Posts by Junkyard Dawg

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshA  That much Ram in the Mini is ridiculous anyway. Anyone needing 16GB, also needs a higher end Mac.  640K ought to be enough for the mini.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    I don't understand the distinction. How is this different from (or better, since it's a more complex setup) than the iMac?   1.  More display...

Who cares how thin it is?  I'd rather have a better screen, more TB lanes, and USB 3.0 than "thinner".  When you're using the display it's impossible to know whether it's 1" thin or 2" thin anyways.   Also, I'd...

Perhaps Apple are trying to stifle competition against the upcoming iPr0n?  

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  It comes down to how people use them. Desktop cards can offer better compute power but that comes at the price of a high power draw and heat output. Certainly the 640M/650M on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  The post I was replying to was talking about a consumer desktop. That means the iMac internals in a tower form factor, which means a motherboard that doesn't accommodate a CPU with...

Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69  Is it Apple pulling out or professionals pulling out of Apple? I want to say neither as there are a number of factors impacting the market for so called Pro machines. One factor is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  Assuming you bought the Mac Pro new, it was already at least $200 more expensive than the iMac without a display. If you bought everything used, you haven't paid Apple a single penny...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  The one with the 680MX should be able to. Here's it running Battlefield 3 on Ultra at 2560 x 1440, 30-50FPS: The 680M, which is a bit slower can play pretty much every...

Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69  I'm not sure what you mean by keep up. The big problem on the Mac would be suitable drivers.   Nvidia has drivers on their website.     The problem is EFI...