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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Friday, July 18, 2003Apple execs confronted with a lieThis is too funny. As many of you know, Apple has made various bold (and untrue) claims about its upcoming PowerMac G5 systems, one of which is that it is "the world's first 64-bit personal computer." In this interesting Digital Video Editing interview, however, Apple executives are confronted with the fact that the company was not, in fact, the first to ship a 64-bit desktop. Let the hilarity begin... DMN: Now, you're saying it's the first 64-bit desktop machine. But isn't there an Opteron dual-processor machine? It shipped on June 4th. BOXX Technologies shipped it. It has an Opteron 244 in it. [Apple senior VP Jon] Rubinstein: Uh... [IBM VP Jon] Akrout: It's not a desktop. DMN: That's a desktop unit. Akrout: It depends on what you call a desktop, now. These… From a full desktop per se, this is the first one. I don't know how you really distinguish the other one as a desktop. DMN: Well, it's a dual processor desktop machine, just like that one. Akrout: It's not 64, then. DMN: Yes, it's a 64-bit machine with two Opteron chips in it. It started shipping June 4th. Akrout: That we'll double check, but in my mind, it wasn't. Behind the humorous bits, the interview is excellent, with lots of good information. For example, there are absolutely NO plans for G5-based notebooks. Yuck. [ Posted at 11:24 AM | Permalink ]
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