Quote: Originally Posted by ThinkInsane Is the iPod itself dead? Nothing on the screen, no booting, or is it just not being recognized by the computer? the ipod is actuall…

are you using usb or firewire?

i'm using firewire. I tried a usb today at a friends house and had no luck also, however, on my friends computer, it displayed the "found new hardware" message, it just didn't disp…

does the do not disconnect msg come up when you connect it?

yes it does

Have you tried using the iPod Updater to reinstall the software back to factory settings? If not, do so.

Are you trying this with a PC? You MUST install the PC driver software before iTunes for Windows can see the iPod.

So this weekend I finally got down to the local Apple store and fired up the Quad G5 for a round of tests. I'm in the market for a new PowerMac, have the money, have the will, but …

How much RAM was in the machine? That makes a big difference.

Quote: Originally Posted by mlowe969 With the XBOX 360 shipping with more horse power than the Quad G5, and costing less than 1/4 the price, I think we all need to wait for the …

I forgot to check, but the bottom-line is, don't put a slow configuration on the floor, and blame the consumer for not seeing what they wanted to see. I don't test drive a bottom o…

The other funny thing was the saleperson trying to tout error correcting RAM as 1) Necessary and 2) Faster! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

The salespeople really don't know the difference between SATA and EIDE. But the macs in the Apple Store have a ton of stuff loaded on them, and people go in and mess around with t…

Go ahead and look at the Photoshop filter tests in the thread in the software forum. A blur filter that took 41 seconds on my dual 2.5, takes 18 seconds on my "quad." It is very …

Quote: Originally Posted by mlowe969 For now, I will hold off indefinitely on the Quad G5. With the XBOX 360 shipping with more horse power than the Quad G5, and costing less th…

Lets be realistic. Whilst you may have been less than surprised with your comprehensive test of the quad, I am not too sure if you tested it in the best environment. Look at the be…

This thread is idiotic. He's basing his conclusion on a restart with an unknown configuration, ****ing around with Photoshop for a minute, and Word, an app renowned for its slownes…

He should also take int acount that have of the tests he performed were disk bound.

i went into the apple store oxford st and it was full of backpackers getting their emails not a single serious potential buyer...

I visited the Apple Store today over my lunch hour and tried the Quad they had set-up there. The unit was equipped with two 256 meg sticks of ram for a total of 512, the stock h…

You know most of these speed problems is because of the hard drive. CPU doesn't make that much dif for booting or app load times.

Contrary to what most people claim, Apple normally loads the G5s on the floor with at least 2GB of RAM. I think the situation here is the limited supply of BTO Quads (or DDR2 memor…

Quote: Originally Posted by jamil5454 Contrary to what most people claim, Apple normally loads the G5s on the floor with at least 2GB of RAM. I think the situation here is the l…

I love it...I could have started a prophecy thread on a different site and been 100% correct. Apple fans never EVER look at the buying experience, but their own religious dogma of …

Quote: Originally Posted by mlowe969 Slam the XBOX 360 all you want, it will be handing the PowerMac its ass in video game performance and sheer frame beauty for the next two ye…