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Yeah, same old reaction after every new desktop Mac release. There's definitely a pattern forming: ever since the days of the G5 PowerMac and iMac with every new desktop release you get less value for your money. (this is not true for all lapto…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison I'd like to see Apple get back to solid engineering beyond smartphones. Maybe it all has to do with Jon Rubinstein? It seems since he left Apple, engineering went downhill. If you look at the iMac d…
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You know what this 'update' disaster looks like? Like Jobs insisting on introducing any new hardware design himself. And since he's out until June that meant this 'update' had to do without new hardware design and ended up rather lukewarm. I'…
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If the 20" and 24" iMacs count as one line, which they should, then the 15" and 17" MacBook Pros count as one too. So we have 7: Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro, Xserve, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Though you might argue that the MacBook has 2 di…
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Quote: Originally Posted by spcdust Pathetic update of the iMac. What are you complaining about? If you want an nVidia GPU at least the top level iMac has a better GPU option than a fully speced $14,000 (!!) Mac Pro! My last hope…
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Quote: Originally Posted by freakboy They're for people who need > 8 gigs of RAM If only. The single CPU config with its 8GB max limit just doesn't fit that description. I'm pretty sure its sole purpose of existence is for Apple to be a…
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I've been following Apple products since the late 80ies and I've seen them release some pretty dumb configurations. But this Mac Pro release... I don't get it. It makes no sense. I accept that Nehalem CPUs are more expensive and Apple will hav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ted13 it would force investors to look at Apple's VERY strong fundamentals and low P/E ratio and stop trading on gossip and rumors. I think you're wrong there. Stock prices rarely reflect what is, but rather reflec…
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Man, that's exactly the idea of 'taking time off'! To not sit on your computer for hours on end. But do something else instead. Stay in bed, go to therapy sessions, spend time doing something completely different. If anything it proves that St…
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The best way forward for Apple would be to add some kind of custom Co-CPU/GPU. How about a P.A. Semi developed MultiMedia chip that speeds up a lot of Core functions? It effectively becomes a built-in hardware dongle. New applications intended on…
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I'd be very surprised if the final product would have a white top surface. It will be black - like all others these days. It is possible that this is a prototype model that Apple at some point thought of releasing. Or will we get both? Unl…
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Are all these flash chips really just for next gen iPhones and iPods or would SSD also fall under this category? Or to put it differently: is Apple gobbling up all those chips merely for the next iPhones/iPods or can we expect some other device w…
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I wonder whether Steve Jobs' self-imposed recovery time also leaves him enough time to rethink Apple's product lines. Taking into account recent shifts in user needs, why certain Mac products do better than others, emerging technologies, etc. He m…
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There's a thought I had: A real Mac netbook breakthrough could be possible if Apple were to use ARM Cortex CPUs. We're talking operating days on a single battery charge, not hours, while providing similar (and soon better) performance than Atom …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin They probably changed their mind as we went deeper into a recession and then just didn't bother telling us about it. [...] Finally they've made the MBA what it should have been, which is cheaper than the Macbo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hudson1 I clearly said that it was an extra benefit, and only an opportunity as well. It wasn't the central point of my post and I don't think you're being intellectually honest by parsing out what I typed. Sorry, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hudson1 The extra benefit is that they've now expanded the overall share of OS X and further increased the potential of software sales. That argument is a bit moot. Unlike Microsoft, Apple is not really much involv…
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When people talk about netbooks they usually mean dirt cheap. As in $299 cheap per the OP. But we all know there won't be a $299 Mac netbook even in our wildest imagination. So I'm willing to stretch this to $499. But anything beyond that poin…
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I keep reading arguments why people want a Mac netbook. Sure, I want a $499 Mac notebook too! Count me in! But why should Apple release one? What's in it for Apple? I have yet to read a good reason. Every netbook sold is a potential MacB…
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Full agree (typing this on a 12" PowerBook - best notebook Apple ever did)! All these conundrums are the exact reasons why there isn't an Apple netbook (yet). The market for a non-Mac OS X netbook is not very large. Imagine a netbook running …