Posts by Winter

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No, you're right! I couldn't remember the name of the chip. I can't remember anything. I lose nouns all the time. I used to be so eloquent, and now I just do the verbal equivalent of tripping...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil THAT'S IT. Does Alzheimer's assisted living take people younger than… retirement age? 😖 I was kidding. Relax!

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil What about them? Do we really need a Tesla to type some characters? How did the Apple ][ get by? I have to have a Geforce Titan to play Solitaire. Anyone who thinks this is overkill is dead...

I hate to use Tim Cook level words though this is both incredible and remarkable. I am super excited for the future specifically the month of June.

Intel's graphics keep getting better and for Haswell I feel the fastest graphics available from that is perfect for an education model. I still do not feel it is ready for a standard base model quite yet though it is getting there and it...

Quote:Originally Posted by McDave Apple should have transitioned to SSD with the new iMac range last year. Baseline at 128GB with options to increase SSD capacity or go Fusion. Jobs is truly gone. With Phil Schiller, Bob Mansfeld,...

As I posted in my own iMac thread, I did not think Apple would actually do this. I am semi mad but also kind of smiling because of this.

I had this idea in my mind that even though I wanted Apple to add more BTO options on their computers, they would never actually do it. Today I find out that flash storage options have been added to the 21.5" iMac.

Intel first announced it in January at some event comparing two side by side laptops. One featured the 650M the other featured Haswell graphics. The 650M was still faster but according to controlled tests by very little.

Quote:Originally Posted by Shameer Mulji Assuming that these performance numbers are remotely close to what Intel claims that they are, Apple may not use or may not need to use discreet graphics in the 15" rMBP if they go with the...