970 Ready for Production?

:) :D :)

Any ideas of the clockspeed? Will it be 1.4,1.6,1.8 or 1.6,1.8,2.3?

Sweeeet!!!! if this is true. It seems like the information could at least be more than a rumor sometime (a word from IBM).

So does this mean that, come September, we'll all be in heaven?

--970 Hardware
--Panther OS X 10.3
--Final Cut Pro 4
--DVD Studio Pro 2

Add a 20" flat screen and I'm really in Heaven!

Glad the processors are ready to go, but how about Apple's new logic boards? I'd assume they'll have to put any final logic board plans through a few months of testing to make sure everything works well together.

Also, there's no reason Apple would have to wait for 10.3 to get these shipping. I'm sure a special build of 10.2 could be made to work with the 970 hardware. Sure, the OS would be running in 32-bit mode, but we'd still have faster processors and an updated architecture. 10.3 could fully take advantage of everything a few months later, and be the icing on the cake :D

Originally posted by bikertwin
So does this mean that, come September, we'll all be in heaven?

--970 Hardware
--Panther OS X 10.3
--Final Cut Pro 4
--DVD Studio Pro 2

Add a 20" flat screen and I'm really in Heaven!

You took the words right out of my mouth:D
This Fall I'm getting a new PowerMac, 970 or not. I'll need it to edit a digital video project I'm shooting this summer with a Panasonic DVX100. It seems like all the pieces are coming together for a SUPREME DIGITAL VIDEO WORKSTATION from Apple this September or so!!!:eek: :D :cool:

Apple would have had samples of PPC970 chips for a while now if this rumor is true. What the rumor is saying is that the PPC970 is now ready for mass production, so I have no doubt Apple will be ready for the chip. This is what I would like to see in the next PMac:

1.6Ghz-1.9Ghz PPC970 (maybe duals)
PCI extreme (much faster than PCI and AGP 8X and backwards compatible with PCI)
900Mhz system Bus
Serial ATA
Firewire 800
USB 2
Airport Extreme
BlueTooth
Water Cooling, so there is no fan noise

Originally posted by bikertwin
So does this mean that, come September, we'll all be in heaven?

--970 Hardware
--Panther OS X 10.3
--Final Cut Pro 4
--DVD Studio Pro 2

Add a 20" flat screen and I'm really in Heaven!

No, in September you'll be bitching about Apple's not releasing a 3.5 GHz PowerMac for $750.00 US.

Main diff would be the maximum amount of memory, since the 970 runs 32-bit code as is.

Originally posted by jrv3034
You took the words right out of my mouth:D
This Fall I'm getting a new PowerMac, 970 or not. I'll need it to edit a digital video project I'm shooting this summer with a Panasonic DVX100. It seems like all the pieces are coming together for a SUPREME DIGITAL VIDEO WORKSTATION from Apple this September or so!!!:eek: :D :cool:

Cool, I ll get a powermac. But i wil definitly wait till the 970 s are shipping. I think if they are now ready to be produced in masses, perhaps, they will see the light in august or september. There will certainly be some testing of it.
But what, by the way, will they call that? g5? to let the people in the mind of continuation, or 970 because it is the reallity, or something else. What do you think ( different :) )?


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I forgot. I hope strongly the 970 s will not make something like a x86 pc out of the mac computers. I mean with loud fans and everything to allow the cpu to be cooled coorectly.
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Originally posted by dricci
Glad the processors are ready to go, but how about Apple's new logic boards? I'd assume they'll have to put any final logic board plans through a few months of testing to make sure everything works well together.

MacWhispers reported last week that two new motherboards for the PPC 970 machines (one single, one dual) went into production. Full production indicates that testing is over...the motherboards are finalized. The rumors that the PPC 970 is in full production now means testing of those chips is over too.

Since we're only dealing in rumors, it doesn't mean any of this is true. But just to clarify, full production of both the chips and the motherboards means testing (except for normal quality assurance) is over. These machines will be ready to ship as soon as Apple can put them in a box and make an announcement. To assume months more of testing is probably inaccurate.

Full production is defined as "debug mode complete." Yes, they may have to rework things if they find any serious issues in the first full scale run. But we're not talking about designing the chip or motherboard anymore. We're beyond that now. :)