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New PowerMac G5 Support in 10.3.3?
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alamar said:Conversations like this make me wonder what percentage of people here just want to salivate of new product announcments and what percentage will actually buy one.I fit into the first group.
I am in the second if its a G5PB for the same price point! (And Apple Australia does justice to the exchange rate)
alamar said:Conversations like this make me wonder what percentage of people here just want to salivate of new product announcments and what percentage will actually buy one.
I fit in both groups. I plan to purchase a Rev. B Power Mac G5.
Well, it looks like there are no new releases today...
(Unless you count the shipping of the G5 Xserves...)
(Unless you count the shipping of the G5 Xserves...
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Snowy_River said:Well, it looks like there are no new releases today...
(Unless you count the shipping of the G5 Xserves...
Nope, thats it for another week...Maybe end of the month...
next week or first tue of april
well since the memory upgrade discount program ends next week I bet that is when we will see some goodies.
I tell you what though I am ichin like a sonna na na beech to get a pb15, with the new price drop in the refurbed versions, I wonder if we will see anything affecting the PB line come next tues or the first tue of april.
ahhh
paitence...
-bilvox
http://www.bilvox.com
well since the memory upgrade discount program ends next week I bet that is when we will see some goodies.
I tell you what though I am ichin like a sonna na na beech to get a pb15, with the new price drop in the refurbed versions, I wonder if we will see anything affecting the PB line come next tues or the first tue of april.
ahhh
paitence...
-bilvox
http://www.bilvox.com
Bilvox said:
well since the memory upgrade discount program ends next week I bet that is when we will see some goodies.
I just checked our belgian Apple site, sorry that the quote is in Dutch but it states that the memory discount is for consumers buying in between 27Feb and 8 may trough the apple store... so would they not release new G5's at the same time in europe? normally (except for the iPod Mini wich still has to be released) they release their new systems worldwide at the same time... I guess...
"1. Deze actie geeft klanten die tussen 27 februari en 8 mei 2004 via een deelnemende Apple Store op het internet een in aanmerking komende Apple computer (zoals hieronder gespecificeerd) aanschaffen, recht op een korting van maximaal 38% op de aankoopprijs van extra geheugen dat is aangeschaft via de maatwerkoptie"
greetings J
Well...
It seems strange that there is only <em>one</em> Localizable in 10.3.2 and only two in 10.3.3 because there are 1...2...3 different G5 configurations currently out. So unless this <i>new</i> G5 has different architecture than the 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 (going beyong simply ramping up the clock speed), the only rational explanation for another Localizable is that...OH HORRORS! there was an error on the part of a poor Apple programmer.
It seems strange that there is only <em>one</em> Localizable in 10.3.2 and only two in 10.3.3 because there are 1...2...3 different G5 configurations currently out. So unless this <i>new</i> G5 has different architecture than the 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 (going beyong simply ramping up the clock speed), the only rational explanation for another Localizable is that...OH HORRORS! there was an error on the part of a poor Apple programmer.
What constitutes proof
I know that there are a lot of programmers in these forums, and a few scientists of various stripes as well. And frankly I find it alarming that you think this is proof of anything. Someone said that it was proof that new revisions would be released before 10.3.4 comes out, but even that is faulty logic. One could just as easily say it is evidence that Apple has no intention of updating the OS again until after new machines come out.. and if you were all pumped up for a new OS instead of a new machine, you would be crying.
It implies perhaps that it is Apple's hope to either release new machines before another revision of the OS ships, or Apple's hope that when it does release a new machine, it won't need to release another version of the OS just to support it.
Sorry folks, but this info, while interesting, is not proof of anything. That said, I sure hope they bring out new PowerMacs soon. And new Powerbooks. And while we're at it, let's have G5 iMacs and maybe an eMac with a better screen.. I don't think eMac owners should be denied a decent resolution on their 17" CRT's.. the 17" Studio Display CRT did 1600x1200, why doesn't the eMac?
I know that there are a lot of programmers in these forums, and a few scientists of various stripes as well. And frankly I find it alarming that you think this is proof of anything. Someone said that it was proof that new revisions would be released before 10.3.4 comes out, but even that is faulty logic. One could just as easily say it is evidence that Apple has no intention of updating the OS again until after new machines come out.. and if you were all pumped up for a new OS instead of a new machine, you would be crying.
It implies perhaps that it is Apple's hope to either release new machines before another revision of the OS ships, or Apple's hope that when it does release a new machine, it won't need to release another version of the OS just to support it.
Sorry folks, but this info, while interesting, is not proof of anything. That said, I sure hope they bring out new PowerMacs soon. And new Powerbooks. And while we're at it, let's have G5 iMacs and maybe an eMac with a better screen.. I don't think eMac owners should be denied a decent resolution on their 17" CRT's.. the 17" Studio Display CRT did 1600x1200, why doesn't the eMac?
New Power Mac G5
Her you are
M9042LL/A
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Pioneer DVR-A07 superdrive
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
160GB Serial ATA
3 64Bit PCI-X slots, 1 133Mhz, 2@ 100Mhz
M9490LL/A
Dual 2.4 Ghz
1GB PC 3200 DDR
Pioneer DVR-A07 superdrive
ATI Radeon 9800XT
250GB Serial ATA
3 267Mhz PCI-X slots backward compatible with PCI-X 1.0
M9496LL/A
Dual 2.6 Ghz
1GB PC 3200 DDR
Pioneer DVR-A07 superdrive
ATI RAdeon 9800XT
250 GB Serial ATA
3 267MHz PCI-X slots backward compatible with PCI-X 1.0
Her you are
M9042LL/A
Dual 2.2 Ghz
512MB PC 3200 DDR
Pioneer DVR-A07 superdrive
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
160GB Serial ATA
3 64Bit PCI-X slots, 1 133Mhz, 2@ 100Mhz
M9490LL/A
Dual 2.4 Ghz
1GB PC 3200 DDR
Pioneer DVR-A07 superdrive
ATI Radeon 9800XT
250GB Serial ATA
3 267Mhz PCI-X slots backward compatible with PCI-X 1.0
M9496LL/A
Dual 2.6 Ghz
1GB PC 3200 DDR
Pioneer DVR-A07 superdrive
ATI RAdeon 9800XT
250 GB Serial ATA
3 267MHz PCI-X slots backward compatible with PCI-X 1.0
Power Mac 7,2 and 7,3
Apple has a way of confusing us and this leaves people to mythologize meanings for the cryptic numbers. Once and for all:
Power Macintosh 7,3 = Dual 2Ghz G5 June 2004
Power Macintosh 7,2 = Dual 2Ghz G5 June 2003
The 7,3 is, in my considered opinion, the best machine because it retained the TRUE DUAL status (seperate system bus for each processor) and most had the variable speed processors. Very fast machine as long as you have at least 3 Gigs of RAM--even by today's standards.
Apple has a way of confusing us and this leaves people to mythologize meanings for the cryptic numbers. Once and for all:
Power Macintosh 7,3 = Dual 2Ghz G5 June 2004
Power Macintosh 7,2 = Dual 2Ghz G5 June 2003
The 7,3 is, in my considered opinion, the best machine because it retained the TRUE DUAL status (seperate system bus for each processor) and most had the variable speed processors. Very fast machine as long as you have at least 3 Gigs of RAM--even by today's standards.
While we appreciate the contribution, and we do ask people to at least do a cursory search for existing threads before starting new ones, reviving a three-year old thread in this case to make this specific point seems a little pointless. For that reason, this thread is now closed.
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