a copy of Norton Utilities in 1 so you can boot from it without digging it out or maybe to RIP with iTunes while installing software.......
There are a ton of uses for 2 optical drives beyond piracy... Get a life johnpaul.
yeah I take your point.
i guess I've taken the idea of a rumors site (with the word rumors in the url) to be actual rumors not just wild speculation.
i'm more inclined to believe the later dates that are reported. the 'new' operating system that was gong to be System 8 then 9 and was finally scrapped and we got a completely new, three quarters finished, 10 took a lot longer than we all hoped.
you get my idea. sorry if i sounded stuffy.
josh
This is totally off subject but...
I first thought this was funny....
http://planetpm.itsamac.com/macgamecube/first.html
Go there if you want to laugh. Sounds like a conspiracy theory mixed with psychosis. And this was interesting.
http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/192188
I first thought this was funny....
http://planetpm.itsamac.com/macgamecube/first.html Go there if you want to laugh. Sounds like a conspiracy theory mixed with psychosis. And this was interesting.
http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/192188
good enuf jump for me/intel shakin in trousers?
backtothemac: right on, like what you said about "40% jump in processing power" cause new momboard in and of itself should give a good goose in actual work done per IN ADDITION.
don't know if jump in cpu cycles will translate into same fraction added of work done, but w/ new momboard, tweaked CPU architecture and DDR perhaps we'll get at least that. which, is likely better than just binking cycles. very possibly it could mean 50% more powerful machine. latch that onto the improvement in X and things are lookin' good.
plus, some of you really really need the muscle, but many, myself included, just need enuf to justify the purchase. i need more than i have now, 333MHz G3 in my 7500 and if i'm thinkin' the next big rev is far enuf off and only incrementally better then i'm forking over pe$os.
speaking of next big rev, if this is a "yikes" i may pass. but, am thinking why would they make more than one major changes to momboard w/i year? if momboard changes, its likely to be generally g5-ready for next year, and thusly be worthwhile for the Next Great Purchase.
someone mentioned something about intel shakin' in their drawers should the new PPCs be all powerful. is that true? does intel really worry too awful much about life in our litle marketshare? perhaps an amusing diversion, but they've got so much momentum and have done so much right w/ respect to marketing... athlon has been better and still does more per pe$o, yet intel still has them cornered.
backtothemac: right on, like what you said about "40% jump in processing power" cause new momboard in and of itself should give a good goose in actual work done per IN ADDITION.
don't know if jump in cpu cycles will translate into same fraction added of work done, but w/ new momboard, tweaked CPU architecture and DDR perhaps we'll get at least that. which, is likely better than just binking cycles. very possibly it could mean 50% more powerful machine. latch that onto the improvement in X and things are lookin' good.
plus, some of you really really need the muscle, but many, myself included, just need enuf to justify the purchase. i need more than i have now, 333MHz G3 in my 7500 and if i'm thinkin' the next big rev is far enuf off and only incrementally better then i'm forking over pe$os.
speaking of next big rev, if this is a "yikes" i may pass. but, am thinking why would they make more than one major changes to momboard w/i year? if momboard changes, its likely to be generally g5-ready for next year, and thusly be worthwhile for the Next Great Purchase.
someone mentioned something about intel shakin' in their drawers should the new PPCs be all powerful. is that true? does intel really worry too awful much about life in our litle marketshare? perhaps an amusing diversion, but they've got so much momentum and have done so much right w/ respect to marketing... athlon has been better and still does more per pe$o, yet intel still has them cornered.