Re: PowerMac Specs and Pricing

Daniel Kerr wrote: Two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors 512MB memory (533MHz DDR2 SDRAM) NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB of GDDR SDRAM $5299 I've never quite understood why Apple do this. They build a machine with fairly droolworthy CPU power, then give it less RAM than Dell ships with

Re: PowerMac Specs and Pricing

On 20/10/2005, at 1:14 PM, Craig Ringer wrote: The RAM, however, I just can't understand. Going to 1GB RAM as standard couldn't cost Apple more than $70 per machine (a _single_ stick of quality 1GB DDR2 is ~AU$150 retail; two 512MB modules come out much the same), and I'd be amazed if it didn'

Re: PowerMac Specs and Pricing

Daniel Kerr wrote: Two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors 512MB memory (533MHz DDR2 SDRAM) NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB of GDDR SDRAM $5299 I've never quite understood why Apple do this. They build a machine with fairly droolworthy CPU power, then give it less RAM than Dell ships with

Re: PowerMac Specs and Pricing

are the intel run macs going to run as quickly as these machines, and cheaper?. What will the Power PCG5 macs be like when the intel macs finally become a buyable item? Only the crystal ball gazers will know the answer to that Gary, other than in a year or two time you would *expect* the Inte

Re: PowerMac Specs and Pricing

Here is a bit more info,.. Dual-core 2GHz PowerPC G5 processor 1GHz frontside bus per processor $3199 Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 processor 1.15GHz frontside bus per processor $3999 Two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB of GDDR SDRAM $5299 are the intel

PowerMac Specs and Pricing

Here is a bit more info,.. Dual-core 2GHz PowerPC G5 processor 1GHz frontside bus per processor 1MB L2 cache per core 512MB memory (533MHz DDR2 SDRAM) 160GB Serial ATA hard drive 16x SuperDrive (double-layer) Three open PCI Express expansion slots NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE with 128MB GDDR SDRAM $3199