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Tidbits: X1900 ATI Video Card, MXM in iMac, Parallels for Mac Pro, Multifunction

BornAgainMac said:
I didn't know that. Wow, that really sucks. I guess PCI-X on the older PowerMacs isn't going to be any better. PCI-X sounds like some experimental hack expansion that never caught on. The name probably scared off vendors from supporting it. "Universal PCI Plus" would be been a better name.
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The PCI-X macs had AGP slots for the graphics card. You could buy 3rd party AGP cards though you still had to get Mac specific cards. You don't use PCI-X for graphics cards.

The PCIe PowerMacs DID have graphics cards available despite what the original poster wrote but AFAIK only from Apple. Go to the Apple store online and search for 6600 and you'll get the PCIe G5 card as an option. For the MacPro they've the X1900 and the Nvidia 7300 cards. You can't put MacPro cards in the G5s though.
 
Fatal Darkness said:
I wouldn't get too excited about this. The PCIe PowerMacs used a standard connector and you were supposed to be able to upgrade your video cards in those too; but Apple was the only source of video cards and they refused to sell outside of bto and thus no upgrades. How they haven't been sued over advertising a $3K machine as being upgradable and then refusing to allow it to be upgraded is beyond me.

Lessen learned: never buy an Apple computer with any kind of expectation of future upgradability. Steve's upgrade policy is buy a whole new computer.
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We're on EFI now and stock video cards do work on Mac Pros. Sadly, only under Windows. Half the battle...I know...
 
If the graphics card is truly upgradeable on the iMac and upgrades can be found, I will be purchasing the 24" model fairly soon, I think. I need a new monitor, still using the 15" that I bought with my quicksilver PM, so this would save me some money. I could keep the computer for three years and then sell the whole lot of it then, but in the meantime, perhaps I could stay reasonable with graphics performance while I own it.
 
You heard it here first, that multifunction device is the next "revolutionary" digital device from Apple, with the potential impact of the iPod. It will be a remote control for your digital life, linking your Mac to your living room in conjunction with some sort of streaming device. It won't be an iPod and I'm guessing that it won't be intended to leave your house, but I could be wrong on that.

Your computer currently houses your digital life -- photos, home videos, music, and now movies from the new Apple store. The problem is that you can't view them easily from your television, not unless you want to over-geek a little. There really is no interface besides your keyboard and mouse, requiring you to sit in front of your computer. For that reason, the computer has stayed relegated to the office and the television to the living room. This multifunction device will change all that, the pieces are starting to fit together.

Apple & Intel developing the UDI connector cables, fully compatible with HDMI:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1586

Apple rumored to be releasing a streaming media device:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2016

And now a multifunction device that could be used as a remote, and happens to feature a picture of a menu where you can select photos, music, video, GPS, etc. and another where you can select devices.

Top it all off with a rapid upswing in Apple's share price in recent days. It was even up 4% on a down day on the Nasdaq. Amazon.com released their video download service today and what did their stock do? Dropped 3%.
 
greenstork said:
... I'm guessing that it won't be intended to leave your house, but I could be wrong on that. ...

...a remote, and happens to feature a picture of a menu where you can select photos, music, video, GPS, etc. .
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Im guessing if its produced you are wrong. It has a phone and GPS. I can't imagine needing GPS to get around my house....
 
quagmire said:
Unless Apple went back to the rev a and rev b of the iMac G5's design it will still be hell to open the case to upgrade the GPU.
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Yup.
We had 6 new 17" iMac Core Duos, and one of the DVD drives wasn't plugged in properly. It simply wouldn't show up in System Profiler, and I couldn't boot from it.
I took apart the iMac and there are little clips, sticky EMI shields, pieces glued on... Hell to fix or do any upgrading on...
 
FreeState said:
Im guessing if its produced you are wrong. It has a phone and GPS. I can't imagine needing GPS to get around my house....
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Maybe it will be a phone & GPS, but I couldn't imagine that any sort of usable remote control would function as something that leaves the premises.

I just think it has to be a remote because why open a video store without a solid link from computer to television. Who wants to order movies that they can only watch on their computer monitor or iPod? A few users sure, but that's not going to appeal to the masses. Apple needs that connection to a TV, it is essential to the success of a movie store, Apple wants to tap a broad market not a niche segment. And you just can't expect people to navigate their movies that play on their television from their computer, Apple needs a remote or some sort of interface. It just makes sense.
 
Even half of these features and I can die happy:
 

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greenstork said:
Maybe it will be a phone & GPS, but I couldn't imagine that any sort of usable remote control would function as something that leaves the premises.

I just think it has to be a remote because why open a video store without a solid link from computer to television. Who wants to order movies that they can only watch on their computer monitor or iPod? A few users sure, but that's not going to appeal to the masses. Apple needs that connection to a TV, it is essential to the success of a movie store, Apple wants to tap a broad market not a niche segment. And you just can't expect people to navigate their movies that play on their television from their computer, Apple needs a remote or some sort of interface. It just makes sense.
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Yes and no... wild speculation follows:

Im guessing here, but I remember reading something about Apple patenting MobleMe (?). Could this be it? Recently there was a report that Intel was working with Apple in new creative ways... this could very well be a new device that does all of the above and connects to Apple's media stores via WiFi and allows you to purchase movies that are streamed... no computer needed. Hence you can take the device out of the home and stream movies to a TV in a hotel etc. (you would need the remote to control the airport Express - with Intel Processor - or however it is connected to the TV). The remote would be tied to a device that you take with you...

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Macrumors said:
• Macsimumnews reports that the new 24" iMac incorporates a Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) connector for its video card. The use of this standard connector potentially means that the video card in the newest iMac is upgradeable.

### MXM...YES!..now put it in the MBPs!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've written Apple several times suggesting that the competition (alienware) is offering this, etc. This could mean a much broader selection in GPUs for the laptops. Then again if Apple did that, what would I whine about?:eek:
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Vista RC1 does not work with the latest Parallels beta, however, Beta 2 does seem to work according to reports on the Parallels forum.
 
If the 24" iMac does feature a replaceable video card it would sort of fill the gap between the iMac and MP... I mean, I would rather have a headless $1000-1500 box with standard desktop parts, but everything in the iMac would be upgradable then (HDD, RAM, CPU, GPU) and it's (technically) sub $2k WITH the 2nd biggest LCD on the market.

Pretty incredible deal. The 24" Dell LCD is over $700 itself, which puts into a pretty good perspective.
 
You do need to use the card to release the built-in stand on the 24-inch model so the stand can be removed and replaced with an optional VESA mount arm.

The access card is included with the VESA mount kit. The Service Manual has the details of this procedure.

So-there's a VESA kit for 24" (but can't find it yet), and with kit you get a "access card" tool just like what AASP's use-if only they sold a black stick to non-AASP's.
 
jaduffy108 said:
MXM...YES!..now put it in the MBPs!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've written Apple several times suggesting that the competition (alienware) is offering this, etc. This could mean a much broader selection in GPUs for the laptops. Then again if Apple did that, what would I whine about?:eek:
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And if they can do it for laptops, they should be able to do it for the Mac mini too.
 
jaduffy108 said:
Macrumors said:
• Macsimumnews reports that the new 24" iMac incorporates a Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) connector for its video card. The use of this standard connector potentially means that the video card in the newest iMac is upgradeable.
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### MXM...YES!..now put it in the MBPs!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've written Apple several times suggesting that the competition (alienware) is offering this, etc. This could mean a much broader selection in GPUs for the laptops. Then again if Apple did that, what would I whine about?:eek:
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Speaking of which, could this be a reason for the delay in announcing the merom MBPs?
 
Yvan256 said:
And if they can do it for laptops, they should be able to do it for the Mac mini too.
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Now that would be interesting. Except that since the mini and the MacBook share their architecture that would mean that we'd have to see it in the MacBook, and I am willing to bet the farm that it'll be a MBP only option.

Plus, I'm betting that any GPU on one of these cards is faitry expensive, new, and somewhat powerful, meaning it's not mini friendly. Would be neat though.
 
mrgreen4242 said:
Now that would be interesting. Except that since the mini and the MacBook share their architecture that would mean that we'd have to see it in the MacBook, and I am willing to bet the farm that it'll be a MBP only option.
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Problem with MXM is that it connects on top of the motherboard (logicboard). The MB and MBP are too thin to actually support a MXM module.
 
the patent is incredible

Is it just me getting totaly nervous because of the macnn Story?
This seems like so much more everybody hoped for, and even though probably a first generation device will house only half of the features coverd in the patent, it seems like the device many people have been waiting for the last ten years.

Look only at the description of the touchscreen and it's features, it seems very much revolutionary, and thinking of other patents and recent rumors (the google earth-like integration in osx etc.), one can hardly NOT think that the new ipod will be so much more than an ipod or a phone, but really the NEXT generation handheld device...

Even if it is just phone, GPS, ipod and pda, the price will probably be more than $500, but if a decent text input is possible, I would order it without any hesitation.
 
diotima1212 said:
Look only at the description of the touchscreen and it's features, it seems very much revolutionary, and thinking of other patents and recent rumors (the google earth-like integration in osx etc.), one can hardly NOT think that the new ipod will be so much more than an ipod or a phone, but really the NEXT generation handheld device...
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Or it could just be a patent that covers so many things that if anyone else tries to sue apple they can hit them back with this patent :)
 
TBi said:
Or it could just be a patent that covers so many things that if anyone else tries to sue apple they can hit them back with this patent :)
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Could be the case, obviously, even more es Apple had some bad experiences...
BUT: Is there still hope? I would think so...

And as I said, I would be happy with just the input and two or three of the proposed functions...
 
Imagine the Apple SMART phone with built-in Mac OS X mobile.

That will absolutely rock for wireless computerless presentations. Just make your Keynote or PowerPoint presentation, transfer to the smart phone and use it as a wireless remote control to give your presentation.

They will sell millions on corporate, education and domestic markets with a huge halo effect for Macs!
 
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