Nine years ago this was the top of the line Apple notebook...
This reminded me of my first laptop back in 1995 with 100 Mhz intel processor (I can't even remember the RAM and HDD capacity now)
My iPhone is more powerful than that machine. I wouldn't be surprised if 9 years from now we have 4 core processor cell phones with 4GB RAM and 200+GB flash drive storage.
This reminded me of my first laptop back in 1995 with 100 Mhz intel processor (I can't even remember the RAM and HDD capacity now)
My iPhone is more powerful than that machine
The Mac notebook in 1995 was the PowerBook 540. The PPC to x86 CPU speed won?t match up but the RAM, HDD, and overall weight and size of the machine should be fairly close. For the PowerBook 540 is was a 33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM default (36MB Max) and a 240-320MB HDD. My MB has 50% more MB of L2 Cache that that system came with RAM, and my iPhone has 256MB RAM which when compared to the 240-320MB HDD that it?s amazing how much bulk we?ve added to our apps.
Do you know the model or brand you had?
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I wouldn't be surprised if 9 years from now we have 4 core processor cell phones with 4GB RAM and 200+GB flash drive storage.
If we can expect a 64GB iPhone in 2011, and then a 128GB iPhone in 2014, and then 256GB in 2017, that is a 3 years between a feasible doubling of the capacity, that is 9 years. Though, it looks like a feasible doubling is happening every two years. If that keeps up then in 10 years you?ll get 5 bumps, with would mean 1TB of flash in the iPhone. I?m thinking that things will slow down.
The Mac notebook in 1995 was the PowerBook 540. The PPC to x86 CPU speed won?t match up but the RAM, HDD, and overall weight and size of the machine should be fairly close. For the PowerBook 540 is was a 33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM default (36MB Max) and a 240-320MB HDD. My MB has 50% more MB of L2 Cache that that system came with RAM, and my iPhone has 256MB RAM which when compared to the 240-320MB HDD that it?s amazing how much bulk we?ve added to our apps.
Do you know the model or brand you had?
I think it was from a company called Comtrade or something like that. I paid almost $2500 for that notebook and sold it to a friend 4 years later for $500 who also sold it to one of his friends for $500
I thought Akamai is behind Apple storage solutions as far as online business is concerned.
It seems then that Apple is about to go it alone. Cloud computing is on the rise. Why would Apple want to invest so much when every company is consolidating? Business must be booming.
Anyway, we need this in California, not in no-man's land.
You do realize that California isn't the only state with computers?? It is also not the only state with economic woes.
Am i the only one who thinks 1 Billion USD is a bit expensive for a server farm, and for a company that is no where remotely related to Internet Applications. ( Unless Someone tells me iTunes is half as large as Amazon )
I suppose apple will be using Xserve themself..... Apple must be building up the next big thing.. ( I hope )
Am i the only one who thinks 1 Billion USD is a bit expensive for a server farm, and for a company that is no where remotely related to Internet Applications. ( Unless Someone tells me iTunes is half as large as Amazon )
I suppose apple will be using Xserve themself..... Apple must be building up the next big thing.. ( I hope )
$1B over 10 years not just the initial construction cost. That's an average of $8.3 Million a month for 10 years which includes operations cost, employees salaries, maintenance... etc. We don't know anything about the size and features of the actual building but for sure they will not spend the entire $1B trying to build the world greenest building. Well, even if they did that we know they will not be asking for a bailout from the federal government
The Mac notebook in 1995 was the PowerBook 540. The PPC to x86 CPU speed won?t match up but the RAM, HDD, and overall weight and size of the machine should be fairly close. For the PowerBook 540 is was a 33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM default (36MB Max) and a 240-320MB HDD. My MB has 50% more MB of L2 Cache that that system came with RAM, and my iPhone has 256MB RAM which when compared to the 240-320MB HDD that it?s amazing how much bulk we?ve added to our apps.
Am i the only one who thinks 1 Billion USD is a bit expensive for a server farm, and for a company that is no where remotely related to Internet Applications. ( Unless Someone tells me iTunes is half as large as Amazon )
I suppose apple will be using Xserve themself..... Apple must be building up the next big thing.. ( I hope )
Yea, server farm... Nothing said about the underground bio lab below it...
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Nine years ago this was the top of the line Apple notebook...
This reminded me of my first laptop back in 1995 with 100 Mhz intel processor (I can't even remember the RAM and HDD capacity now)
My iPhone is more powerful than that machine. I wouldn't be surprised if 9 years from now we have 4 core processor cell phones with 4GB RAM and 200+GB flash drive storage.
This reminded me of my first laptop back in 1995 with 100 Mhz intel processor (I can't even remember the RAM and HDD capacity now)
My iPhone is more powerful than that machine
The Mac notebook in 1995 was the PowerBook 540. The PPC to x86 CPU speed won?t match up but the RAM, HDD, and overall weight and size of the machine should be fairly close. For the PowerBook 540 is was a 33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM default (36MB Max) and a 240-320MB HDD. My MB has 50% more MB of L2 Cache that that system came with RAM, and my iPhone has 256MB RAM which when compared to the 240-320MB HDD that it?s amazing how much bulk we?ve added to our apps.
Do you know the model or brand you had?
I wouldn't be surprised if 9 years from now we have 4 core processor cell phones with 4GB RAM and 200+GB flash drive storage.
If we can expect a 64GB iPhone in 2011, and then a 128GB iPhone in 2014, and then 256GB in 2017, that is a 3 years between a feasible doubling of the capacity, that is 9 years. Though, it looks like a feasible doubling is happening every two years. If that keeps up then in 10 years you?ll get 5 bumps, with would mean 1TB of flash in the iPhone. I?m thinking that things will slow down.
The Mac notebook in 1995 was the PowerBook 540. The PPC to x86 CPU speed won?t match up but the RAM, HDD, and overall weight and size of the machine should be fairly close. For the PowerBook 540 is was a 33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM default (36MB Max) and a 240-320MB HDD. My MB has 50% more MB of L2 Cache that that system came with RAM, and my iPhone has 256MB RAM which when compared to the 240-320MB HDD that it?s amazing how much bulk we?ve added to our apps.
Do you know the model or brand you had?
I think it was from a company called Comtrade or something like that. I paid almost $2500 for that notebook and sold it to a friend 4 years later for $500 who also sold it to one of his friends for $500
I thought Akamai is behind Apple storage solutions as far as online business is concerned.
It seems then that Apple is about to go it alone. Cloud computing is on the rise. Why would Apple want to invest so much when every company is consolidating? Business must be booming.
Anyway, we need this in California, not in no-man's land.
You do realize that California isn't the only state with computers?? It is also not the only state with economic woes.
I suppose apple will be using Xserve themself..... Apple must be building up the next big thing.. ( I hope )
Am i the only one who thinks 1 Billion USD is a bit expensive for a server farm, and for a company that is no where remotely related to Internet Applications. ( Unless Someone tells me iTunes is half as large as Amazon )
I suppose apple will be using Xserve themself..... Apple must be building up the next big thing.. ( I hope )
$1B over 10 years not just the initial construction cost. That's an average of $8.3 Million a month for 10 years which includes operations cost, employees salaries, maintenance... etc. We don't know anything about the size and features of the actual building but for sure they will not spend the entire $1B trying to build the world greenest building. Well, even if they did that we know they will not be asking for a bailout from the federal government
The Mac notebook in 1995 was the PowerBook 540. The PPC to x86 CPU speed won?t match up but the RAM, HDD, and overall weight and size of the machine should be fairly close. For the PowerBook 540 is was a 33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM default (36MB Max) and a 240-320MB HDD. My MB has 50% more MB of L2 Cache that that system came with RAM, and my iPhone has 256MB RAM which when compared to the 240-320MB HDD that it?s amazing how much bulk we?ve added to our apps.
Do you know the model or brand you had?
1992 Duo 210! It was *AWESOME*
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No, no, he was talking about Little Mermaid.
Am i the only one who thinks 1 Billion USD is a bit expensive for a server farm, and for a company that is no where remotely related to Internet Applications. ( Unless Someone tells me iTunes is half as large as Amazon )
I suppose apple will be using Xserve themself..... Apple must be building up the next big thing.. ( I hope )
Yea, server farm... Nothing said about the underground bio lab below it...