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INtroducing mac mini g5 powerbook g4 2ghz..Dual core powermac

post #1 of 14
9/3/05 at 10:41pm
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Hey yall apple is introducing a dual core powermac g5....powerbook g4 2ghz and a mac mini featuring a g5 in a couple of weeks. Sources suggest that these updates will happen on sept 20 or before. Articles forund here-->http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2005/8/12/940

http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatc.../08/15.1.shtml
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post #2 of 14
9/4/05 at 12:49am
Rumors and speculation.
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post #3 of 14
9/4/05 at 12:56am
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Originally Posted by Kakaze
Rumors and speculation.
oooo i reaelly do wish it would happen...if it does would you buy the updated powerbook or dual core powermac g5???
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post #4 of 14
9/4/05 at 12:11pm
While it would be nice, I have a feeling that nothing really significant will happen until next year. If, however, the Mini does get a G5, I might be tempted to buy one.
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post #5 of 14
9/4/05 at 2:30pm
sounds like complete rumors to me...
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post #6 of 14
9/5/05 at 1:14am
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Originally Posted by Kakaze
While it would be nice, I have a feeling that nothing really significant will happen until next year. If, however, the Mini does get a G5, I might be tempted to buy one.
no way in hell it will get a G5. the heat issues iwth the mini are even greater than with the powerbooks.
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post #7 of 14
9/5/05 at 2:56am
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Originally Posted by drizek
no way in hell it will get a G5. the heat issues iwth the mini are even greater than with the powerbooks.
Hasn't IBM made a more efficient g5 processor that runs at cooler speeds though??? If so, then a g5 may be somewhere in the near future.
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post #8 of 14
9/5/05 at 3:31am
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Originally Posted by jk_baller23
Hasn't IBM made a more efficient g5 processor that runs at cooler speeds though??? If so, then a g5 may be somewhere in the near future.
no way. unless they have G5 powerbooks, they wont have G5 mac minis. look at hte emacs, they are in desperate need of updating and they are more than capable of handling a G5, but apple doesnt want to add one in. Their high end desktop should be the fastest thing since sliced bread, their midrange desktop should be gimmicky and equal to the speed of their high-end notebook. their low end desktops should be relatively fast but not have some of the unique features of the midrange desktops. their lowened notebooks should be just a notch slower than their lowened desktops and have a worse form factor than their high end counterparts.

its the way apple has been for years, and they areng going to change now. if they have a G5 mac mini then the emac will be out of the picture completly. also, it would make their notebook design look really bad. PC lappys have had 64bit CPU's for well over a year. updating the mini and not the pbook will make apples inability to make a 64bit notebook stick out like a sore thumb.
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post #9 of 14
9/5/05 at 3:50am
IBM made a low power G5 that, while it could be used in PowerBooks, still puts off a little too much heat. This, however, makes it perfect for the Mini and the eMac.

Putting a G5 in the Mini would be a great way to transition it into a home theatre type of computer. And even though the PowerBooks will be fairly neglected until next year, they are still one of Apple's top selling products. People don't seem to be too put off by the fact that they're not as fast as competing PC laptops and that they still don't have a G5.
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post #10 of 14
9/5/05 at 4:08am
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Originally Posted by Kakaze
IBM made a low power G5 that, while it could be used in PowerBooks, still puts off a little too much heat. This, however, makes it perfect for the Mini and the eMac.

Putting a G5 in the Mini would be a great way to transition it into a home theatre type of computer. And even though the PowerBooks will be fairly neglected until next year, they are still one of Apple's top selling products. People don't seem to be too put off by the fact that they're not as fast as competing PC laptops and that they still don't have a G5.
that is because the G5 is still seen as a high-end product. when a 500 dollar low-end desktop can outperform a laptop which starts at 2600 dollars, it will put people off.
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post #11 of 14
9/5/05 at 4:41am
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Originally Posted by Kakaze
While it would be nice, I have a feeling that nothing really significant will happen until next year. If, however, the Mini does get a G5, I might be tempted to buy one.
me toooo
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post #12 of 14
9/5/05 at 4:45am
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what really caught my eye was 2ghz powerbook g4. But guys we know this once thinksecret confrims this that means bingo guess where my wallet is going?
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post #13 of 14
9/5/05 at 5:34am
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that is because the G5 is still seen as a high-end product. when a 500 dollar low-end desktop can outperform a laptop which starts at 2600 dollars, it will put people off.
not likely. the low voltage G5s go only as high as 1.6Ghz officially, and at those comparable speeds there isn't a huge difference between the G4 and G5 in most processes. they could very likely have a 1.4Ghz and 1.5Ghz G5 Mini and have a reasonable segmentation from higher clocked G4 PBs.
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post #14 of 14
9/5/05 at 1:45pm
many places... including thinksecret indicated that the powerbook will only go to 1.7GHz in the new speed bump... it doesn't make sense to have a mac mini g5... cuz the mini is meant to be targetted at non-apple users and ppl will get the idea that the g5 is more advanced than g4... this whole thing just doesn't add up... u have seen how apple has ensure that the "consumer" lines are ALWAYS behind the "pro" lines... that is why the mac mini and ibook are at only 1.42GHz... which is 0.08GHz away from the pbook 12 inch... i mean come on... i don't think 80Hz is alot of difference... it's just apple's way of drawing the line between the 2 products
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