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You can think what you want... but "I think it's ugly" is not evidence against it's existance.
There were numerous articles on the web about how leaked images of the Apple Cube were fake/photoshopped and poorly designed. They ended up being true.
There were countless posts about how the current quicksilver design were "obviously photoshoped"... and they were real.
Oh... and another common thread between the Cube images and Quicksilver images were that Apple Legal also requested those images pulled.
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Boy...with all those "turbine" fans and air vents i bet you could test aircraft inside that case.
Bet it sounds like helicopter. That one's going under the desk.
Bet it sounds like helicopter. That one's going under the desk.
What I am curious about is HOW exactly can APPLE demand that anyone remove anything from a website. Let alone a picture ?
What kind of legal action coul they use?
uhh is it illegal to post a picture from whatever source.
I dont understand the legal aspects of this, but there are a lot of things that people do on the internet that others dont like, but cant do much legally!
What kind of legal action coul they use?
uhh is it illegal to post a picture from whatever source.
I dont understand the legal aspects of this, but there are a lot of things that people do on the internet that others dont like, but cant do much legally!
Re: New Power Mac Photos - Mirror
These specs seem like EXACTLY what everyone here is dying to get their hands on. BUT, they don't match up with the case. The case has no FireWire 2, and there are no ports on the front of the case.
don't get me wrong. I would buy one of these in a second, but somebody is bluffing here.
These specs seem like EXACTLY what everyone here is dying to get their hands on. BUT, they don't match up with the case. The case has no FireWire 2, and there are no ports on the front of the case.
don't get me wrong. I would buy one of these in a second, but somebody is bluffing here.
Two possibilities
Personally I think it looks genuine. I see no reason to believe it's faked.
In any case, there are two possibilities to apples lack of new Desktop Pro announcements and products.
One is they have it ready to go and are wanting to spring it on people. I doubt that very much. Though I'm surprised that it's been so hard. Given the architecture of the Xserve is so similar (potentially) to a desktop G4 I'm surprised we haven't seen announcements of a xserve specked desktop machine. DDR, etc.
The other possibility is that they're working hard at it. Apple can't afford their past (and heavily criticised) strategy of announcing new products, months before actually shipping.
At least we should be able to be confident that when Apple DO finally announce something (G5, G4 on DDR, etc) it will be coming SOON. Hell, otherwise they'd just announce it now, and release it when they can be bothered.
One thing I think we can all agree on. Apple needs to do something with the desktop pro market beyond minor speed bumps, and they need to do it soon.
Personally I think it looks genuine. I see no reason to believe it's faked.
In any case, there are two possibilities to apples lack of new Desktop Pro announcements and products.
One is they have it ready to go and are wanting to spring it on people. I doubt that very much. Though I'm surprised that it's been so hard. Given the architecture of the Xserve is so similar (potentially) to a desktop G4 I'm surprised we haven't seen announcements of a xserve specked desktop machine. DDR, etc.
The other possibility is that they're working hard at it. Apple can't afford their past (and heavily criticised) strategy of announcing new products, months before actually shipping.
At least we should be able to be confident that when Apple DO finally announce something (G5, G4 on DDR, etc) it will be coming SOON. Hell, otherwise they'd just announce it now, and release it when they can be bothered.
One thing I think we can all agree on. Apple needs to do something with the desktop pro market beyond minor speed bumps, and they need to do it soon.
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FireWire 2 has a different connector. It's shaped more like an I-Beam. Look it up at the IEE1394 association's website.
It looks curiously close to the "mystery port" on the eBay board.
FireWire 2 has a different connector. It's shaped more like an I-Beam. Look it up at the IEE1394 association's website.
It looks curiously close to the "mystery port" on the eBay board.
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Like those original photos, sometimes people don't get a good taste of something before it's gone. Like a good Milwaukee bratwurst. In fact, I just learned of a new vintage of Old World mustard that looks interesting. Check out this .pdf if you are curious.
Like those original photos, sometimes people don't get a good taste of something before it's gone. Like a good Milwaukee bratwurst. In fact, I just learned of a new vintage of Old World mustard that looks interesting. Check out this .pdf if you are curious.
Re: Re: Re: Re: New Power Mac Photos - Mirror
Here are images of the ports in question (Firewire2 and eBay board)
https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/05/20020502174828.shtml
Here are images of the ports in question (Firewire2 and eBay board)
https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/05/20020502174828.shtml
What on earth would need a seven pound cooling unit?
We are looking at support for quads here folks.
We are looking at support for quads here folks.
Re: Re: Re: Re: New Power Mac Photos - Mirror
FireWire and FireWire 2 on the same board? Doesn't that make one or the other port redundant?
FireWire and FireWire 2 on the same board? Doesn't that make one or the other port redundant?
Originally posted by chuckzee
What on earth would need a seven pound cooling unit?
We are looking at support for quads here folks.
Keep in mind that the manufacturing cost of a single G4 chip is around $250 US. That would make the chips alone about $1000. Add the rest of this new-fangled technology *hopes*, and we're looking at a price increase.
but i guess that's never stopped them before.
Originally posted by chuckzee
What on earth would need a seven pound cooling unit?
We are looking at support for quads here folks.
Is it just the heat sink or an actually (liquid) cooling unit? Are we looking at fans actually positioned on top of the CPU?
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FireWire 2 is supposed to be backwards compatible. BUT the connectors do look different. Perhaps the backwards compatibility simply means you can run FW1 and 2 off the same chipset on the motherboard, with different connectors coming out of the machine.
maybe? pure speculation.
FireWire 2 is supposed to be backwards compatible. BUT the connectors do look different. Perhaps the backwards compatibility simply means you can run FW1 and 2 off the same chipset on the motherboard, with different connectors coming out of the machine.
maybe? pure speculation.
what's the color of the motherboard say? how about that huge green PCI card sticking up http://www.itsthebomb.com/gallery/powermacs_july_2002/pages/innards_jpg.htm
and while I'm at it, it says G5 ready? could oyu pop out the processor and plug in a G5 zif?
and note the handle IS still there!
the cd drives look chrome, white speaker, aluminum intake, headphone jack in front, white body (I'm suprised looking at the tiBook & Xserve) to work with the rest of the Mac products (note changes in iPod were not drastic)
but no monitor power supply? I guess they figure everyone has gone to the flat panel (very thought out prank, someone is not hiding in closets on this one).
this sumes up all the rumors for several months...I will bet this thing is sooooo it! maybe a slight modification, but I bet they call a press conference in august to say...
"sign up now boys, they're rolling out"!
and while I'm at it, it says G5 ready? could oyu pop out the processor and plug in a G5 zif?
and note the handle IS still there!
the cd drives look chrome, white speaker, aluminum intake, headphone jack in front, white body (I'm suprised looking at the tiBook & Xserve) to work with the rest of the Mac products (note changes in iPod were not drastic)
but no monitor power supply? I guess they figure everyone has gone to the flat panel (very thought out prank, someone is not hiding in closets on this one).
this sumes up all the rumors for several months...I will bet this thing is sooooo it! maybe a slight modification, but I bet they call a press conference in august to say...
"sign up now boys, they're rolling out"!
Keep in mind that the manufacturing cost of a single G4 chip is around $250 US. That would make the chips alone about $1000. Add the rest of this new-fangled technology *hopes*, and we're looking at a price increase.
So just add another $1000 to the price of todays most expensive model. not much more..cause as you see the "new" technology (DDR; 333 system frontside bus, etc has been around for a while)
Imagine, Quad g4's running Jaguar at 1.4ghz--for about 4-5 grand.
So just add another $1000 to the price of todays most expensive model. not much more..cause as you see the "new" technology (DDR; 333 system frontside bus, etc has been around for a while)
Imagine, Quad g4's running Jaguar at 1.4ghz--for about 4-5 grand.
Can't be true..
1.6 ghz?? That can't be true...if the G4 actually reach 1.6 ghz...Steve would have told us at the MWNY...There is no way he kept it low profile...He would make it a big news to increase sell for the Powermac...and even increase the imac speed...impossible!!
1.6 ghz?? That can't be true...if the G4 actually reach 1.6 ghz...Steve would have told us at the MWNY...There is no way he kept it low profile...He would make it a big news to increase sell for the Powermac...and even increase the imac speed...impossible!!
I have a question... Do the dual processor daughter cards connect to the mobo using one zif socket, or two, or a completely different connection... If they use zif sockets, Apple could make a mobo that supports 4 processors, but ship it with 2 or 1 standard, and sell the processor modules for $300-400 each... That would make sense, if it works, so lower end pro users can get an affordable machine with the ability to upgrade as they go, and the super-pro users where money isn't an issue would be able to get a fully configured G4...
Oh, and another question (I wasn't very good in conversions)- would 7kg be more plausible for the weight of the heat sink? Aluminum is a rather light material, and I can't imagine a heat sink weighing 7 pounds... they make bike frames from aluminum that weigh less than that... Of course, with their description of how it's held on, it seems pretty steady, and heavy... we've got major cooling power here...
Oh, and another question (I wasn't very good in conversions)- would 7kg be more plausible for the weight of the heat sink? Aluminum is a rather light material, and I can't imagine a heat sink weighing 7 pounds... they make bike frames from aluminum that weigh less than that... Of course, with their description of how it's held on, it seems pretty steady, and heavy... we've got major cooling power here...