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Oh well.... No new PowerMacs

Cry Babies!!!

God Damn your all a bunch of insatiable babies!!! This is coming from a long time Windows user on a Dell 2.0Ghz P4 512MB Ram, blach blah......

What the hell will it take or when will all of you get over JUST THE SPECS of a friggin machine?!! First Apple said Mhz/Ghz isn't the only measure of performance, and we all had PC users laugh at that until for a while AMD themselves chimed in the same thing hence the AthlonXP line - gamers knew AMD machines got better performance than P4 until 2.8GHz came along. But pundits cried fowl and now the Ghz game is here again.

Waiting for the PB to get a G5 will only hurt the sales of the consumer machines. Holding back one product because of another in a different segment is ludicrous.
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Think about Inventory levels. A resellers and their corporate owned stores still have quite a bit of stock of the iMac 17" and the new 20" models as factory fresh units. Then what about the units that need to be repaired and sent back out to custi's? Now about the trade-ins, the oben box/previously owned units = this all adds up to money still to be made! Now if Apple just announced a G5 iMac to be released in 2 months do you really think those whom are going to buy/placed an order still waiting to be fulfilled/waiting for a repaired model are gonna want a G4 iMac? Duh.

Now for those that were waiting for a 2.2-2.6Ghz G5 PowerMac......I'm with you there, only because I WANT ONE MYSELF and the new models will cause revision A models down in price by at least 100 quid. But I think Apple may have been smart to bypass this mid-term release in favor of saving all of their research & development on new components (new interconnect chips and more L2 cache/ more Hyperconnections within the motherboard) to come to fruition on the 2.6-3Ghz G5 PowerMacs.

This is a 20Th Anniversay.....the eurphora should last the entire 2004 calendar year not just one keynote!!!Think Panther will be further tweaked, then announcements of newer software, along with a NEW OS X desktop and server versions late December but before then announcements of updated PowerMacs, iMacs/eMacs, then top off with PowerBooks G5 I hope as well.

Geeks we all are but we're still people. We need to use an efficient machine to do our work on! DO you not already realize that the some of the parts DO NOT EQUAL the whole when compared seperately???

I have a Dell that ran Windblows 2000Pro; was ok, I just upgraded to XP Pro SP1 and guess what? ALL of my six USB 2.0 ports aren't working!! You love dell chips so much? I f*$%ing hate Them big time. I wen't to my driver CD supplied by Dell NO HELP. Went to their online site, NO HELP. THen over online to Microsofts site updates for Windows XP, well I just will let you all guess, NADDA. Now over to Intel, some help in telling me that with XP Pro SP1 should have drivers already.....well no SH*T! downloaded some kind of utility that will help the OS properly use the drivers within itself.....many updates and STILL NO HELP.

You want Intel performance, then I suggest you and I do a trade; heck I'll suffice with a 600Mhz G3 iMac DV. You can Have my slim top!!

ever try MS Office on a 3Ghz P4 with NO other Applications installed and the HDD fully defragmented?? It pales in features, performance and usuability compared to whats offered on a Mac I know because I was honored to use a Quicksilver 733 which was equal to windows XP Home (OS X 10.1.5) on a P4 1.8 Ghz.

STOP WHINING and enjoy your Mac; if not give me your address and I'll break in to take it from ya and leave you my Dell, that'll give ya something to cry for!!!!!
 
WHAA!

WHAA! I'm crying. I'm a college senior who is seriously considering switching. I've been thinking about it for a while and when the G5s were first released I got really excited. Now I'm almost in the financial position to do it, but I want to get the most for my money. I'm also into video editing and every burst of speed helps me.

So its not that a faster PM wasn't released, I just don't like this secrecy surrounding product releases. You don't have to announce an upcoming announcement, but some idea in the industry and news would help. Mac faithful love surprises in Keynote speeches, the rest of the world likes predictable upgrades and not getting screwed. Everyone knows about when the Auto Industry will release the next year's models. It doesn't hurt their sales - model year end sales are huge, and then the next week you pay more for something a little newer. That in turns eventually drops in price until it is replaced with something else.

Now, before I get flamed:
Of course I'm a newbie and I haven't even switched yet. The Mac culture is part of the alure of the switch, but I just don't think this business/upgrade model is competitive with Wintel. If Apple wants to seriously compete with Wintel they need a steady product upgrade path.
Of course the G5 2.0 is fast, very fast. But Mac needs to change the way it releases hardware. The PM is only one line of computers. If Apple really wants to be serious competition to Inetl and M$ there needs to be a consumer computer without an attached monitor. It needs to be comparable to a Wintel machine in performance and price. ($1000 Mac = 1000 PC). I know lots of students who are interested in switching. They're tired of the PC and like the idea of hardware and software support from one company, but they don't need a PM and the imac and emac don't fit their needs either.

In conclusion to this super long, opening quote - I've been watching from a far lately and I'm glad to finally be posting here. I can't wait to make the switch soon and I'll be asking for some hardware suggestions in the next couple of weeks. But I just want some more variety and predicitablity from Apple Hardware!

PS: My Predictions: Who ever said that faster G5s would be announced and then immediately ship, you've got to be kidding. This summer I know people who ordered the first week and still waited till mid/late August for single processors. If I had to make a prediction, I would say 3.0Ghz Dual G5s announced before the end of January (the Anniversery makes sense to me) but not shipping for up to 2 months. Apple is serious about cometiting with M$ and Intel and IBM is interested in beating Intel for bragging rights in the Professional Market - so this year we will see a ton of speed increases. I also want to see a consumer oriented Mac without a monitor.
 
Re: Not suprised

Originally posted by DVDSP
I'd even be surprised to see them by the end of the month. February seems more likely.
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I'm sticking with this. Although, I guess I'm not gambling too much right now...:)
 
sheesh

Originally posted by Dont Hurt Me
I wonder if Neatgekko started with his thumb ( you know the one he's pulling out his( ) or perhaps is nibbling slowly on those fingernails working his way up to those knuckle sandwiches.
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sheesh...they are coming..wait a bit, stuff comes up. Problems happen.
 
I just love you Mac faithfuls, "give them time", "problems come up", blah blah, sheesh! A PowerMac update is overdue, and as for the iMac, my god, how much longer can they wait, it's starting to look like a dinosaur! :eek:
 
Originally posted by edesignuk
I just love you Mac faithfuls, "give them time", "problems come up", blah blah, sheesh! A PowerMac update is overdue, and as for the iMac, my god, how much longer can they wait, it's starting to look like a dinosaur! :eek:
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here here. And where are the new displays...:confused:
 
It's been abnormally quiet on the hardware front this last month or so.

But now the software updates are out of the way bring out the G5s!!
 
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