[X4U] new Power Mac G5s!

[Kunga]

So now dual 2.3 GHz (+600 MHz total with 150 MHz faster bus) can be had 
without the plumbing and still 8 RAM slots. Anyone know if they really 
support 2 and 4 GB sticks? The 2 GHz model now only has 4 RAM slots and 
slow PCI. What a downgrade! So our older dual 2 GHz models are going to 
retain their value for sure.

k
On Apr 27, 2005, at 6:58 AM, Neil wrote:

> Does anybody still remember the post from last year I'm quoting below? 
>  Many
> of you at the time called it a pure fabrication, but that fact is now
> obvious.  If Jobs had a 3.2Ghz chip  back then, we would have seen it 
> by
> now.
>
> on 6/9/04 7:19 PM, Ishan Bhattacharya wrote:
>
>> Think about it logically, after seeing today's introductions of new
>> Powermacs. The only "new" unit is the dual 2.5 GHz and it includes 
>> water
>> cooling and multiple fans which far exceed the need for cooling the 
>> 970fx x
>> 2 chips installed. Other features, including the lack of a high-end 
>> video
>> card, approriate PCI slots, a small single "slow" HD (for professional
>> videographers and the like) all indicate that this 2.5 Ghz  Powermac 
>> was
>> designed to accommodate another chip, i.e., the 975.
>>
>> At WWDC, Jobs will introduce a 3.2 GHz dual PowerMac using the 975 
>> chip
>> which is being produced with reasonable yields at IBM's Fishkill 
>> plant. This
>> model will have a $1000 price premium for educational pricing alone 
>> and will
>> be actually available, i.e., delivered to customers after September 
>> 1. In
>> addition, Jobs will indicate that a quad processor variant (with an
>> astronomically high price tag) is under development and will be 
>> available
>> within a year. The 975   chip in limited amounts has scaled up to 4+ 
>> Ghz
>> although reliability/endurance testing is not complete as of today.
>>
>> In summary, today's release was scheduled for January, but due to fab
>> problems, an insufficient supply of 2.5 Ghz chips was available and 
>> even
>> now, it somewhat constrained. The mistakes make in the design of this 
>> chip
>> were rectified early on in the design of the 975 chip-the development 
>> of
>> these two chips were in parallel but not entirely synchronous.
>>
>> The current 2.5 GHz dual unit is a good value, but Apple is not 
>> investing
>> much in advertising or offering "the best" in hardware (hard drives, 
>> video
>> cards, memory, etc), all of which is reserved for the 975 dual 3.2 
>> GHz unit.
>> In preliminary testing, this unit using all of the various Photoshop
>> filters/actions (not just the select few which favor  the 970 series 
>> vs. the
>> P4) performs at least twice as fast as the highest-end units 
>> available from
>> large vendors.
>>
>> I have several 2.0 Ghz units and have ordered several 2.5 Ghz 
>> machines (but
>> I get a huge discount :). However, I will cancel these orders when 
>> the WWDC
>> announcement is made and get the 3.2 dual Ghz machines. I think the 
>> quad
>> machines are going to be beyond my budget i.e., will exceed $7000 for 
>> the
>> base machines for education store customers.
>>
>> Just a FYI from a devoted reader. Please do not share my email 
>> address, name
>> or anything else if you publish any of this. You may quote me in part 
>> or in
>> full according to your discretion.
>>
>> Have a good evening.