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PowerMac and Xserve Revisions at MWSF 2004?

Eureka! 8x DVD media & 8x SuperDrive @ MWSF 03

8x SuperDrive (new)

Distracted by our focus on faster G5 Macs, I just realized that faster 8x SuperDrives are due to be released within weeks (obsolescing 4x DVD which obsolesced 2x DVD burners)

Therefore, can we expect Apple to start including 8x DVD burners in the new line of G5 Macs to be announced in January 2004 at MWSF ? Timing would be just right.

Historically, Apple was the first to introduce a 2x SuperDrive in a computer backed up by DV movie editing and DVD burning software with iDVD and iMovie and reasonably priced ($10 each) 2x DVD media. Another Apple first.

Apple immediately began installing 4x SuperDrives and selling 4x media ($5 each, now $4) when available (lowering even more the cost of 2x blanks to $4 then $3 each), so
why not expect
Apple to introduce 8x Superdrive along with 8x DVD media at MWSF 2004? and again
lower the cost of 2x and 4x DVD blanks?

Expect release of 3.5 upgrade to iDVD specifically addressing 8x burning speed.
:)
 
8x SuperDrives?

I hope to see 8x SuperDrives in the new PowerMac G5s. I'm planning on buying one; having one of these speed demons would be pretty cool, I think. I wonder what the CD-R, CD-RW, (DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW if supported) burning speeds would be on these things?
 
I totally agree that we'll see 8x Superdrives. I think that is a given and fits well with a lot of the proposed systems people have mentioned. I'd still *really* like to see a consumer level system that doesn't have a monitor attached. I, like a few previous posters, don't necessarily need a pro-level system but I'm stuck between having to order an e/imac or a bottom line pro-system. Hopefully a reasonably priced consumer system will appear as well. If not, I might just have to bite the bullet and go big with a new G5 tower.
 
Re: Eureka! 8x DVD media & 8x SuperDrive @ MWSF 03

Originally posted by MacRAND
8x SuperDrive (new)

Distracted by our focus on faster G5 Macs, I just realized that faster 8x SuperDrives are due to be released within weeks (obsolescing 4x DVD which obsolesced 2x DVD burners)
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Already have one, but there's very little media available for it. Oh yes it's Mac compatible. So I would expect to see one.
 
kesh

My Dream : an imac 20" G5 1.6 Ghz FSB 800 MHz, serial ATA, FW800,USB2, Bt, Aextreme, DDR I or II honestly i don t care :) if i can go u to 2 or 4 Gb (please Apple),DVD-R 8x will be nice but 4x will do and for the video please no more nVidia thx ...

Everquest on Mac just THANKS for that.
 
Re: kesh

Originally posted by akindabad
My Dream : an imac 20" G5 1.6 Ghz FSB 800 MHz, serial ATA, FW800,USB2, Bt, Aextreme, DDR I or II honestly i don t care :) if i can go u to 2 or 4 Gb (please Apple),DVD-R 8x will be nice but 4x will do and for the video please no more nVidia thx ...
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Keep dreaming! ;) That type of hardware will not be found in the iMac anytime soon. Maybe a G5 in spring or summer, at the earliest, but some of those other items will not be found in a consumer level model for quite a while, since they are still relatively new to the PowerMacs. Plus, if an iMac like that was released, it would be about $3500, not making it a consumer-level machine anymore. :) Which, I guess could happen if Apple wants to go with the eMac as the sole comsumer/inexpensive model....

I realize you said it was your dream, and not your predicition, so I know you weren't serious, but still, just thought I'd throw that in. :cool:
 
xServer not for Mission Critical Applications IMHO

I imagine that I will generate quite alot of flak from this post. As a background, I currently work for a Fortune 50 company that mainly services Wintel platforms in addition to MVS, UNIX, Novell and others too.

While my income is from consulting and supporting Wintel platforms, I have for several years used a MAC for my home needs.

From everything that I have gained in working with a very large enterprise, no matter what the advantages of xServe as a platform, it is not for mission critical applications.

I base this on several years of seeing exactly what fails from a hardware perspective. The two most common failures are hard drives and power supplies from my observations. The simple lack of redundant power supplies in the xServe simply rule it out in many large organizations. They have seen too many failures of power supplies in redundant systems that (thankfully) due to their design did not cause an outage. The single power supply in the current xServe is IMHO its greatest failing.
 
PP970 in IBM BladeCenter Linux/MacOs X ?

Depends on the app. God knowns I have seen Ultra5 and Ultra2 being used for production apps with single power supplies in the server room.

Maybe Apple should work with IBM The new BladeCenters supports Intel and 2x1.6GHZ PP970 cpu. IBM is supporting Redhat and SuSe Linux on pp970 what if they were to support MacOs X? Of course Apple would not get the hardware sales but they would be going into DataCenters with IBM. For that matter IBM could just OEM the blades to Apple and have the Xserver Blade. I would like to see 2x2.6 PP970c. This would be a good fit for render farms and other clusters.
 
Re: PowerMac and Xserve Revisions at MWSF 2004?

Originally posted by Macrumors
Appleinsider reportsThe best information available to the rumor site indicates that the new models will come in at 2.0Ghz, 2.2GHz and 2.4GHz configurations. Previous notes, however, had indicated that IBM was producing chips as fast as 2.6GHz at this time. Other expectations remain the same with the use of 90nm PowerPCs, 533MHz DDR II RAM, a faster system bus (up to 1.5GHz).
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Is it me or are those rumored speeds getting slower every day?

The first posts said something about speeds around 2.6-2.8 ghz, then it was toped at 2.6, and now we’re down at 2.4.

If it gets any slower it really starts to sound very “Moto” to me.
 
2.4 is a nice jump from 2.0. It's lmost half a Ghz. 2.4 or 2.6 are logical steps to reach 3Ghz in late summer.
2.8 Ghz is not a realistic number - it would screw up a 3.0 Ghz Release.
<<<EDITED DUE TO MY LOUSY MATH SKILLS>>>
I think the reality will be a single 2.0, dual 2.2, and dual 2.4.
 
I guess 2.4 ghz would be O.K. although I hope it will be more something like:
Dual 2.0
Dual 2.4
Dual 2.6

Quote: "Besides a 2.8 Ghz machine would need a 1600Mhz system bus, which is not supported by current motherboards."

I don't see why a 2.8 system requires a 1600 Mhz bus. Wouldn't they stick with just half the bus-speed (1400 mhz)?

We probably just have to wait and see what they will come up with.
 
Your right. My math 'skillz' are sad. A 2.8 Ghz is doable on the current boards.

I still think it would be a rather fast jump that would not sync with the roadmap for the chip.
 
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