“Stocks of the Power Mac G5 at the Apple Store online are now listing 7-10 day waits, MacBidouille reports. This is the usual signal from Apple that we’re due for a new model,” Remy Davison reports for Insanely Great Mac. “MacBidouille, in fact, originally reported this about a week ago, stating that stocks of the G5s were almost exhausted. However, the US Apple Store was still listing 1-2 day wait last week. At time of writing, the US Store says 7-10 days. Other Apple online stores worldwide are reporting similar wait times.”
Davison reports, “The word around the traps is that the base model might be 2GHz (single processor), with a 2.5 or 2.6GHz DP in there somewhere. DP 3GHz is for the more optimistic tipsters. Given that the availability of high-end processors is likely to be constrained, one wonders whether Apple would go with DPs – at least to begin with.”
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good now g5 powerbooks
Now.. I don�t think that Steve will introduce new things in the WWDC.
That would be so silly thing to do. There is only thousands of developers in that show. It is not the best place to demo the new PowerMac line.
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Shit darn.
Typo… Nooo. I don�t think… never mind
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So what’s with all these computer rumors?! Why isn’t Apple concentrating on its core business?
Now if there WEREN’T new Macs announced at the WWDC, THAT would be news.
Rumor? Jobs stated as much a year ago.
*cough*
hee,hee,ha,hee,ha,HeEEE,..oh wow…hee,hah,haH!…this is funnneeeee!
sorry for the giggling, rumors make me laugh
Any rumor about upograded iMacs out there? I’m holding off until July to purchase one, hoping for good news at the Dev. Conference.
Uh, sorry to rain on the G5 Powerbook hopefuls. Apple just updated the Powerbook line. The G5 chip is still a hot little bugger.
My sources say Apple has been working on liquid cooling and Apple Insider supposedly has manual pictures showing the new G5 with a missing front CPU fan, but still keeping the rear CPU fan assembly.
I don’t know why Apple would want to try liquid cooling on a supposedly cooler new chip, perhaps this is a start of new trend? It’s going to cost more and distract from the balanced looks of the present Powermac G5.
I hope it’s full Dual 3 Ghz, I’m not buying one unless it is. I already have a Dual 2 Ghz and it’s plenty powerful.
I think we shall see a update to the iMac line, that’s the only thing missing right now. PowerMac’s, PowerBoooks and iBooks, eMacs all got theirs.
I’m really optimistic…I’m expecting a terrabyte of storage capacity
and quad G5’s. ha! Apple needs to push the envelope, don’t they?
I still think the G5 case, especially with the new scaled down G5’s, is entirely overbuilt for just two processors. I may be wrong, but I have high expectations from Jobs. Apple can exist as they are, but their passion is being first and changing the world at the same time.
I can picture it now… Jobs saying…well, we reached 3 ghz(applause), but we decided that wasn’t good enough, so we decided to throw in a couple more and create a new high end to the high end and put to rest the sceptics on the worlds fastest personal computer!(screams, early babies, server’s overloading, media traffic jams, maybe even a slot on O’reilly).
I think there will be an apology for the lack of a 3 ghz, followed by a “saving” announcement of some other product, or 2.6ghz with some bells and whistles. And I do mean that literally…. there will be small bells and whistles attached to the new G5.
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FAO One guy from Finland’
WHERE WERE YOU LAST YEAR???
FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE POWERMAC G5 WAS INTRODUCED/ANNOUNCED AT WWWDC LAST YEAR!
SO IF THERE ARE ANY NEW PRODUCTS THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT WWDC THIS YEAR TOO.
I think you should check your facts before you post – for christs sake, the WWDC from last year is even in quicktime format on the Apple website – I suggest you watch it you might learn something!
Um, Pete. That was sarcasm. Lighten up.
“Now.. I don�t think that Steve will introduce new things in the WWDC.”
If that’s the kind of high-quality thinking going on in Finland, why didn’t YOU invade Iraq? Steve introduced the first G5 last year at (wait for it) WWDC.
With MWNY going the way of the dodo, Apple has made it clear that WWDC is the mid-year equivalent of MWSF.
One Guy, you are going to have to learn to end your posts with </sarcasm>.
Like this.
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My bet is on dual 2.6 GHz at the high end, but even that would represent a 30% increase in G5 clock speed. The P4 would have to jump from 3.4 GHz to 4.4 GHz to match that percentage increase.
By all accounts the next gen PowerPC CPU’s are just around the corner with initial clocking at 3 GHz and a 40% improvement in performance over the current G5 at comparable clock speeds. Despite IBM’s recent hitch in PPC development, I believe that the future for Apple looks very bright.
My opinions on these matters are not worth much, however, since I am only speculating based upon articles posted over the past few months. Of course, that still leaves me with more credibility than Thurott and his ilk
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the latest rumor is that new PowerMac G5s will be announced prior to WWDC, as the Apple Store shows 7-10 day wait, and there are no more of the current configurations. Maybe the announcement will only be the lower two configs, with no 3 MHz config.
even so, WWDC should see the Tiger preview, a new version of Keynote?, the new iMac G5s or Cube G5s or “color desktops”, and the new 60GB iPod (with whatever new features it has). Note for the 60GB drives, the belief is that 300,000 have already shipped to Apple, with full rate production (up to 1 million a month) scheduled to start in July to Sept time frame.
What’s up with the single processor G5 PowerMac? Just make all PowerMacs dual processor. Leave the single processor G5 for the iMac or whatever it is that Apple will have for the consumer.
The real question is when they are announced, will they be available or will it be like last year?
so new imac and new powermac.. got it..
oh yeah.. itunes europe..
anyone feel like buying apple stock
With WWDC less than a month away it’s stilly to imagine Apple would update the Power Mac G5 before then unless it’s a relatively underwhelming update that would be disappointing at WWDC. Unresolved chip production problems would seem to be the only issue stopping worthwhile G5-related announcements at WWDC announcements.
add sarcasm in to my first post
Stevenote will take hours this year
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Gotcha Finn
A little off topic, but I’m also hoping to see a release of DVD Studio Express – to follow up Soundtrack and Final Cut Express. Let’s face it – for the casual user DVD Studio Pro is way over the top (expense and feature-wise), but the compression used by iDVD unnecessarily limits the quality of some projects. I’d pay $299 for something in the middle that let me use the whole DVD at full quality (or at least less compression).