Significant Upgrades?

Post by **dinnerdogTemp** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:00 am

All signs seem to point to a significant Powermac upgrade soon. Definitely expect something before August, maybe even this month.

I'm thinking dual core quads, PCI-Express for starters.

Might as well wait, as I don't see the Doom performance I was hoping for with our current crop. Would feel extremely pissed if I missed out on this one.

-Dinnerdog

Keep your lovin' brother happy..

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:20 am

I expect 2.8GHz, possibly 3.0GHz with a Dual-layer DVD burning option. Otherwise I'd expect some non PowerMac announcement, such as a quad processor workstation or the iHome media center. I dont think PCIe will be out until we get a motherboard revision, such as that which will come with support for a dual-core processor...

...but then again I'm just pulling this shit out of my ass...wtf do i know?

Post by **S@M** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:16 pm

have you heard the latest rumour on this :O

Post by **codey-** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:33 am

Canis wrote:I'm just pulling this shit out of my ass

Did it hurt or was lubricant involved? :icon25:

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:56 pm

For gaming, who gives a damn if they're dual core? That just means you'll be using 1/4 of your processing power to run 'em

Post by **NCG_Mike** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:23 pm

There's been a lot of talk about dual core CPUs. I'd expect that to be the next major update, as opposed to a regular speed bump.

I'm waiting for the Cell processor or until this G5 can't run the OS to my requirements. I can't imagine the speed bump from a dual 2Ghz would be worth the cost at the moment.

Post by **dinnerdogTemp** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:41 pm

Applestore shipping times for Dual powermacs has now gone from 'same day' to "3 to 5 business days'!!!

:icon31:

Looks like new hardware (or at least a speed bump) this week to coincide with Tiger.

Post by **bag0shite** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:48 pm

...or lot's of ppl buying PM-G5s with Tiger pre-installed. April's big news is Tiger, so I'd be looking at late May for the next announcement :icon31:

Post by **zeeko** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:22 pm

WHERE'S THE EMAC AND IBOOK UPGRADES! :icon34:

Post by **SplishSplash** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:55 pm

Amazon has posted the upgrades early.

It's just a minor speed-bump. Check with the usual rumor sites (http://www.macrumors.com http://www.thinksecret.com )

Post by **Canis** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:16 pm

I wonder if the 2.7GHz version still uses liquid cooling?

Post by **Canis** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:24 pm

For the prices, they're still not giving the best configurations. I'd expect they'd do 512MB RAM for the low end models, 1GB for the mid-range, and 1GB-1.5GB for the high-end models. Heck, even 512/768/1GB would be cool. 300+GB hard drives would be nice on the high end as well...

Post by **Canis** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:52 pm

And lets keep this as unchildish as we can...

Post by **Geebs** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:11 pm

I had fun in a similar thread at IMG: I posted "only the terminally deluded would be disappointed by this update" and then watched the thread pile up with "I'm really disappointed because they're not dual-core/PCI-E/bright yellow/fiendish man-machine hybrids"....

Post by **saturn** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:09 pm

I'm waiting for 3.5 megahurtz Dual Quad G5 Powerbooks.

Post by **Geebs** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:17 pm

If you want to fry eggs, why not just buy a stove? It'd be cheaper

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:28 pm

Sats a guy IIRC, so he'd be frying sperm with a G5 PB.

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:56 pm

saturn wrote:I'm waiting for 3.5 megahurtz Dual Quad G5 Powerbooks.

What's a Dual Quad....8 processors?

Post by **SplishSplash** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:07 pm

Not to derail the thread, but I seriously don't see the point in PowerMacs. (esp after this "upgrade")

Apple notebooks are fantastic, but the Powermacs just don't deliver enough bang for the buck imo. Oh well.
Desktop PC and Apple notebook still seems like the best combination.

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:15 pm

They deliver pleanty of bang, but their applications are rather specialized. They're great machines for creative professionals and for the scientific community.

Post by **Geebs** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:10 pm

They own for music, seriously - in fact for all media. The other day I was bouncing a song down with one processor and encoding video with the other, and I didn't even realize until I ran "top"

Post by **saturn** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:59 am

Canis wrote:
saturn wrote:I'm waiting for 3.5 megahurtz Dual Quad G5 Powerbooks.
What's a Dual Quad....8 processors?

lol, I guess that's what real men need

Post by **Psyche911** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:11 am

Canis wrote:For the prices, they're still not giving the best configurations. I'd expect they'd do 512MB RAM for the low end models, 1GB for the mid-range, and 1GB-1.5GB for the high-end models. Heck, even 512/768/1GB would be cool. 300+GB hard drives would be nice on the high end as well...

Um...isn't the RAM dual channel, or at least needing to be installed in pairs? For 768, you'd have to do 512+128x2, which would be....well, dumb.

I currently don't own a Mac, but I'm really liking the looks of Tiger. I think the next Mac I'd buy would be a Mac Mini or iBook G4.

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:17 am

The mac mini's a really neat computer (my dad has one), but unfortunately it doesn't do all the features of tiger. I'd go for the laptop any day (unless I only had £350)

Post by **Psyche911** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:01 am

Can it not use the new Quartz Extreme? That was one thing I was wondering about. Any other Tiger features it isn't capable of?