Strangely, the Xserve is now delayed for shipping until the time of MWNY. A lot of people were saying no way the new powermacs would be faster than the Xserve. Maybe they will also upgrade the Xserve to the same specs before they ship them so there is not a disparity. I think this delay is good news and hopefully means we'll see some decent speed bumps in the towers.
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Xserve 2-3 week delay = upgrade?
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nah... apple usually will still ship stuff even if theres an upgrade the next day...
like apple still sold 8 the day before 9 was released... i wouldnt get yer hopes up...
like apple still sold 8 the day before 9 was released... i wouldnt get yer hopes up...
Delay... could be anything
I like the idea that the delay is due to an update! Yeah!
Yet, take into consideration the fact that Apple says they've taken orders for 4000+!
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020701/lam059_1.html
I like the idea that the delay is due to an update! Yeah!
Yet, take into consideration the fact that Apple says they've taken orders for 4000+!
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020701/lam059_1.html
The only reason I can see supporting a delay/upgrade:
If Apple is buying processors in lots of 50,000, and they can tack existing XServe processor orders onto a ramped up schedule for new PMacs, they may be negotiating for a better price buy using the XServe orders for volume.
50,000 1.4GHz processors is cheaper than 46,000.
Or it could be a problem...
xServes aren't meant to be used as singles, so what would it matter if the desktop G4 is faster? a full rack vs. a 1.4 G4 with DDR333 still lags behind neh? plus the xServe market is a quite one, and doesn't require the epochal setting for announcements that the consumer goods tend to.
