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New PowerMac Model? [Updated]

Tuesday June 1, 2004 8:57 am PDT by Arnold Kim
As noted in several places on the internet (Thread, Thread), there appears to be a PowerMac model listed in Mac OS X 10.3.4.

The new machine is listed as "PowerMac 8,1" and is found in the Info.plist file in the system's extensions directory.

This model was reportedly not found in Mac OS X 10.3.3.

Update: According to Appleinsider, the new PowerMac should be released by the end of June.
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tveric
101 months ago
Wow, a new PowerMac is coming soon after a year of no updates? What a shock.

I'd be impressed with this "rumor" if there were some details.
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mactastic
101 months ago
Let's hope it's a 3Ghz flavor and Steve doesn't have to own up to an error in chip speed prediction ability. :p
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iriejedi
101 months ago
:eek: When did people start speculating about an upgrade? The G5's just came out!

I must have missed something! :p


Wow, a new PowerMac is coming soon after a year of no updates? What a shock.

I'd be impressed with this "rumor" if there were some details.

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GrannySmith_G5
101 months ago
holy yawn Batman.
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Steven1621
101 months ago
PM updates aren't much of a suprise. The question should be what will be contained in them. Will we see the G5 hit 3Ghz? Dual Layer DVD Burners? More than 256 MB of RAM standard on the slowest PM?
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Mudbug
101 months ago
not only is it listed as a new model, it's in /System/Library/Extensions/AppleMacRISC4PE.kext/ - which the funny part of is the 4PE, meaning, if I understand this right, a 4 processor usage. That could be quite interesting...

This rumor also popped up at Macbidouille, where their author suggested it may be a G5 imac instead of a PowerMac.
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eyeluvmyimac
101 months ago
anyone know the number for the current dual 2ghz powermac if this "new one" is 8.1?
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nsb3000
101 months ago

As noted in several places on the internet (Thread, Thread), there appears to be a PowerMac model listed in Mac OS X 10.3.4.

The new machine is listed as "PowerMac 8,1" and is found in the Info.plist file in the system's extensions directory.

This model was reportedly not found in Mac OS X 10.3.3..


Didn’t people same the same thing when 10.3.3 came out?

Does this really mean anything?
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Mord
101 months ago

not only is it listed as a new model, it's in /System/Library/Extensions/AppleMacRISC4PE.kext/ - which the funny part of is the 4PE, meaning, if I understand this right, a 4 processor usage. That could be quite interesting...

This rumor also popped up at Macbidouille, where their author suggested it may be a G5 imac instead of a PowerMac.


excellent


would that mean they would have numa support?
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bathysphere
101 months ago
while we are all fairly certain that new g5's are on the way, this is intersting because it probably means instant or almost instant availability upon announcement, due to it being noted in 10.3.4, which likely won't have a lifespan more than 2 months or so.
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