Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #17
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Originally posted by mamamia:
have no fear - 90 nm G5's are already here!
Also noted in the Xserve thread.
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Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #18
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Originally posted by Hinson:
OOooo... that would be nice! I love having something to hope for, regardless of how sketchy the data
-Jay
I think the Super…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #19
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Originally posted by brinj:
I think the Superbowl Ad will debut a new killer product in honor of the 20th Anniversary.
They're not doing a SB ad - Pepsi is …
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #20
But I do need some fixes. How about that???
As documented on this site and many others, there are serious problems with the G5 and professional audio productions. I Will not buy a…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #21
With IBMs production of 90 nm G5 fitting the need of xServers (and presumably IBMs own Linux blade servers with IBM 970), it appears that the 90nm 970 will take some time to migrat…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #22
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Originally posted by DrBoar:
I remember some years ago when the G4 was "better" than the Pentiums as it was running cooler and had shorter pipeline . Now we are d…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #23
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Originally posted by The Ancient One:
Based on Apple's past performance, look for the next speed bump on January 26th or 27th.
After some reflection, I wond…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #24
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Originally posted by DrBoar:
I remember some years ago when the G4 was "better" than the Pentiums as it was running cooler and had shorter pipeline . Now we are d…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #25
I seen the 1984 ad pop up on apple's site again. They have updated it with the new ipod on the girl now. Doesn't really mean anything, but it's interesting they have updated a 20 y…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #26
"Oh, and one more thing.... There is no 'one more thing'."
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #27
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Originally posted by DrBoar:
With IBMs production of 90 nm G5 fitting the need of xServers (and presumably IBMs own Linux blade servers with IBM 970), it appears …
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #28
I develop software on a Beige G3 upgraded to 466Mhz... Do you think I need a new machine? With student loans between myself and my wife, a new computer is a ways off... I think…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #29
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Originally posted by djohnson:
I develop software on a Beige G3 upgraded to 466Mhz... Do you think I need a new machine? With student loans between myself and …
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #30
I can dream right??? Well we will still wait until at least dual 3Ghz comes out. Who here can see Steve introing a dual 3.2Ghz instead of 3Ghz?
Beige G3's are the best Mac ever…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #31
Are you using OS X? I'd rip my hair out with a G3 466. Actually I'd rip my hair out with any OS 9 machine too.
Time to upgrade... Debt be damned.
Actually a dual 1.8 (or whateve…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #32
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Originally posted by djohnson:
I develop software on a Beige G3 upgraded to 466Mhz... Do you think I need a new machine?
Yes, I upgraded from that machine …
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #33
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As for the migration of the 90 nm chips to the PowerMacs, it should actually be pretty easy so long as manufacturing has ramped up. If you can have a 2 GHz G5 in …
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #34
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Originally posted by -Q-:
Yes, I upgraded from that machine exactly and I absolutely love the power and speed. As Eug said, 'debt be damned.'
Yeah, my G4/4…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #35
Of course I am running and programming under 10.2.8! The speed is slow, I spend more time compiling then coding but oh well... It will make a new computer feel so much faster!!!…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #36
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Originally posted by djohnson:
I develop software on a Beige G3 upgraded to 466Mhz... Do you think I need a new machine? ...
Okay, I said i was too embarra…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #37
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Originally posted by Hinson
II'm running OS X on a Beige 266. I think it's the oldest Mac you can actually run X on.
I have two Macs right now, both run…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #38
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Originally posted by The Ancient One:
After some reflection, I wonder if Apple will mark the 20th anniversary of the Mac on January 24th with an announcement. If …
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #39
To be truthful, I have added USB, better cideo card, 384MB ram, 40GB HD, new mouse, CDRW. So it is a little better then stock. The program I am attempting to get running takes ab…
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #40
How can anyone complain that there were no Powermac speedbumps at MWSF when no one was even expecting them? Save for appleinsider, which has no credibility then or now.
Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread — #41
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Originally posted by superfula:
How can anyone complain that there were no Powermac speedbumps at MWSF when no one was even expecting them? Save for appleinsider…