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<blockquote data-quote="mmoy" data-source="post: 88674" data-attributes="member: 9872"><p>I ordered a PowerMac G5 1.8 Ghz (1 MB, no superdrive) on Wednesday and I received an email that it has shipped along </p><p>with a FedEx tracking number. I did take my apple.com quote to </p><p>the local MacEdge store but they couldn't meet the price as this </p><p>machine has an Educational Discount and the local stores can </p><p>not do Educational Discounts. The guy at the store said that he</p><p>would love to do them but Apple keeps that business for</p><p>themselves. One thing is that they haven't done anything to</p><p>verify the status other than requiring an "I agree" click. The</p><p>discount was 10% which was better than our company discount</p><p>of 7%.</p><p></p><p>The last time I owned a Mac was in the mid-1980s. I did play</p><p>with a Lisa a long time ago as my business partner was</p><p>doing development work on it.</p><p></p><p>This particular machine is going to our son and I'm going to</p><p>have him do some development on it with regards to the</p><p>Firefox browser. I'd like him to port some Intel vector code</p><p>to Altivec just to get an idea of how Altivec compares to</p><p>SSE2. I read some of the architecture documents and it's</p><p>clear that the G5 is a RISC machine and that there will be</p><p>quite a few differences with x86.</p><p></p><p>I haven't played around heavily with RISC architectures since</p><p>doing porting work on Alphas many years ago.</p><p></p><p>My personal machine is a Compaq r3000z notebook with a</p><p>2.0 Ghz Athlon 64 chip which has about a 3.2 Ghz Pentium</p><p>4 rating. This thing can be overclocked by 12% for added</p><p>performance. It can also be underclocked to 400 Mhz to</p><p>enhance battery life. It's a 15.4 inch notebook which I think</p><p>is an ideal size for a Desktop Replacement notebook.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, my question here is where do they ship</p><p>PowerMacs from? The estimated delivery date is next Friday</p><p>so I'm guessing California. There was an option for very</p><p>fast delivery so I assume that these things are built in the</p><p>US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmoy, post: 88674, member: 9872"] I ordered a PowerMac G5 1.8 Ghz (1 MB, no superdrive) on Wednesday and I received an email that it has shipped along with a FedEx tracking number. I did take my apple.com quote to the local MacEdge store but they couldn't meet the price as this machine has an Educational Discount and the local stores can not do Educational Discounts. The guy at the store said that he would love to do them but Apple keeps that business for themselves. One thing is that they haven't done anything to verify the status other than requiring an "I agree" click. The discount was 10% which was better than our company discount of 7%. The last time I owned a Mac was in the mid-1980s. I did play with a Lisa a long time ago as my business partner was doing development work on it. This particular machine is going to our son and I'm going to have him do some development on it with regards to the Firefox browser. I'd like him to port some Intel vector code to Altivec just to get an idea of how Altivec compares to SSE2. I read some of the architecture documents and it's clear that the G5 is a RISC machine and that there will be quite a few differences with x86. I haven't played around heavily with RISC architectures since doing porting work on Alphas many years ago. My personal machine is a Compaq r3000z notebook with a 2.0 Ghz Athlon 64 chip which has about a 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4 rating. This thing can be overclocked by 12% for added performance. It can also be underclocked to 400 Mhz to enhance battery life. It's a 15.4 inch notebook which I think is an ideal size for a Desktop Replacement notebook. At any rate, my question here is where do they ship PowerMacs from? The estimated delivery date is next Friday so I'm guessing California. There was an option for very fast delivery so I assume that these things are built in the US. [/QUOTE]
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