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'Santa Rosa' Shipping from Intel Next Month (May)

Yeah, I'll sell my juced up macbook like the day before leopard and Santa Rosa come out to some poor unknowing soul. Lol, but, anyway, I am interested in the new GMA any word on the power, or if you will be able to adjust how much RAM it dedicates to itself? Thanks.
 
sounds awesome. hope this comes in mac mini format. as that would mean i could end up putting a 2.3Ghz processor in a mac mini with santa rosa and the improved graphics and up to 4GB of ram in a mac mini.. YUMMY.
 
What dose this mean?

So will Macs get re-freshed before Leopard or not? I just couldn't imagine Apple letting the product line stagnate that long it has already been a long time for MB's and Minis. And how much of a performance boost will SR give macs overall? From what I've read not that much.
 
What about new iMacs?

The 100 dollars off the printer rebate ends today and tomorrow is Tuesday. I am hopping to see an iMac refresh very soon. It is WAY overdue and I will be buying my father his first mac (24" imac) May 3rd. Anyone care to speculate on the chances of seeing this happen in the next two weeks. The rumor sites have been silent about this matter lately.
 
kalii said:
So will Macs get re-freshed before Leopard or not? I just couldn't imagine Apple letting the product line stagnate that long it has already been a long time for MB's and Minis. And how much of a performance boost will SR give macs overall? From what I've read not that much.
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like i said it will support faster processors and memory and better graphics. if thats not a big enough boost i dont know what is?! lol
 
I want new mini's so i can buy one for my mom we are in need of a new desktop.
 
maxink said:
The 100 dollars off the printer rebate ends today and tomorrow is Tuesday. I am hopping to see an iMac refresh very soon. It is WAY overdue and I will be buying my father his first mac (24" imac) May 3rd. Anyone care to speculate on the chances of seeing this happen in the next two weeks. The rumor sites have been silent about this matter lately.
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Minis and iMacs are both overdue. Even a spec bump/price drop would be welcome. Come on :apple:.
 
iJawn108 said:
I want new mini's so i can buy one for my mom we are in need of a new desktop.
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Same boat – mum needs a new computer and if the mini gets this update it would be perfect. Her first computer and I've been talking her out of getting a Dell.

I'm wondering what practical advantages this new chip set will offer. Faster booting with the flash memory? faster application booting? Stronger wifi signal? Is there much that could be demonstrated to someone who was not up on the finer points of Intel speed bumps, if say you put old and new together – how would you tell the difference?
 
Bern said:
According to someone in another forum Apple will lock out all existing Intel Macs from using Leopard so we'll all have to upgrade to the new chipset anyways :D

Realistically though, any new Macs that may incorporate Santa Rosa won't be around until later in the year (probably October when Leopard is released as someone already mentioned). With that in mind I'm not waiting. I really need my new MBP and Adobe CS3.
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Everything you said is completely wrong.
 
agentmouthwash said:
Everything you said is completely wrong.
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I completely agree.

Apple cant afford to integrate Santa Rosa ANY later than July, my bet is on early june, or mabye even late may. With all thease delays going on they need SOME incentive for people to buy macs.

Not to mention ALL of the buyers guides saying that the macbook pro, macbook, mini, and imac are all due for an update, some as long as a month overdue.

I'm NOT gonna buy until i get Santa Rosa.
 
Samwise592 said:
I completely agree.

Apple cant afford to integrate Santa Rosa ANY later than July, my bet is on early june, or mabye even late may. With all thease delays going on they need SOME incentive for people to buy macs.

Not to mention ALL of the buyers guides saying that the macbook pro, macbook, mini, and imac are all due for an update, some as long as a month overdue.

I'm NOT gonna buy until i get Santa Rosa.
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I feel the same way. There is no way Apple is going to wait until late summer, or October to release new computers. They are coming to lose out to other companies (Like Dell) having newer chips and running programs like Photoshop faster than on Macs. If Santa Rosa comes out in May, Apple will release new computers with this chips at WWDC in June the latest.

Plus, why would Apple lock out current macs to run leopard? that is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. They would love so much revenue. Leopard will most likely run on every G4/G4/Intel system - of course some features will not run on the older PowerPC chips, but that doesn't mean the OS will be locked out from it.
 
actually, wouldnt it be awesome if they kept the ppc models in the apple store, like actually kept up with the powerpc technology while also having the option to go intel. that way u could have the choice and all applications can be made to work since they're now native on both platforms..

just a thought.. i really like powerpc and i think the g5 is the best processor ever created, definetly ahead of the competition at its time.. :D Come on guys, agree, ppc is what made apple unique. it had that much more "power"
 
Cult Follower said:
I hope apple gets on this right away, they need to stay ahead of the competition.
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1. There is no "actual" competition.

2. Steevie is still (secretly) the "insanely great" guy. As such he "skipped" one full update cycle to deliver whatever we are about to see. Fasten your seatbelts.

Free advise to Dell. Dude, bring that guy back and in your commercial out-do-apple by having him pass a joint :)

Rocketman

Did "I" say that? Shame :p
 
Dustman said:
actually, wouldnt it be awesome if they kept the ppc models in the apple store, like actually kept up with the powerpc technology while also having the option to go intel. that way u could have the choice and all applications can be made to work since they're now native on both platforms..

just a thought.. i really like powerpc and i think the g5 is the best processor ever created, definetly ahead of the competition at its time.. :D Come on guys, agree, ppc is what made apple unique. it had that much more "power"
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The G5 has legs for at least three more years. That says something indeed.

Did you hear? IBM now has a "multi-layer" processor. G7?

Rocketman
 
agentmouthwash said:
Everything you said is completely wrong.
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well duh! I realise that. That is my point. :rolleyes:

hence the first two words in the next paragraph "In reality....". My opinion (I should have said that) is we won't see Santa Rosa this side of July.

I should spell things out for people on this form more clearly!
 
Dustman said:
actually, wouldnt it be awesome if they kept the ppc models in the apple store, like actually kept up with the powerpc technology while also having the option to go intel. that way u could have the choice and all applications can be made to work since they're now native on both platforms..

just a thought.. i really like powerpc and i think the g5 is the best processor ever created, definetly ahead of the competition at its time.. :D Come on guys, agree, ppc is what made apple unique. it had that much more "power"
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Mac OS is what makes Apple unique; their choice of processor wasn't really ever a benefit to them, and it's only helped them to switch to Intel (they don't have to worry about stagnation in the PowerPC line, especially as a mobile CPU)..... if for no other reason than that it makes it a lot easier for some people to switch to Macs and still use Windows if they want/need to.

-Zadillo
 
Bern said:
well duh! I realise that. That is my point. :rolleyes:

hence the first two words in the next paragraph "In reality....". My opinion (I should have said that) is we won't see Santa Rosa this side of July.

I should spell things out for people on this form more clearly!
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From the BusinessWeek article
The Intel executive also noted that Intel's Santa Rosa platform will start shipping in notebooks from next month.
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I would hope that Apple is one of those, or not too soon after. New MBP at WWDC anyone?
 
flopticalcube said:
From the BusinessWeek article


I would hope that Apple is one of those, or not too soon after. New MBP at WWDC anyone?
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I know Dell are, there are several university websites around already advertising dell laptops with Santa Rosa chips in them for sale in 'early may'.

With the current release date rumored to by 9th May this would make sense.

Hope apple aren't far behind (We could really use some new MBPs and iMacs)
 
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