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  • I'll be satisfied if they manage to get three of those five needs in the new PowerMac, and release it on time in January / early February.
    in What will be the new specs for the next PM line? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by zodiac It not insane, I do all this stuff, pleasantly, on my dad's girlfriend's 600 ibook. And I do it just fine on my 1.25GHz emac. But as I said before, if you can afford it, go for it. Yes, it is insane. Yest…
    in Which Mac should I get? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Messiahtosh The new iMac is not going to be last year's computer at $999, it's going to be next year's computer at $1299. I'll take that 1.6 or 1.8 GHz G5 and run, you guys can whine about BS expansion and graphics car…
    in TS reports on new imac specs Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Nice. Too bad that 10.4 won't give the user controls to globally scale the graphics. I'd do it at once.
    in Mac OS X Tiger to support resolution independence, larger icons Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • It's insane to recommend anything less than a new PowerBook G4 with a fast graphics card (9700 with 128MB VRAM) in 2004. While you can do (some) video editing and photoshop on older hardware, nothing guarantees it'll be smooth or pleasant at all. …
    in Which Mac should I get? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by onlooker Ohh...hohh..hohh... That would be such an embarrassment. (And your probably right they wont reach it but ->) You can bet your @ss IBM realizes that they failed, and everybody thinks this failure is an indi…
    in What will be the new specs for the next PM line? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • I'd guess it'd be something like this: All duals; Low-end 2.0 GHz processors 256MB DDR2 RAM (dual channel 533 MHz) 120 GB harddrive X600 PCIe graphics card (standard) (128 MB) Options for nVidia GF FX 6800 Ultra and ATI X800 Pro Four RAM s…
    in What will be the new specs for the next PM line? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Stoo "And I predict that Apple will still have 32 bit processors in their lineup until 2006. No way the OS is going to be all 64-bit by then. " My point was that the OS doesn't have to be all 64 bit for an across the b…
    in Powerbooks with Dual-Core G4s? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • The game-play of Doom 3 itself can be said to not be the most important part. ID knows that a lot of people will buy their game, and the reasons may differ. One reason is the beautiful and great graphics, second might be that they believe or know th…
    in Doom3 to run on new iMac? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Stoo Mac OS currently works fine on the PowerMac G5: why should this not be the case for future G5 based models? 32 and 64bit code coexist quite happily on 64bit PowerPC. Where did I state that future G5 based mode…
    in Powerbooks with Dual-Core G4s? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Excellent points, thanks. I'll guess I'll have to play satisfied until something better comes around. :-)
    in High Capacity Battery Vs. Apple Battery Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Very well said, rickag.
    in TS reports on new imac specs Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by onlooker Apple's OS will probably be fully 64bit version (only running on 64Bit Processors, but still able to run 32bit apps) by 2006. If that comes in Q3 2005 it's life span would probably be less than acceptable. …
    in Powerbooks with Dual-Core G4s? Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison Boy 5200fx or not I'm excited about seeing another generation of the iMac. Wives are going to love this thing. Now that is an accurate statement.
    in TS reports on new imac specs Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison That's precisely my point. The cube was 450Mhz and competitive with the rest of the line in speed. It was GPU and CPU upgradable. It was nigh silent as well. It failed. Just as a headless Mac today even with…
    in TS reports on new imac specs Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison That's great for the consumer but it does nothing for Apple and its shareholders. Going from %100 attach rates on LCDs to even %70 means that Apple now has to sell more Macs to cover the revenue loss. …
    in TS reports on new imac specs Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison It's not so much as if they "could" but if they "should". Apple is a public company that must seek to make a profit. Headless G5s are nice to dream about but the only way they are created is if Apple can pro…
    in TS reports on new imac specs Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by kim kap sol Again...on lap...or on desktop. I'm guessing that you can't have it in a laptop in dual core version, unless you want your penis fried. We'll have to see about that, but I think this chip has good poten…
    in Motorola developing dual-core PowerPC G4, MPC 7447A successor Comment by zapchud August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by dornball what about the bus speed? the G4 was never able to get past the 167MHz mark. the G5 tops out at 1.25GHz bus. who cares how fast it is, if it still has a bottleneck like this. my 2 cents. -dornball …
    in Motorola developing dual-core PowerPC G4, MPC 7447A successor Comment by zapchud August 2004