Wow, what a very PC like case arrangement. Anyone notice that the ports are now in 2 columns (unlike previous G3,G4,G5s and more like PCs), the PSU is on top, etc. Why are there 2 fans in the front and only one in the back? It looks like a cross between a sloppy PC case and G5 Aluminum case: its ugly. On the plus side there should be some cheap PowerPC Quad G5s to pick up.
Fanless? Most Via MII boards over 1GHz have a CPU fan. I agree about the noisy hard drive. By looking a the pics in the link, it seems their case provides no room for the available PCI slot. shame.
from the flash site: "aggressive forward-leaning design" "stabilizing fin" "user-controllable lighting with 7-color choices"
for $10K you think they could design something that would stand on its own without training wheels/fin. It literally looks like a space heater that might topple over or a jet engine ready for the bird test. BTW, what hardcore gamer has that kind of cash?
sounds like the chirp problem with the rev A PowerMac G5s. I have one, it chirps just like a lot of those old 80s computers. i think its bad ass. computers do make noises just like anything else, get over it.
So if the machine is barely any different than before why does having an Intel CPU suddenly change everything? People talking about switching now that its intel. Why not switch before?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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