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Mac Cluster Rises In Supercomputing Ranks
News A supercomputer formed of a cluster of Macintosh G5 PCs has inched higher in the list of the world's fastest machines, ahead of all but two rivals -- and its performance could still improve, according to the system's architect.
[October 31, 2003, 13:10]
Adobe Photoshop G5 Plugin
Downloads Plug-in update is designed to optimize Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 for use with the Apple Power Macintosh G5 processor. It makes the following changes to an existing Photoshop 7.0.1 installation: Modifies many Photoshop operations to fully utilize the G5...
[December 18, 2007, 6:39]
Exploring Real Time Multimedia Content Creation In Video Games
White Papers This paper compares video games running on an Apple Macintosh G5 to DVD playback and the QuickTime media player. Video games represent a class of media applications for which creating video content is as important as displaying it.
[July 23, 2008, 1:04]
DVD Capture
Downloads DVD Capture will NOT work on all Macintosh Hardware configurations. DVD Capture is a helper application for the Apple DVD Player. This affects mainly non-G4-G5 Towers. It has been difficult to determine all the possible configurations that the...
[December 18, 2007, 7:18]
Urchin Web Analytics Software
Downloads It contains an update to Urchin's SVG-powered Business Ready Graphics so now anyone viewing an Urchin report with Safari on a Macintosh can experience the full interactivity of Urchin 5's pie charts, bar graphs, line graphs, and other enhancements.
[January 14, 2004, 3:01]
Power Mac G5 Proves Popular
News If future unit sales of Power Macintosh systems fail to partially or fully recover, it will be difficult for the company to improve its overall profitability," Apple said in a December filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
[August 19, 2003, 11:25]
Microsoft Sacks Temp Over Blog Photo
News Microsoft has fired a long-term temp after he posted a photograph of Macintosh G5 computers being delivered to the company's Redmond campus on his Web site. The temp in question, Michael Hanscom, said that according to Microsoft the fact the...
[November 3, 2003, 9:50]
AMD Turns Big Guns On 64-bit Demo
News The CD, using a SCI technology called GameStorm, is an attempt to get around a problem facing the Athlon 64 as well as other 64-bit processors, such as the IBM G5 used in new Macintosh PCs, and even Intel's 64-bit Itanium server chip: the lack of...
[October 6, 2003, 17:35]
US Army Contractor Buys Mac Supercomputer
News The Macintosh software and the nice management features of OS X are factors here, but certainly performance of the processor is an enormous factor," Haff said. A US Army contractor has purchased a $5.8m, 1,566-server supercomputer from Apple, a...
[June 22, 2004, 10:20]
New Adobe Video-editing Software Snubs Mac
News Adobe Systems plans to announce new versions of its video-editing software on Monday, including a Windows-only application that marks another high-profile defection from Apple's Macintosh operating system.
[July 7, 2003, 8:14]
Apple Readies For Macworld Amid Rumours
News On Tuesday morning, Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs will take the familiar Macworld Expo stage at the Moscone Centre convention hall to tempt the Macintosh-faithful with new wares. Although a winter chill still lingers in the air, the...
[January 6, 2004, 10:25]
Apple Ripe For Power Mac Overhaul
News If future unit sales of Power Macintosh systems fail to partially or fully recover, it will be difficult for the company to improve its overall profitability," Apple said in a December filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
[June 20, 2003, 15:06]
New Apple Has Trouble Emulating Windows
News Apple's new Power Mac G5 may be the fastest Macintosh around, but it is less able than its predecessors to run Microsoft Windows software. That's because Virtual PC, the leading emulation program for running Windows on a Mac, doesn't support the G5.
[August 28, 2003, 10:50]
Torvalds: 'I'm Just A Technology Whore'
News Linux creator Linus Torvalds said on Monday afternoon that he's now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, mainly for work reasons, although partly simply because he's a self-described "technology whore".
[March 9, 2005, 9:00]
Big Mac Supercomputer Heads For Top Ranks
News A supercomputer built by US university Virginia Tech from 1,100 dual-processor Macintosh G5 PCs looks likely to rank with the five fastest-ranked machines in the world, despite costing a relative pittance.
[October 23, 2003, 13:00]
IBM Reveals Dual-core Power Details
News The PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX, which is commonly found in Macintosh computers running G5 processors. IBM has released details about two new PowerPC chips designed for entry-level servers and PCs.
[July 11, 2005, 16:30]
Microsoft Can't Out-cool Apple
Leader The new G5 Macintosh already looks like a TV from the future and with a tuner card it will be. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told UK journalist at a press briefing on Monday that he feels the market for converged digital devices in the home is at a...
[October 4, 2004, 12:20]
Cray's Nuclear Simulator To Hit Mass Market
News In related news, last week Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University announced that it had built a 1,100 dual-processor Macintosh G5 PC cluster that is likely to rank with the five fastest machines in the world.
[October 27, 2003, 15:40]
Apple Quiets Beeping G5s
News The problem, which appeared on dual 1.8GHz machines, created a beeping or hissing noise on some machines when used in conjunction with professional external audio gear, according to reports on Macintosh enthusiast sites including Think Secret and...
[March 4, 2004, 7:55]
Jobs On Road To Recovery
News Tim Cook, an executive vice president who oversees Apple's sales, operations and Macintosh unit, has been running the company's daily operations during Jobs' absence. After undergoing surgery in late July for a rare form of pancreatic cancer, Apple...
[September 9, 2004, 9:55]
