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MacOSG:Liquid-Cooled Power Mac G5s leaking
Mac Pro To Sport Dual-Dual Core Chips?
Intel’s new chipset could be in Mac Pros
Intel Roadmaps Spur Mac Speculation
The Hopes and Dreams for the Mac Pro
Apple Postpone the Power Mac Replacement?
Will Mac Pro Beat the PowerMac It Replaces?
PowerMac Dual G5/1.8 vs Power Mac Dual G5/2.7
Pondering Apple's Next Desktop Mac
Power Mac G4/1.2 vs Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo
Power Mac G4/1.25 vs Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo
Power Mac Dual G4/867 vs Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo
Power Mac G5/1.6 vs Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo
Intel Core2 Duo Ship July Power Mac Replacement?
Quake 4 with SMP Patch on various 2GHz Macs
PowerMac Dual G5/1.8 vs MacBookPro Intel Duo 2.0
G5 Power Mac Dual Core 2.0 vs iMac Intel Duo 1.83
Intel Leaks New PowerMac Desktop Plans
G5 Power Mac DC 2.0 vs Power Mac Dual G5/2.7
Power Mac G3/333 vs iBook G3/900 14"
Duo on the desktop
Power Mac G3/333 vs iBook G3/500 12"
Powermac G4 Dual 1 vs MacBook Pro Intel Duo 2.0
Power Mac Dual G5/2.7 vs G5 Power Mac Quad 2.5
Power Mac Dual G5/2.0 vs G5 Power Mac DC 2.0
Power Mac Dual G5/1.8 vs iMac Intel Duo 2 20"
Power Mac G5/1.6 vs MacBook Pro Intel Duo 2.0
Power Mac G5/1.6 vs MacBook Pro Intel Duo 1.83
Power Mac Dual G5/2.7 vs iMac Intel Duo 2 20"
Power Mac G3 233 vs The Mac Mini 166 Intel Duo
PowerMac Dual G4/1 vs iMac Intel Duo 2 20"
Powermac G4 Dual 1 vs iMac Intel Duo 2 20"
Power Mac Dual G4/500 vs Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo
Power Mac Dual G5/1.8 vs Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo
Power Mac Dual G5/1.8 vs iMac Intel Duo 1.83 17"
Mac mini 1.66 Intel Duo vs Power Mac DC G5/2.0
iMac Intel Duo 2 20" vs Power Mac Dual G4/1.42
iMac Intel Duo 1.83 vs The Power Mac Dual G4/450
Power Mac G4 1 vs iMac Intel Duo 2 20"
Powerbook 15" G4 1 vs Power Mac DC G5 2.3
Power Mac DC vs Power Mac Quad
PowerMac G4/400 vs G3 PowerBook 15" 400
G5 Power Mac Quad 2.5 vs Intel Duo iMac 20" 2
Intel Duo And Photoshop Performance
Review: Evaluating the Apple PowerMac G5 2.5 Quad
G5 Power Mac DC 2.3 vs G5 Power Mac Quad 2.5
Intel Duo iMac 20" 2 vs Power Mac G5 DC 2.
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5 vs the new Quad G5 2.5
Power Mac Quad G5/2.5 vs The Power Mac G4/867
Power Mac DC G5/2.3 vs iMac 20" 2 Intel Duo
Installation of an Airport/Bluetooth module in a Quad
Power Mac Dual G4/1 vs Power Mac Quad 2.5
The Intel iMac Is As Fast As The Quad Power Mac
Apple Power Mac G5 Quad
Power Mac Dual G5/2.7 vs Power Mac DC G5/2.3
Is That Old Power Mac G3 Still Useful in the Workplace?
Power Mac Quad G5 high end, highly desirable
Will Intel iMacs Outperform Quad Power Macs?
iMac 20" G5/2 vs Power Mac Dual G4/1.25
SHOOTOUT: Dual- Macs vs Dual- PCs
Power Mac Dual G4/1.25 vs The Power Mac Dual G5/2.0
Power Mac Dual G4 800 vs The Mac mini G4 1.42

Review: 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5 Quad

SHOOTOUT: What's The Ultimate Boot Drive For A Quad Core G5 Power Mac

Ask Johnny AppleSpeed - How Fast Is The Power Mac Dual G5/2.0GHz Compared To The iMac G5/2.1GHz 20"

Power Mac G5 Quad: Fast performance at its core

Ask Johnny AppleSpeed - How Fast Is The Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz Compared To The Power Mac G4/1.25GHz

Firmware Update Solves Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz Freezes

SHOOTOUT -- Version 2.0: Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz Power Mac vs Single-Core Dual G5/2.5GHz Power Mac

Benchmarks: Quad G5 on top

Ask Johnny AppleSpeed - How Fast Is The Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz Compared To The Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz

Thoughts on the Power Mac Dual-Core 2.3 GHz

Power Mac G5s: Two brains, one chip

Maxing Out Displays on the New Power Mac G5s

Ask Johnny Applespeed - How Fast Is The iMac G5/2.0GHz 20" Compared To The Power Mac Dual G4/1.0GHz

Mac vs. PC System Shootouts

PRE-TEST BRIEFING: new Dual-Core and Quad-Core G5/2.5 Power Macs

Quad Supercharges Rendering by 200 Plus Percent: a modo reaction

The New Power Mac G5s - Initial Thoughts

The October 2005 Power Mac G5 Value Equation

Don't Buy A Quad G5

How Big a Hard Drive Can I Put in My iMac, eMac, or Power Mac?

Power Mac G5 Quad: For professional use only

PowerPC, x86, and Apple pricing

Nvidia 7800 GT and Power Mac G5 Quad in final testing

SHOOTOUT: Dual Core 2.0GHz versus Single Core 2.0GHz Power Mac

Ask Johnny Applespeed - How Fast Is The iMac
G5/2.0GHz 20" Compared To The Power Mac Dual G4/1.0GHz

Some thoughts on the new pro systems

World-first test of the new Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core!

Apple introduces Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual

Want power? Say hi to the Power Mac G5 Quad

Power Macintosh G5 Quad

Power Macintosh G5 Dual

Early Benchmarks: Dual-Core G5 vs. Old Dual 2.5ghz G5.

Dual-core chips: Twice as nice?

Details, benchmarks on the new Power Macs

SHOOTOUT: GigaDesigns G4/2.0GHz Upgrade versus G5/2.0GHz Power Mac

Retired Power Mac G3 Gets a New Lease on Life

Inside Wire: PM G4 (Gigabit Ethernet): Troubleshooting no power

Apple Towers: Heading for the Long Goodbye

Power Mac G5s

Does the tower Mac form factor have staying power?

Ask Johnny Appleseed - How Fast Is The Dual G5/2.7GHz Power Mac Compared To The G4/800 Power Mac

Apple Introduces Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual

Dual-Core Desktops Lead Apple's Product Blitz

Apple Upgrades Power Mac G5 Line New Power Mac Features Dual 2.7 GHz Processors & Mac OS X “Tiger”

TMO Reports - Power Mac G5 Not at 3GHz, But 'Speed Doesn't Matter,' Says Analyst

The 2005 Power Mac G5 Value Equation

New Power Mac G5s: Observations & Reactions

Thoughts on the new Power Macs -- and what's next

High End Shootout: PowerMac vs. Dell Precision PC - The PowerMac is built for power and speed. It’s a true workstation for computational goodness, graphics, video, audio or to simply provide a way to make others envy your taste in computerliciousness. So, let me compare the dual 2.5 ghz Apple PowerMac G5 with a comparably equipped Dell Precision Workstation 670. Only this time, software isn’t an issue. Box for box. Hardware component to hardware component.

Power Mac G5 1.8SP: No Road Rocket - Bare Feats, as ever, is one of the first to deliver hands-on testing of the new low-end single-processor Power Mac G5. Although the testing is not yet complete, the early results are indifferent

Because no one asked - Because no one asked for it, here it is complete, the parody song I started in Tim's article about his G5 troubles. Obviously it's done to American Pie. If you don't know this song, click the link. It's one of the finest songs of it's time. With apologies to Don McLean...sorry Don

Apple does a backflip on single-chip PowerMacs - APPLE has reintroduced a single-chip G5 PowerMac, at a lower price, just four months after announcing all its PowerMac desktop models would have dual processors

New Power Mac G5/1.8GHz: A Different Animal? - Is the single-processor Power Mac G5 released last Tuesday not just the old PM 1.8GHz redux? We thought it was, but MacBidouillehas received information that tells a different story

'Solo' G5/1.8 Power Mac versus Dual G5/1.8 Power Mac versus iMac G5/1.8 - Many of you are curious how the G5/1.8GHz Power Mac compares to the iMac G5/1.8GHz, especially since Apple has brought back the G5/1.8GHz Power Mac with the single processor. The 1.8GHz version of the Power Mac has been around since June of 2003 in some form. As of this week, you can say there are four versions out there

Power Mac G5/2.5GHz system is a macho machine - I don’t mean to offend any female readers, but the dual processor 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 is a macho computer. Big, beefy and powerful, its aluminum, perforated body just shouts “industrial strength” and “RAM tough” (to steal a phrase from a truck ad) – and its “guts” and operating system back up this image. Introduced in June, the liquid-cooled G5/2.5GHz system has been slowly trickling out to customers over the past weeks. I’ve had the pleasure of test-driving one since mid-August.

Your biggest fan - Modern computers run hot, even when they're standing still, and a lot of the engineering in a powerful PC simply keeps it from melting. But do you really need to spend so much time and money on cooling?

PowerMac G5 dual 2.5GHz - On the outside it looks much the same, with its futuristic steel mesh, but under the bonnet it's a different story. That auto analogy is not just a conceit, because our review model (2.5GHz) has a liquid cooling system, and a panel inside that looks for all the world like a radiator

Apple Power Mac G5 - When Apple's Power Mac G5 computer ($4398 as tested) arrived at the Midwest Test Facility, we all stood around it, just staring at it like those apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey. One of us reached out and tentatively touched a small button on the front of the minimalist sculpture-like unit, and it sprang to life. Our 64-bit computing era on the Mac had begun. How much of an improvement over its predecessor would it show us? Would it be able to keep up with the screaming PC workstations that have graced our testing labs?

First Look: Dual 2.5 ghz PowerMac G5. What Didn't Work. - Amazingly, we’ll be using a dual CPU PowerMac G5 to power our web site. It replaces an eMac. Yes, an eMac. There’s remarkably little difference between the $4,300 of the PowerMac G5 with new 20” Cinema Display, and a $799 eMac. One’s faster and more expandable. One looks like the Michelin man burped something onto your desk.They both work.

FireWire 800 Performance On A Power Mac G5 Without Breaking The Bank - The Power Mac G5, despite being touted as a video- and 3D-workhorse, has what looks like poor FireWire 800 performance. There are many complaints from users not being able to deploy FireWire 800 devices at full speed. RAID 0 (Striped) hard disk setups perform at 57 MB/sec instead of the 85 MB/sec performance claimed by the vendor. And it’s not the vendor’s fault, nor the device’s architecture. But whatever the flaw, it can be helped

MacComparisonZone: Power Mac G4/733 MHz vs Power Mac Dual G5/1.8 GHz - Performance And Specifications Review

Apple delays G5s with NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra - Apple has notified some customers that their orders for the Power Mac G5 with NVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics card has been delayed. The company said it could ship the system a bit sooner if the customer would accept an ATI card and wait for the NVidia card to be sent at a later date.

From the Lab: Dual Power Mac G5 Benchmarks - Macworld Lab has been waiting patiently for the day our new dual-2.5GHz Power Mac G5s arrive. In the meantime, we've tested the lower-end models -- the dual-1.8GHz and dual-2GHz configurations -- to see how their performance stacks up against their eerily similar predecessor, an older dual-1.8GHz machine.

Analysts Weigh In With G5 Shortage Concerns - Analysts with Prudential Equity Group and UBS warned Monday that continued shortages of G5 processors means Power Mac G5 delays could persist into next quarter and could further delay the forthcoming G5-based iMac

MacComparisonZone: 17 Inch G4/1.5 GHz PowerBook vs Dual G5/1.8 GHz Power Mac vs Dual G5/2.0 GHz Power Mac - What Are The Performance, Feature And Price Differences

Exclusive liquid-cooled Power Mac G5 development details - The overall development and production of the first liquid-cooled Power Macs was no easy feat. The project was lengthy and relied on the efforts of several third parties, and in fact, still does. While following the development of the new Power Macs, AppleInsider collected several tidbits of information that may finally lend answers to some of the burning questions surrounding the new liquid cooled computers

Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHZ - Apple's new Power Mac G5 range was announced a few weeks ago and we tested the low end of the set, the Dual 1.8GHz model, last issue. However, it is only now that the Power Mac Dual 2GHz can be bought. We went to Apple dealer Micro Anvika to put one through our battery of tests, and we liked what we found.

Chipmakers' Problems Are Speeding Up - Typically, companies are reluctant to publicly blame a partner when something goes wrong. But when Apple Computer (AAPL ) reported second-quarter earnings on July 14, it didn't hold back. It blamed IBM's (IBM ) failure to deliver enough microprocessors for Apple's inability to satisfy demand for its popular Power Mac G5s. Said Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer: "We're extremely unhappy with these events."

Up to 5 Drives in a G5 - A third option for adding up to three additional drives to a PowerMac G5 is the G5 Drive Bracket. This option only provides the mounting brackets and screws. You must provide the "Y" power cords, cables and the PCI card you wish to use

My new G5 - In comparison to my eMac and Powerbook, well, there is no comparison. This is one speedy computer. All programs respond instantly, even Garageband, iPhoto, etc. I haven’t spent much time in Photoshop or Dreamweaver yet, but the time I have spent with them, they seem very responsive and fast.

The MacComparisonZone: Power Mac Dual G4/500 MHz vs Power Mac G4/867 MHz - What Are The Performance, Feature And Price Differences - Updated - This Buyer's Guide compares the Power Mac Dual G4/500 MHz, which has a DVD-RAM optical drive, to the Power Mac G4/867 MHz (Quicksilver), which has a SuperDrive

Internal Hard Drives Give the G5 a Performance Boost - The Power Mac G5 may be aimed at high-end video and graphics professionals, but Apple seems to have forgotten that these folks chomp through storage like participants in a pie-eating contest. The computer case holds only two internal hard drives, for a maximum of 500GB.The G5Jam, from WiebeTech, squeezes two more drives into the G5 case, for a total of four hard drives, or as much as 1 terabyte (1TB) of storage

Power Mac G5 dual 1.8GHz - A few weeks ago Apple announced a new all-dual processor Power Mac G5 line-up, with the dual 1.8GHz model at one end and a liquid-cooled dual 2.5GHz at the other, and the previous chart-leading dual 2GHz Mac sitting in the middle. As always, the slowest model makes it to the dealers' shelves first. We tracked down one of the first models at Apple dealer Micro Anvika to check it out and put it through its paces

The G5 is not an instant fix! - Okay. Hands up who thinks Apple is not marketing the Mac enough? Spending all their time promoting the iPod, eh? Content to let their baby go down the drain? Actively not promoting the Mac, even?

Another review of the new G5's Setup Assistant - It’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for ages! Now you need only about an hour to migrate a user from one machine to another, and this without bad surprises… all I had to do was reinstall the printers and the G5 were ready to go

Apple resellers expect dual G5 delays - Apple resellers are bracing themselves for fresh stock problems following the announcement of dual processor 1.8GHz, 2.0GHz and 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 lines. The new models are slated to hit Australian shelves in coming weeks. Director of Apple Centre Taylor Square, Ben Morgan, said there was always a problem with supplying customer demand because Apple never manufactured enough of a given lin

An Apple so hot it's liquid-cooled - Liquid cooling isn't a feature you'll find on many computers, but Apple likes to stay out in front. Indeed, the company is touting its new liquid-cooled machine as an engineering triumph. Perhaps it is, but it is one born of necessity. The dual microprocessors that drive the new G5 run hot -- so hot that the old cooling system was no longer adequate

More details on the G5 Watercooling system - We received the following schematics from an anonymous source

The MacComparisonZone: Dual Power Mac G4/1.25GHz vs Power Mac G5/1.6GHz - What Are The Performance, Feature And Price Differences - Updated - This Buyer's Guide compares the Dual Power Mac G4/1.25GHz, which has a Combo optical drive, to the Power Mac G5/1.6GHz, which has a SuperDrive

New Apple Liquid Cooling Diagram Ignores Additional Heatpipe - John Liscomb sent in word of these diagrams of the Apple liquid cooling system of the PowerMac G5 2.5GHz. Like I said earlier there is a heatpipe. The diagrams clearly show the copper heatpipes, but ignore them completely. And if there was ever any doubt this is the 90nm version of the CPU

Interview: Apple's New G5 Lineup - Leading Apple's new desktop lineup is a dual-processor 2.5 GHz G5. While this falls short of the previously anticipated 3.0 GHz G5 chip, it does represent a 25 percent speed increase over the previous high-end model and the most dramatic speed bump in the history of PowerPC chip development--a 500 MHz jump in 10 months, assuming the new model makes its anticipated July ship date

The fast and the curious - Surely someone at Apple Computer knew there would be hell to pay when it launched a series of ads for the Power Mac G5 calling it "the world’s fastest, most powerful personal computer" (quotation marks mine). Almost immediately the complaints started pouring in, and late last week the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ordered them yanked. Although the vendor won on two out of three counts – it is the first PC, as opposed to workstations, to use 64-bit chips, and it does have 4GB in storage – the ASA concluded that the G5 would not be the world’s fastest computer "in all circumstances and all applications." The regulator also sounded shocked – shocked! – to learn that Apple had configured the G5 to do better than rival machines when it performed tests to prove its claims.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS of G5 Cooling System - Note: These images are from a 18.5MB Apple Service Manual published June 9th, it is a 178 page PDF that contains a plethora of photos, diagrams, and information. In other words, these images are 100% REAL

Mac G5's 64-Bitness: What's In It For Me? - It's been nearly a year since Apple rolled out its groundbreaking new personal computer, the G5. A 64-bit platform, the G5 uses one or two of IBM's PowerPC 970 chips, and adds more than just faster chips to the mix. In this article, we'll take a look at what 64-bit computing means for Mac video editors and content creators, how it works, and see what software is taking advantage of this new capability.
What does the term "64 bit" mean, anyway?

Analysts weigh in on Apple's newest Power Mac G5 - "It's not terribly significant, but of course, nobody likes to miss their goals," IDC analyst Roger Kay, told MacCentral." That's always the danger in making technology claims like that," said JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg. "You just have to hope that the laws of the universe can keep up with your claims. I don't think it's that big of a deal that they didn't hit that particular benchmark. I don't think we are going to see any Apple execs promise a particular speed anytime in the near future."

Apple Power Mac Specifications Page - Comparing The June 2004 G5 Power Macs To The June/November 2003 G5 Power Macs

Apple Mac: Power Mac G5 - The Power Mac G5 outperforms competing desktops on the market today and ran significantly faster than 3.4GHz Pentium 4 systems on performance tests of the most popular applications for creative professionals and scientists, including: on a test of 45 commonly used actions, Adobe's Photoshop ran almost twice as fast on a dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 than on a 3.4GHz Pentium 4-based PC

Interview: Apple's New G5 Lineup - Apple today announced its brand new lineup of Power Mac G5s, a range of pro desktop machines that includes dual processors across the board, a 25 percent speed bump on the top-end model (to 2.5 GHz) and other performance and feature enhancements. I had a chance to speak with Apple about the new lineup, about the company's strategy for the creative professional market and about development issues that prevented the release of the now-fabled 3.0 GHz G5

System migration tool simplifies setup of new G5s - With the release of new Power Mac G5s on Wednesday, Apple has also introduced a new system migration feature in its Setup Assistant application to help users make the transition from their old computer to the new one. It's designed to ameliorate the copying of applications, files, folders, user account information and system preferences from old to new hardware, using FireWire to bridge a connection

The June 2004 Power Mac G5 Value Equation - Video is slightly improved, with the nVidia GeForce FX5200 Ultra replacing the plain old 5200 on the low end and the ATI Radeon 9600 XT replacing the 9600 Pro on the top end

Power Macintosh G5 (June 2004) - Less than a year after unveiling the original Power Mac G5, Apple released a new line of G5 models, each with dual processors and an 8x SuperDrive

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