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New PowerMacs and More on Tuesday?

Nothing new that I can see at the store. It usually is back up by this time but I was asleep. Did it go down? Maybe Apple was giving crap to thinksecret! Dual DC 3.2 PCIe! WOOOOOOOO!
 
My DP G4 (MDD) must know something is on the horizon. Yesterday I went into my home office, to be greeted by the smell of something electrical burning. Fearing the worst, I checked my Mac. The computer would stay on for a few seconds, then enter sleep mode. Leaving the Mac off for a few minutes and then restarting made little difference.

So, I reached under my desk and grabbed the replacement fan and power supply that Apple sent out some time ago, to users of "noisy" G4s. I admit that I was too lazy to install it before. So, after a few beers and some home surgery, I had performed the replacement.

My Mac is up and running again....for now.
 
ALoveSupreme said:
Doesn't the store usually go down at 9 a.m. PST ?? That would still be some hours left... ;) Maybe there is still hope...
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Historically it has gone down at 7 AM eastern in the US (19 minutes ago). The only 9 AM PST store closings (noon here in the east) I can recall are ones accompanying a keynote. Looks like its April 1 all over again.
 
amholl said:
Nothing new that I can see at the store. It usually is back up by this time but I was asleep. Did it go down? Maybe Apple was giving crap to thinksecret! Dual DC 3.2 PCIe! WOOOOOOOO!
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Perhaps no new hardware until WWDC, and then a massive hardware fest will ensue with completely diferentiated product lines for all.

Dual Core Quad Processor PM's
Dual Core Single processor iMacs
Dual Core G5 PB's
Single core G5 iBooks
Single core G5 E-mac
Single Core G5 Mac mini.

And the one last thing,
4Ghz G5 Ipod with wifi, video streaming and a complete dishwashing suit.

Now that would be something



:p
 
Aeolius said:
My DP G4 (MDD) must know something is on the horizon. Yesterday I went into my home office, to be greeted by the smell of something electrical burning. Fearing the worst, I checked my Mac. The computer would stay on for a few seconds, then enter sleep mode. Leaving the Mac off for a few minutes and then restarting made little difference.

So, I reached under my desk and grabbed the replacement fan and power supply that Apple sent out some time ago, to users of "noisy" G4s. I admit that I was too lazy to install it before. So, after a few beers and some home surgery, I had performed the replacement.

My Mac is up and running again....for now.
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Yeesh,

I hate that smell, I had it a few weeks ago when my G5 Destroyed my CRT monitor. It was hungry for an LCD I guess :)

I am glad it wasn't the Quadra, I was compiling a Video on it, and that poor 12 year old Mac still gets worked hard!!

840
 
Yeah, so much for updated PMs today... damn it! I'm in for a new low end PM, but this is seriously taking too long.

Apple isn't giving TS crap, Apple's got TS strapped too a chair and a large fan in front of it. And everyone knows what happens when the **** hits the fan; it stinks :p :D
 
rosalindavenue said:
Historically it has gone down at 7 AM eastern in the US (19 minutes ago). The only 9 AM PST store closings (noon here in the east) I can recall are ones accompanying a keynote. Looks like its April 1 all over again.
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You don't mean: probably no hardware updates today?? ;( then I am gonna start crying!
 
Well all the rumour sites suck at the moment with their so called insider info. The best indication of hardware updates is apple themselves and their shipping times.
Based on the UK apple store I wonder if the powermac updates will in fact be announced this Friday on Tiger launch day with the eMac and iMac updates coming next week, May 3rd perhaps.
Powermacs are showing a 3 day lead time with other desktops (Mac mini excluded) showing 7-10 days. Apple don't normally announce stuff on the webstore for shipping until their retail stores have some quantity. As the new machines will likely ship with Tiger they may wait till Friday.
Well maybe lol :)
 
I think it usually goes down at 8AM EST. Or that is what I have noticed before.

Of course, I could just be hoping.

Also, sometimes the other world wide stores go down first.

BZ
 
The craziest thing about this **** update is that IBM can deliver Fast and Good PowerPCs to Microsoft !!!!!

The Xbox 2 which will be shown to Public on 15 May will have 3.5 GHz PowerPCs as you know similar to the G5s because this machines where Developer Units !!!


So whats up ?!?! IBM can produce 3.5 than 3 GHz must really be easy !

I think Apple dont checks it at the moment they think its enough and there fast enough the dont invest in new techology this new powermac is crap ! If it has only 200mhz more
 
rosalindavenue said:
Historically it has gone down at 7 AM eastern in the US (19 minutes ago). The only 9 AM PST store closings (noon here in the east) I can recall are ones accompanying a keynote. Looks like its April 1 all over again.
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Normally it goes down at 8 AM Eastern, unless there is a keynote or other major event. If it's not down within the next 10-15 minutes or so, it's not happening today. The bad sign is that the international stores usually go down first and that hasn't happened today.
 
I hope it is the intention of Apple to discredit the rumor sites (not Macrumors I hope) and BAM release Dual core 3 GHZ powermac computers in a few days / weeks.

I know.. I am dreaming

I still "heart" apple :)
 
macmunch said:
The craziest thing about this **** update is that IBM can deliver Fast and Good PowerPCs to Microsoft !!!!!

The Xbox 2 which will be shown to Public on 15 May will have 3.5 GHz PowerPCs as you know similar to the G5s because this machines where Developer Units !!!


So whats up ?!?! IBM can produce 3.5 than 3 GHz must really be easy !

I think Apple dont checks it at the moment they think its enough and there fast enough the dont invest in new techology this new powermac is crap ! If it has only 200mhz more
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First of all, I have heard they are supposed to be 3GHz.
And here's a quote from another thread where I was complaining about the same thing as you (but I said the Xbox processors were going to be 3 GHz).

wrldwzrd89 said:
Those 3 GHz CPUs are positively wimpy, and therefore far easier to make, when compared to the PowerPC 970 and its derivatives. The IPC (Instructions Per Clock [cycle]) for the Xbox processors is said to be just 2, which is about half of that for a PPC 970 (normally 4, but it can be as high as 5 when a branch instruction is involved).
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Well bring on the updates...... :rolleyes:

Just hope they will be decent, and also apple if you give the 2.0 2.3 2.7 then don't give us DC a month later DC now or in a while ;) :D
 
Friday deluge!

I am thinking now that it all will happen Friday at 6:00PM when the Apple Stores have their parties. New software, new hardware and NEW Rumors :D
 
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