Posts by Fran441

This has been like this as far back as I can remember. There's been a note on the Apple Store page since the card was added saying that it 'might delay your order'. While I'm hoping there will be new graphics cards available soon, I...

I haven't been to an Apple Store in a while since the nearest one is in Salem, NH and I don't want to burn a half a tank of gas to get there and back. The last time I was there, I wanted to get a new AC adapter for my PowerBook G4. I...

The E6700 is a Conroe processor.

It's not going to happen. We'll probably see improved integrated graphics but that's about it.

Quote: The last time the price/performance ratio was this bad, Mac users were defecting in mass to Power Computing. This is a little overdramatic I think. You make it sound like the sky is going to fall if Apple doesn't offer the Mac...

Quote: Me thinks you exaggerate too greatly. Given the number of times I've read a thread on this topic in the last 8 years, I can safely say I'm not exaggerating.

Quote: And you don't seem to understand why. 2.0ghz CPU and insanely expensive high latency memory. 2.33ghz is a the minimum I would go for at that price. Of course Apple doesn't use those and it wouldn't involve sacrificing your own...

Since we already have a topic about this, I'm going to lock this one.

Quote: How about powerful, upgradeable, lower priced than the MacPro. Based on the MacPro architecture maybe??? Did you miss the post I made about this? One 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5130 1 GB RAM (512 MB x2) 250 GB 7200-rpm...

Quote: Apple had chances in the 80s and right after the original iMac was released to gain and keep a significant marketshare. Both times they let their arrogance get the best of them and they slipped into unprofitability. If they...