Xserve G5 Updates?

[wizard]

Hey now, Linux uses a Penguin for a mascot and things are moving pretty fast on that front.

Originally posted by Rustus Maximus
Thanks, and I suppose you are right, M$ will move eventually...no, they will, honest...just look at the mascot they've chosen for their next-generation OS. I mean, nothing moves fast like a cow...we all saw the keynote right? That thing was movin'!

But for the moment, we have an edge and hopefully Apple won't squander it. And panphage is right, how do we spiral off on these tangents 😀 .

Maybe they are waiting to put a faster 970 in the next Xserve...2.5 GHz? Or perhaps they're waiting for the move to the .09 process (which will help with the cooling issues). They'll intro new Xserves and Powerbooks as well as new PowerMac models maybe in a January, 2004 20th anniversary special event or something, in honor of the 1984 intro of the Mac.

 

[themadchemist]

Originally posted by Aditya
Could You please tell me the "real world" use for "to run, saaayyyy, a THOUSAND quicktime movies simultaneously" unless You running a Video-server and in that case use an X-serve not the PB... Huh?



If I had a superiority complex I would have the Porsche and not even bother to interact over here... I didn't say the 7-11 stuff with "a venom" - and I appologize if it sounded like it - english is not my native language...

As I have posted above - the real point i was making is that if You have a requirement for high specs - do justify it!!!

For example:

I would like to see a "XHD Cinema Display" with more then 1920px horizontally so You could see the HD footage (1920x1080) at 1:1 and still have a space for the app interface / menus. The space below is generally used for timeline...

See Ya!

Aditya

MY real question is this: Aditya mentioned a 7-11. He's from India. Are there now 7-11's in India, and enough of them to make it natural to use them as a cultural symbol, or is it just that Aditya has had frequent exposure to the United States? If there are a lot of 7-11's, that's great. Man, I'm glad to see that my motherland has progressed so far. 😀

But it makes sense right? As many of us Indians as there are running those 7-11's, someone had to have had the idea to spread them back home. Hmph! There's globalization for you. 😉

 

[Aditya]

Originally posted by themadchemist
MY real question is this: Aditya mentioned a 7-11. He's from India. Are there now 7-11's in India, and enough of them to make it natural to use them as a cultural symbol, or is it just that Aditya has had frequent exposure to the United States? If there are a lot of 7-11's, that's great. Man, I'm glad to see that my motherland has progressed so far. 😀

But it makes sense right? As many of us Indians as there are running those 7-11's, someone had to have had the idea to spread them back home. Hmph! There's globalization for you. 😉

🙂 I hate to dissappoint You, but I'm not Indian - I was born in Ex-Czechoslovakia (Slovak Republic) and so far have lived/worked in over 50 countries. I have lived in OZ (Australia) for 4 years before coming to India - that's where I got exposed to 7-11. There are no 7-11s in India, not yet anyway. My Hindi name Aditya was given to me by my Indian fiance's family...

One more time I appologize for fireing up, but as I've mentioned before I've been in the DCC (Digital Content Creation) Industry for while now and I've been hearing constantly unjustified requests / demands for insane specs. People should realy focus on practical & realistic issues...

Cheers

Aditya 😉

 

[soggywulf]

Originally posted by Aditya
People should realy focus on practical & realistic issues...

Not everyone has to do that. In some cases that applies, in others it does not. Not everything boils down to a business decision. Without the dreamers, where is advancement?

 

[frozenstar]

Originally posted by soggywulf
Not everyone has to do that. In some cases that applies, in others it does not. Not everything boils down to a business decision. Without the dreamers, where is advancement?

It's one thing to dream about cheap teleportation in the future, but it's something completely different to expect it next month.

 

[themadchemist]

Originally posted by Aditya
🙂 I hate to dissappoint You, but I'm not Indian - I was born in Ex-Czechoslovakia (Slovak Republic) and so far have lived/worked in over 50 countries. I have lived in OZ (Australia) for 4 years before coming to India - that's where I got exposed to 7-11. There are no 7-11s in India, not yet anyway. My Hindi name Aditya was given to me by my Indian fiance's family...

One more time I appologize for fireing up, but as I've mentioned before I've been in the DCC (Digital Content Creation) Industry for while now and I've been hearing constantly unjustified requests / demands for insane specs. People should realy focus on practical & realistic issues...

Cheers

Aditya 😉

Certainly, your point is well taken. But I have long contended that the desire for great specs for one's computer has much less to do with the actual need for those specs as it does with the bragging rights that are tied to the ownership of the best computer.

Ah, and bragging about one's computer is oh so sweet (and nerdy).😀

As far as no 7-11's in India, that's too bad to hear. But that they are in AUS is certainly interesting. One never really thinks about 7-11's as part of a multinational.

And you've done a lot of moving around, huh? 50 countries, that's truly incredible. Though this has nothing to do with Xserves at all, hats of to you...You must really have a very keen perspective on the world.

 

[soggywulf]

Originally posted by frozenstar
It's one thing to dream about cheap teleportation in the future, but it's something completely different to expect it next month.

Of course. But the point is, not every computer purchase or spec upgrade has to be justified from a business perspective. There is such a thing as fun too. For example, that's why we're all here, right? 🙂

 

[Alte22a]

Talking about business sense, a friend of mine who owns an internet company bought 5 new dells for his office. In his office he only has one mac. That mac is his the others use PCs. He wished he could afford Macs for everyone, but it just didnt make business sense to make the purchase. Now back on the topic on Xserves. I want a big apowerful one cause I hate it when the poor little thing sounds like its about to die. Is that justifiable for a business purchase? 😀

 

[Aditya]

Originally posted by themadchemist
And you've done a lot of moving around, huh? 50 countries, that's truly incredible. Though this has nothing to do with Xserves at all, hats of to you...You must really have a very keen perspective on the world.

Thanks buddy 😉, I guess that was the reason I got fired up, besides the fact that I have mostly worked on projects with very limmited resources and one learn to be practical and realistic about his demands, not to mention the justification for the demands...

One point I would like to make is that guys as Apple DO VISIT THIS SITE as many rumors are a good indication of our wishfull thinking and as such could be a good inspiration for designing new features. Saying that - image You were the guy in charge of this and You read the "cheap levitation device dream type" request/rumor 😱 You would immediately switch to another thread, wouldn't You? So - let's dream, but with some sence of reality...

Coming back to X-serve:

My issue with X-serve (and the new PMG5 for that matter) is the small number of PCI slots. There is a market segment (like myself) that would like to see a rack-mounted graphic workstation. You could do it with X-serve, but once You put in graphics, You are left with only 2 PCI slots, which normally is not enough (FC, A/V, Audio, SCSI,...). I would like to see a let say 2U box with 4-5 X-PCI slots...

Or an rack-mounted PowerMac 😀

Cheers

Aditya