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Rig of the Day: Siblings
Now here's a person after my own heart. Flickr user bushwood's snapshot features a G5 Power Mac, an original Macintosh, an iPod and a print of the old "Picasso" illustration. I especially like that the original Mac is still running. It's nice to respect your elders."macs" posted by bushwood.If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We'll select an image every day to highlight.
New Intel Macs are first with a new chip but not a new design
In the "random observation" category, I noticed something about the new Dual Core Macs that is a break from Apple's traditional practices: they're the first Macs, at least in the last five years or more, to receive a completely new chip (from a completely different company, no doubt) and yet not receive a redesign. The PowerBooks had one with the G4, the PowerMacs with the G5 and the iMac when it too went G5.But not this time around. From all the photographs, it seems as though both machines have retained their previous form - and no, an iSight at the top of the MacBook Pro (does anyone like that name yet?) doesn't count. I'm not saying I was hoping for a redesign - I think the present forms of these machines are at the top of their game. But with a move as huge as Intel, I was half expecting at least something.
Quad G5 exposed
The images that James DuBois has posted here may not be suitable for young children and the elderly. You have been warned.James ripped apart his Quad G5 just to see what it looks like, and bless his heart for it. That is one serious machine, I just hope James knows how to put it all back together.[via Infinite Loop]
Mac personalities talk about their Macs
Giles Turnbull recently spoke to some Mac personalities about their Mac rigs. He found out what Leander Kahney of the Cult of Mac uses, Jonathan Rentzsh (he of the Red Shed), Michael Tsai (SpamSieve), Joe Kissel (author), and Andy Ihnakto.It is worth a read, though sadly I wasn't included. Luckily I can just write about what I use right here!I have a brand new 20 inch iMac G5 (named Vercingetorix. Yes, named after that Vercingetorix) which is my workhorse machine, and a neglected G4 Powerbook by the name of Ambrose.
Amazon Posts New PowerMac
Amazon has just posted details of a new Power Mac G5 clocking in at 2.7 Ghz (two of 'em, natch). Now, I don't get too excited about .2 Ghz (even if there are two of them, so I suppose it is .4?).Other things that are included are:Tiger512 MB DDR SDRAM250 GB Diskdrive16X Dual Layer SuperDrive (CD/DVD+RW) All of this for about $3000, according to Amazon, that rumor mill.[Via MacMinute]
