PowerMac G5 Upgrades Announced (Officially)

[macorama]

UK Prices

Anyone any ideas what the old UK prices were?

Still £999 for the 1.8GHz single CPU model? That hasn't changed, I thought at least that would go down if they kept that model.

Edit: added an item on my site so you can predict when we'll finally be rid of the 1.8GHz model

 

[Lurch_Mojoff]

For those of you with "expensive carpets", who didn't read my post on the other thread, the 2.7GHz PMs are still liquid cooled.

So much for the 970GX speculations.

 

[JRM PowerPod]

Let the bitching begin....

It already has

Where's the
-Dual Core
-3GHZ
-Dual Dual Core
-PCI-Express
-X800
-DDR2 533mhz
-or DDR2 667mhz
-Why is there still water
-970GX
-970MP
-980?
-Power5
-Cell
-Built in Wireless
-Built in Bluetooth
-Built in 56k modem
-What have I forgotten

I think I'll have a:
Dual 2.3GHZ
4GB Ram
250GB
6800 Ultra
16X Dual Layer
(EDU)

Although all the negatives, it's still a formidable machine. Extremely formidable. That would destroy most x86's, and with Tiger and FC Studio it'll fly.

 

[sonny]

Displays dropped in price?

am i noticing it late or did the displays just drop in price?

20" $799

23" $1499

 

[nagromme]

I wish they had G6s etc. but they're certainly not slow!

http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/

And they're cheaper now by up to $450--if you get a display, at least. (The top Mac no longer needs a $450 GPU upgrade to run the 30"... and the other two sizes of display have dropped in price.)

 

[Wonder Boy]

10 months for this??!! Come on now. And yes Apple Insider and Think Secret are ruining it just a little bit I think.

ruining what? why are people upset over correct information? maybe its because they don't like what they are hearing. if TS and AI said that the highest CPU would be 2.6 and it turned out to be 2.7, people would be happy? people are mad at TS and AI because they want to deflect criticism from apple. its apples fault these updates suck, not TS or AI's.

 

[pounce]

do we know if these models still use the amd chip to control the pci slots that the dual 2.5 does? there were some issues with that chip and some pro audio hardware, so lots of audio folks have been watching that in particular. that change (away from the amd controller chip) would be a help.

 

[1macker1]

I bet the dual 1.8 won't be there for long... that's a good deal.

 

[Dark Horse]

Hmm....so no consumer mac upgrades til WWDC. Unless you follow the wham bam thank you mam theory of power line, consumer line, tiger wednesday thursday friday. Which I don't. It's a shame they'll be releasing Tiger on iBooks with 256 RAM, since it seems it'll be a little underpowered for such a good OS update.

 

[DeepDish]

Hardy a readson to buy a new G5 - dual-layer DVD drives (the ones Apple use) can be bought for a few dollars & easily fitted to current (& older) machines.

Nothing to see here - move along!

If I wanted to do this, what model number should I search for for a replacement DL DVD burner for my current G5 (internal)?

If it is only a hundred bucks or so, I would like to be able to burn dual layer porn!

 

[JRM PowerPod]

am i noticing it late or did the displays just drop in price?

20" $799

23" $1499

I already said that in the other thread, but no one seems to be caring, i thought that was big news as well

 

[gopher]

Apple's benchmarks now compare more CPUs

One thing that is nice to see:

http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/

Apple's benchmarks now show more CPUs and more tasks being compared to the G5s. Looks like Intel and AMD are definitely slower on many tasks. Granted on others they may be faster, but at least Apple does have the lead even on their $2000 machines in some categories.

 

[Fredstar]

Could just be a stop gap till Expo or something this year, who knows. I am liking the new graphics cards and the £30 though.
I am liking the Display price drops, with my 10% discount card that is £500 for a gorgeous 20" display...not much more than the Dell. Perhaps a nice addition to the Mini, hmm.
I was thinking of replacing my iMac (not quite fast enough) with a pmac if the upgrades were decent enough but i think i will stay put and perhaps get 2gig ram.

 

[jauh]

truelly and utterly pathetic... can't believe they'd actually release out-of date technology as *new*. although I suppose someone does have to help ati get rid of old and unwanted 96xx agp cards...

guess will have to wait for another year for PCIe...

guess it's time for opteron & ati's pcie architectures...

don't think the new G5s will be a big hit, if hit at all...

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Hmm....so no consumer mac upgrades til WWDC. Unless you follow the wham bam thank you mam theory of power line, consumer line, tiger wednesday thursday friday. Which I don't. It's a shame they'll be releasing Tiger on iBooks with 256 RAM, since it seems it'll be a little underpowered for such a good OS update.

Well, there's always tomorrow... and Friday...

 

[marmotte]

Hmm.

On the plus side the Cinema Display's have been reduced in the UK.

20" now £549.99 from £699.00.

I was expecting that price drop: Dell's monitor were way cheaper than Apple's and with all the Mac users posting on those forums about their new Dell monitors, I was sure Apple was seeing a drop in demand.

In any case, that price drop makes Apple monitors a bit more appealing but I think the price drops will have to continue to increase demand again: Dell's 24" monitor can be had for $1020 + no tax + $40 shipping. Apple's 23" monitor is still $1499 + Tax + Free shipping. That's still a $500 difference. You can buy a brand new Mac Mini for that price difference.

MM

 

[chubad]

I'm still waiting for them to put in something faster than a 56k modem. This is such a let down. Damn you Apple! Why won't you listen to us!

How about no modem. The modem is now a $29.00 option. The stock configuration ships without one.

 

[jamesfowler2k5]

Built for Mac OS X
All Power Mac G5s now ship with Mac OS X v 10.3 "Panther", the world's most advanced operating system.

hmm not very good this is on the powermac details

+ tiger pre installed?

 

[JRM PowerPod]

Well, there's always tomorrow... and Friday...

Or Next Tuesday

 

[isgoed]

Following yesterday's premature specifications by Amazon.com, Apple has released upgraded PowerMac G5s in the following configurations:

Single 1.8GHz PowerPC G5
600MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
Expandable to 4GB SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA
8x SuperDrive
Three PCI Slots
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

The single 1.8 isn't new

 

[nesbitt_a]

I already said that in the other thread, but no one seems to be caring, i thought that was big news as well

This is huge news. Nice pricing on ACD's now! Quicktime 7 Professional is shipping too, check the Apple Store.

 

[toontra]

If I wanted to do this, what model number should I search for for a replacement DL DVD burner for my current G5 (internal)?

If it is only a hundred bucks or so, I would like to be able to burn dual layer porn!

Pioneer 108 or 109 will see you OK for for your needs!

 

[phasornc]

Yaaahhhhwwwwnnn!

I just wanted to get in my own yawn over this upated. Once again it's 2 year technology for $3000? I'm sure Apples sales of PowerMacs over the next few months will continue to slide. They won't see any action untill we have dual dual-cores (or cheap single dual-cores) and PCIExpress. Dell has been shipping PCI express systems for like a year now. Dual core Pentium 3.8 ghz chips came out earlier this month. With Apples current rate of update I guess we can expect dual cores this time next year. The gigahertz gap has returned, and before any of you fanboys say it doesn't matter, compare performance of the latest VST instruments on Logic 5.5 on current Pentium to the same AU versions of the same plugins on a Mac under Logic 7.

 

[1macker1]

I Hope this is a typo on apple's part. If it isn't.....then i dont know what to say about apple.

Built for Mac OS X
All Power Mac G5s now ship with Mac OS X v 10.3 "Panther", the world's most advanced operating system.

hmm not very good this is on the powermac details

+ tiger pre installed?

 

[MustardMan]

Good enough for me

I, for one, am not THRILLED by the new specs, but am happy with them. The price drop on the cinema display was what finally prompted me to yank out my credit card and place an order for a dual 2.0 with 23" display. With the edu discount I feel like I'm getting a lot of computer for my money.