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There are currently available Xeon-branded chips that have slower FSBs as well, though as Backtomac points out, the Woodcrest and Clovertown chips in the current Mac Pro have faster FSBs than available Core 2 processors. Intel currently sells at le…
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The distinguishing characteristic for Intel's Xeon processors (which have been around since at least the P3 days) has always been the presence of a larger high-speed on-chip level 2 memory cache. The Core 2 Duo processors have either 2 or 4 MB L2…
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Quote: Originally posted by sammick Does one of the two, Boot Camp, Parallels, work better than the other? Is one more stable than the other? Is one easier to install than the other? If I am using a single windows program (streaming quotes o…
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Quote: Originally posted by baygbm Now that I have a MacBook and acquired lots of OSX software I'm sure my next desktop will be a big Mactel box (when they come out) but I just checked... I can't believe Apple is still pushing the G5 at full pric…
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Quote: Originally posted by Messiah The iApps certainly weren't any quicker on the MBP (contrary to all the reviews). Very strange. CPU-bound operations are SIGNIFICANTLY faster on my Macbook Pro than on my Powerbook G4 1.5 GHz with the same …
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The on-board graphics use 80 MB minimum of which only 64 MB is used as video RAM by applications and the GPU's frame buffers. -- Mark
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If by latency you mean lag in the UI, yeah i've suffered from a bit of that. I've seen that on the nano as well, but not on earlier iPods. Not really a big deal, though... -- Mark
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I'm listening to mine with no EQ, using Etymotic ER-4P headphones. My new iPod doesn't sound muddy at all, but the bass is definitely more pronounced. Sounds remarkably tight and clean, but there's definitely more of it. I think this is a delib…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph As for "lightning fast graphics card" - in what concrete way is FireGL hardware faster than the corresponding consumer hardware? At least on the Nvidia side, the pro graphics cards have more geometry pipeline…
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Quote: These days, my battery runs out in less than half an hour - so I resort to using my laptop plugged in. I didn't know that battery problems were a normal occurrence until I read alcimedes reply above. Well, you can still order new batterie…
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Quote: Originally posted by alcimedes the last revision of a product is almost always the best though, and a refurbed Ti after the Al books came out would be a great deal. Maybe, but these problems described here are very minor compared to wha…
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Quote: Originally posted by alcimedes so far it's been ok, but the heat sensor in the drive bay is a perfect example of a rev. a problem. it's too close to the side of the case, and doesn't pick up accurate heat readings. in the long run, thi…
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Unlike the other problems you listed, paint problems are not functional defects except maybe over the extreme long run, by which time your computer will have lost most of its value in any case. -- Mark
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It's a computer, not a work of art. Wear it proudly as the sign that you do more than just admire your computer from a distance. -- Mark
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I've had a great experience using the 9800 Pro with Maya on my G5. -- Mark
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Quote: Originally posted by scavanger Those are workstation class systems. Workstation != High End. Nonsense. First off that's a false distinction, second is that businesses don't buy "workstation class" computers for their office staff, whi…
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Quote: Originally posted by scavanger Although then there is no comparison. Most high end Windows systems are built by whiteboxes or their owners. The fact is that you can't build your own Mac. Windows OEM's are not designed to be high end. T…
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Quote: Originally posted by scavanger For 3600 I can buy a 19 inch high end LCD, and still fit my computer out with all the topend parts, some of which are better, like a Liteon DVD-RW/+RW drive. Perhaps. However, it doesn't make sense to com…
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Quote: Originally posted by X X Currently with the G4 there doesn't seem to be a major distinguishing specs regarding performance from the Powerbook and iBook. Powerbook has: * Higher processor speed (ranging from 1.25 GHz to 1.33 GHz vs…
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Quote: Originally posted by futuremac fat32? i have win2k is there an option for ntfs? and does anyone know if its better to link ipod to a mac or a pc? if i have both will i be able to go back and forth between mac and pc and listen/sync wit…