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Quote: Originally posted by DaveGee From a MOT press release dated Feb 2003: Pricing and Availability Alpha samples of the MPC7457 and MPC7447 PowerPC processors are available today to selected customers. General market sampling is planned fo…
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Shameless 'bump' while waiting for Amorph's response to pricing and links for the G4s. -Antithesis
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph That's not what I asked. I asked if you'd priced a G4. Last I checked, for the 7457, Motorola's asking $250 per CPU in lots of 10,000, in case you're wondering. Amorph, I went looking for 7457s in b…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph That's not what I asked. I asked if you'd priced a G4. Last I checked, for the 7457, Motorola's asking $250 per CPU in lots of 10,000, in case you're wondering. Ah, my bad. I thought you were asking…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph Then you weren't really listening. Funny, I thought I gleaned that from you in some earlier discussions we'd had. Quote: Apple doesn't have the economies of scale that WinTel does for several crucial comp…
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Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me I most certainly understood the point. I think that most of us understood the point. The fact that we understood the point doesn't make it any less stupid. What Format2C and a lot of other people don't understan…
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Quote: Originally posted by linefear Apples biggest problem is price vs. performance! I used to think that, too. But after talking to some of the mods on this board, I've changed my mind. It seems to me that Apple's manufacturing process i…
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Quote: Originally posted by pscates ...then there's crack-induced dementia. Priceless. Thanks for bringing a good laugh to my otherwise boring afternoon. -Antithesis.
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Quote: Originally posted by quagmire Your bet is going to cost ya. It is tuesday. No updates. Your going to lose $412. So sad. I wish I took the bet. Not to be overly pendantic... But at $5 a pop, it would be impossible for said poster to …
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Oh, boy. Where to begin? Quote: Originally posted by Mac Voyer Parents would probably consider Mac if Macs were good for games. Games are 1/4th of the reason people buy computers. I?m a pretty big proponent of games on the Macintosh, but …
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Quote: Originally posted by Joey Speaking of which... does anyone know if there is something like OpenOffice for X? or Star Office? Both of these are completely acceptable alternatives to a $500 office suite from Microsoft (although... almost ev…
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Quote: Originally posted by Carson O'Genic Another thing that really strikes me is that we are discussing a couple of hundred bucks here between an eMac and a low end PC. I know, I know, this will affect some peoples decisions of which to buy. …
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Quote: Originally posted by spotcatbug I guess that's what I was getting at when I asked my question. Does anybody lambast Sony for not selling a $500 PC? If you're one of those people that believes Apple must sell a $500 Mac, you have to think S…
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Quote: Originally posted by spotcatbug Um... are there any PC makers that don't offer a "$500" computer? I mean, is it only Apple, Dell, HP, etc. that are required to attempt to compete in that arena, or are all computer makers required to off…
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You know, it?s rare that I encounter a post that proves my points so well. Equally unique is the fact that the person making the points thinks s/he isn?t. Let?s start with the end of your post: Quote: Originally posted by Joey I've only had…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph However, Fred Anderson has repeatedly cautioned analysts in conference calls that higher sales of iMacs and eMacs depress margins, while higher sales of PowerMacs and PowerBooks support them. It's not hard to co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Res Right now Apples low end computer is the $799 eMac, and it is pretty much a bad joke of a machine. It comes with 128 megs of RAM (that's the joke part), and 1 GHz G4 on a slow bus. Top it off with a slow video card,…
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Quote: Originally posted by emig647 Had to message you as soon as I saw this... so someone might have said the samething by now... There is barely ANY difference between WinTel cards and Mac cards... You're acting like they have to design from…
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Quote: Originally posted by tink In the tradition of "no question is a stupid question?" Why is a physical card made for a Wintell PC AGP slot so much different then one made for a Mac AGP slot? Is the motherboard, main bus, Memory type and …
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Quote: Originally posted by kupan787 What R&D? I have read countless times of people buying retail PC cards, and flashing them with mac bios and they run fine. So it seems that all a PC vender would need to do is flash a card with a Mac BIOS …