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It's gonna be a hell of a weekend for Mac fans..
Apple will show off it's new G5 ( proppably an IBM 64-bit PowerPC 970 ) and possibly some test versions of MacOsX 10.3 ( Panther )
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31331.html
Check out the specs of the G5 boxes that will soon hit the market: http://www.macminute.com/images/db/powermacg5screen.gif
sorry if it's not security enough for ya..
I'm lookig forward to my copy of the Apple Panther Seed !!
Damn... I need more money.. I want one!
I just hope they do go with the IBM PPC chip and not the motorola chip.... The IBM chip is something like 3 times faster then the motorola (don't remember the exact numbers). But they have been partners with motorola for so long that who knows what will happen.
I heard from inside sources that they are going to go with the IBM chip and that Motorola is going to partner with IBM from here on out with any new chip designs that are made for Apple
both apple and macminute have pulled down the shot. can someone send me the image (from temp inet files or somethign?
thanks,
skurIT
Its being mirrored here http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/g5specs.htmlQuote:
Originally posted here by sickyourIT
both apple and macminute have pulled down the shot. can someone send me the image (from temp inet files or somethign?
thanks,
skurIT
souleman you speak gospel..., motorola has been screwing apple for so long... IBM has been produicng far superior PPC chips for so long and Apple has been blind to it...Quote:
Originally posted here by souleman
I just hope they do go with the IBM PPC chip and not the motorola chip.... The IBM chip is something like 3 times faster then the motorola (don't remember the exact numbers). But they have been partners with motorola for so long that who knows what will happen.
I'm trying to convince my friend that he needs a MacOS X box w/ dual procs for his Pro Logic and Pro Tools station, but he only used them on OS 9 and it is taking some effort to convince him that the difference between OS 9 and OS X is like Win3.1 and Win2k..., but he is a music guy and not a computer guy...
Well...I have been trailing off enough sentences for today...,
Peace,
Dhej
Forgive me if this is a stupid question but I am not much of a Mac guy. Is apple still using RISC architecture or is that ancient history?
-NeuTron
Yup, NeuTron, the IBM PowerPC 970 is a 64 bit PowerPC RISC processor..
and it's one powerfull toy..
I'd realy like to get my hands one one of those soon, but I'd bet it's a fat chance I'll ever get one.. :(
Well it's final..
http://www.apple.com/powermac/
And models start at just $1999.
http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html
I would like to mess around with that top model, but $3000 is a little much for me.
Well it looks like I am going to have to start saving money for a new computer now, my 400MHz G3 is now..., um miniscule..., not to mention that my ATI Rage 128 mobile doesn't do most of the neat things installed in Jaguar so Panther is out of my reach...
But, if I get a G5 and then put YellowDog on my PowerBook, life will be sweet..., well as much of my life as is governed by my computers...
FINALLY Apple wised up and is using IBM chips..., FINALLY!!!
Dhej