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  • [quote]Originally posted by Belle: Looks like my kitties' litter tray. New market niche for Apple - brand kitty litter trays!
    in PowerPod (with pic) :: VOTE NOW ! Comment by xype September 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Barto: Basically, for the same cost IA-64 chips should be faster than x86-64 chips. Basically, from what I know, x86-64 runs 32bit code pretty well which means _if_ people upgrade to a 64bit CPU they don't need to …
    in AMD's Hammer gets delayed again..... Comment by xype September 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Eugene: IA-64 is going to stomp all over x86-64. Eh? What makes you think that?
    in AMD's Hammer gets delayed again..... Comment by xype September 2002
  • As for getting into the games industry - it would be wise of Apple to just hire a bunch of guys to take care of the game ports of other titles. Apple can publish them themselves (like microsoft does) and have a bit of a quality control over which ti…
    in speculate away... (and no, not the g5) Comment by xype September 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Amorph: Gobs of bandwidth is an IBM trademark, anyway. <HomerS dreaming mode> Mmmm... bee.., er bandwidth... </HomerS dreaming mode>
    in Riddles of the past.. Comment by xype September 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Eugene: I'll just say I'm getting pretty excited about the second half of 2003. That's a long time off, is it.
    in Latest from MacUser on chips... Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by schrumpl: Furthermore, I s'pose the guy above is more concerned with the write speed of the drive, not the read. exactly. 8x cdr and 4x cdrw is not up to date for 2000$ and no opportunity to change the internal drive …
    in How bad a lag in future hardware will you accept? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by schrumpl: 24x cd???, 8x cdr???, 4x cdrw??? - no way! ouch! but the reason for that is probably heat generation of a 40x drive. stupid steve and his fanless fanatism.
    in How bad a lag in future hardware will you accept? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Amorph: Faced with that, you have to go and buy a card to get any kind of game performance. But if you buy an iMac, you don't. You mean you don't get any performance?
    in should apple sell a budget tower?? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison: I don't blame Apple for their current strategy and marketing. It's working well right now for their linuep. Yey, great! So they're finally increasing marketing share by more then 1% a year, or? Oh.. wait..
    in should apple sell a budget tower?? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by ZoSo: Apple's good vs. my own... Oh please, gimme a break--you're kiddin', ain't you? <psychotic voice, waving hands like wild> JUST WHAT KIND OF APPLE FAN ARE YOU!?! </psychotic voice, waving…
    in should apple sell a budget tower?? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by taboo: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that licensing of IEEE-1394 had very little (if anything) to do with Apple. As far as I know, the only time Apple makes any money is when the Firewire…
    in should apple sell a budget tower?? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by taboo: I don't know that I agree that USB2 is "running away with it". I don't really see that many USB2 products, or at least no more than FireWire (yet, that is). Looking at how old FireWire is, and how old USB2 is…
    in should apple sell a budget tower?? Comment by xype August 2002
  • I for my part would love the 17" iMac. But I will have to wait and buy a PM and a TFT screen when I have saved up enough money. I want to add a harddrive later on, update the graphics card and stick a new sound card into it. And still when I'm …
    in should apple sell a budget tower?? Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by O and A: I read that p4 3ghz is coming for the holiday season of this year... My mistake then. I tought Intel was having some problems with manufacturing these.. But it might as well been a misinformed news blurb.
    in Good things to come at MWSF Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison: Maybe it's time to face reality. That reality is that the intense competition between Intel and AMD has placed them and their roadmap so far ahead of Apple that hoping for a MWSF Miracle is crazy. The rea…
    in Good things to come at MWSF Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by jonasvdl2: if you dont beleve it it is my waste of time then why are you wasting it then? better learn to spell. [ 08-14-2002: Message edited by: xype ]
    in 1.5 ghz powermac is comming! Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Programmer: But enough of this nonesense, I'm off to the store to buy myself a new Mac... While you're at it - buy me one, too!
    in Portents for Spring 2003 Comment by xype August 2002
  • bah, to me the "going all dual" simply means there will be some real differentation between the pro and consumer machines. and as you can say dual means they can't go fast enough with one CPU, I say that dual means power at last and that is good. …
    in Moved: all Tower Duals reveal a desperate move Comment by xype August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by DisgruntledQS733Owner: you miserable twit of a moderator you. WOOHOO!! Here we go, another fun online extreme sport - piss off moderators! I wonder when the "capture the flag" version of it will appear!
    in ***CONFIRMED*** 1.25GHz G4 now CURRENT hardware Comment by xype August 2002