[sodamnregistered2]

Current cpu rollout, dual 2, 2.3 and 2.7

The history of the G5 is not that of impressive gain.

At least they are not slow chips and the OS can cope with some multitasking, so things are not a total loss here.

But differentiation in other areas:

2 drive bays with doors

4 hard drives

standard bluetooth, standard bluetooth keyboard/mouse (OMGF did apple just nix 2 cables forever!?!?)

standard airport

standard superdrive and or/dual layer

They force this huge case on you and you can't put burners and drives in it? Return to expandability. People want their computers/devices to do different things.

Continued leadership in noise level control. Apple does not get enough credit for ushering in the era of quieter computing. I'm happy with my multifanned dual G5.

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The above can be accomplished, especially considering:

1. the technology is right there, just utilize it

2. the apple upgrade cycle can be a lil' slow, so, give us the goods

3. Apple act all boutique and chic, so, walk the walk, highbrow that thang' mayn. You got a mac? You can burn DVDs, you can do wireless, you have bluetooth... not even a question...

4. throw a quad G5 2.5 out there just to mix it up and lay the groundwork for quad dual cores.

5. get at least one or two CAD level cards kickin' and make a push in serious 3d creation in 1-2 years (hardware and software optimzed)

ok, aight

[MallyMal]

I agree with you. If IBM can't deliver 3GHz then add more L2 cache(this should have been done last year), add more bays etc. In other words, fix the stuff that they can control.

[Skip Breakfast]

absolutely no excuse for the case to be that huge and have such limited expandability. cooling zones or not. Put the PS on the floor and make that hard drive space.