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  • RealPC is MUCH faster than VirtualPC and is only $30 to download or $36 for a CD-ROM. The only drawbacks are that you need your own copy of Windows and it doesn't run in Mac OS X. P.S. By much faster, I mean more than twice as fast on my G3/300 …
    in Anyone try Virtual PC on new iMac? Comment by northform April 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Randycat99: I have always thought the Gecko was a chip obscured in mystery. Good hard info on it is so scarce other than it being based around a the newer PPC750 design. Some sources say it just has a few extra registe…
    in GameCube CPU as good as a G4? Comment by northform March 2002
  • Nintendo's GameCube had a 485MHz Custom PowerPC processor with 256KB of level 2 cache. It can sustain a little over 1.1 gigaflops. For comparison a (single) 500MHz G4 performs at 3.7 gigaflops. There is no question that GameCube is more powerful …
    in GameCube CPU as good as a G4? Comment by northform March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by rocky racoon: well, i thought of that in the first place, too. but then i remembered the screen of the gameboy advanced is also grey when turned off. nontheless i think it's a fake. it's just not apple-like. the i…
    in OH GOD!!!!! [iWalk] Comment by northform January 2002
  • I just noticed that while the iWalk is off the screen is grey (the colour of monochromatic displays) instead of black (the colour of every colour LCD I have seen handheld or otherwise). Would Apple be using a new type of LCD? I think not. Check o…
    in OH GOD!!!!! [iWalk] Comment by northform January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by applenut: the iPod HD is a Type II PC card. same size as an airport card. it could fit in there No. It is not a PC card.
    in OH GOD!!!!! [iWalk] Comment by northform January 2002
  • I have seen the pictures and the movies and it doesn't look nearly as fake as their earlier iWalk mock-up. I am still hesitant to call it the real deal, but the videos are hard to ignore. My take on it is that it could be an early prototype (hence…
    in OH GOD!!!!! [iWalk] Comment by northform January 2002