----------------------------------- rizzix Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:39 pm New Powerbooks.. and Quad G5! ----------------------------------- check it out: [url=http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore/]apple store canada tech-specs: [url=http://www.apple.com/ca/powerbook/specs.html]powerbook & [url=http://www.apple.com/ca/powermac/]G5 so martin... make sure u get the latest ;) ----------------------------------- Paul Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:48 pm ----------------------------------- I need to win the lottory now! I'm 0.5 grand short of that quad T_T ----------------------------------- 1of42 Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:31 pm ----------------------------------- Wow, a quad G5! Because that's never been done before in a commercially available system! Oh, wait... ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:41 pm ----------------------------------- No one said it hadn't been done before. ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:59 pm ----------------------------------- Slick. G5's way too expensive though (for me anyway). It's strange that they only give the dual dual core only 512mb of ram by default though... ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:04 pm ----------------------------------- Slick. G5's way too expensive though (for me anyway). It's strange that they only give the dual dual core only 512mb of ram by default though... Well, Apple stays ahead (in terms of "mindshare", I'd put them far ahead of the pack, considering their marketshare) partly by having cool stuff, and partly by knowing how to market it. All of the other upgrades are enough to wow people this time. The next time around they'll up the base RAM and that'll be a point in their favor. In the meantime, people will just buy the extra RAM if they need it. ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:23 pm ----------------------------------- I don't know, Apple's got a bit of a history on skimping out on the ram (256 used to be default in most of their line). I just can't imagine anyone buying a four-core G5 and not needing more than 512MB of ram. I guess that anyone buying that computer would probably know enough about computers to upgrade it though. Not a huge deal though. ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:28 pm ----------------------------------- I don't know, Apple's got a bit of a history on skimping out on the ram (256 used to be default in most of their line). I like to think of it as a blessing, considering the BTO premium they usually charge for RAM. ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:32 pm ----------------------------------- Nah, upgrades to the default package never raise the price. Hell, in the case of the top of the line iMac, they shaved $100US off. But yeah, 512mb of ram isn't bad in any case. I guess there will always be complaints. Plus it has 256mb of vram, which helps. ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:36 pm ----------------------------------- Workstation graphics cards, and ECC RAM too. ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:47 pm ----------------------------------- In other news... 5 days until I get my iMac...ahhh.... ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:11 pm ----------------------------------- The anticipation must be driving you insane. Good. :P ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:17 pm ----------------------------------- You have no idea. ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:25 pm ----------------------------------- http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvmain ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:35 pm ----------------------------------- Don't forget about Apple's new photo software - http://www.apple.com/aperture/ Is this a Photoshop competitor, or something else? It seems like with recommended specs like that (Dual 2.0GHz G5, 2GB Ram, nVidia geforce 6600+) it has to be something more. Pretty cheap though for professional software ($500). ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:41 pm ----------------------------------- Don't forget about Apple's new photo software - http://www.apple.com/aperture/ Is this a Photoshop competitor, or something else? It seems like with recommended specs like that (Dual 2.0GHz G5, 2GB Ram, nVidia geforce 6600+) it has to be something more. Pretty cheap though for professional software ($500). Imagine that you have 75,000 photos in RAW format to organize. Photoshop doesn't help you much, but Aperture will rock your world, and it's an end-to-end RAW process. There's no need to convert to a lossy format at any point. Of course, Photoshop will still have a role to play, so Apple shouldn't be stepping on Adobe's toes too much. ----------------------------------- Martin Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:20 pm ----------------------------------- Hey guys, guess what I'm gett[url=http://www.apple.com/imac/]ing today? ----------------------------------- wtd Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:53 pm ----------------------------------- Hey guys, guess what I'm gett Awesome. Pictures. ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:23 pm ----------------------------------- http://applegeeks.com/comics/issue222.jpg ----------------------------------- Mazer Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:12 pm ----------------------------------- He meant of Martin's new computer. ----------------------------------- rizzix Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:39 pm ----------------------------------- no no.. this is good..