Posts by svnipp

Quote: Originally Posted by rnb2 Yes, exactly - something like this was done for the previous generation of minis, with external hard drive cases that had the same footprint as the mini, and also served as USB and FireWire hubs. Of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lemon Bon Bon. Yeah. The Pro's/tower's relative importance to Apple along with Adobe and MS's has greatly diminished. Remember the days when MS or Adobe purportedly held an 'axe' over Apple's...

Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 I would never trade my 3GS running iOS4 for one running iOS3. One major OS update is certainly a reasonable expectation, but given how well the 3G runs iOS4 (not well at all) I can see why they'd want to...

Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 See right here I have to start to disagree. Large businesses are very reluctant to upgrade a PC. Believe me I've had arguements about this. This may be different in a small business or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Wilkie Those who do upgrades on their home computer outside of RAM represent a minority class of hobbyists who like to tinker. And if you're the tinkering type then the Mac platform is probably not...

I have a McPro3,1 and I'm seriously ready for a graphics card upgrade. I have the GeForce 8800 GT currently and it's been a great card but is definitely getting a little long in the tooth. I'm considering picking up the ATI 5770 since...

I have an older Early 2008 MacPro. I wonder if there are any kind of upgrades available for it? I've been debating between trying the ATI 6870 video card and just springing the extra money for the Apple ATI 5770. The performance is...

Quote: Originally Posted by SSquirrel The 1TB and 2TB Seagate SAS drives over at newegg cost triple what the SATA versions cost. The IBM versions are all ridiculous like a 2TB for a grand. Also, what is the volume level like on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by pondosinatra 300GB 15k sas drive = $269.99 240GB SSD drive = $649.99 Must be nice to have money to burn... At least give us something to compare to... WD Velociraptor 10k 300GB = $104.99 Pretty...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Let's see. Much faster CPUs, Dramatically faster GPUs, Addition of Thunderbolt port which will blow away any other external transfer mechanism. Sure, just a 'mild' refresh according to Daharder. ...