Anyone received their Intel iMac?

[bigfib]

BS Bigtime

I said the "my friend told me" and I own the site on which the "hoax article" was posted, by me.

Unsurprisingly the hoax article has NOT been taken down... I'm sensing hidden agendas...

 

[BakedBeans]

Unsurprisingly the hoax article has NOT been taken down... I'm sensing hidden agendas...

Of course you are, your brain doesnt seem to be able to calculate such a [sarcasm]well thoughtout[/sarcasm] private joke.

but well done for getting all hyper about it - wasnt it was OBVIOUS that it didnt run like a 900mhz ibook? and the OBVIOUS name dropping of board members makes this a good joke.

its a shame you took it all too seriously.

 

[punkmac]

How's Handbrake

Be good to see handbrakes frames per second rate.. Are they gonna be releasing a Universal one?

I would really like to see some numbers on this as well.

i use it alot and h.264 is a big factor in my next purchase.

 

[bigfib]

Of course you are, your brain doesnt seem to be able to calculate such a [sarcasm]well thoughtout[/sarcasm] private joke.

but well done for getting all hyper about it - wasnt it was OBVIOUS that it didnt run like a 900mhz ibook? and the OBVIOUS name dropping of board members makes this a good joke.

its a shame you took it all too seriously.

Shame on you and your partners in BS. You disrepute the forum and the community by spreading, and maintaining your lies.
I joined this forum today, but now I know it is an adolescents christmas toy i'll go elsewhere for some serious info about the new Imacs.
Byebye.

 

[BakedBeans]

Shame on you and your partners in BS.

Since when have i been spreading anything?

i'll go elsewhere for some serious info about the new Imacs.
Byebye.

bye - make sure you go somewhere without a sense of humour

EDIT - with the name 'bigfib' - well its just ironic thats all.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

bye - make sure you go somewhere without a sense of humour

I don't think trolling and/or plain lies to increase traffic at another site is funny at all...

 

[bigfib]

with the name 'bigfib' - well its just ironic thats all.

Bigfib because I edit BIGfib.com, a humour site.... Where we tell lots of satirical BS lies... There are, you see, sites for that. And there are others for people who want some info on the new macs.
I thought this was one of those. Shame on me.

 

[BakedBeans]

I don't think trolling and/or plain lies to increase traffic at another site is funny at all...

Are you accusing ME of that? I just think its a funny joke - XIII had it on good authority that this was the case - i really dont see the problem?

I just thought it was funny that we were all duped by this joke (it was obvious to me - and most, that it was a joke.)

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Are you accusing ME of that? I just think its a funny joke - XIII had it on good authority that this was the case - i really dont see the problem?

I just thought it was funny that we were all duped by this joke (it was obvious to me - and most, that it was a joke.)

Yes! And here's why, "good" authorities aside:

I said the "my friend told me" and I own the site on which the "hoax article" was posted, by me. The story was told to me by my friend, I told BakedBeans (on IM), and he decided to post it here.

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

Who cares anyway. If people have their issues with this story which is well and truly finished now then can they use pm messages instead of filling up a thread that's meant to be the views of people that have already got their Intel iMacs.

 

[bigfib]

Are you accusing ME of that? I just think its a funny joke - XIII had it on good authority that this was the case - i really dont see the problem?

I just thought it was funny that we were all duped by this joke (it was obvious to me - and most, that it was a joke.)

So you had it on good authority AND we were ALL duped, AND it was obvious it was a joke... Your text is so full of holes...

If you knew it was a joke, and you stated in these forums that you had it on good authority, then, yes, you clearly are guilty of spreading lies to drive traffic as the man says.

 

[BakedBeans]

So you had it on good authority AND we were ALL duped, AND it was obvious it was a joke... Your text is so full of holes...

If you knew it was a joke, and you stated in these forums that you had it on good authority, then, yes, you clearly are guilty of spreading lies to drive traffic as the man says.

what a load of rubbish - i didnt say I had it on good authority at all - i said XIII did, it was passed on to me (i had no idea, nor did XIII that the user was lying) - if you have a problem, PM me and we can take it further if you like

 

[decksnap]

I'm not sure about which part of the joke is an 'inside' joke? I have a sense of humor, but multi-thousand dollar purchases hang in the balance.

 

[Trout74]

Can someone explain to me WHY someone needs rosetta? IT might be a dumb question, but i dont understand what is rosetta and when is it needed and when is it not needed. ALSO, will it be needed for ever? is it just a temporaty patch?

thanks

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

Can someone explain to me WHY someone needs rosetta? IT might be a dumb question, but i dont understand what is rosetta and when is it needed and when is it not needed. ALSO, will it be needed for ever? is it just a temporaty patch?

thanks

Rosetta is an emulation layer that allows an Intel machine to run PowerPC code. You won't know its being used unless you specifically check. It will be needed less and less throughout the next few years as more and more stuff is release in the form of Universal Binaries. Its basically just there to ensure compatability with old (pre-Intel) applications. Without it you wouldn't be able to run most current applications for OS X. Things like Office, Photoshop and Dreamweaver are all still only PowerPC applications and these wouldn't run right now without Rosetta. When they get replaced with Universal Binaries this won't matter anymore.


Spanky

 

[decksnap]

BTW, 20x stinks anyway because my friend's G5 tower gets 50,000x ripping. (So I'm told, but very reliable)

Also, and this was interesting, when he put his new intel iMac next to his G5 tower, the door to the tower literally opened up and I'll be damned if it didn't EAT his new iMac!! WTF? Is this covered by Applecare?

 

[bigfib]

Rosetta

It's all here baby.
http://www.apple.com/rosetta/

 

[bigfib]

when he put his new intel iMac next to his G5 tower, the door to the tower literally opened up and I'll be damned if it didn't EAT his new iMac!! WTF? Is this covered by Applecare?

It ATE it?? Do you have that from a reliable source? Did a good friend tell you? This is scary stuff...

Too late to cancel the order... mine's in Shanghai and heading this way

 

[BakedBeans]

BTW, 20x stinks anyway because my friend's G5 tower gets 50,000x ripping. (So I'm told, but very reliable)

Also, and this was interesting, when he put his new intel iMac next to his G5 tower, the door to the tower literally opened up and I'll be damned if it didn't EAT his new iMac!! WTF? Is this covered by Applecare?

i would reply to this but it would mean you and me are in 'cahoots'

 

[XIII]

Hey, bigfib, can you summarize what exactly you are accusing me/bakedbeans of doing? Would be real nice. Why would I want to drive people to my site? I don't have any advertising up, and all it does (as the story is crap it appears), is give my site a bad name. I was fed a story, I believed it, and posted it on my site. I told BakedBeans separately. He posted here. You asked for the link, I didn't go around throwing it in your faces. This is getting really out of order, can you lay off. Thank you.

 

[the_insider]

stop arguing, who cares!

 

[law guy]

Am I wrong in assuming that the Xbench2 app must run under Rosetta, and is therefore measuring Rosetta emulation speed? To come anywhere close to the last iMac G5 (which the benchmark results would appear to indicate) is really amazing. I don't think these benchmark results can be taken to in any way indicate the true speed of the Intel chip, but rather how well Rosetta performs on said chip.

1.2 is universal, says http://www.xbench.com

 

[Peace]

1.2 is universal, says http://www.xbench.com

About XBench 1.2 :
Version History
1.2 [2005-07-30]

* Built as a Universal Binary to run on both PowerPC and x86 Macs
* Re-calibrated 100 point baseline to a 2.0 GHz G5 running Tiger
* Altered graphics code to flush only every 1/60th of a second, in order to cooperate with Tiger beam syncing
* Built Intel code on GCC 4.0, PowerPC remains on GCC 3.3 for 10.3 compatibility



See the last revision date ?..July 30th 2005


Now..

Not sure if I'm still under the NDA for my DTK but..

Mac OS X v10.4.3 Build 8F1111 for Developer Transition Kit Was released NOVEMBER 10th 2005..

Mac OS X v10.4.3 Build 8F1111A for Developer Transition Kit (DTK) was released NOVEMBER 14th..This release included Altivec compatability..

There is no way XBench 1.2 can utilize the inclusion of Altivec in their benchmark app..
Furthermore XCode 2.2 was released AFTER XBench 1.2 making the build faulty.

Unless I'm not seeing an update to XBench AFTER Nov. 2005 any benchmarks are very inaccurate..

 

[jhero]

Case in point, wait for the new xbench!

 

[Rower_CPU]

I'm putting this thread out of its misery - there's enough FUD already out there with the Intel transition and we don't need people adding to it for ****s and giggles.