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Darth_X
06-07-2003, 10:43 PM
The new Power Mac G5s, apart from shipping in an insanely great looking case, will have a motherboard featuring DDR 400 RAM, 8x AGP, FireWire 800 (FireWire 2), and USB 2.0. The G5 is Apple's marketing term for the IBM PPC970. And Hypertransport based too? The PowerMac G5 will be very expensive.

So how will systems such as Pegasos-II and AmigaOne compete?
Bodie
06-07-2003, 10:53 PM
Pictures man :-) !.

Seriously, I don think the Apple G5 is a threat considering the extremely high prices which Apple charge for their top of the line macs. ($4000 + here in Aus :-o )

Oh well, hopefully both the Amiga and Pegasos make the transition to the 64bit world sometime in late 2004 :-) .
Argo
06-07-2003, 11:06 PM
PowerPC G5 enters 'volume production' - source (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23078.html)

The G5 Sphere (http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macproto/g5sphere.html)


Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/searcharticles.php3?searchterm=G5)
Bodie
06-07-2003, 11:12 PM
@Argo

Thanks argo :-) . Not to sure if I like the G5 Sphere, it looks more at home on a dining room table.
meerschaum
06-07-2003, 11:45 PM
that sphere looks so stupid I cant even laugh at it... I just feel sad for the mind that wants a computer shaped like a walnut sitting on what looks like a pot holder on their desk...
dammy
06-07-2003, 11:49 PM
Wonder if it will glows? The revenge of the iLamp. =)

Dammy
Waccoon
06-08-2003, 02:24 AM
Sputnik!
Rudei
06-08-2003, 02:35 AM
I just feel sad for the mind that wants a computer shaped like a walnut sitting on what looks like a pot holder on their desk...

LOL - nice one - made me chuckle on a Sunday morning!
Kaminari
06-08-2003, 02:42 AM
Considering its price, the G5 is a complete joke. It's certainly no threat for noone.
amigacooke
06-08-2003, 02:53 AM
Apple have a history of inovation, admittedly the square case didn't work, but I hope this one does. If sales of the G5 don't take off there will be no chance of an Amiga based on the same processor.

Why would you question the state of some one's mind just because they like a round case? Now that is worrying. :-?
Dan
06-08-2003, 02:59 AM
The G5 Sphere
Sphere, ha ha ha thats funny!
First the cube and now the sphere, Steve Jobs is borg!!!!
Restistance is futile you will be assimiliated, you will pay for overpriced computers in silly cases!
Watch out!!
anarchic_teapot
06-08-2003, 03:58 AM
Not to sure if I like the G5 Sphere, it looks more at home on a dining room table.
Coffee table, Bodie, coffee table.

We had expensive books full of pretty pictures to show off by leaving them on the coffee table, now we've got computers that have the same function.

Well, at least it's a change from the PC boxes. I rather like it, despite the certainty of its limited expandability, but I don't need to see the price to know I can't afford it. :-(
ikir
06-08-2003, 04:07 AM
WOW! Powerfull!
Rodney
06-08-2003, 04:29 AM
>> PowerPC G5 enters 'volume production' - source
talking about Motorola

>>The G5 Sphere
Motorola

>>Mac Rumors
IBM PPC970 refered to as G5

I thought the PPC970 lowest speed was 1.8. I thought it went to 2.4!!!!
amigamad
06-08-2003, 04:38 AM
Apple now make footballs :-D :-D :-D
the the outside is now as crap as the insides. :-?
xeron
06-08-2003, 05:02 AM
"insanely great"? How about "Greatly insane"! that thing looks so stupid its incredible! It looks like a space ship from Dr. Who!
Ransom
06-08-2003, 05:03 AM
Are you guys sure that the sphere is not some kind of spoof??

I noticed that the picture of the article was a link, so I thought I might get to read some more about it, the link was broken though, and I could see that the address it linked to, contained the word "spoof".

So, erhm... but if this is not a fake, I'm getting three, so I can practice my juggling skills. :-P
AJS
06-08-2003, 05:35 AM
Bodie said
Not to sure if I like the G5 Sphere, it looks more at home on a dining room table.

Change of OS, Red and white Check Finish,could sell to a few :-D :-P
Kronos
06-08-2003, 06:00 AM
And silly me believed the G4-iMacs were the crown of ugly ......


But than "the register" !!
Just as worthy in news as my grandma :-P
Bodie
06-08-2003, 06:08 AM
@ajs
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
uncharted
06-08-2003, 06:11 AM
Erm, the sphere is a spoof. (and is clearly marked as one)

Spoofing Mac products is a popular thing in the Mac world.
mikeymike
06-08-2003, 08:39 AM
@ Kronos

Is everything substandard to you? You don't ever seem pleased with anything...
downix
06-08-2003, 08:44 AM
I thought the PPC970 lowest speed was 1.8. I thought it went to 2.4!!!!

Nope, the lowest announced speed was 1.2Ghz, actually. Of course at that speed it will beat a 1.4Ghz G4 handily, and equal up to 2+Ghz Pentium4/Athlons.
nazo
06-08-2003, 10:48 AM
you all are knocking apple for a sphereical design that someone not associated with apple came up with for fun. and better yet, some japanese IBM-compatible company ACTULLY made a sphereical computuer. (lost link) and its bright GREEN!
MarkTime
06-08-2003, 03:08 PM
c'mon...a rumour item from november 2001, about a product to be released by Motorola on December of 2001...

what does this have to do with reality again?

The G5's, if they are even called G5's, will be produced by IBM, not Motorola, and they will
not be released in 2001...good gaawwd
amigamad
06-08-2003, 03:54 PM
some more apple mac pictures
http://www.bikersweb.ch/jokes/jan/Imac.jpg

http://www.theapplecollection.com/iMac/joke/iJohn450.jpg





http://www.lotekk.net/pages/fun/images/imac.jpg





http://www.mivic.com/humor/imac.jpg

I think thats enough imac pictures now i wont post any more. :-D
iamaboringperson
06-08-2003, 04:43 PM
yeeeeeeeeuck! thats ugly!

there is no way i will have that thing on my desk!

apple have gone all stupid.
iamaboringperson
06-08-2003, 05:40 PM
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vortexau
06-09-2003, 10:10 AM
Waccoon said:Sputnik!
Ransom said:Are you guys sure that the sphere is not some kind of spoof?? . . . . the address it linked to, contained the word "spoof".
AJS said:Change of OS, Red and white Check Finish,could sell to a few
uncharted said: . . . sphere is a spoof. (and is clearly marked as one)

@All; ah! But who had the earlier Spoof case? It is called:-


http://home.iprimus.com.au/vortexau/IMAGES/SPUTNIK3.JPG

the Boing-Sputnik Pod model. From Case Designs? AmigaONE collection (http://home.iprimus.com.au/vortexau/CASES.HTM) at my website since Jan '2001!
:-D
clebin
06-09-2003, 11:49 AM
Come on people, Apple are not about to release a Sphere!!

Apart from the failure of the Cube and the obvious fakeness/spoofness of this picture (not to mention that fact it's been knocking around for years) - Apple hardware designs just don't get leaked. Screenshots sometimes do, and Apple makes them disappear very quickly.

The 970 is looking more and more likely as the next high-end Mac chip, though. I would be surprised to see a hardware announcement at this year's WWDC, however. As Jobs has said before, Apple have never launched hardware at WWDC...

It's difficult to see how they'd announce IBM 970 support without following it up with a hardware announcement pretty quickly, mind. Nobody would buy a PowerMac in the interim.

Personally, I'm not buying a new Mac until Motorola is out and a decent fast chip is in. They couldn't keep the 680x0 going, they couldn't keep the PowerPC competitive, they just about killed Psion, and owning one of their phones was a very nasty experience...
Hammer
06-09-2003, 04:53 PM
> So how will systems such as Pegasos-II and AmigaOne compete
Similar lessons as any Alpha vs X86 battle royal i.e. compete on price.