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My guess is that they are waiting on Apple's branch of GCC 3.5 for Darwin to be completer as well. Targeted for Winter and then all of OS X and its apps recompiled and tested. 3.5 has a ton of performance improvements including a new and better optimization layer as well as auto-vectorization.

When comparing the new iMac G5 to the PowerMac G5 1.6, keep in mind that the PowerMac was using DDR333 single channel compared with the iMac's DDR 400 single channel, with the latter's FSB more than adequate to handle the throughput. Considering the "U3 lite" does not need to handle cache...

Yes, these are really nice results. The G5 is up there which is a major change from a year ago with Maya 5. The test shows that the top results are all with Maya 6. But, keep in mind that, OS X is very multi-task friendly unlike XP which allows an App to quickly hog up the CPU. If you...

Apple has a patent on expose by means of their Piles patent which covers expose as well. Apple even has a patent on drawers, that's why XP doesn't have them.

You don't have to wait for 10.4, go here: http://www.go-mono.com/ .Net has been submitted as a standard so others can write binary compatible systems (Linux is to Unix so Mono is to .Net). They even have a fully compatible C# compiler and a lot more. There is a OS X build of it on the site...

Yeah, definitely replace it dude. Especially if it is still under warranty. If it isn't, it's time for a new battery. Batteries are perishable items on any notebook and depends on your usage habits, they only get so many charges. But, if yours died within the warranty period, then you should...

I predict Apple will not release anything on Jan 24, 2004 ;)

One other thought comes to mind. If Linux goes on to make deeper in roads into Microsoft's Enterprise beachhead, wouldn't it make sense that MSFT keep OS X in its back pocket in case Longhorn turns into a nightmare (which is likely for the first two versions.) I know this might sound crazy...

Yeah I agree. I would be nice if we had another team working on a x86 emulator that would be highly optimized for the PPC and OS X. There is OpenSource BOCHs but it is very generic and slow.

I just wonder if these newer iMacs will be a radically different design. The 20" iMac looks awesome and breathes new life into the current design. It will be interesting if Apple can one up it. Just as a note, the original NeXT Cube was made out of Magnesium. OS X has more in common with...

The magnesium is for the inside framiing of the iMac. It will make the new "new iMac" a lot lighter. This will greatly reduce Apple's shipping costs and help them reduce the base cost of the system. I think part of Apple's goal is better price flexibility with the new "new iMacs."

Article out Sunday (see MacBytes.com for Jan 4) that Walmart's service is buggy. I agree that iTunes + AOL ends the debate.

You know I have a PM G4 that was bought in the summer of 2000, before the Summer 2000 release. In the meantime, I bought 4 Wintel PCs (including two notebooks) and now I pretty much use the PowerMac for everything. If others are like me than the Mac Marketshare is a lot larger than the sales...

With all these rumors, you would hope at least one of them comes true. I am counting on new iLive, and faster PM G5's up to 2.6 to leap in front of the Athlon64 which will be going to 2.4 GHz soon.