Clearing out G5s?

Clearing the road..... hopefully for the Dual 3 Ghz!

Bring 'em on, Apple!

In the most recent Apple Developer mailing, Apple is offering special pricing for PowerMac 1.6GHz G5s for ADC Select and Premier members.



Speculation, of course, points to Apple clearing out the low end PowerMac G5s. June 26th also coincides with the end of the Brilliant Savings Promo and is 2 days prior to the start of WWDC.

Only question now is the specs.

Here's my guess.. I don't think we'll see 3ghz for some time.
2.2 / 2.4 / DP 2.6

Bring on these new fangled machines, WITHOUT SOUND PROBLEMS PLEASE!!!!!!!!

I don't think we'll see 3ghz for some time.

I think you may be right, but I hope you're wrong! If we don't see them soon then we all know that Apple is full of sh*t!!!! And that they shouldn't make promises they can't keep. :rolleyes:

If they're only clearing out the 1.6 machines then doesn't
1.8, 2 and 2.2 look more realistic?

i_b_joshua

its about time 4 an upgrade

What is an "ADC" member?

If they're only clearing out the 1.6 machines then doesn't
1.8, 2 and 2.2 look more realistic?

i_b_joshua

The 1.6 has a different logic, etc that gives it a max capacity of 4GB ram; so those machines need to go.

I'm sure the innards of the available 1.8, and 2.0 can be switched with the higher specs without too much trouble, and time consumption, therefore those 1.8, and 2.0 can be placed inside the awaiting G5 iMacs. :cool:

Here's my guess.. I don't think we'll see 3ghz for some time. 2.2 / 2.4 / DP 2.6

I agree that we won't see 3Ghz for sometime . . . and I think your guesses above will be in the ball park . . . and the 975 rumors are rubbish.

What's more interesting to consider is the amenities the next systems will have. A number of people have pointed out the Express graphics cards are a possibility. ATI will announce their new chips June 3rd and Dell just place a large order for some Express cards to include in their systems. I'd think that Apple would be out in front on new technology like this.

What about hard drives? Prices have been dropping for the 80/160 gig sizes used in the current G5's . . . how large are the next round of drives?

Will the Superdrive finally go dual format? Dual layer?

And honestly? Does any of this matter if the XServes are still at 5-7 before they ship? Yeesh, it's been a long time since they were announced and a decent amount of time since IBM said they were doing better as far as manufactoring was concerned. Will we see some very competitive systems (both Power and iMac) be announced but see execution errors all over again? I certainly hope not.