Posts by backtomac

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  .... As far as the benchmarks go, the Intel Atom is dual 1.3GHz that dynamically clocks to 2GHz. The A6 is dual 1GHz that dynamically clocks to 1.3GHz and it's not clear what the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Vaelian  While that's true on current hardware, it doesn't have to be in future hardware. As far as design is concerned, ARM is a lot easier to implement than x86; the only thing currently...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  .... This 'Swift' architecture is early days but a pretty good effort: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6330/the-iphone-5-review/4   I surprised you posted an Anandtech link to...

Quote: Originally Posted by sunspot42    Maybe at the moment.  In 5 years?  It'll be fast enough for anything anybody is going to do in Photoshop.  Video editing might or might not be a...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  It will also lead to a massive decrease in performance - which would not be acceptable to most people. We're a long way from ARM even reaching current levels of Intel performance...

It was fun while it lasted.

AMD don't make their own chips anymore. Thats done by Global Foundries which is a separate chip fabricator like Taiwan Semi.   Buying AMD would be buying a chip designer. 

FW was (past tense) good for fast external storage.    USB 3 will be take over for fast, cheap external storage. TB will have a niche for ultimate fast but expensive external storage, as well as other uses..   I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cash907    I'd wait if I were you. Lion (and ML, for that matter) have been buggy as all get-out for me. Unless you really need the few added features like push email to iOS like...

I'm conflicted as to whether I should move from SL server to LIon server. There doesn't seem to be much advantage. But I'm glad to see ML server. Apple's commitment to OSX server has seemed a bit in question recently. I wouldn't be...