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One detailed tipster claims that new PowerMacs will be announced at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters conference which takes place between April 16-21 in Las Vegas, NV.
The ambitious report claims that the new machines will include the rumored 970MP starting at 2GHz, alongside 2.5GHz and 3.0GHz models. The first Blu-ray drives (Apple adopts Blu-Ray) are expected to make their debut in the top-end model.
Under the hood support for Hypertransport 2.0, PCI-Express, and a new Audio IC is reported. Memory support will be boosted to 32GB of RAM in the high end models with availability of 4GB DDR modules.
While G5 PowerBooks are not expected, a higher resolution "PowerBook HD" is expected to be debuted at NAB as well. The new model is expected to simply boost the resolution of the current 17" PowerBook and offer the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800.
Steve Jobs has made comments at MacWorld SF that 2005 will be the year of High Definition.
Hell YEA!! I'm Waithing for this ALLONG time...
:D:D:D
Dan
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ph3412t3h13
Mar 30 2005, 22:02
sick! thats crazy!
nice thanks
saxondale.
Mar 30 2005, 22:03
hopefully this will bring down the price of the other powerbooks
macster
Mar 30 2005, 22:04
Hope this comes truth. Made me check the Apple site when i saw the thread title
QUOTE(bingham. @ Mar 30 2005, 18:03)
hopefully this will bring down the price of the other powerbooks
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That could be nice.. the only thing its that i allready have the new PowerBooks 12" 1.5 1 GB :'(..
And yes Apple could drop prices a little bit..
Dan
saxondale.
Mar 30 2005, 22:06
yer im planning to get a powerbook, but since tiger will be out soon, i find it safe to buy it after tiger comes out
QUOTE(macster @ Mar 30 2005, 15:04)
Made me check the Apple site when i saw the thread title
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Same.
Dont raise your hopes too much:
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Bling3k12
Mar 31 2005, 00:40
Can you imagine... the cost... of a 4GB RAM module...
Blu-ray? I doubt this...
I don't doubt the processor upgrades, better audio IC, hypertransport 2, pci-express... but the 4GB RAM modules and the Blu-ray drives screw up the story...
threetonesun
Mar 31 2005, 00:43
Uh, April Fools? 32GBs of RAM? Blu-Ray? Riiiight.
gogosama
Mar 31 2005, 01:02
*sniff sniff* ahhh yes the faint wiff in my nostrisl of complete bull****
nuggetman
Mar 31 2005, 01:17
blu-ray isn't even FINISHED yet, is it?
karl.tacheron
Mar 31 2005, 01:21
What's this? a powerbook with a resolution above 100ppi?! ROCK!
32MB Ram I doubt this.... Do you imagine the price?
April 1st, guys
Yeah, why not say that the new Powermac line will have to run on jet fuel
TruckWEB
Mar 31 2005, 03:09
Even if some part where true.... Could you again imagine the cost of the PowerMac?
I just got my mini, enough power for me to play with OS X for the moment. But even if I fall in love with Mac and OS X, it's just too much money to get a PowerMac G5 (with decent amount of memory, good video card and LCD monitor).
Good quality, nice package, very nice OS.... but in the end, it's my wallet that takes the hit.... The mini is the begining, please, lower the cost of the other Mac product!
Toastyone
Mar 31 2005, 03:20
Like all other Mac related hardware news unless I see it in the Apple store......I don't believe it
QUOTE(nuggetman @ Mar 30 2005, 20:17)
blu-ray isn't even FINISHED yet, is it?
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Blu-Ray is finished. They had a couple of burners & recorders on display some time back. The time to introduce it into the consumer market (costs) is not so early.
QUOTE(threetonesun @ Mar 30 2005, 19:43)
Uh, April Fools? 32GBs of RAM? Blu-Ray? Riiiight.
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Um, what is it that is unbelievably about a maximum capacity of 32GBs of ram?
They've just updated the PowerBooks... I would be disappointed if they released new PB's, seeing as though I just spent all of my money on the new 2005 PB!
Something I can believe, however, and I'm not sure if it has been mentioned or not, but new iMacs, eMacs and iBooks...
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=973
macman87
Mar 31 2005, 07:35
QUOTE(bingham. @ Mar 31 2005, 08:03)
hopefully this will bring down the price of the other powerbooks
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I wouldn't be on it. They just changed the prices a couple of months ago.
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Yeah, why not say that the new Powermac line will have to run on jet fuel
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rofl, nice call.
mpat1024
Mar 31 2005, 17:34
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32MB Ram I doubt this.... Do you imagine the price?
Yeah, dirt cheap, lol
HD? Damn, Id love to see those on the 15" as well. I would be sold so quick..
DrunknMunky
Mar 31 2005, 20:45
32GB's of ram?, no way..
roadwarrior
Mar 31 2005, 21:38
QUOTE(PlainLazy @ Mar 31 2005, 15:45)
32GB's of ram?, no way..
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Why is that so hard to believe? With 8 slots in the PowerMac G5's, and 4GB sticks available, it's a no-brainer. That is the maximum of course, so it's not like Apple is going to be shipping them with that much. Even at roughly $100 per GB, that would be $3200 just for the RAM!
fukachu
Mar 31 2005, 23:11
if these rumors are true that would meant he entire line up (excluding mini's) is getting updates as macrumors (appleinsider actually) reports that the eMacs, iMacs and iBooks are getting a update. i just cant see this all happening in the same month, thats a little action packed for apple for me to believe
DrunknMunky
Apr 1 2005, 02:29
QUOTE(roadwarrior @ Mar 31 2005, 21:38)
Why is that so hard to believe? With 8 slots in the PowerMac G5's, and 4GB sticks available, it's a no-brainer. That is the maximum of course, so it's not like Apple is going to be shipping them with that much. Even at roughly $100 per GB, that would be $3200 just for the RAM!
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Maybe it's possible, but why the hell would you need so much ram, and who the hell is going to pay that much for ram
hmm couldnt 32gigs of ram help the dual dual processor rumor?
8 gb x 4 cores = 32 gb
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