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New PowerMacs 8/13/02

Re: New 1.6 GHz Powermac

osted: Aug. 01 2002,21:53 __
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Hell, Yeah! _I talked to an Apple Authorised Retailer today and was informed that the G4 Quicksilvers with Dual 1.6Gb Processors will be announced on August 15th. He said the prices of the 800, 933, and Dual 1gig will drop by atleast $200.00 each.



Posted: Aug. 01 2002,23:18 __
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As I was reading through, I remembered a few other things that he said... _The sys bus was going to double from 133 mhz to 266 mhz, and it was also going to use DDR RAM. The top of the line would be the Dual 1.6 gigahertz at around the same price that the dual 1 gig is now. It will come preinstalled _withe 10.2. But the system itself probably wouldn't ship until beg. -> middle of Sept. The guy I talked to was the owner of the biggest Apple Retailer in the State. We buy a lot of equipment from him, and he tends to know about quite a lot before it's released publicly. I just thought I'd be nice this once and share the info. Don't believe me? Wait until August 15th.
 
Originally posted by Over Achiever


THIS IS PURE B.S.!!!
Why? This is saying that there is superdrive. Even if apple releases a superdrive, its only an extra 200 bucks? Why don't they just make it standard then? And they're also going to upgrade the ram AND the graphics card. Thats a little too many revisions.

Lets lists the updates:
GIGABIT firewire
USB 2 :eek:
Superdrive
DDRram
Built in bluetooth
Speed increase
New f***** colors? :D

Oh yeah, and the last rev was less than 4 months ago!;)

That said, if apple releases it at that price point, they'll be so friggin' backordered! I'll buy two! :D :D

THIS IS PURE BS!!!

*catches his breath*

sheesh!
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While the figures that yourdailymac.com posted seem a bit unreasonalble... if you look back at all rumors over the last several months, everything they've posted makes sense. This could mean the hype Apple was spreading about their machine performance increases were true. OR it could mean that someone made all this crap up based on old rumors.
 
Re: 1.6 GHz Powermac

I want to make it clear the above statements are NOT mine. This info was posted on thinksecret.com on the hardware intelligence message board, by some guy named XO on August 1st.

Hope the news about the middle range 1.4 GHz is true!!!!

That would rock so hard!!!!
 
Based on what I know, the yourdailymac stats are wrong.

arn
 
Crap, if those prices are true, and the specs are true as well, I have to stop spending money so I can buy one, hell, I may even stop smoking.

Seems too good though.
 
Re: 10.2 at Apple Store

Originally posted by drone139
I was at the Apple store here in Columbus over the weekend and they had a 17" iMac running Jaguar. Unfortunatly I didn't have much time to check it out completely but it did have spring loaded folders and Sherlock was like Watson....
What a nice surprise!
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Drone, yes, that is what I said. And I BOUGHT my 17" imac at the Columbus Apple store Saturday and it did NOT have 10.2 on it.
<see my post titled $19.95 for Jag, what a rip...>
 
yourdailymac.com spec

As much as I'd like to believe it, I don't think those specs are correct. At least, not entirely. Why? I find it very hard to believe Apple would offer USB2.0, at least now - since they are on a big FireWire push. Also, from what I understand, the Radeon 9700 won't be out for a few months. Would Apple really release this as an option when it's not going to be available within a "reasonable" time?

Wow - my first post :)

In any event, I just bought a Quicksilver 733Mhz and that will (have to) do for a year or so. Before I get bashed for buying it just before an update......I got it from CompUSA (no comment) for only $999. I have it booting into OS X v1.5, iTunes 3, 640MB memory.....I'll probably add the Radeon 9000 Pro at the end of the month.

For everyone else, I really hope what you want comes out tomorrow :) I'll get one next year......I'm content with the previous generation for a bargain.....this time. The money I saved, I spent on an iBook 700Mhz/Combo drive. So, I'm happy!
 
1.6Ghz?

I hate to tell you guys but with the bus on the current powermac line or even the "DDR" bus on the xserve a dual proc 1.6ghz g4 machine will still be crippled.

Apple doesn't have a raw mhz problem they simply have procs that are absolutely *starved* for bandwith. If this isn't fixed in an update don't expect to see much boost in performance. To check this look at the differences in performance across the g4 line... you will see that "raw" cpu power is falling dramatically as clock speed goes up.

With that said, a dual 1.6ghz box would still be fricken awesome on anything that fit in cache. I would imagine general "feel" would be blistering.
 
Originally posted by cyberfunk
I propose that Arn know jack-shi+ and that we should munity
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I don't know the specs of the new machines... but from what I do know, these specs are wrong.

arn
 
Re: Re: 10.2 at Apple Store

Originally posted by Captnroger


Drone, yes, that is what I said. And I BOUGHT my 17" imac at the Columbus Apple store Saturday and it did NOT have 10.2 on it.
<see my post titled $19.95 for Jag, what a rip...>
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Just goes to show you, people aren't happy whatever the pricetag is. Even when it isn't free. With all sorts of bundles offered here: http://www.macprices.com/ and many of those coming from places that charge no tax and some even no shipping the only real ripoff is what happens to those who don't shop around. $20 for Jaguar, he should be glad! I wish I could have paid $20 for Jaguar, though I'm pretty glad there is the government employee discount of $64.50.
 
Yourdailymac is yanking our collective chains.

If their "stats" turned out to be true, it could be the greatest day in Mac history since the introduction of the original Mac

But this little blurb at the end of their post bother me:
Keep in mind that these stats may not be totally accurate and you shouldnt base your purchase on the stats we provide. Also the stats we provide are purely speculation.

Regardless of whether they match other rumors or not, it's tooo good to be true...

So Arn, care to share with us what you know?
 
$200 not too unreasonable

Originally posted by Over Achiever


THIS IS PURE B.S.!!!
Why? This is saying that there is superdrive. Even if apple releases a superdrive, its only an extra 200 bucks?
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Currently the lower end Power Mac can be updated to a SuperDrive for an extra $200. Granted, this is not a slim SuperDrive, but it's not unreasonable. (Although it does make it appear that they are attempting to make their specs. look more reasonable by copying current upgrade prices)
 
Re: yourdailymac.com spec

Originally posted by TMJ1974
Also, from what I understand, the Radeon 9700 won't be out for a few months. Would Apple really release this as an option when it's not going to be available within a "reasonable" time?

Yes - I had to wait over three months for the GForce3 BTO option to actually ship, so there IS a precedent.

Anyway, we'll all know within 24 hours, but isn't this speculation all a part of a rumours web-site??
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Originally posted by cyberfunk
Not to mention the 512 Ram Jump AND the Hard drive.. how are they doing that for 500 ? it sounds like a REALLY good deal.. these specs sound Like what I can get on the PC side, which makes me REALLY HAPPY.
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Son, what have you been smoking? Those specs looking nothing like what you get on the PC Side.
 
Originally posted by arn


I don't know the specs of the new machines... but from what I do know, these specs are wrong.

arn
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I'm just kidding, he he he, tho I wish you were wrong, what DO you know arn ? what are you keeping from us ? huh ?? HUH ?>??
 
Originally posted by Ibjr


Son, what have you been smoking? Those specs looking nothing like what you get on the PC Side.
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No, no, I mean they match up with the best stuff from the PC side.. for very very good prices
 
If Apple does announce the new PowerMacs tomorrow, I'd say that it would be by 9:00am earliest, 10:00am latest eastern. This is time enough for either the trading floors or the east coast Apple Store openings.

As for the specs on yourdailymac.com, while they may be nothing but BS, would make a lot of people extremely happy if true.

I personally will be up bright and early tomorrow checking the Apple site. And will be buying a rev.b DDR PowerMac next year.
 
Macminute.com chimes in...

New Power Mac G4 systems to be unveiled tomorrow with speeds up to 1.25GHz

August 12 - 16:33 EDT__Apple will unveil new Power Mac G4 systems tomorrow, MacMinute has learned. Sources inform us that three configurations will be offered: dual-867MHz (US$1,699), dual-1GHz ($2,499), and dual-1.25GHz ($3,299). The dual-1GHz and dual-1.25GHz models will feature ATI Radeon 9000 series graphics cards; additional system-specific details are not available. The dual-867MHz configuration is slated to ship by the end of the week, while the new dual-1GHz model will ship towards the end of the month. Availability of the high-end dual-1.25GHz model is being pegged at sometime in September. Current Power Mac G4 systems will be reduced in price as follows: 800MHz ($1,299), 933MHz ($1,499) and dual-1GHz ($2,199). Additionally, Apple will introduce a SuperDrive-equipped eMac for $1,499, sources say, and will reduce the price of CD-RW and Combo Drive iMacs by $100 to $1,299 and $1,499, respectively.

uhg... a bit less impressive...

is this what you know ARN?!
 
Originally posted by cyberfunk


I'm just kidding, he he he, tho I wish you were wrong, what DO you know arn ? what are you keeping from us ? huh ?? HUH ?>??
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I think he’s keeping his mastery of English away from you. With you EST and EDT mistake, It appears that even your teachers kept knowledge away from you.

International Baccalaureate Junior
 
Originally posted by MacArtist
If Apple does announce the new PowerMacs tomorrow, I'd say that it would be by 9:00am earliest, 10:00am latest eastern. This is time enough for either the trading floors or the east coast Apple Store openings.
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I have to disagree here, Apple runs on CA time, which would mean they'd be up @ 6 to 7 AM to annouce at those times.
 
Originally posted by Ibjr


I think he’s keeping his mastery of English away from you. With you EST and EDT mistake, It appears that even your teachers kept knowledge away from you.

International Baccalaureate Junior
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Hey now, I can speak english perfectly well, thank you very much.



Me fail english? thats unpossible ! --- Ralph
 
The Macminute report sounds accurate... so, should I get the midrange Dual Ghz and downgrade from the superdrive and upgrade the Radeon, or get the Dusl 867 , and overrclock ? What should I do ??? What annoys me is there is no mention of DDR ram...... I would be REALLY pissed if there was no DDR ram
 
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