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• [quote]Originally posted by Amorph: And your moaning about this in every single thread in Future Hardware accomplishes nothing but to derail any topical discussion and bring down the overall quality of the boards. I'm getting really tired of it.…

  in Chickens, eggs, and multiprocessing Comment by detah June 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Ebby: [QB]Oh damn. I almost believed you, until the last paragraph. I am way to gullible. QB] it's ok; most apple users are easily identified by their extreme naiveté.

  in Steve's Macworld speech Comment by detah May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by keyboardf12: huh? how is a 8 pound dell better than my dvi powerbook g4? other than playing games?

  in GHZ-POWERBOOKS ?? anyone know? Comment by detah May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by All: Welcome to the real world. A portable computer's weight is an important spec. Actually, a Dell Inspiron 8200 weighs 7.9 lbs. You can purchase one of these for under $2000 and it out-performs any desktop c…

  in GHZ-POWERBOOKS ?? anyone know? Comment by detah May 2002
• only a little ***** complains about a laptop weighing a whole 9.7 pounds. who are you MiniMe?

  in GHZ-POWERBOOKS ?? anyone know? Comment by detah May 2002
• bill mahr? haha, you just squandered all your credibility.

  in If they don't show one at MWNY then they lose my money Comment by detah May 2002
• quit trying to defend apple's sub-standard hardware offerings, it's really desperate.

  in Faster G4 - MOTO 7470 Comment by detah May 2002
• why the hell would apple release server hardware with these specs, if they can release a powermac with 100% performance gains a month later? They wouldn't! scratch rapid i/o cuz it ain't gonna be at mwny. like it was said before, ddr is just a sm…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by detah May 2002
• many people aren't going to pay $2999 for a single 1Ghz proc rackmount, when they can purchase a $2299 1.2Ghz with better ddr implementation... wake up and smell the poo... the mwny powermacs will be basically identical to the Xserve specs. ma…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by detah May 2002
• [quote] The ultimate measure is productivity and smoothness of workflow. Period. generally, applications offered on both platforms are identical. who requires colorful doohickeys in order to be productive? windows is rigid precisely becaus…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by detah May 2002
• just get over it, powermacs aren't fast. i remember reading a comment from john carmack about developing Quake3 for the mac... "We did a ton of testing the last two weeks while we were putting the demo together. "The 733 G4 was not as fast as…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by detah May 2002
• the powermacs perform decently, but apple is in the business of selling stylish computers (which is healthy in this industry), not cutting-edge performance. they will continue to boost specs in small disappointing increments, because they can (4% of…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by detah May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg: We can safely say that Powermacs will get new muthaboards this summer. So the question is what sort of CPU? Either: 1. G5 w/ RapidIO, 130 nm process. PC 2100 or PC 2700. 2. G4 w/ RapidIO, 130 nm…

  in G5 - The truth Comment by detah May 2002