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Also, anyone else notice the new MB is green plastic, rather than the cool blue colour they are now? Not sure why they would move to a green board - kind of bland and PCish. Though I guess it is probably less expensive. 😕
Sabbath
macrumors 6502a
I dont see why the space in front of the processors would be empty in top picture with the plastic cover on, if something was supposed to go in there, that just seem crazy.
The square of new bare metal space seems a bit of a strange colour too. Looking through the old G5 manual I'm thinking these are fake.
The square of new bare metal space seems a bit of a strange colour too. Looking through the old G5 manual I'm thinking these are fake.
Capt Underpants
macrumors 68030
I do not think that this is a dual, triple, or quadruple processor machine. The reason: RAM slots. There are 8 on the current dual machines, but only four on the current single processor G5. This says to me that the new line-up will not be duals. I am still at a loss as to what that gaping empty space in the front of the machine houses. No dual optical drives is a bummer, but not a deal breaker for most. Also, no extra room for hard drives (where they traditionally go in the current G5) is a bummer. I guess none of this really matters to me, as I just bought a Powerbook, and have no money left.
oingoboingo
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LimeiBook86
macrumors G3
<Dances with joy>
A Dual 3ghz G5 machine would be friggin awesomwe!! 😀 I'm curious about the RAM slots...maybe they are hidden 😛
A Dual 3ghz G5 machine would be friggin awesomwe!! 😀 I'm curious about the RAM slots...maybe they are hidden 😛
slughead said:
It's 48 bit addressing and it uses segmentation, not emulation. Intel processors since the 486 can address up to 64TB of RAM. It's done using 32bit addressing space with 16bit memory i/o space to map areas (segments)
OS X also uses 48bit addressing at the moment, not 64.
Aeolius said:
I highly doubt that we will see liquid cooling anytime soon in an off the shelf average joe computer. Water cooling is very much an enthusiast product. There are too many risks involved, if pump dies, a hose breaks, fittings come loose, not topped off with the right kind of water or even at all etc. your processors and anything else water cooled are trashed. It would be nice but at this point I don't think it will ever be practical unless there are some major advances in the technology. Sure there are systems like I.C.E. that shuttle uses but thats simply a transfer pipe to move heat to where the fan is about 2 away not a true water cooling system. There is wishful thinking though.
klaus said:
I am fairly certain the machine is dual channel already but the reason it has to be installed in pairs is the dual processors. Dual channel setsups don't require you install in pairs, it only has to match if you want to take advantage of the dual channel performance.You have to match the quantity of ram for each memory bank for the processors. So you cant have 4 gb in the 4 slots for the first processor and 512 mb for the other processor. The 1.6 does not have to be installed in pairs it can be installed in single sticks.
Could this just be some clever photoshopping of the system that was built by the guy who fitted a PC into the G5 case?
strider42
macrumors 65816
relimw said:
pretty much impossible. Moving to a dual core setup would be huge, and I'm not sure apple could get IBM to keep that quiet. Dual core is a major revision to the chip design, probably would even get a new processor designation altogether. Quads are, in my opinion, much more likely than dual core chips at this point,a nd I don't think quads are likely.
It's a site that reviews rumors from other sites, including AppleInsider, ThinkSecret, MacBiddoulle, etc. and sometimes gets its own rumors.sedarby said:
Metatron
macrumors 6502
My 2 cents
It is real, or it is fake (not a photoshop job). Some one stripped there G5, put there PC mobo inside, and got a "A" in metal shop to make the that donkey size heat sink.
The only thing that might be photoshopped on it is the G5 logo itself onto the heat sink.
Or like I said, it is a real pic, some apple loser let the cat out of the bag, and apple has got a secret liquid cooling system going inside that tank with the new 975.....i only wish though.
It is real, or it is fake (not a photoshop job). Some one stripped there G5, put there PC mobo inside, and got a "A" in metal shop to make the that donkey size heat sink.
The only thing that might be photoshopped on it is the G5 logo itself onto the heat sink.
Or like I said, it is a real pic, some apple loser let the cat out of the bag, and apple has got a secret liquid cooling system going inside that tank with the new 975.....i only wish though.
nagromme said:
As I said over at AppleInsider, I think you have hit the nail on the head. The heatsink enclosure most likely hides the empty space left by a single processor. Think about it. Remember the specs proclaimed by that French rumor site a couple weeks ago? They mentioned the entry level model would have a single processor and a single media bay while the other models would have two of each. Apple could use the existing case design (which they already put a lot of work into) for the single [Powermac 7,3] and use a revised case design [PowerMac 8,1] for the duals. What do you think
digiface said:
I just noticed that. Maybe the fans are larger in this version and fill up the rest of the empty space as well. Which is quieter? A large, slow moving fan or a small, fast moving one?
I think we are talking Updated vs Updated and Published here. You're still at least a couple rungs down the ladder.