Apple to introduce G5 PowerMacs

[amigamad]

Apple now make footballs  :-D  :-D  :-D
the the outside is now as crap as the insides. :-?

[xeron]

"insanely great"? How about "Greatly insane"! that thing looks so stupid its incredible! It looks like a space ship from Dr. Who!

[Ransom]

Are you guys sure that the sphere is not some kind of spoof??

I noticed that the picture of the article was a link, so I thought I might get to read some more about it, the link was broken though, and I could see that the address it linked to, contained the word "spoof".

So, erhm... but if this is not a fake, I'm getting three, so I can practice my juggling skills. :-P

[AJS]

Bodie said

Not to sure if I like the G5 Sphere, it looks more at home on a dining room table.

Change of OS, Red and white Check Finish,could sell to a few :-D  :-P

[Kronos]

And silly me believed the G4-iMacs were the crown of ugly ......


But than "the register" !!
Just as worthy in news as my grandma  :-P

[Bodie]

@ajs
 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[uncharted]

Erm, the sphere is a spoof. (and is clearly marked as one)

Spoofing Mac products is a popular thing in the Mac world.

[mikeymike]

@ Kronos

Is everything substandard to you?  You don't ever seem pleased with anything...

[downix]

I thought the PPC970 lowest speed was 1.8. I thought it went to 2.4!!!!

Nope, the lowest announced speed was 1.2Ghz, actually.  Of course at that speed it will beat a 1.4Ghz G4 handily, and equal up to 2+Ghz Pentium4/Athlons.

[nazo]

you all are knocking apple for a sphereical design that someone not associated with apple came up with for fun. and better yet, some japanese IBM-compatible company ACTULLY made a sphereical computuer. (lost link) and its bright GREEN!

[MarkTime]

c'mon...a rumour item from november 2001, about a product to be released by Motorola on December of 2001...

what does this have to do with reality again?

The G5's, if they are even called G5's, will be produced by IBM, not Motorola, and they will
not be released in 2001...good gaawwd

[amigamad]

some more apple mac pictures
















I think thats enough imac pictures now i wont post any more. :-D

[iamaboringperson]

yeeeeeeeeuck! thats ugly!

there is no way i will have that thing on my desk!

apple have gone all stupid.

[iamaboringperson]

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[vortexau]

Waccoon said:

Sputnik!

Ransom said:

Are you guys sure that the sphere is not some kind of spoof?? . . . .  the address it linked to, contained the word "spoof".

AJS said:

Change of OS, Red and white Check Finish,could sell to a few

uncharted said:

. . .  sphere is a spoof. (and is clearly marked as one)

@All; ah! But who had the earlier Spoof case? It is called:-




the Boing-Sputnik Pod model. From Case Designs? AmigaONE collection at my website since Jan '2001!
:-D

[clebin]

Come on people, Apple are not about to release a Sphere!!

Apart from the failure of the Cube and the obvious fakeness/spoofness of this picture (not to mention that fact it's been knocking around for years) - Apple hardware designs just don't get leaked. Screenshots sometimes do, and Apple makes them disappear very quickly.

The 970 is looking more and more likely as the next high-end Mac chip, though. I would be surprised to see a hardware announcement at this year's WWDC, however. As Jobs has said before, Apple have never launched hardware at WWDC...

It's difficult to see how they'd announce IBM 970 support without following it up with a hardware announcement pretty quickly, mind. Nobody would buy a PowerMac in the interim.

Personally, I'm not buying a new Mac until Motorola is out and a decent fast chip is in. They couldn't keep the 680x0 going, they couldn't keep the PowerPC competitive, they just about killed Psion, and owning one of their phones was a very nasty experience...