Posts by ltcommander.data

Given my usage pattern, it's a reasonable compromise trading a replaceable 5 hour battery with a longer lasting non-replaceable 8 hour battery. It saves carrying a 2nd battery. As long as Apple's claims of 1000 cycle life up from 300...

Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE My guess is that Apple will hold a special event for the Mini, Mac Pro, and iMac upgrades sometime in the next 2 to 3 months. That's my thought as well. Intel isn't ready yet with Xeon Nehalems so...

So super-slim = super long battery life? Somehow the 2 don't exactly go hand in hand. I wonder what type of special sauce Apple's using. Or maybe it's really the same volume just flattened so it takes up the whole base of the laptop but...

Personally, I was always of the opinion that with Apple pulling out of Macworld, they may try to usurp the show by holding some type of Apple Special Event back at Apple HQ sometime during Macworld to launch the radical new product,...

I wonder if Apple's going to release a design refresh around that time? The MBA's design isn't old, but it could probably use a small refresh to bring it in line with the Unibody MBP and MB. Mainly the glass screen and black trim. Could...

Hopefully Apple is careful with this. Getting things out earlier than expected is great and all, but really only works positively if it is full featured and stable. Beating Windows 7 to the gate solely for the PR bullet point isn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_3_driver.html It's about time and a nice holiday present. Now, Apple will have to update it's system even...

I guess this and the OS X EULA lawsuits go back to the core issue of whether you are required to sell to everyone or whether you can choose who you want to sell to. Personally I think distribution rights should still hold in this case....

Quote: Originally Posted by Brad Oliver Here's the thing: the GPU is not a magical wonderland of unlimited resources. If you're *already* using OpenGL (or DirectX) for your 3D games, OpenCL (and CUDA) are of more limited use. If you are...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It will take some time for DirectX 11 to get off the ground. Win 7 won't be released until at least mid year, possibly later. Then it will take some time after that for adoption to get to a useful...