Martin Reynold...DOH!
On Monday Apple will put Steve Jobs on stage and roll out the new G5 processor (also known as the Power PC 970). It appears that someone at Apple goofed and the specs for the new machine got leaked. As usual, we have one of the Gartner Group Mac-Doomsayers speaking up about why this event doesn't mean much.
Gartner analyst Martin Reynold says that "Although it's a new processor, I'd expect to see less brandishing around the processor and more around the features and packages that the systems come in. I expect to see more about the Mac than I do about the processors. The challenge that Apple has had is that they've occasionally pulled past Intel on pure speed -- I think those days are behind us now. I don't think we'll see them crowing about raw performance; instead, they're more likely to stick with Apple's core values where they have a real advantage in terms of usability."
I have one word for Martin...WRONG!! Apple will talk about the nice new case, we will be awed by the new design, and we'll debate it's merits. What we will not debate is the G5/970. This is all about speed, and this chip will be faster then any Intel processor, in terms of real world speed, not CPU speed. I expect that we will see our first bake-off in more then two years, and the new Macs will bury the Intel systems. They will crow about the speed from the top of the hills to the lowest of valleys.
These new machines will ROCK!! If this is not the case, then I expect that this could well be Apple's last dance as a computer company...mj
10:02:09 PM 
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