Joining the PowerPC G3 generation, XLR8 by Interex recently shipped MACh Speed G3, a new line of processor upgrade cards.The $799 entry-level MACh Speed G3 233/117/512K offers a 233-MHz G3 chip and a 512-Kbyte Level 2 backside cache.
Fast PowerPC processors: Gotta love 'em.Not surprisingly, speed was big news at this week's IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference in San Francisco (see http://www.
In its semi-annual head-to-head Windows virtualization slugfest, MacTech Labs found that Parallels Desktop beats VMware Fusion performs better on most Mac benchmarks.
One Seeking Alpha contributor looked at Apple through the lens of Warren Buffett's Buffettology principles. To no surprise, he mostly likes what he sees. Of course, Buffett ain't having any of it.
MacTech recently released a 7,500-word head-to-head comparison of Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion, comprising more than 3,500 tests on both single- and multiprocessor desktop and mobile Macs with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows 7. What more could we want?
PowerLogix yesterday said it expects to release PowerForce G3, its new line of high-performance PowerPC 750-based processor upgrade cards by the end of the month.Offered with 750 (also known as G3) processors running at 250 and 275 MHz, the PowerForce G3 cards will have list prices of $2,199 and $2,799, respectively, the company said.
Motorola Computer Group said today it has halted its foray into Mac OS licensing.The company said it will discontinue its Mac OS-compatible business, following Apple's moves to limit cloners to older board designs and processors.
According to reports, Apple purchased embedded chip maker PA Semi this week and the rumors are flying: that Apple is back in chipset business; or that Apple is going back to the PowerPC for some future device (since PA Semi made PowerPC-based processor). However, some chip analysts say that it could be that Apple is playing defense and covering its rear end in case of litigation.
The clock keeps ticking for Macs based on PowerPC processors as Apple's recently released iLife '11 content-creation suite is now Intel-only.
Mac OS cloner Mactell Corp. this week introduced new high-performance models with PowerPC 750 processors in its XB Pro line of Mac clones as well as a pair of entry-level configurations.