[X4U] new Power Mac G5s!

[Eddie Hargreaves]

Yeah, I remember that post. It's even funnier now than it was back then. I
don't think Ishan will be able to cancel those orders after two years' time.


On 4/27/05 6:58 AM, Neil <Lists at mac.com> 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.
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