I have not ordered one of these because I need to drive standard projectors out there in the classrooms and back offices/"seminar rooms" on campuses when I give talks. Nobody every has compatible hardware so you need everything, including S-Video.
Apple says that you can use a DVI to composite/s-video adapter. It's not included, but it's under $20. A DVI->VGA is included.
Thanks BRussell. I could not really imagine anything so vital for anyone with the need to use their portable in a presentation mode not being able to access the entire range of projectors out there.
Sometimes a Long memory and lots of early adopting can make one wonder at the new Wonders produced by the Jobs Squad! I've never regretted buying my first Macintosh about a week after they became available in 1984. That 128k RAM sure was something, and it had a floppy disk drive, too!
I missed the Portable, thank god, but I had two Mac Portable 100s (made by Sony as I recall)...
MacBook Pros and iMac Core Duos both support a/b/n/g - though Apple doesn't say it.
Source (though there have been other reports from more trustworthy sources... I just can't look for them right now.)
That source doesn't say anything of the sort--it just has two different news snippets, one about the MacBook Pro, one about 802.11n. (or pre-n) Nothing about the iMac.
If you've seen real evidence of 802.11n support in the new Macs, though, I'm the first who wants to know...
I have not ordered one of these because I need to drive standard projectors out there in the classrooms and back offices/"seminar rooms" on campuses when I give talks. Nobody every has compatible hardware so you need everything, including S-Video.
The MacBook Pro does actually support S-Video, however this requires a $19 S-Video cable that you can get from Apple.
i agree with both of you and whoever made that "we care about 4x" nonesense can not speak for us nor for the majority of laptop users i'd bet.
As much as I can appreciate a small, light, long battery life model, the need for lots of power in a laptop is important to some. I do a lot of audio work and I've been waiting for these new Intel machines in order to get some real power in a portable from Apple. For business I do agree though, I used to own a Duo (230 i think) and dock. The dock idea would be redundant these days but if they lost the optical drive and went small in size, 12" maybe.. it'd be fine. Full wireless specs and local syncing of home folder with your desktop. I'd be all over it. But then it's almost a Tablet! . oh dear. Expose keyboard overlay on a touch screen?
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Source (though there have been other reports from more trustworthy sources... I just can't look for them right now.)
Originally posted by Cubit
Anyone else remember the Mac Duo?
I have not ordered one of these because I need to drive standard projectors out there in the classrooms and back offices/"seminar rooms" on campuses when I give talks. Nobody every has compatible hardware so you need everything, including S-Video.
Apple says that you can use a DVI to composite/s-video adapter. It's not included, but it's under $20. A DVI->VGA is included.
Sometimes a Long memory and lots of early adopting can make one wonder at the new Wonders produced by the Jobs Squad! I've never regretted buying my first Macintosh about a week after they became available in 1984. That 128k RAM sure was something, and it had a floppy disk drive, too!
I missed the Portable, thank god, but I had two Mac Portable 100s (made by Sony as I recall)...
Originally posted by thegreatluke
MacBook Pros and iMac Core Duos both support a/b/n/g - though Apple doesn't say it.
Source (though there have been other reports from more trustworthy sources... I just can't look for them right now.)
That source doesn't say anything of the sort--it just has two different news snippets, one about the MacBook Pro, one about 802.11n. (or pre-n) Nothing about the iMac.
If you've seen real evidence of 802.11n support in the new Macs, though, I'm the first who wants to know...
Originally posted by Cubit
Anyone else remember the Mac Duo?
I have not ordered one of these because I need to drive standard projectors out there in the classrooms and back offices/"seminar rooms" on campuses when I give talks. Nobody every has compatible hardware so you need everything, including S-Video.
The MacBook Pro does actually support S-Video, however this requires a $19 S-Video cable that you can get from Apple.
I hope this helps.
Originally posted by Robin Hood
The MacBook Pro does actually support S-Video, however this requires a $19 S-Video cable that you can get from Apple.
I hope this helps.
Thanks RH!
Originally posted by hmurchison
Dual Link DVI was in the last Powerbooks
I don't think we're going to see FW800. Intel doesn't have any plans to add it to their controllers. I'd rather see eSATA
Hell yeah, eSATA has less (no?) overhead and higher bandwidth. (What firewire?
Originally posted by Elixir
i agree with both of you and whoever made that "we care about 4x" nonesense can not speak for us nor for the majority of laptop users i'd bet.
As much as I can appreciate a small, light, long battery life model, the need for lots of power in a laptop is important to some. I do a lot of audio work and I've been waiting for these new Intel machines in order to get some real power in a portable from Apple. For business I do agree though, I used to own a Duo (230 i think) and dock. The dock idea would be redundant these days but if they lost the optical drive and went small in size, 12" maybe.. it'd be fine. Full wireless specs and local syncing of home folder with your desktop. I'd be all over it. But then it's almost a Tablet! . oh dear. Expose keyboard overlay on a touch screen?