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Interesting, I had no idea. As far as bandwidth limitations go, it doesn't seem too bad. I ripped a bunch of CDs on my mini today, and it burns a song to MP3 format very quickly (maybe 10sec/song by my estimates). Encoding is typically a high-ba…
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anand, Are you the same anand from the hardware review site?
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Here's a couple I like for wallpaper. I excluded my actual desktop, since it only has the Macintosh HD and a fairly basic Dock on it. That way you can use these as your own! The picture I use now. Another nice one. Hope you like em!
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heh, I ran WinXP on an Athlon 900mhz with only 128mb of RAM. It ran well enough until I could upgrade to 256mb. I used to even play games on that configuration. I don't know where all this talk about 512mb+ for windows came from. Unless you're playi…
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lol, yeah, Activity Monitor is what I meant. I have it in my Dock, since I reference it quite often.
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Well, I'm also referring to the fact that there are many more viruses and spyware programs targeting windows. Do they make Gator for OSX?
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Sounds to me like your windows machine is in bad need of some maintenance. We use hideously slow Dells at work (P4 2.0ghz 256mb RAM, with integrate graphics using part of the RAM), and opening any application doesn't take what I'd call "ages." Certa…
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The term "Xscale" confuses me a bit. IBM uses the same term for its new Xeon SMP chiset that it just launched. Then there's the Xscale processor found in PDAs. I know it's not the same thing, but they all have the same name? As far as hardware be…
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Try watching system monitor when it happens. There are websites out there that will actually max out your CPU when the wrong flash ad appears. Then there's java, where one poorly coded ad or site can make your system take a dump. If it always seems …
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Well, this is always a heated debate. If x86 is any reference point, then I'd say nVidia is better on a Mac. The main reason I say this is that ATi has traditionally had more driver overhead running OpenGL, which means more CPU cycles and lower …
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lol, I'm a pretty religious reformatter myself. I've probably installed Windows over 200 times. As for defensive people, I think some get way to protective of their purchase decisions. Who cares if someone else thinks your nuts? As long as you'…
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Yeah, I got some static for buying a mini at the mostly wintel forum mentioned above. However, many found my experience to be enlightening, as quite a few people over there are considering getting a mini as well. Honestly, people seem to get threate…
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heh, don't let the lable fool ya. I've built at least half-a-dozen PCs, owned and disassembled 3 laptops, and have been an active forum member at hardwarecentral.com since 2001. I may be relatively new to Macs, but I have dealt with a fair share of …
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Bank of America works great on Firefox and Safari. I even filed my taxes online with Safari. I haven't used IE once, except to see how it performed (man, is it ugly). I think you don't need to worry. More and more people are abandoning IE for fi…
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For what it's worth, when I bought my mini, the sales guy actually recommended that I upgrade the RAM myself. He had the mini on display, and he even showed me the video of how to crack the case open. The video, ironically, was on the mini's Hard dr…
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When I bought mine, the sales guy said they were going as fast as they were coming in. He also said that quite a few of them were first time mac buyers. If the rumors are true, Best Buy and Circuit City might start selling these, which says a lot ab…
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Huh? Are you guys suggesting that clock speed is the only thing that matters? If this were true, then the K8 would be getting smoked by the 3.8ghz P4. I can assure you that it doesn't. There are considerable architectural differences among the P4, K…
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AMD and Intel are planning to have virtualization built into their next line of CPUs. This could give Apple the window it needs to run on x86 but still keep the legacy baggage of current apps. Wintel (MS and Intel) isn't as powerful as it used t…
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You will definitely gain battery life. The question of how much is a matter of your usage. The CPU is typically one of the biggest energy hogs in a notebook. Well, at the least, it's one of the few components than can actually run in a power saving …
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Yeah, it depends on how much you do at once. Most people might run 2-3 apps at the same time, but you can only ever give your attention to one at any given moment. As owner of a 12" iBook, I can't say the screen bothers me. Then again, I don't …