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Quote: Originally Posted by enjourni Netflix is pretty good, but as soon as someone can bring to market an instant streaming service with more current/popular releases, they will get killed. It's really annoying how much isn't on streaming. But n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MaroonMushroom Because the MSRP was $599....? Walmart is huge, if they bought a bunch of tablets from Moto, and wanted to push them at $60 under MSRP, so be it. I can't see too many people buying them at $800 off co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FuturePastNow The next refresh of the Macbook and 13" MBP will mark either Apple's return to Intel Integrated Graphics at the low end, or Apple's adoption of AMD processors and Radeon integrated graphics on those machi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE What amazes me is that everyone is talking about cloud computing and some people still want external HDD for portable devices. I have two external HDD and several flash drives that I haven't used for years now…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Wasn?t there a shift a few quarters ago from the MacBook to the 13? MBP being the best selling Mac after they dropped the price of the 13? MBP to within $200 of the MacBook? Note that latest MBP received an u…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maximara As much as I like the Mac I think the slow adoption of Windows 7 and slower than expected PC sales has more to do with inertia then anything else. The time between XP and Vista was the longest (5 years) betwe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bancho I have a netbook. I bought it to tinker with and for the most part it's fun enough. As far as usability goes the iPad is vastly superior. The cramped keyboard coupled with the teeny touchpad makes inputting data…
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So Macs suddenly don't use DDR3 RAM anymore either? The growth of smartphones is irrelevant, but the iPad is driving everything? These headlines are ridiculous.
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht Yah, but it's kinda a pain in the rear. Do you know how many different bleeding configs I need to test? It's not just hitting a few buttons, it's making sure I didn't use something out of 2.2 when I still want to…
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I don't understand the hangup over OpenCL or GPU's in general under OSX; I know Apple wants OpenCL, but it hasn't gone anywhere. Additionally, Apple is behind the curve on OpenGL extensions anyhow. Apple had no problem using Intel GPU's before (…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nkhm I see, and would you care to list a single streaming provider who streams in 1080, or a single telecoms company that would provide high enough bandwidth to allow that? PS. 1080 isn't a standard, it's one of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by 2 cents Some of you are missing the potential of this. I got rid of my cable 6 months ago and I've been watching netflix streaming on my iMac since. Ive been buying DVDs of shows I like, such as "Curb" (HBO). After wa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cubert I guess you didn't catch on to the fact that my comment was mimicking Steve Ballmer's comments about the iPhone not being "a very good email machine". OS X runs games just fine. Depends on your standards t…
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An updated device that no one wanted in the first place, ie an iPod for the TV. Even with it running iOS, it will still just be an extension of iTunes. Can't playback any disc format, 1080p, or any format that iTunes doesn't support. Even som…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Thanks very much for those details. It shows some interesting information about current desktop performance. The quad-core i5 750 even overclocked to 3.2GHz manages between 7500-9000 on Geekbench (64-bit is t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 3.0 isn't even complete so looking at 3.3 or 4.x is waste of time. This does make me wonder about the apparent switch to ATI/AMD. Maybe they weren't as interested in the CPUs as some think and rather a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin What is the price comparison between your quad i5 and the 3.6GHz dual i5 21.5" iMac at $1699? Exclude the display initially. Mobo was about $130, (also features USB 3/SATA 6*) 4 GB PC1600 DDR3 was $105, C…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lukeskymac You can blame Apple for the ridiculous performance gap between leopard and snow leopard, but drivers? Isn't that, like, Nvidia's responsibility? Perhaps, but you can't just download the latest drivers fro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) You're not the only one asking, but that still doesnt mean Apple thinks it's a viable option for them, nor a requirement for them to make an xMac. 2) If everything at Apple is simply Steve's whim then h…
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I've had a netbook for about 2 years, and it has its advantages and drawbacks. They're good for portability, and being able to do some e-mail, web, dump pictures when traveling light - I can do edits of RAW files in Picasa fairly well with it, a…