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[wchamlet]

I said this in another thread but i don't think very many people saw it...

Wouldn't it be great...

Wouldn't it be great if Apple decided to release the new PowerMacs at Siggraph this week. It's obviously a big show and they have already sent out invites for all of the Shake users to attend :

__________________

July 22, 2002
Event: Siggraph Shake User Group Meeting
Time: 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Information: Apple Computer invites you to the 2002 Shake User Group Meeting to be held
at Siggraph in San Antonio, Texas.

When: Monday, July 22, 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: Menger Hotel Ballroom, 204 Alamo Plaza

The meeting will feature a series of group discussions, product
demonstrations and client presentations.

Please RSVP to http://seminars.apple.com/goToEvent.html?id=19167 by
Wednesday, July 17th.

We hope that you can join us.




Please let us know if you require any special accommodations in order to
attend. Dates, times, locations, speakers, and content may change without
notice. Apple and the seminar sponsors accept no responsibility in
connection with such changes.
______________________________
(courtesy of highend3d.com)

Makes you wonder just what type of products are going to be demonstrated? Hmmm... New G4's running the OS X version of Shake? Food for thought...

Chad

In my opinion, especially with Apple's latest buyout of major Highend software (Shake, Emagic, Rayz), that Apple could very well be unveiling their newer G4's this week at Siggraph. People are not stupid, and are very aware that Apple Powermacs are inferior when compared to AMD or Intel towers at the same price point. Apple has got to show these people that there is a reason for them to switch. From the comments that I have heard though, the current G4's are very weak when it comes to 3D. And I don't see any better place to unleash the newer Highend towers than at a Highend 3D/Film bizarre.

 

[dongmin]

sorry

Apologies to everyone for posting "the specs." I kind of jumped the gun on that one; didn't check where they originated.

Hopefully, no one got their hopes up too much.

 

[phufball71]

anyone wanna post the pic of the promac i never saw it

 

[backspinner]

I took the picture of the eBay motherboard and placed it next to the current innards picture. It's not exactly the same but defenitly of the same family. They have the same shape and connectors on the left. Some colors vary, but not pcb outlines. Most traces and small power components are exactly the same. I bet the current proto and the eBay motherboard are basicly the same.

You can't see the memory slots and the ports, but I'm convinced these are the same as well: make that the mystory port and 4xDDR slot.

 

[backspinner]

What wonders me is what is the big card in front of the picture of the inside of the tower? It is very big and it looks like not being plugged in the PCI slot. It looks like a test board with testcontacts or maybe artificial power dissipation. Definitely not a board being used by regular consumers. See how even the pattern of components is on it.

I guess that the current motherboard is older than the eBay photo. That would probably be in line with the rumor that the tower is an old test model.

 

[kaneda]

got Moto?

according to zdnet Moto just released a G5 chip...I don't know if it is the chip uses in the Apple Powermac..

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-945430.html

 

[kaneda]

Siggraph

I went to Siggraph 2 years ago...Newtek was the only booth that advertised Powermac G4, but I think they used SGI to demonstrate their software.

Everywhere else used SGI workstations...or Intergraphs Z10...


OOohh but I love the GScube from Sony...realtime rendering...the size of two Powermacs...oooh, I love to have that baby in my room...

 

[Huked on Fonick]

7 pound heat sink?

This all seems faily reasonalbe except for the hole part about a 7 pound heat sink........
7 founds of aluminium that would take up the hole case. Lets put this into perspective. A Gallon of Water is a little over 7 pounds right around 8 pounds and i think aluminium is ligher than water???? So that would make 7 pounds of Aliminium HUGE!!! cuz a gallon of water is allready pretty good size (espessialy inside of a computer it would make up like 3/4 of the case)

My 0.02 USD

-Pat

 

[MidnightRambler]

Re: 7 pound heat sink?

Originally posted by Huked on Fonick
This all seems faily reasonalbe except for the hole part about a 7 pound heat sink........
7 founds of aluminium that would take up the hole case. Lets put this into perspective. A Gallon of Water is a little over 7 pounds right around 8 pounds and i think aluminium is ligher than water????

My 0.02 USD

-Pat

Aluminum lighter than water, 'eh?

Heck, last I checked they were building airplanes out of the stuff, ...so it must be lighter than air.




...another one's born every minute.

 

[MidnightRambler]

Heat dissipation

7 pound heatsink, huh?

I can't wait to see the mobile versions of whatever processor is going into that box implemented in the new PowerBooks.


I think whoever mentioned that someone might be trying to divert attention from the iTools/.mac fiacso, and the lack of discounted upgrades to Jaguar and OS X Server 10.2, might just be right.


If any heat is being dissipated with this talk of a seven pound heatsink, it's the heat that we should all still be directing in the general direction of Cupertino, with the fury of a flamethrower.

Free @mac.com email for life AND a reasonable fee for the OS X disk that will (hopefully) give us the performance / compatibility / features that we paid for last time around and didn't get!

 

[spacehustler]

ugly case? I don't get it

I'm confused by the comments that the case in the photo - real or not - is ugly. It looks like a straightforward, almost subtle, evolution of the current tower. Based on Apple's design history, I'm assuming the difference between the grainy photo of it in a plastic bag and the real thing will be a positive one. For instance, it's hard to tell by the photo how the metal bits are going to fit in with the rest of the case but I'll be surprised if it's anything other than a cool, clean look - otherwise I'm sure they would have dumped the idea.

Is it the "decorative" intake vents that everyone objects to? I think they look great. Also, a friend of mine just pointed out that Mac users can now play around with custom internal lighting - a.k.a. the lowrider effect. Sweet!

 

[gropo]

Re: 7 pound heat sink?

Originally posted by Huked on Fonick A Gallon of Water is a little over 7 pounds right around 8 pounds and i think aluminium is ligher than water???? So that would make 7 pounds of Aluminium HUGE!!!

Yes, 7 pounds of matrixed aluminum would indeed consume a large volume of space. But here's an idea: Let's use a more dense element that conducts heat better than aluminum, like, oh say... COPPER! Nowhere is it written in stone that heat-sinks must be aluminum.

On the other hand, being that PowerMac motherboards are mounted vertically to a case, I cannot for the life of me foresee a 7lb heatsink latching on to a daughtercard which is in-turn screwed in to a motherboard (actually, screwed in to the alumium frame beneath the motherboard). I think the 7lb heatsink rumor is alot of hot air.

 

[kingslod]

What the photo shows...and doesn't show

Originally posted by dsamsa
I guess this confirms the authenticity of the photo! Damn, I was wishing that was a prototype. I hope Apple doesn't use that ugly front part... But if it comes with a G5, WHO CARES?!?!

I'm looking at my current slate blue G4 and there is an inset panel in the facing of the plastic front panel. Might the picture we're seeing simply be missing the front panel. It makes sense when I look that pic again.

Also, there is was some mention of an audio jack on the front. Could the "air vents" really be jack holders (audio, usb, firewire)? The angle would keep the cables drifting dwon to the desk, instead of poking straight out from the face and down. Could be kind of elegant. Anyway, take a look at the pics again if you have 'em.