Will there be a "Super" Mac at WWDC?

[jsw]

Most likely dual-core dual 2.0Ghz G5s in a new, taller aluminum enclosure that can support 2 optical drives and 4 internal SATA drives.

Do you think they could get away with an even bigger chassis? I don't think people will accept anything bigger (or heavier) than the current PMG5 case, which is already quite massive.

 

[Savage Henry]

I doubt the PM will get mentioned, owing to the recent weak upgrade. I further doubt the iMac G5 rev2 will feature either ...should it make it to the light of day before then.

I'm gonna plump for the long shot and old-timey favourite Asteroid....

 

[Fredstar]

it looks as if there will be no mainstream hardware announcements, so apart from Asteroid it will probably be based mainly on Software developments.

 

[Jo-Kun]

in a new, taller aluminum enclosure that can support 2 optical drives and 4 internal SATA drives

why would you need 2 optical drives??? I don't see the point, I saw the point with my old pc, because at that time I needed a CD-R and a DVD, wich at that point took 2 drives to do... now I don't see any reason... but hey thats me off course ;-)

if BluRay comes out & is affordable for instance... I would get an external drive... and see what the future brings... allways have the most standard drive inside... special stuff wich 10% will use at first... external... just see what happened with the first G4 desktop series with DVD-RAM... the standard nobody used... at my old company we got an external CD-R because we all got new mac's with the DVD-RAM... and our clients wanted their shoots on cd... a friend got one of those at home and the first thing we did was crack it open and install a CD-R drive instead of that DVD-RAM...

& with 3d party hardware you can add 5 more SATA drives inside a G5... wich gives an internal total of 7 (x400GB=2,8TB... wich is nice ) so I don't see why apple has to add 4 bays as standard...

 

[Bear]

why would you need 2 optical drives??? I don't see the point, I saw the point with my old pc, because at that time I needed a CD-R and a DVD, wich at that point took 2 drives to do... now I don't see any reason... but hey thats me off course ;-)
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Yup, it's just you (and to be fair, some others as well).

I have an MDD with a SuperDrive and a ComboDrive. I can burn two discs at once. I can have two discs in to read at the same time. Or whatever.

Imagine watching a DVD while burning CD-Rs or DVD-Rs? Yes, there are uses and it's not that expensive to have the second drive internal.

Also, from my point of view with more room for stuff internally, I don't have the cables and power bricks and cases from as many external components.

 

[sacear]

Re: Will there be a "Super" Mac at WWDC?

Will it happen

Mmm, guess not.