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  • [quote]Originally posted by stupider...likeafox: I happen to agree that Mac OS X is better but is that going to mean that it's user share will skyrocket over the next decade? No. How do you know?
  • [quote]Originally posted by M3D Jack: My name is Jack Frost IV, and I'm a Designer Teeheee! Someone wants a free iPod from Apple!
  • [quote]Originally posted by Composer: Why? Becuase they can tell ONE APP to be a total system hog and take up all of the memory bandwidth. That way they don't have to worry about random processes and whatnot interfering in the recording process. …
  • [quote]Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch: OS9 works for most people, and since grafix users and such doesnt have the need for a *NIX command line, then why should they switch? They might do it when Quark 5, OSX only, is out, but untill now, th…
  • Interesting - because as I've seen it here (in some 4-5 advertising and design agencies) people really like the idea of OS X but a lot of them think it's still not "ready" engouh for a real switch. If Apple goes OS X by default next year, don't they…
  • [quote]Originally posted by Dogcow: Still dosn't help the fact that the mac dosn't have it NOW. MacOS X is unix. Get X11 for OS X and you will have it.
  • [quote]Originally posted by Dogcow: However whats 'nice' about windows is that its built in and that you dont need any special clients. cool! built-in? wow! unix had that in the realy 90's already, iirc
  • the radeon 9000 supports pixel&vertex shaedrs (it's a radeon 8500 on a smaller procfrom what I know), the 7500 does not. so in theory 9000 will be able to run Doom 3 nicely, the 7500 wont.
  • 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. …
  • 1] Anyone who expected a .5 ghz jump expected, well, too much 2] We don't know for sure till tomorrow 3] Top of the line would be DUAL 1.25 ghz, that's 2.5 ghz total. That's 2.5 ghz total of AltiVec, PowerPC goodness. I say let's wai…
  • actually I think a dual 867 at the bottom is great. and dual 1.25 is great, too. this is PowerPC after all, no Pentium 4 schit. I guess a dual 867 with a Radeon 9700 card would make a kick-ass machine. and if it comes in snow-white, all the better -…
  • [quote]Originally posted by timortis: what's this topic doing in "future hardware"? taking up space?
  • [quote]Originally posted by powerdoc: The HD is much slower than the one of the tower, you cannot add an another HD: I always tought it's possible to boot and work from a firewire HD..
  • So far the only reason not to go laptop only for graphic professionals I have heard is that "colors don't look right on a TFT screen". But since CMYK colors actually don't look quite right on a VGA screen as well and since most pros work with "color…
  • [quote]Originally posted by starfleetX: People have are already been overclocking G4's past 1 GHz. If you're a beginner at OC'ing, DON'T START WITH THE G4. It's way too expensive to replace if you screw up. Build a cheap PC box and OC some Celer…
  • I'd go with some cool ornage or green/yellow color, something like the nova yellow of the
  • The GeForce 2 is a tad better than the GeForce 256 and a bit slower than the GeForce 3.
  • [quote]Originally posted by strazi: I agree, after seeing it from several different angles, the new iMac is gorgeous. Different angles? Heck, man, it's round!
  • drats. that no good resolution if me is to make graphic design and 3d. waiting for new powermac line then.