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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer It most certainly is a valid Con. Guess what, 2014 brings a bullet to Intel with the Excavator APU from AMD. The new Kaveri coming out stomps Haswell into the ground with GPGPU processing [OpenCL?] and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by waldobushman Maybe the worth of BBRY is higher now? Given the Snowden leaks of NSA spying, there is a market for phones that can't be hacked NSA. There was an article, late 2010, in which a number of countries were fo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton I'd like to hear how they plan to "right the ship." Anyone got the details? They're using the underpants gnome business plan. 1) Oust CEO 2) ???? 3) Profit!
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Quote: Originally Posted by malax Fair enough. But you'll admit that "Mac OS X 10.10" i.e., "Mac OS 10 10 point 10" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Nor does Mac OS 10 10 point 8 point 3 or any other combination. That's why you simply r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pedromartins In the same way that Xcode isn't sandboxed other apps could have the same status, like parallels, etc, will still being on the MAS. I know almost nothing about that specific subject, yet. Yes, you cle…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pedromartins Because regular desktop OSes are a thing of the past. Hahaha. Good joke. It's good that Apple doesn't share your absurd outlook on OS X that would basically no longer allow VM software, development to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by malax Apparently it's going to be "Mac OS ten ten point ten." Kinda weird, to say nothing of the fact that having 10.10 come after 10.9 is mathematically weird. What is weird about it? Plenty of software uses the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pedromartins Also, it's time to enforce the Mac App Store for it to really take off. Dropbox, Chrome, Firefox, Transmission, Thunderbird, VLC, etc... What are they waiting for? Why would they force the Mac App Store…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iw16w8sH0v It is shocking it has taken Intel so long to get on the band wagon. I think the faster they start making 3rd party ARM designs, the better Apple products will get. What is shocking? Intel has had an ARM ar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DGNR8 Can a developer point out any modifications in the underlying code that would make Apple want to push this on just about every Intel based Mac out there? Better battery life for all laptop users? Why would th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DGNR8 I can't help but wonder why they are offering a major upgrade for free and covering so many model's over so many model years. Not making paranoid accusations, just seems a little odd. Why would they not and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bregalad Within the same power envelope and price category Haswell offers a 2.3GHz CPU with Iris Pro 5200 graphics and a 2.7GHz CPU with HD4600 graphics. The 2.7GHz Haswell would have turned in 17% better CPU scores i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TeaEarleGreyHot And how is this different than Sammy's "benchmark booster" for which we gleefully derided the company? Horrible trolling is horrible.
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Quote: as well as wireless networking with 802.11ac for up to 1.2Mbps WiFi Huh? That's supposed to be Gbps, right? Because 1.2 Mbps would be .2% the max theoretical speed of Wireless N which is 600 Mbps.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Landcruiser He's right, the iPad with iWork is no equal to the Surface with Office. Apple would have to reduce the iPad quality, increase the cost, and make buggy software for it to be equal to the Surface with Office…
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Quote: Microsoft exec takes swing at Apple, calls iWork 'watered down,' iPad 'entertainment device' As clueless as ever it seems. From what I remember that "entertainment device" didn't need $1 billion in write-downs. And I'm sure Apple is ev…
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Quote: The video provides convincing evidence supporting Apple's concept of what mobile computing is all about, and in particular that it doesn't involve a need for Microsoft's Office brand of productivity apps, nor a multiple-position kickstand, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by macxpress Don't just assume that just because its integrated graphics, that its crap. I'm willing to bet the performance will be more than fine with the Iris Pro Graphics. It's faster for OpenCL tasks. For games it'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank Of course it's lighter than the iPad Air. It's only a 32 bit processor Can't tell if serious...
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Quote: Originally Posted by hydr Mac Pro needs 4K. But it´ll be a 65" TV You do realize that sounds extremely stupid, right? Why would you hook up a MacPro to a 65" TV over something more sane like a couple of 32" 4k monitors that will likely…