# News: Apple G5's start shipping

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 18, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791 "2003-08-18T17:12:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791/21 "2003-08-20T02:01:26Z")

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Well, Macs weren’t the first. Intel tried to realease a 64bit processor, but it wasn’t a hybrid so it was too (2)advanced for its day (like the Sega Dreamcast) and died. AMD is taking over with 2 hybrid processors (codenamed project hammer. Jackhammer and sledgehammer) and another to be realeased later which is 64bit only.

god im smart.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791/22 "2003-08-20T02:47:27Z")

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yeah, but windows won’t support 64 bit for a while, Longhorn??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791/23 "2003-08-20T03:07:04Z")

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I don’t care, I’m still runing 98.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791/24 "2003-08-20T09:58:40Z")

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A 64-bit version of windows have been out for a while. As your ordinary home user/consumer, you’re not seeing it in your corner computer store, but its out there.

If you’ve installed the patch for the blaster worm, you’ve probably even noticed the 64-bit OS options when specifing your operating system for download.

After a quick search I found this article from around this time 2 years ago announcing a 64-bit win2k and mentioning 64-bit XP coming out soon after.  
[http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,60024,00.asp](http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,60024,00.asp)

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-apple-g5s-start-shipping/28791/25 "2003-08-20T21:01:23Z")

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oh g5…oh , oh , oh…

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