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ravencallscrowsSince it always seems to become an issue when something gets flaunted as a Windows security issue, in the interest of equal time, there's a rumour circulating out of Cupertino, California, that Apple will be recalling as many as 40,000 of the new G5 Macintoshes.
Citing:
Recent CPU benchmarks show the "Worlds Fastest Personal Computer." is indeed not. Tests show Apple's new Dual 2GHz PowerMac G5 clocks in almost half the speed of the 236Mflop/s it once boasted, around 120Mflop/s, which would put the G5 at # 52 of the fastest desktops on the market.
Of 135,000 orders of Power Mac G5's, (38,000 of them being the Dual 2GHz) Apple has already recieved over 4,300 returns at an average of 358 a day. Apple Senior Vice President Avie Tevanian reports several problems in the logic board: "We didn't have enough time to test it for consumer use." Tevanian reveals. "The demand for the G5 was overwhelming. Customers wanted the G5 and they wanted it now. Our end decision to ship the G5's was backed with our free 90 day Applecare support. We will gladly replace our customers default machines, hassle free."
But one PowerMac G5 owner Steven Theoharris claims otherwise: "Apple has given me nothing but hassle. When I first talked to an Apple support representative, she denied problems with the logic board. After 2 hours of troubleshooting, she clamed that the G5 was 'The World's Fastest Computer' and any speed related problems, were caused by unsupported 3rd party software. such as Virtual PC."
Apple has also withdrawn the latest update to Mac OS X, 10.2.8, after a few hours. The company doesn't say why, but Ethernet and display problems lead a long list of bugs at MacFixIt.com.
Apple's knowledge base article for the update advises: "This update is temporarily unavailable. Please check back later."
Apple received widespread criticism for shrouding its Bluetooth beta program in secrecy, leading to hundreds of complaints within hours of release of the iSync update. The update required the OS to interoperate with twenty new devices, and critics said an open beta program would have resolved many of these
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has yet to comment on these issues.
This article is cited as "Troy Trimble, Tennessean" but it's not on the Nashville-based newspaper's website, although it's printed as above on several cities' editions of Craig's List
Citing:
Recent CPU benchmarks show the "Worlds Fastest Personal Computer." is indeed not. Tests show Apple's new Dual 2GHz PowerMac G5 clocks in almost half the speed of the 236Mflop/s it once boasted, around 120Mflop/s, which would put the G5 at # 52 of the fastest desktops on the market.
Of 135,000 orders of Power Mac G5's, (38,000 of them being the Dual 2GHz) Apple has already recieved over 4,300 returns at an average of 358 a day. Apple Senior Vice President Avie Tevanian reports several problems in the logic board: "We didn't have enough time to test it for consumer use." Tevanian reveals. "The demand for the G5 was overwhelming. Customers wanted the G5 and they wanted it now. Our end decision to ship the G5's was backed with our free 90 day Applecare support. We will gladly replace our customers default machines, hassle free."
But one PowerMac G5 owner Steven Theoharris claims otherwise: "Apple has given me nothing but hassle. When I first talked to an Apple support representative, she denied problems with the logic board. After 2 hours of troubleshooting, she clamed that the G5 was 'The World's Fastest Computer' and any speed related problems, were caused by unsupported 3rd party software. such as Virtual PC."
Apple has also withdrawn the latest update to Mac OS X, 10.2.8, after a few hours. The company doesn't say why, but Ethernet and display problems lead a long list of bugs at MacFixIt.com.
Apple's knowledge base article for the update advises: "This update is temporarily unavailable. Please check back later."
Apple received widespread criticism for shrouding its Bluetooth beta program in secrecy, leading to hundreds of complaints within hours of release of the iSync update. The update required the OS to interoperate with twenty new devices, and critics said an open beta program would have resolved many of these
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has yet to comment on these issues.
This article is cited as "Troy Trimble, Tennessean" but it's not on the Nashville-based newspaper's website, although it's printed as above on several cities' editions of Craig's List
