Processors

[Catfish_Man]

This is wierd. Currently, there are THREE chips that are either out/confirmed (Sahara, Apollo), or expected (G5), and Apple didn't use any of them. What's going on here?

 

[SomeAppleGuy]

don't get me started

 

[Durandal7]

The Apollo chips probably won't be ready until MacWorld Tokoyo. As for the Sahara chip I would expect those in iBooks at MWNY (they won't put a Sahara G3 in the iMac now).

 

[Catfish_Man]

Sahara in the iBook...

...would put it at a higher clockspeed than the new iMac. That wouldn't be great for sales, because all the ignorant consumers would be shouting "Why can't we have a 1Ghz G3 like the iBook instead of this crappy 800Mhz G4???".... fools.....

To give the new towers that pretty much have to come out within the next 6 months enough of a performance lead I would expect all dual processor machines. The iMac will never have a DP with the dome case, it's just too small. This makes DPs a good way of distinguishing the two lines, the SP consumer line and the DP pro line.

 

[b8rtm8nn]

I think it is more of comparing the iBook MHz to the TiPB than the new iMac, consumers either buy a desktop or laptop. I am not too familiar with the specs on the Apollo, can it be used for the TiPB? If so, then screw DPs in the Pro Line, just go G5. I do not understand why people are freakin' out by the inconsistantcy of the consumer and Pro lines, just means that the Pro line will change next - but how drastically? Maybe at Quicktime Live (where there are MANY Pro users), maybe in Tokyo. Maybe tomorrow...

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