Posts by pats

Quote: Originally Posted by success I was getting ready to go to the cafe today to update my CV and do some research and it hit me. If I want to sit at a cafe and pound out some text like I do on my Macbook or can be done on a netbook,...

I guess that sucks for the PC makers. The price per GB for NAND is on a similar price curve as for RAM which is a more mature process. Capacities double about every 18mo and prices per GB goes down about 40% per year. The choice to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Erunno Isn't this a software problem essentially? AFAIK Windows 7 can switch transparently between multiple GPUs on current MacBook Pros due to Microsoft's ingenious abstractions of the actual graphic...

AnandTech has a nice detailed article on NVIDIA Optimus

Quote: Originally Posted by AngusYoung Don't lecture me about what I can afford. I am very comfortable with the gadgets I purchase to amuse me. My education is first not relevant but a post grad in computer science with a math minor...

Quote: Originally Posted by AngusYoung Just because Flash runs bad on the iPhone doesn't make it an Adobe problem. I think it makes it an Apple Problem on what chipset they support. But for the record ARM does support Flash and given...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I'm not sure if you get the idea of margins. If Apple spends more on support, then all others things being equal, their margins would be lower. I will state it more clearly then Apple sets their...

Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It seems most, if not all, the complainers also forgot that Apple bought an entire semiconductor design company. Licensed CPU and GPU core designs. How many devices does it take to pay that...

Quote: Originally Posted by nikon133 No complains here. My point there was that people shouldn't keep trying to excuse Apple for keeping high margins by listing expenses everyone else in the industry has. Of course every company...

Quote: Originally Posted by DaHarder [CENTER]Monumental 'Rumor'... Apple might be better to just make hardware/software capable of supporting industry standards. We'll See Soon Enough[/CENTER] What industry standard do you...