Apple's G5 is not the world's first 64-bit desktop. That'sa complete lie that I am told everyday via Apple's wall smashing TV ad campaign. The first 64-bit desktop ran Windows NT and was based on the Alpha processor, launched by Compaq and developed by DEC. The project didn't make any money for Compaq so production was stopped.
Anyway, on June 5th, Boxx (maker's of desktop video editing systems) launched a desktop system based on the AMD Opteron 64-bit processor, so even if Apple doesn't recognize the MIPS based Alpha as a desktop, they lost the race to the Boxx machine [press release - pdf].
Here's an interesting interview with Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Jon Rubinstein. It's funny how he stupdily denies that the Boxx is even a desktop. Asshole.
Posted in Tech Stuff on July 29, 2003 12:21 PMYou're a fucking idiot
Posted by: Your daddy at September 8, 2003 5:25 PMThe Alpha project didn't make any money b/c it wasn't stable, if it were stable they would have put something better then windows NT on it. and the Boxx is NOT a desktop... it's a high cost, high end VIDEO EDITING station that is used by places like TV studios, not regular people.
Posted by: at September 23, 2003 10:25 AMThe BOXX 3DBOXX R4.1 and H4 are single and dual Opteron-based workstation PC's. In similar configurations they're cheaper than a G5. While they can be used for video editing, the primary function of a 3DBOXX would be 3D modeling or 3D rendering. It's just as much a personal computer as a G5.
Posted by: Chris Morley at November 6, 2003 11:29 AMhttp://www.haydur.com/logs/mt-tb.cgi/51
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