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Jun 4 2005

Apple Switching to Intel?

According to this CNET News.com article, Apple plans to slowly phase out their partnership with IBM and switch to Intel-based microprocessors. Is this simply a move to a better microprocessor manufacturer, or is this the start of something far more than just that?

Analytically speaking, this move is highly improbable. Intel’s 64-bit chips are nowhere near as powerful as the current G5 chips, and the PC industry is slowly moving from Intel to AMD. However, Intel does have one ball in their court. Intel is well known for making microprocessors that consume less electricity than competing models. If Apple is looking to make a more powerful processor that consumes less battery power for their iBook or PowerBook lines, then Intel is probably the way to go. The article states that this bit of news will be officially announced on Monday (June 6, 2004) during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Until Monday, this is nothing more than a rumor.

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Jan 11 2005

WeibeTech announces 10 drive expansion system for G5 among other new products

WiebeTech announces G5Jam+, a system which allows up to a total of 10 drives to be mounted in a G5 computer. It supports six internal SATA drives and up to four external SATA drives. It’s the big brother to the original G5Jam that supports four internal SATA drives for the G5.

This is just one of 5 new storage solutions WeibeTech announced today…
In all, WeibeTech has announced the following new products:

  • UltraGB+: Bus-powered 3.5″ FireWire Enclosure

  • Super DriveDock+: 3.5″ bus-powered DriveDock connects drives without an AC adapter
  • G5Jam+:  The aforementioned system to mount up to 10 drives with expansion system for G5 computer
  • BittyDock:  Connect smallest 1.8″ Toshiba and Hitachi Drives and 1.0″ Microdrives through bus-powered USB
  • RackFire+:  Hardware-based FireWire RAID with Two Big FireWire Drive Trays in a 1U Rack Mount Enclosure

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Nov 6 2004

Review– RePorter Port Replicator

Do you ever suffer from bending down and reaching far behind your computer to exchange devices? Enter the Marathon Computer RePorter Port Replicator. It’s a fascinating little device which brings most of your G5 tower’s ports within a short distance from you, and plans to make your life a lot easier. Read the review.

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