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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: Laukev7 on 20 June 2003, 21:15

Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Laukev7 on 20 June 2003, 21:15
http://www.macrumors.com/downloads/g5picapplestore.jpg (http://www.macrumors.com/downloads/g5picapplestore.jpg)

A screenshot of the Apple store by Macrumors.

It is now official: The G5 is coming!
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 20 June 2003, 10:04
I don't believe it. That image could easily have been forged then put at a low quality jpg setting to make it look authentic.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 20 June 2003, 12:32
I agree, Macman! That makes it two to one!
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: cahult on 20 June 2003, 14:47
It has been removed. What do you think happened?  :D
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: DJ on 20 June 2003, 14:55
Alternate Image Link (http://www.macminute.com/images/db/powermacg5screen.gif)

Story on The Register

http://theregister.com/content/39/31331.html (http://theregister.com/content/39/31331.html)

Although I agree it could have still been faked, and don't personally want to get my hopes up until Monday  (http://smile.gif)

Dj

[ June 20, 2003: Message edited by: Engineer ]

Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 20 June 2003, 15:45
quote:
Originally posted by cahult:
It has been removed. What do you think happened?   :D  


A COVER UP!!!
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: bossesjoe on 20 June 2003, 18:38
No dude its real I think, why, I saw it when it was hosted on the Apple store, then Apple legal made Macrumors take down its copy of the photo. The stats look real also

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/Forum64/HTML/001 (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/Forum64/HTML/001) 586.html#
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: M51DPS on 21 June 2003, 01:59
Take a gander:

(http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/step1bullet1powermac.gif)

The image was up for 25 minutes, then the store was taken down for another 20. I'm starting to wonder if Apple will ask for something done to this page, since they're trying to stop it from spreading.

[ June 20, 2003: Message edited by: M51DPS ]

Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 21 June 2003, 02:01
quote:
Originally posted by bossesjoe:
No dude its real I think, why, I saw it when it was hosted on the Apple store, then Apple legal made Macrumors take down its copy of the photo. The stats look real also

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/Forum64/HTML/001 (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/Forum64/HTML/001) 586.html#



ALSO NOT FOUND!!! MY GOD MAN, THIS IS BIGGER THAN WATERGATE!!!!
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: xyle_one on 21 June 2003, 02:27
apple was down for some time yesterday. possibly hacked? planting seeds of deceit? we will see on monday  :(
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Laukev7 on 21 June 2003, 04:14
Some people (ie Slashdot) think that Apple may actually have leaked that info on purpose to build hype for the event. Wouldn't surprise me; rumour sites are a good source of publicity. In that case, they may have an even bigger surprise for the conference.

Can't wait... this might be my cue to switch. I am planning to buy a laptop for Uni next summer, maybe I might even buy a desktop before that, if I can afford it.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: M51DPS on 21 June 2003, 04:43
My brother was about to order an iBook for school, good thing he decided to wait until the end of summer. It might be bad to get a new computer, and miss Apple re-revolutionize the Macintosh.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: xyle_one on 21 June 2003, 05:23
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:
Some people (ie Slashdot) think that Apple may actually have leaked that info on purpose to build hype for the event. Wouldn't surprise me; rumour sites are a good source of publicity. In that case, they may have an even bigger surprise for the conference.

Can't wait... this might be my cue to switch. I am planning to buy a laptop for Uni next summer, maybe I might even buy a desktop before that, if I can afford it.


i have read that as well. seems like its working since every news site is reporting the "slip" and hyping the new hardware.

i am just trying to imagine a dual 2ghz ppc970 with like 2 gigs of ram running panther.......[/drool]
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 21 June 2003, 06:21
quote:
Originally posted by ecsyle:
apple was down for some time yesterday. possibly hacked? planting seeds of deceit? we will see on monday   :(  


That's gotta be a first. I heard the Apple site has never been down because its hosted on an OS X server. Something else must have gone wrong.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: M51DPS on 21 June 2003, 07:51
quote:
Originally posted by ecsyle:

I have read that as well. seems like its working since every news site is reporting the "slip" and hyping the new hardware.

I am just trying to imagine a dual 2ghz ppc 970 with like 2 gigs of ram running panther.......[/drool]



Make that 8 gigabytes of ram.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: xyle_one on 21 June 2003, 21:18
quote:
Originally posted by M51DPS:


Make that 8 gigabytes of ram.


8 gigs turns my head stupid.....
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Laukev7 on 21 June 2003, 21:27
That's nothing. I expect Intel to hurry up and astonish us with 32 gigs max of RAM, to prepare us for the minimal requirements of the bloated, slow, clunky Windows Longhorn POS. The high performance, not to mention the astronomical amounts of heat and energy consumed by the efficiently designed Pentium IV processor, is crucial to provide us with essential and innovative features such as spinning web browsers and flapping file managers.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Faust on 21 June 2003, 21:41
Hmm, 16 Symetric SPARC chips, ooh, 40 gig of swap in a RAID array, ooh.  Just making sure you Mac users arent all alone here.  ;)
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Laukev7 on 21 June 2003, 21:51
I bet it's only a few thousand dollars more per processor.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: sway on 21 June 2003, 12:51
i'll believe it when i see it. right now i'm at 50/50. apple making all of these changes at once? it just seems odd, imo.
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Stilly on 22 June 2003, 04:24
8 gigs of ram....

how could you possibly use that much?
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 22 June 2003, 04:41
quote:
Originally posted by The Stiller:
8 gigs of ram....

how could you possibly use that much?



Oh, the possibilites...  (http://smile.gif)    (http://smile.gif)    (http://smile.gif)    (http://smile.gif)
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Fett101 on 22 June 2003, 04:56
Just go aff and load all you common used programs into a ram drive. mmmmmm
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Laukev7 on 22 June 2003, 07:07
quote:
8 gigs of ram....

how could you possibly use that much?

 


640k of RAM should be enough for everybody.

-William H. Gates
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: cahult on 22 June 2003, 15:32
You have a very interesting point there. What if the computers became so hungry for power that the fuses at home couldn
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Laukev7 on 22 June 2003, 16:25
quote:
Originally posted by cahult:
You have a very interesting point there. What if the computers became so hungry for power that the fuses at home couldn
Title: Confirmed!
Post by: FOOZKEEPER on 23 June 2003, 14:03
for all you who doubt that this is real, have a look here. (https://jobs.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Employment.woa/wa/jobDescription?RequisitionID=1978437)

hmm, i wonder why that job is available...    :D

[ June 23, 2003: Message edited by: FOOZKEEPER ]

Title: Confirmed!
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 23 June 2003, 14:53
That's pretty funny.