Posts by RBR

Quote: Originally posted by anand Is the USB 2.0 really 2.0 or is it just the old renamed USB 1.1. Actually, the USB group has gone through some slight of hand name changes to confuse everyone. USB 2.0 is now called highspeed USB...

Quote: Originally posted by Telomar That's actually a good question. I suspect you'll see Apple move to a faster revision cycle with smaller bumps, more like the PC world uses, since it encourages purchases. When you know there is...

Quote: Originally posted by Placebo What will the 980 be called by Apple? G6? And when is it supposed to be coming? Steve said that IBM and they were already at work on "the next generation" CPU. I would think that a...

Quote: Originally posted by SDW2001 "IBM is a MUCH, MUCH more driven company than Mot ever seems to have been, at least in the computing area. " That's only been true for last couple of years. Motorola WAS an...

Quote: Originally posted by Matsu Is that the extent of the edu discount? weak. But, the 1299 G4 PM is in many ways the "cube" we wanted. At that price it should be a dual. but again I will remind everyone about the...

Quote: Originally posted by Placebo The G5 is better, both because of its processor/bus speeds, but even more so because of the fact that it is "futureproofed", and includes all the new technologies (USB 2.0, AGP 8X, etc.)...

Quote: Originally posted by dstranathan My observations: The keyboard and mouse don't match. Something is up! I bet we see new LCDs soon too. He said "right-click" a LOT in the demos. Hmmmm. Where is the El...

Quote: Originally posted by joesph mother The mesh isn't so bad unto itself, it is the graceless rectangular cutout for the Superdrive and the prospect of having FW and USB cords dangling from half way up the machine. The...

The $1299 machine just could be Apple's answer to a less than $1500 machine to attract people to them who have that amount to spend. The development costs have been covered and all they have to do is keep an appropriate supply of them...

Odds are that there will be "speed bumps" before 6 months as IBM rams up production and the yields of faster chips improve and they apply incremental process improvements.