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  • What struck me about the two reports is how similar they were. C|Net basically just reprinted what ThinkSecret wrote a few hours earlier (just about enough for a quick talk with your editor and a writeup). The only difference was that where ThinkSec…
    in Could the whole cnet/thinksecret 'no powermac' reports be a smokescreen? Comment by penhead July 2002
  • There we have it. The Crystal Clear savings campaign is because of the displays, not the powermacs. This ties in with a 17in imac - i happen to believe that one, because it makes sense to have equal or better resolution than the eMac in the top-line…
    in Currebt Powermacs EOL ( at least in Europe) Comment by penhead July 2002
  • There will be new DDR powermacs at MWNY.
    in No Powermacs at MWNY? Comment by penhead July 2002
  • Thanks! Well done putting all that together It was a good read, too. I feel so much wiser now.
    in G5 Speculation Revisited Comment by penhead July 2002
  • If the idea is to forgo graphics, memory and I/O systems in a new PC - to use everything but the processor in the mac hardwar, I think the R&D needed to make the card work would make it more expensive than buying a run-of-the-mill PC.
    in VPC and hardware emulation Comment by penhead July 2002
  • Apple even shipped macs with a DOS card in the early nineties i think, with the pizza box 601's. I think they were 66Mhz 486's .. Nah I dont think there would be much point in an addon card. If you really need PC hardware, you can get it so cheap…
    in VPC and hardware emulation Comment by penhead July 2002
  • Even if Apple considers the iBook to be their subnotebook, I think one thing is for sure: Apple cannot afford to be left out of the small computer (pda/tablet)-market. Also I think it stands to reason that if their idea of acquisions lately i…
    in Subnotebook? Should Apple try? Comment by penhead July 2002
  • Nice design! It would be even better if it had a lense and a flash to go with that light sensor /penhead
    in Say Hello to iCam (Apple Mock Up) Comment by penhead June 2002
  • keyboardf12: You opened my eyes. Wow. Buy two computers, get a third in the network. With an installed network something like this in the OS for free (?) would add some serious value! /penhead
    in Project "Wolf" and "Presley" in July? Comment by penhead June 2002
  • C'mon - Apple probably has more than four projects (and hence more than four codenames) running at any given time. Wolf sounds like a killer, if they can make it safe. I read the post as basically saying that any internet-enabled mac can be turne…
    in Project "Wolf" and "Presley" in July? Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Someone missed their calling. It takes some serious talent to write so much without saying a single thing about anything Anyway, I thought Raycer Graphics made workstation-class 3D graphics chips:
    in Raycer/Raycor - Yeah, but what the heck is it? Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Most websites seem to agree on a summer schedule for R300, but this means ATi might screw up again and give us some inside on which systems it might be in before the Stevenote Also, R300 is the only card thus far to be able to run Doom3! How c…
    in R300 to be officially unvieled July 18... Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Sorry, my bad on xserve memory [quote] from apple.com/xserve/specs.html: Full 128-bit internal memory data paths This is AltiVec i guess ... I just reasoned that since they were making their own memory controller, something like this…
    in Apple + Nvidia Speculation + Recap Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Intersting ... I also think that the DDR memory controller in the XServe is inspired by nvidia's TwinBank memry architechture for nforce. Normal 266 DDR memory bus: 64-bit, 2,1GB/s TwinBank: 128-bit (with two sticks in strategic places) 4,2 …
    in Apple + Nvidia Speculation + Recap Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Allright. Call it off if your want to: There wont be a stereo from sony that runs windows and can record videos and answer your phone. What a lot of people don't seem to realize is that there is a *PC* from Sony that plays CDs, records videos, an…
    in CONVERGENCE : Let's call the whole thing off? Comment by penhead June 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by bsharp: What writer would not want to edit his material from afar while waiting for a meeting to start, watching TV or lounging by the pool? ... iWrite. There's a concept! Interesting concept... It would have to…
    in Apple's Next Market? Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Now why would Apple want to do that? Penhead's "sanity check": - Is SGI making any money? I seriously doubt it. - Does Apple stand to gain from SGI using PPC? No they won't gain a dime. Remember, Apple doesnt make PPC, moto and IBM does. …
    in Could this be the future? Oh, I wish... Comment by penhead June 2002
  • Megahertz myth time: The Clawhammer trouncing an intel is actually good for Apple. Now more people will believe what Apple has shown for a long time: Mhz alone is no yardstick for performance. The Clawhammer, btw, is a 64-bit chip, or an X86…
    in uh oh... moto needs to get in gear NOW. Comment by penhead June 2002
  • To clarify: Framistan was mentioned as an aple product in an [
    in The REAL meaning of "Framistan..." Comment by penhead June 2002
  • [ignoring mis-post above] Yes, that does rather solve The framistan question. It was a joke. And good one, I must admit /penhead
    in The REAL meaning of "Framistan..." Comment by penhead June 2002