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  • My only concern with this anouncement is the speed of the upgrades. If new chips are ready or almost ready for the G5's at impresive new speeds or using new chips all together, it seems like an ill omen that the Xserve speedup is only up to 2.3. doe…
  • Thanks for the excelent feedback everyone. This little comunity demonstrates the amazing power of the internet. to have this much expertise gathered from around the world, sharing there experience and advice for the love of a product/cause is just a…
    in iBook Comment by mikenap December 2004
  • Hi Gang, I just came accross a nice little Christmas Gift, a $1000 cash from a client who unexpectedly paid off an old invoice. (ho-ho-ho!!!) I want to get a little laptop for bringing to school (i teach design at a small college in the evenings) f…
    in iBook Comment by mikenap December 2004
  • It seems to me the "scoop" would be there using a cell or variant technology... This would be substantial info into future development plans, IMHO...
  • Here's a very logical article from the Register with another theory on the IBM/PC anouncement. In a nutshell, they say that IBM is getting out of the PC biz to not directly compete with HP and Dell and others in this space, thus makeing it easier to…
  • I'm not surprised to see Apple's name witheld from the Power consortium. It seems to be classic Apple actualy, if they were included on that list, it would partialy disclose some of there future plans and intentions, and we all know how little of t…
  • I remember an article about Steve J talking to the heads of the big movie studios, interviewing them about what they would like to see in workstations from Apple. He made an interesting statement about a day coming soon when the speed of a computer…
  • Are there many technical diferences in the Cell processor vs. the PowerPC we use today such as the G5? Would it be possible for Apple to plug in these chips without software develpers having to jump through any hoops? I thought i read there is no …
  • Quick question on "threading" and multitasking. (not sure if I'm using the corect terminology, but I'll try). Is it possible to design a computer system that would allow multiple operations to be perfomed IN the same application at the same time? f…