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  • [quote]Originally posted by nauf: thanks xype, I was wondering about that you're welcome!
    in MWSF Question... Comment by xype November 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by nauf: what exactly would someone need with a 64-bit processor? I'm sure gaming would utilize it but what about designers etc? what are the benefits for processing data in 64-bit chunks? I understand things can move fa…
    in MWSF Question... Comment by xype November 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by nauf: well, if there are no new PowerMacs at MWSF...should I wait till sometime in March for a revised version or just take the plunge now? If you can wait - you better wait.
    in MWSF Question... Comment by xype November 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: Alrighty then. Thanks for stoppin' by. Give my best to Aunt Bess and the folks. I left an extra pack of condoms in your purse just in case you get lucky. Pa. A childish reply to someone telling you yo…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: Janey: Are you going to marry a carrot, Lisa? Lisa: Hph... yeess, I'm going to marry a carrot. Janey: Huh! She admitted it, she admitted she was gonna marry a carrot! It's exactly comments like this - whic…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by nebcon65: They can't defy the laws of physics or chip design. Their clock speed push at the exclusion of much else could easily be their undoing. They can still sell their CPUs as kitchen appliances for baking ham an…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • As for businesses saying "we only take what has x86 inside, coz that's the standard" - those are companies where uberpotent managers make decisions because they feel like having to prove stuff. The "serious" customers, where engineers decide what th…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Programmer: The x86 market will find its way despite themselves... they've got enough money to spend their way to a solution. It doesn't take willpower to build an advanced processor, it just takes money. I will arg…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by fryke: Like Steve Jobs said, they're entering it humbly. Why are we discussing IBM's and Sun Microsystems' big iron servers when talking about what Apple should or shouldn't do? I don't see Apple in _that_ market in t…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Powerdoc: In the contrary the power 4 represented a great amount of R&D. Which, in turn, IBM does not want to be in vain. Hence this means they have longer-reaching plans for the platform.
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: I don't even know what a low-end server market is. But you still argue about it? Wow. [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: Is that the entry level market that everyone with a clue talks about? Because…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: amorph... so you're saying that Apple is entering the PC server market? Duh, no. Low end server market. As in cheaper than $10.000 servers. Anything from IBM to x86 based servers go here, but those are no…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by r-0X#Zapchud: but I hope for something groundbreaking, even though I can't even imagine what that would be. Picture this: "Surround sound" !
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: ... I would spend less time insulting other people's intelligence... what intelligence?
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Bigc: what happened to the thread "Finally and interesting G5 story" . This ain't it. What's the opposite of evolution? Deevolution? It deevoluted.
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: Since when? Your whole agrument is based on ideology--BETA vs. VHS. Do you know that the only reason VHS did succeed is because it was cheap enough for the US porn industry use it to release their movies? Th…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by tonton: The Pentium 4 looks more and more like Word 6. Cool - did word also use 100 watt to run?
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by David M: Seek to excel not are excelling. I agree things are not there yet but Linux seems to have much more momentum than MS these days. Yet the moment MS will stop releasing new products the open source movement w…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacLuv: Apple took a risk with RISC and it didn't pay off. Now you're asking me to have faith and walk down the same alley where we all got our asses kicked. Now you're just starting to sound really stupid. Edit…
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Clive: He's just stuck because he can't play his mp3s in the car, so he has to buy the media that fits. No, he has a minidisc player he can record to and use that in his car stereo. He could use mp3 if he really …
    in Finally an interesting G5 story Comment by xype November 2002