MacBidouille Rumor Summary
When?
Initial reports from MacBidouille claimed that Peter Sandon from IBM would be presenting the PowerPC 970 at WWDC - allowing developers to see/demo a prototype 970 machine. Subsequent reports from the site, however, hinted that mass production of 970 PowerMacs had already begun and that full availability of the production 970 PowerMacs would arrive by WWDC (June 23, 2003).
Their most recent timeline provides them a bit more wiggle room with the 970 PowerMacs expected in "June/July 2003".
Specs?
While an early report claimed speeds up to dual 2.3GHz, their published benchmarks only document machines up to Dual 1.8GHz in speed.
The 970 Motherboards themselves are said to be longer and narrower, and will utilize DDR 400, USB 2.0, AGP 8x, as well as Hypertransport.
The Truth?
At this time, it's unclear - MacBidouille claims almost immediate availability of the 970s at WWDC, while other sources are split on the topic. Some expect just a demo to be shown at WWDC... while one unverified source agrees and claims the "970 machines will be available the next day after Steve Jobs opening WWDC presentation. With a twist."
Time will tell...
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Itching to buy a new JVC JY-HD10U high definition camcorder and either a powermac (depends on the specs) or a 17" powerbook.
My, my my. We live in interesting times. Even better as a mac user. Bring on the powermacs!
OK kids, but of course these are rumors. This is a rumors site.
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Till then, it's all rumours..
Now once again everyone is so certain, but now there is actual real evidence. The 970 is almost certainly not going to become the next 8500. Even Steve Jobs acknowledges the speed gap and seems to know that he must deliver soon.
So releasing it 2 months from now at the WWDC is as good a time as ever, but I just hope that if it doesn't come then, people don't get too crestfallen and angry. It's coming, it's coming.
Originally posted by deepkid
My, my my. We live in interesting times. Even better as a mac user. Bring on the powermacs!
(today's top pc-related announcements)
palladium
the iLoo
(could they be making fun of Apple here?)
Sorry for the off-topic post, but it was too funny to pass up...
It seems to me that rumors this intense (only from 1 site though) and the official timeline seem to give above average credibility to this rumor.
Apple is quiet because they got burned so badly by Motorola so many times in terms of timelines/performance. If I was Apple I would not say one word until the manufacturing has reached full speed. The legacy of Motorola's crappiness are not that distant of a memory.
Just my guess.
Ape
Originally posted by dongmin
As a comparison, this is what PC users have to look forward to:
(today's top pc-related announcements)
[B]palladium
the iLoo
(could they be making fun of Apple here?)
Sorry for the off-topic post, but it was too funny to pass up... [/B]
That is funny, but also rather sadly true, thats all thats in the news these days.
Originally posted by Ambrose Chapel
This reminds me of all the speculation about the Moto G5 a year or so ago. I guess it was before MWNY 01. People were so certain that it was coming and there was all this "evidence" people had (friends who worked at Moto, "don't ask me how I know, but..." etc), and then the PPC 8500 revealed itself as vaporware (at least the Mac version of the 8500).
Now once again everyone is so certain, but now there is actual real evidence. The 970 is almost certainly not going to become the next 8500. Even Steve Jobs acknowledges the speed gap and seems to know that he must deliver soon.
So releasing it 2 months from now at the WWDC is as good a time as ever, but I just hope that if it doesn't come then, people don't get too crestfallen and angry. It's coming, it's coming.
the biggest difference between MWSF2002 and now is that the 970 is a real chip that's been developed and is now in production (according to IBM's own publicized schedule). It was previewed to the public almost 7 months ago. AND it's being developed by IBM, who's clearly a better at fabbing than Moto. AND the 970 was designed with AltiVec. We know this chip will be available this summer and fall.
The only uncertainties are 1) at what speeds these chips will debut, 2) when Apple will introduce computers with these chips, and 3) whether Apple will introduce dual cpu machines.
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