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Report: Apple website leaks PowerMac G5 specs - "The world's fastest personal computer"?
MacRumors.com ^
| June 19, 2003
Posted on 06/19/2003 9:57:59 PM PDT by HAL9000
According to a report tonight at MacRumors.com, the Apple website listed the specs (apparently by accident) of the new Macs expected to be introduced on Monday at the Worldwide Developer's Conference.
The information was found via the Akamai internet service that Apple uses to accelerate web page downloading.
The purported specs are -
The world's fastest personal computer.
1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, or Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 Processors
Up to 1 GHz processor bus
Up to 8GB of DDR SDRAM
Fast Serial ATA hard drives
AGP 8x Pro3 PCI or PCI-X expansion slots
One FW800, two FW400 ports
Bluetooth & Airport Extreme ready
Optical and analog audio in and out
Although the specs are not confirmed - and everyone is surprised at the rapid introduction of a dual 64-bit 2 GHz PowerPC G5 computer (using IBM 970 chips) - there is a reasonable chance that the information is accurate.
The rumors will be verified or shot down on Monday. Apple will also demo a preview the 64-bit version of their Mac OS X operating system at the WWDC.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Technical
KEYWORDS: apple; gpul; ibm; mac; macintosh; macuser; macuserlist; powerpc; ppc970
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posted on
06/19/2003 9:57:59 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
8GB RAM? Cool.
To: savedbygrace
How much is the price??
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:02:49 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: HAL9000
SATA drives. Arright!
To: goldstategop
How much is the price?? They didn't leak that, but there are reports that the IBM 970 chips are cheaper than Motorola's G4s.
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:04:15 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
I hope the rumors are true. Don't tell Bush2000 about this;^)
To: HAL9000
Here's hoping this is true. We'll all find out Monday.
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:07:15 PM PDT
by
Billy_bob_bob
("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
To: HAL9000
Sounds like a fire-breather.
To: HAL9000
Well, they fixed the page now. It's back to the 1.42 & 1.25 models.
I don't think it was intentional, so I suspect somebody over at Apple is in a whole heap a' trouble right now.
To: HAL9000
"Fast Serial ATA hard drives"
Hi Hal, 800 Mbps Fire Wire is basically the same speed as an 8 bit wide ATA-100 bus. The serial ATA would have to be 1.064 Gbps to be as fast as current ATA-133 standards. What speed is "Fast Serial ATA hard drives"?
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:10:25 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: HAL9000
Now I'm reading it more carefully, and I think somebody's yankin' our chain.
1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, or Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 Processors
Seems to say that the 1.6 & 1.8 models are single processor boxes. Not likely, IMO.
To: goldstategop
For the sake of comparison, I went to the Dell Store and priced a Precision Workstation 650 with dual 3 GHz Xeon processors, hyperthreading and 1 GB of RAM. The price was calculated at $4,264 (before tax, shipping, etc.)
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:14:23 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: DB
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:16:09 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
It's amazing how fast your CPU cranks when you aren't running any apps. Apple is like a turd that won't flush.
(actually, they have their uses, but don't expect this development to increase sales)
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:17:00 PM PDT
by
thedugal
(Someone ping me when the shootin' starts...)
To: DB
Serial ATA is 1.5 Gbps.
A second generation of Serial ATA is supposed to be 3 Gbps.
To: MediaMole
Thanks!
That will be an improvement.
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:27:39 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: thedugal
don't expect this development to increase sales I think you're wrong, and expect a large increase in PowerMac sales. It will increase iMac and PowerBook sales as well, when the IBM 970 chip replaces the G4 in those computers and the 64-bit operating system is released.
By the way, Mac users are not hurting for applications. Most of us have every application we want, and they're better than anything available on Windows.
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:32:06 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
2ghz @ 64bit + 1ghz bus = smoooooookin'
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:36:56 PM PDT
by
Djarum
To: Bush2000
I'll be offline for a few days, so I'll just respond in advance: You're probably wrong.
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posted on
06/19/2003 10:41:21 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: savedbygrace
Seems to say that the 1.6 & 1.8 models are single processor boxes. Not likely, IMO. Depends. Supply of processors could be tight (I don't expect the dual 2.0 to ship for awhile), and/or G5 performance could be so good that even single 1.6 and 1.8 machines can beat high-end Wintels.
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