Posts by ciparis

Sales *always* spike during the Christmas quarter. This is not actually uncovering something noteworthy, though that's hardly surprising for an analyst's report.

PC guys... that's scary; he has no idea what is about to happen.

Mac Pro failed to update. 2.66 with 2GB of Apple RAM and the X1900XT upgrade from Apple. It just beeps rather than displaying a progress bar, and relaunches the firmware update when it reboots, prompting you to repeat the process. Tried...

I think it's mostly about color. The best tier for color selection happens to be the model that's selling the most. If the nano hadn't already been black then the black 8GB might have held more allure. As it is, not so much, and often...

Pub? PUB?! For about three days I had no idea what you guys were talking about, because there was no connection to any sort of Pub in the story. News flash: nobody, and I mean NOBODY, calls a publication a "pub". A pub...

Quote: Originally Posted by gar Back on one of the topics in this thread: The ports of the iMac located on the back of the screen instead of the front. Wouldn't it be a option to locate some extra ports out of sight under the computer...

Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign The Xeon 51xx has a third faster FSB and more L2 cache. 533Mhz FB-DIMMs which are error correcting and more reliable than non-ECC 667Mhz DDR2 whallop the old technology in many tests....

Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac The performace of Merom is good but only modestly(generally on the order of 5-10%) better than current Yonah chips. The lack of a massive performance increase relative to the part that's being...

Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac Maybe you can enlighten us and tell us what is faster and suitable for it's intended market. It was in the next paragraph: They're all roughly equivalent. Woodcrest is basically the same chip as...

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Speculation immediately turned towards Conroe making an appearance in the iMac line, but insiders say Merom's lower power requirements and reduced heat dissipation are better suited for the iMac's...