New XServes when?

**Go3iverson** · July 23rd, 2003, 03:23 PM

Really...when?

We can all guess that it MUST have a G5 in it, after they touted it as the world's fastest desktop and I'm sure cramming that massive heat dispersement system into a 1U enclosure must be tricky, but when are these puppies gonna be available?

I know I'd be up for buying one, especially if they release a Quad config!

**ksv** · July 23rd, 2003, 03:42 PM

Hmm. I'd guess Apple Expo in Paris (again). There's quite a few conferences there involving Xserves..

**Go3iverson** · July 23rd, 2003, 03:44 PM

When's that one again?

**ksv** · July 23rd, 2003, 03:57 PM

Keynote is 16. September

10:00 AM local time, so that's 1:00 AM PST or something like that. There's so much clutter with time zones and such. Why couldn't we all just use the Internet Time standard

**Go3iverson** · July 23rd, 2003, 06:26 PM

Guess that makes a lot of sense. Get the desktop product out the door, then rev up your server line.

**mindbend** · July 23rd, 2003, 11:05 PM

I have no idea WHEN it will be announced, but you've gotta believe that no sane Mac user is going to buy a G4-based server ever again.

If you believe that premise, then you might be inclined to think that X-Serves are sooner than later.

You can announce G5s and stil have people buy G4 eMacs for price/performance and G4 iMacs for coolness, and even G4 laptops cuz we all accept that it's going to take a while to get the G5 in there, but you immediately cut your own throat on the server side (unless they announce something soon).

**Go3iverson** · July 24th, 2003, 08:36 AM

Agreed. Considering everyone knows that this chip had industrial strength and is based off of the Power4, I don't see how we couldn't see it in the XServes ASAP!