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There's absolutely NO evidence of an all dual lineup in the picture from the service manual. All we see is a large metal plate with th G5-logo on it. If anything, this hits at a single CPU model since todays G5s have two G5-logos inside.Macrumors said:
There might be evidence elsewere but not in that picture.
you are right about WWDC... maybe there won't be ALL of the product announcements there. but firewireless (as i call it) would be neat, as would be a hanging display. Gateway and Dell (and probably others) already sell hangable LCD TV/monitors, so why not apple, and kick it up a notch by making it wireless?
but it would be neat to see:
iTunes Europe (although i'm in the USA, that will help them a lot)
60GB iPod (15,000 songs, with 40GB at $399 and 20GB at $299)
Dual 3 GHz PowerMac G5
iMac G5 at 2.0 GHz (FW800, SATA 250GB, etc.)
and lower prices on "older" G4 iMacs.
but it would be neat to see:
iTunes Europe (although i'm in the USA, that will help them a lot)
60GB iPod (15,000 songs, with 40GB at $399 and 20GB at $299)
Dual 3 GHz PowerMac G5
iMac G5 at 2.0 GHz (FW800, SATA 250GB, etc.)
and lower prices on "older" G4 iMacs.
and has anyone figured out the "party" code yet? 3 updated macs, with hanging displays? or is there something else in there?
edit: just realized that swingerofbirch is messing with us. look at his older posts, he's not an apple employee.
edit: just realized that swingerofbirch is messing with us. look at his older posts, he's not an apple employee.
For the sheer size of the company, and the computing industry itself, it is amazing how they can keep everything a secret up untill/close to the release dates. I know there are mandates and policies preventing corporate 'espionage' or disclosure of new products, but it would not be hard to anonymously provide inside tips on what a company is working on. But also consider this, there are no gateway or dell forums full of people discussing what is coming next. Those companies constantly pump out new products and people generally don't seem to get all hyped up over it as much as you people do. I wonder what the difference is?
whenpaulsparks said:
what is the signifigance of hot fruit? A fruit is small...hot maybe meaning wireless ready, maybe some sort of handheld device like a new PDA? The US market is open now as Sony has bowed out don't you think?
Wonder Boy
macrumors 6502a
aswitcher
macrumors 603
Hawthorne said:
If they do that then sure they have a winner. I think if they bring it out without ANY preipherals or purpose it would be less interesting. Sure the future apps might be there but to make marketing work I think they need to promote it with a real and new app. Wonder how far Wireless Firewire goes...
Headless/dacapitating iMac 🙂
the "Other" hot new wireless
Adding 802.16 (WiMax) to their airport cards makes more sense. It's starting to actually get rolled out in a few areas. It's a newish wireless standard that lets you get 1.5Mb/s from around 20 miles of a tower(think wireless DSL).
Wireless firewire is neat and all, but short-range(<3 meters!) high-bandwidth wireless firewire is kind of useless. You would still need to plug in whatever you wanted to connect because there is no power comming though from the computer and the radio is sucking down power.
If Apple was going to release a wireless adapter for the iPod I imagine it would be in the form of a 802.11 cradle, 54Mb/s is plenty of speed for sending music files.
Adding 802.16 (WiMax) to their airport cards makes more sense. It's starting to actually get rolled out in a few areas. It's a newish wireless standard that lets you get 1.5Mb/s from around 20 miles of a tower(think wireless DSL).
Wireless firewire is neat and all, but short-range(<3 meters!) high-bandwidth wireless firewire is kind of useless. You would still need to plug in whatever you wanted to connect because there is no power comming though from the computer and the radio is sucking down power.
If Apple was going to release a wireless adapter for the iPod I imagine it would be in the form of a 802.11 cradle, 54Mb/s is plenty of speed for sending music files.
you figured out the riddle...
you figured out the riddle...that i am not an apple employee....i was just simply feeling silly.......but i appreciate several of your efforts to read into my gibberish, as for what i myself would like to see:
cheaper hardware
preview of tiger with a unified GUI ( a SIMPLE one ), which basically means pick between metal and aqua and go with it, i would prefer some variant of aqua, but whatever.....
/the hot fruit reference is an obscure omage to one of the early Strangers with Candy shows.............
you figured out the riddle...that i am not an apple employee....i was just simply feeling silly.......but i appreciate several of your efforts to read into my gibberish, as for what i myself would like to see:
cheaper hardware
preview of tiger with a unified GUI ( a SIMPLE one ), which basically means pick between metal and aqua and go with it, i would prefer some variant of aqua, but whatever.....
/the hot fruit reference is an obscure omage to one of the early Strangers with Candy shows.............
Sun (UK) Online
Just to add to the iTunes Europe dates - The Sun (UK) has June 16th as the launch date.
Just to add to the iTunes Europe dates - The Sun (UK) has June 16th as the launch date.
wimax would be a good thing for them to do.
if PM's don't get updated, I think there will be some seriously disillusioned Mac users esp in light of the progress Intel and AMD have made recently. To be at the same top speed for a year is a very, very, very long time.
if no new PM's, I'd expect apple's stock to tank big time.
I'd still like to see them buy Alias and Tivo and develop Photoshop / Illustrator killer inhouse. Oh yeah, they should also buy SGI.
if PM's don't get updated, I think there will be some seriously disillusioned Mac users esp in light of the progress Intel and AMD have made recently. To be at the same top speed for a year is a very, very, very long time.
if no new PM's, I'd expect apple's stock to tank big time.
I'd still like to see them buy Alias and Tivo and develop Photoshop / Illustrator killer inhouse. Oh yeah, they should also buy SGI.
Dont Hurt Me
macrumors 603
We love our Macs, People using Dells use them because they have to or its all they know. Maybe this is wrong but i have allways thought that most Mac users are a little bit more into it and knowledgeable then pc users and hence they are using Macs because they have researched it more. Also the big pc companies dont play some of the games Apple does, a new video card comes out and they offer it with Apple its a mystery.crowdaddy said:
iMeowbot
macrumors G3
display mounting very plausible
Apple have filed a rather extensive patent application regarding an interesting way of mounting monitors. It looks (in part) to be a refinement/improvement of the "snake arm" iMac concept discussed previously, but generalized to separate display systems. The sheer number of drawings makes it appear that a lot of effort has gone into exploring this one.
...and actually, I now can't find that application in the USPTO database. It was a 2004 application, I was was just looking at it a few days ago, and it showed a system with rails and moveable arms, with various desk and wall options, for mounting one or several monitors. Arrgh, is this one familiar to anyone else? It's not the iMac design application posted here a few weeks ago, this was a much newer one and ran to about 150 pages.
Macrumors said:
Apple have filed a rather extensive patent application regarding an interesting way of mounting monitors. It looks (in part) to be a refinement/improvement of the "snake arm" iMac concept discussed previously, but generalized to separate display systems. The sheer number of drawings makes it appear that a lot of effort has gone into exploring this one.
...and actually, I now can't find that application in the USPTO database. It was a 2004 application, I was was just looking at it a few days ago, and it showed a system with rails and moveable arms, with various desk and wall options, for mounting one or several monitors. Arrgh, is this one familiar to anyone else? It's not the iMac design application posted here a few weeks ago, this was a much newer one and ran to about 150 pages.
The LCD wall hangy thing is the much-rumored Apple wireless picture frame. It would broadcast your photos from iphoto. It would do for digital photography what the ipod did for music/itunes.
Think about it. Think about how much sense it makes!!
Think about it. Think about how much sense it makes!!
agreenster said:
swingerofbirch said:
You may or may not selling any true value information here, but supose they are true, I guest that:
- new PowerMacs
- new new iMac, possibly G5
- new iPod color with video possibity
- and the decoration, a new version of AppleWorks. People are always talking about new hardware, but Apple is also doing software, have you forgot? And more, AppleWorks update is overdue.
Sayer
macrumors 6502a
Henriok said:
Uhm, there must be something about Euros that makes them disbelieve evidence right in front of them (granted this was on a rumor web site).
The current Single/Dual G5 has a separate heat sink over each CPU, each heat sink has a "G5" logo on it.
The "new" service manual (which I have not seen myself on the service manual web site so if it's real it was quickly pulled after the release) has a single heat sink on a piece of metal the approximate size of two previous heat sinks.
So either the new single G5 runs WAY hotter than before requiring a MASSIVE heat sink/fan assembly even in a single configuration, or there will only be a Dual G5 option thus there is no reason to make two separate heat sinks anymore.
But where did the other fan unit go if they run hotter? Under the heat sink cover? Gone all together?
We shall find out either way in a few weeks, I guess.
I wonder if it's just the Denver Cherry Creek Apple Store, but there are very large flat screen displays at the genius bar that hang on the wall above the bar.
I think they may be just plasma screens televisions, but I'm not sure.
anyone else see these?
-cody
I think they may be just plasma screens televisions, but I'm not sure.
anyone else see these?
-cody
LaMerVipere
macrumors 6502a
Dont Hurt Me:
You just don't understand, the rest of the world doesn't care about PCs vs Macs. Give them cheap, fast, compatible and they are happy. It has nothing to do with knowledge.
It would be nice.........
.......if they could deliver some of last year's products before they announce new ones. I've flown all the way from London to Boston to buy my wife and daughter iPod Minis, and guess what?
OK, I was coming anyway, but you get my point.
.......if they could deliver some of last year's products before they announce new ones. I've flown all the way from London to Boston to buy my wife and daughter iPod Minis, and guess what?
OK, I was coming anyway, but you get my point.
Does anyone else think that with the success of the iPod we could see Apple return to the peripherals market in a big way? Dell and HP have gone that direction and Gateway is being saved by their displays.
I would love to see Apple come out with a line of TVs, and a set-top box to go with them and/or a stereo. Gateway's been quite successful, and I'd have to think Apple could do even better.
I wonder if they should look at getting back into the printer market too; HP makes a lot of money on ink. What about hard drives, or tablets, projectors?
Would a move like that be the next logical way to make more money, or would it distract Apple and clutter up their product line?
I would love to see Apple come out with a line of TVs, and a set-top box to go with them and/or a stereo. Gateway's been quite successful, and I'd have to think Apple could do even better.
I wonder if they should look at getting back into the printer market too; HP makes a lot of money on ink. What about hard drives, or tablets, projectors?
Would a move like that be the next logical way to make more money, or would it distract Apple and clutter up their product line?