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  • Flash drives take up too much room. Any one that gives meaningful storage are currently the size of a 5 and 1/2" drive bay or a fullsize PCI card. Do you see anyone squeezing THAT into a laptop? I agree with whoever said above, people need to get ov…
    in Hardware Features on Apple x86 Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch You never mentioned any money. True, but the oint is a widescreen iBook is much more affordable than any other Apple portables.
    in iBook 13.3 on track for January Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman tell me about it mate. \ i did some maths on my pc rig i built, and looks like (shh... don't tell my parents) it amounts to 4,500 in local currency (ringgits) the key to unlocking its value is running os X …
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman edit: yeah, i get your point too, no worries, i was just being a cheeky bunny. Tis christmas baby rabbits that are quite soft dont come till Easter.
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Chucker Presumably. But even then, speaking of a "salary" is questionable. Used to do papers, recently got upgraded to slicing and displaying fruit a veges and Woolworths - incidently, i can pretty much recite the …
    in iBook 13.3 on track for January Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman Originally posted by pyriX I agree - Apple is not going to ship a $3500AUD system with an shared video chipset. People are going to take one look at it and go, "wtf? I can get two 7800GTX in SLI, An FX57, …
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch PB 15" & 17". *kaching* I dont think so - iBook is $1500AUD, 6 months salary for me. Powerbooks w/widescreen $3199AUD - more than a years salary
    in iBook 13.3 on track for January Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Placebo THEY MADE THE DEV MACHINES HAVE SHARED VIDEO TO CUT COSTS, BECAUSE PORTING PROGRAMS DOESN'T REQUIRE A 7800GTX. YOU ARE AN IDIOT! AN ABSOLUTE FREAKING IDIOT! My god. I agree - Apple is not going to ship a…
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Elixir whats the point in widescreen though? is there one if u aren't watching a movie on it? seems stupid Is not stupid. ever noticed you eye sees wider than it does upwards - also widescreen allows you to vie…
    in iBook 13.3 on track for January Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • IF your not a poweruser, dont get a powerbook. iBooks are more than capable, and if this rumor about Apple giving it a widescreen is true, so much the better. Another rumor is that Apple will be dropping its 12" Powerbook line, which is probably sup…
    in IBook vs. Powerbook Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Existence I think ThinkSecret meant 1280x800 which is 30% more pixels than the 14.1" iBook. Widescreen portable+OSX = cash saying good bye to my bank account
    in iBook 13.3 on track for January Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by kaiwai The only problem is this; with an integrated video card, as long as there is massive bandwidth - which will come on tap with PCIe v2 and fast memory, around 533Mhz or higher, the performance penalty for low end …
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • I was thinking something along the lines of wireless synching until i read what the above dude said - u have to plug it in to charge anyways Perhaps larger capacity batteries? We all know where THAT goes though... BUt it makes no sense to me t…
    in PortalPlayer acquisition to yield wireless iPods? Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by tubgirl 'integrated' here means 'integrated into the northbridge of the chipset'. of course it steals bandwidth from the cpu, but you cant get much closer to the main memory than that... in fact, the gma rely on the …
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by tubgirl the thing with using dedicated graphics memory for your gpu is that you can afford to use a faster (and more expensive) type of memory than your main memory. but if you're going to use regular 400-ddr, you mig…
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Is shared video, especially the chipsets from intel and nvidia really such a BAD thing? Especially considering that the video cards on Mac's already suck. (I'm gonna get jumped for that, I can tell). But 32mb of memory to a Radeon 9550 - thats a lit…
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • nvidea 6150 anyone? HDMI output mmmmmm....
    in Graphics chipsets in new Intel Macs Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Okay.. My take, not that it counts for anything If the Mac Mini doesnt do DVR, point of having it in living room = Zilch I dont see why becuase Apple's uh, Apple, they cant do what microsoft does, just better. Caesar was right when he poin…
    in Mac mini reborn at MacWorld? Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • SUmmary and End of argument: BOTH Firewire 400/800 are faster than than USB 2.0, REGARDLESS of their theoretical maximums. The guy just wants to know what drive he should get. I believe that question was answered a while ago. As for why, there ar…
    in Firewire vs USB 2.0, and another question Comment by pyrix December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by nickgb3 Thanks for the help - I'm definitely leaning towards the Firewire. I guess my only remaining question is whether Firewire is going to become obselete any time soon - thoughts? As long as Apple is seen as t…
    in Firewire vs USB 2.0, and another question Comment by pyrix November 2005