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  • [quote]Originally posted by Macmedia: Quark for X, I had to chuckle here. [quote]Originally posted by Macmedia: What do you do when the computer market becomes saturated? Usually that's the time when someone comes out with a Kil…
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Xaqtly: Didn't any of this occur to anybody else? Uhm. Now that you mention it...
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by firelark: If for "real 3D workstations" you are refering to silicon graphics and alike. Ive got news for you; that era is history. Todays 3D workstations consists of PC with proffesional 3D graphic cards (which mac lacks…
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Amorph: There are a lot of other things to consider. Some will make the G4 look good. Some won't. Engineering is, after all, about tradeoffs. And it's pretty sad when engineering decisions are based on "how many GHz …
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Lemon Bon Bon: PS. Xype for President. Yes! The state treasury buys up Apple, bans PCs and gives away free Macs!
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by firelark: If sales are so good why dont they release the full version of Maya (Unlimited) for mac? How many people are buying Unlimited anyway? From what people tell me (people in the know, as in in contact with res…
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • I think the proof that Apple DOES get it is their notebook line. The line simply "fits 100%" - and it shows that given the right equipment Apple sure knows how to find the sweet spot and develop a top notch product with a reasonable price point. …
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by KidRed: Gateway just closed 3 MORE stores and is moments away from join Acer & EMachines. Er, to the "Ugly PC Makers Club"? Why isn't Dell allowed to join?
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by JLL: Perhaps we should bring this in here too: Wow, I always tought Apple at one point had more than "just" 12% of the market. Interesting.
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • I wonder if an experiment among the lines "let's sell the last few G4 PowerMacs with a margin of 10%" would do any good as far as powermac sales go. I mean 4 billion - geez, with that kind of pocket change there is definately some room for toying ar…
    in "A number of plans" - fred anderson Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Geddoe: No, he misses a very important fact. If you increase your volume you can spread your fixed costs over more machines. If you have a buyer for it, that is.
    in The $399 question: Revisited by the media Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Lemon Bon Bon: They did with the iPod. The cheapest 'Mac' available. I think they 'could' get near. They need to listen to the 97% a little more. And tailer something accordingly. Problem is Apple can listen all …
    in The $399 question: Revisited by the media Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Programmer: If you see a nail that needs to be hammered, but you forgot your hammer then the first thing to do is go and get your hammer. You could try hitting it with something else, but it probably won't work as well a…
    in The $399 question: Revisited by the media Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by cubist: BTW, I think the Mini is made by Austin, a British company acquired by BMW. BMW sold off Rover et.al. but retained the right to the Mini brand and is in fact making the Mini and selling it in the BMW shops. …
    in The $399 question: Revisited by the media Comment by xype January 2003
  • The iMac is $1,199. Let's say the display costs Apple ~$200. Put the display away and you have a nice $999 machine that will run OSX fast enough. And since the eMac's display is probably around $100 this means that with a headless e/iMac at $999 App…
    in The $399 question: Revisited by the media Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Clive: Like there's no high voltage electricity involved in spot welding? Get serious. Maybe that's why the G5 used to explode and Apple was to dumb to connect the two events.
    in Wow, the G5's HAVE been making their rounds Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by TommyBrando: Is motorola's "G5" a 64 bit chip as well? The boxes that *cough* got were 64-bit chips and the algorithms they were running were in 64-bit. I don't know if that means it was absolutely IBM's chip or not.…
    in Wow, the G5's HAVE been making their rounds Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by sc_markt: They wouldn't just throw it away or sell it at a later date. From what I gathered the G5 had huge heat problems and was abandoned because of that.
    in Wow, the G5's HAVE been making their rounds Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by philbot: Yep. And they were even called G5 on the Apple litrature. The one I saw did have OSX on it though. "Darn, Steve, those are amazing! Soo fast!" "Blahblah. I'll kill the project. That'll teach them messing …
    in Wow, the G5's HAVE been making their rounds Comment by xype January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by costique: I just wanted to say it should be possible to learn something about the CPU even in a welded shut box. Just drop it out the window of the 6th floor.
    in Wow, the G5's HAVE been making their rounds Comment by xype January 2003