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« on: 14 August 2002, 03:15 »
The new powermacs are out! All of them feature dual PowerPC G4 processors, 1.25ghz is the new processor speed.  They also are using DDR-SDRAM, looks kick ass!

Check the specs here: http://www.apple.com/powermac/





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Actually it looks kinda weird but it still kicks ass!

[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: trc3 ]


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« Reply #1 on: 14 August 2002, 06:30 »
I love the new case, except for the Siclops (spelled wrong i know) speaker.  But what are those 4 holes on the bottom for?

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« Reply #2 on: 14 August 2002, 07:20 »
quote:
Originally posted by Billy Gates:
But what are those 4 holes on the bottom for?


The holes are air intakes.  The back is now filled with air holes and the enclosure contains a larger cooling system.  Guess those duals run hot.  And the enclosure could also be used for the G5...probably another hot running processor.

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« Reply #3 on: 14 August 2002, 21:12 »
I don't like the little ventilation holes on the front. That's my only complaint. More power to Apple for releasing the G4 tower we all wanted.

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« Reply #4 on: 15 August 2002, 06:00 »
sweet, i said they should use ddr-ram. now, were is my altavec enabled x86-64 processer??


yeah, the new powermacs look fast as shit, and maybe the next set of them will take the more is better approach farther kinda like daystar used to. 4 processer g4, i think that would be the logical step.
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« Reply #5 on: 15 August 2002, 19:08 »
HHHHMMMM LAN machine - make all clear get ride of the speaker and put a switch there and make it glow blue with neons - it should come out the holes in the front as well  
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« Reply #6 on: 16 August 2002, 02:32 »
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Originally posted by choasforages:
sweet, i said they should use ddr-ram. now, were is my altavec enabled x86-64 processer??


Fuck the x86. it's a little poser.

What you want is one of those new IBM POWER4's... yeah baby.

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« Reply #7 on: 16 August 2002, 03:42 »
obviuosly, im suprised you wertn' bleeding from the sarcasm. as for the power4's, i would love to have one, i want one of the older dual 604's that ibm has, like the 233mhz ones. i could never afforf something that the power4 is used with, unless of coures your rtalking about the gamecube
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« Reply #8 on: 16 August 2002, 04:47 »
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Originally posted by choasforages:
4 processer g4, i think that would be the logical step.


4 Procs? Have you seen the size of the heatsink? I think it takes up 1/4 of the case...they couldn't possibly fit 2 more procs unless the case were twice as long.

I want one! I'm gonna go cash in my change and sob   :D  

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« Reply #9 on: 16 August 2002, 04:57 »
...meh
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« Reply #10 on: 16 August 2002, 08:49 »
comeon, the old daystars had 4 processer's in them. they ran photoshop fast as hell also. besides, what if apple is trying to get into the big iron business, kinda like sgi. but cheaper and a better buy
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« Reply #11 on: 19 August 2002, 07:43 »
The new dual 1GHz aren't any faster than the old ones. http://www.barefeats.com/pmddr.html

They say the DDR ram is a waste cause the system bus is too slow for it.

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« Reply #12 on: 19 August 2002, 08:31 »
i hate it when computers are i/o limeted, like, why not use an insanly fast system bus, and a low multieplyer, like a 2 ghz processer, with a multiplyer of 2 would be insane. even faster would be a chip with a multiplyer of 1. i can't wait for the latest hack on x86 to come out, the x86-64. that should be a fairly decent processer, cuase linus says so, as for the next hack on x86 after the 64 bit extensions, i think should be vecoring engines like the g4 has, then x86 wouldn't suck as much
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« Reply #13 on: 25 August 2002, 04:21 »
quote:
Originally posted by choasforages:
obviuosly, im suprised you wertn' bleeding from the sarcasm. as for the power4's, i would love to have one, i want one of the older dual 604's that ibm has, like the 233mhz ones. i could never afforf something that the power4 is used with, unless of coures your rtalking about the gamecube


I think the GameCube CPU is a modified 750 (G3) with AltiVec. Not a POWER4.

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« Reply #14 on: 27 August 2002, 20:39 »
It looks pretty neat. What I like about it is the 2 5.25" bays in front. I also like having dual CPU's up the whole G4 Tower line. I wonder if a regular internal CD or DVD drive would fit in one of those 2 slots?

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