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There are 4 differences between a Macintosh tower and a comparable PC tower. 1) Case 2) Motherboard 3) CPU 4) Operating System Nearly everything else (Fans, Drives, Cables, etc.) is identical between the two platforms. So the main …
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[quote]Originally posted by clonenode: Magius, you KNOW you did not spend only $30 for a Cambidge SoundWorks sub-woofer and speaker set. Come on. *raises right hand* *makes "x" over heart with left* Fry's Electronics on Baseline Road in …
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[quote]Originally posted by Amorph: Oh, and the eMac is hardly stripped down relative to most cheap PCs. It has solid onboard graphics (not the Intel chipsets shipping on most low-end PC towers), powered FireWire, two USB busses, 10/100 base-T a…
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Luca, It's been a while since I've attended college, but (for me) the choice is simple. Get a $50 inkjet printer. My TIME in college was very valuable. I'd have done almost anything to avoid going to the computer lab and having to pay for …
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[quote]pscates wrote: ?It's a luxury car computer in a Ford Fiesta world. What do you want?? What I want is to stop the asinine trend on web boards of making a connection between computer platforms and automobiles. I?m not directing my angst so…
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[quote]The Grimace wrote: "...the 3rd post down, by DawnTreader. Makes an interesting point in regards to this very subject. And the 5th post, by Bryan, makes for an interesting rebuttal to DT..." I actually read BOTH the posts, and I'm inclined …
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Some questions... 1) What model of iBook are you running? 2) What version of OSX are you running? 3) What were you doing when you froze your iBook? 4) What were you using to find your newly-installed files? 5) What PC software are you looking…
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You've pretty much hit the nail on the head in describing why Apple's stock price is so low. Basically, no one wants to invest in a company that seemingly has one important figurehead holding it together. Once that cohesive factor is gone (retire,…
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[quote]Originally posted by Xaqtly: Well, let's take a look at that, shall we? I just bought a new dual 1 GHz tower with a GeForce 4 Ti. I sure as hell didn't pay $5000 for it, I didn't even pay HALF that for it. Why bother making that point wh…
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The way I see it, Apple suffers from two distinct business flaws: IGNORANCE OF CUSTOMER NEEDS Back in the time of the iMac Rev B, Macintosh users were crying out for a larger screen. While the 15? was adequate, it could not nearly compete with …
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The question here is not whether a bus utilizes SDRAM or DDR. Nor is it relevant how many processors a given machine may utilize. The question ultimately is: will Apple?s new hardware convince PC users to switch to a Macintosh? Let?s take a loo…
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[quote]Originally posted by neutrino23: Will someone explain how this works in the wintel world? If you can buy a $399 or $599 or $x99 pc then why does anyone buy a pc for $1,500 or $2,500 or $3,500 or more? Well, if you're a HARDCORE gamer, then …
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Wow. Big thread. Here's my take. "Should Apple introduce a new Mac system for $399?" No. This price is too low. Apple does not have the market share to properly counteract the monetary losses that will come from competing against Dell, Compa…
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[quote]Originally posted by Nebrie: You might, if you one day, god forbid, make it to college. (hint: it's much better than your wild guesstimates) Dear Nebrie, Can you please explain the following to me: 1) Why do you presume that I …
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[quote]rickag wrote: "It might be easier to just look at Apple's annual reports or SEC fillings" [quote]Nevyn wrote: "The gross margin actually reported for all of Apple's computer lines is around 27% (it does fluctuate ±2% or so each quarter)."…
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I'm always amazed when people say that Apple is barely making any profit on the eMac. Let's take a look at some of the parts in the eMac if they were to be bought at RETAIL prices in the store, eh? Processor: 700MHz PowerPC G4 $unknown G4 Mothe…
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[quote]Originally posted by Xaqtly: Well, let's take a look at that, shall we? I just bought a new dual 1 GHz tower with a GeForce 4 Ti. I sure as hell didn't pay $5000 for it, I didn't even pay HALF that for it. Why bother making that point wh…
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The way I see it, Apple suffers from two distinct business flaws: IGNORANCE OF CUSTOMER NEEDS Back in the time of the iMac Rev B, Macintosh users were crying out for a larger screen. While the 15? was adequate, it could not nearly compete with …
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[quote]Originally posted by Amorph: Sorry, but true true true. You're describing a small minority of Windows users, and a small minority of gamers (the so-called "hard-core" gamers are now less than 5% of the overall gaming market), who are …
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[quote]Originally posted by Nevyn: The real argument is, what are the real percentages for the niche three folk? (40,40,20 being numbers I made up from thin air). The only one of _real_ importance is the number of people not buying new macs. Tha…