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Quote: Originally posted by Whisper Dvorak. I'm trying to get people to use it, but nobody listens to me when I tell them it's better than QWERTY. Just like they don't listen when I tell them that Macs are better than PCs. Dvorak is better, b…
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Quote: Originally posted by Aphelion Making the scheduling and programming of the device part of the .mac web service would insure .mac's success and future. It would also be cheaper than TiVo or ReplayTV's services (now $12.95 a month) so t…
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Quote: Originally posted by cubist Me too! I'll go out on a limb and say... 1.7, 1.9 and 2.1GHz PowerMac G5's. 1.33GHz G4 iMacs. 1.33GHz G4 Powerbook 15", and 1.25GHz Powerbook 12". Oh, and in fall 2004: 1.8, 2.0 and (wow!) 2.2GHz Power…
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Quote: Originally posted by pscates Horsepower/speed is overrated. I'd wager a vital organ or two that 96% of the members here at AI - myself included - would be forever MORE than served by a 1GHz G4. We just like to talk and pretend otherw…
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Quote: Originally posted by Eugene But, watching TV of any sort on your computer doesn't really sound like such a huge selling point. I agree with qualifications large enough to (I think) drive an iMac thru. I just got back from Sears th…
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Quote: Originally posted by Eugene Apple's been keeping steady in sales ~800,000 units per quarter while their total marketshare slowly dwindles. There's no reason to dilute this number by offering more computers with even smaller difference…
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer So, if you've read this far before leaping ahead and replying impulsively to my list... clearly this device is currently impossible for anybody (especially Apple) to build and actually make money selling…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph Some of their high-end customers - AJA, for one - are lobbying Apple for just that sort of thing. Given that Apple really wants the high-end video market, it'll be interesting to see how they respond. ...…
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Quote: Originally posted by cubist Good, there are tidbits on Macrumors about Xserve G5 in 4 months or so. Should make for a very nice Oracle 10g configuration. Meantime, for file and web, G4 Xserve is plenty fast enough. I'm thinkin' BIG…
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Quote: Originally posted by Eugene Apple needs to come up with server/workstation hardware that supports ECC RAM first... Sorry, but I don't get this ... what's ECC ram, and if it's so important, why isn't it stopping Big Mac? Mr. Curious
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Quote: Originally posted by asdasd You don't. Classic is on the way out. nobody in Apple is writing ppc machine code for OS X proper It's just a recompile. Since when would it be a simple re-compile? Since now. If the code is written aga…
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Quote: Originally posted by geekmeet attention "insider" dwellers! this "rumour" has yet to be debunked! alert! also.....the fact that apple put a g4 in the ibooks,a feat many of you said would not happen should be cause for speculation. does…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph There have been Fibre Channel cards and drivers for Macs for years now. Network bandwidth is not a recent requirement for a platform that's used to sling Photoshop files around. So it would not surprise me to he…
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Quote: Originally posted by cocoa tree Windows applications on other OSes and platforms will only be sanely possibe with C# and the surrounding class modell. Indeed development in that direction is happening as of now with MSs' consent (Mono(?) …
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Quote: Originally posted by costique OverToasty, there are new interactive technologies coming. The question is, who will employ them sooner: mass media (like TimeWarner) or IT (like ...). Well, naturally I'm curious, but I don't see how anyb…
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Quote: Originally posted by cubist OverToasty, that's the most insightful article on the future of TV I've ever seen. Everyone's noticed that print media such as newspapers and magazines are dying, and books are fading, and radio is pretty much …
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph When HDTV really hits, I expect Apple to be there with production solutions and DVD-like solutions so that people can play back things that they've specifically chosen to watch on their Macs, if necessary. T…
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Quote: Originally posted by @homenow Being open to a lawsuit and being served with one are two different things. At the company that I work, we could probably have grounds to sue most of the companies that contract us for work on 50-75% of the jo…
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Just one quick dumb-ass question ... What the hell is IBM doing with all those lame-o 970's that must be rolling out of the fab, yet can't get past, say ... 1Ghz or so ...? There's got to be a lot of 'em (or am I mistaken?) and if so, even at …
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Quote: Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch If Apple were to use a 500 Mhz chip, then I'd say Steve has gone nuts... That would be plain out stupid! There only so far you can stretch "Megahertz Myth Marketing", and I'm afraid this elastic wo…