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Unofficial Mac Genius
So I was reading at MacCentral this morning about the new PowerMac G4s and the status of the iMacs. First about the new PowerMacs.
800 MHz, 933 MHz, Dual 1 GHz. Awesome already. The 800 still has a CD-RW (wondering why not combo), but the 933 and dual both have a SuperDrive. Even better, the 800 has, STANDARD, a ATI Radeon 7500. The 933 and Dual? GEFORCE 4 MX. Who cares if it's not the full-blown retail card... this card could still blow the GeForce 3 out of the water, I bet. First on Mac, too. Apple claims the dual machine can get 115 fps out of Quake III with 32 bit graphics at a resolution of 1024x768. That sounds pretty damned awesome.
Beyond that, not much of an update, even though it's already pretty good. Hard drives are all now 7200 RPM drives, at sizes of 40, 60, and 80 gigs. Awesome. And all at the same price points -- $1599 to $2999.
About those new iMacs? 150,000 pre-orders already. 150 THOUSAND. That's a whole bunch of pre-orders -- Apple claims it's more than the amount of sales of the original iMac in 1998 alone (that would be about 4 months). Wow. Nice going Apple, I think this is another home run.
Now in some unrelated news, over here at Stanford, a new e-mail virus with the subject "New Photos From My Party!" is going around. And guess what? It doesn't affect Macs. Insert tiny snicker here. Or gargantuan laughter. Either will work. The only problem is that I'm using Outlook Express, so I'm probably at more of a risk, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE FREAKIN' APPLE HASN'T ADDED SSL SUPPORT TO MAIL.APP. When that happens, I'll be just about invulnerable. That's the other reason I'm anxious to get rid of OE. Here's to hoping 10.1.3 will have this support as thinksecret.com reported. If not, there will be some big explosions over at that rumor site's headquarters.
800 MHz, 933 MHz, Dual 1 GHz. Awesome already. The 800 still has a CD-RW (wondering why not combo), but the 933 and dual both have a SuperDrive. Even better, the 800 has, STANDARD, a ATI Radeon 7500. The 933 and Dual? GEFORCE 4 MX. Who cares if it's not the full-blown retail card... this card could still blow the GeForce 3 out of the water, I bet. First on Mac, too. Apple claims the dual machine can get 115 fps out of Quake III with 32 bit graphics at a resolution of 1024x768. That sounds pretty damned awesome.
Beyond that, not much of an update, even though it's already pretty good. Hard drives are all now 7200 RPM drives, at sizes of 40, 60, and 80 gigs. Awesome. And all at the same price points -- $1599 to $2999.
About those new iMacs? 150,000 pre-orders already. 150 THOUSAND. That's a whole bunch of pre-orders -- Apple claims it's more than the amount of sales of the original iMac in 1998 alone (that would be about 4 months). Wow. Nice going Apple, I think this is another home run.
Now in some unrelated news, over here at Stanford, a new e-mail virus with the subject "New Photos From My Party!" is going around. And guess what? It doesn't affect Macs. Insert tiny snicker here. Or gargantuan laughter. Either will work. The only problem is that I'm using Outlook Express, so I'm probably at more of a risk, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE FREAKIN' APPLE HASN'T ADDED SSL SUPPORT TO MAIL.APP. When that happens, I'll be just about invulnerable. That's the other reason I'm anxious to get rid of OE. Here's to hoping 10.1.3 will have this support as thinksecret.com reported. If not, there will be some big explosions over at that rumor site's headquarters.