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It looks interesting. The integration with online services, including services that Microsoft competes with, does seem to set it apart from the iPhone, which segregates all of those services into their own apps. Only time will tell if people like…
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More likely people are buying iPads instead of netbooks, and Apple doesn't have any other products in that space.
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Yeah, that sounds like a plan.
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac USB isn't *just* for HDDs. USB is a common interface for a lot of peripherals. A USB 3 card reader will be the first USB 3 device I get personally. YMMV My first USB 3 peripheral was a SATA drive doc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 1. Such chips need drivers 2. The drivers would only be needed to support at best one or two generations of Mac. However once in the hardware space the drivers need to be supported forever. 3. Many of t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 I'm not sure why the stupidity with respect to USB 3 is constantly repeated in these forums, but it is Intel that is the problem here. USB 3 isn't in any of its current shipping chipsets. You can't have wh…
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If 11.6", thinner, with a Core 2010 processor is true, you can kiss non-Intel graphics goodbye. The good news is that Intel's HD Graphics aren't terrible. They're a big improvement over the previous GMA X4500.
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I don't know that the odds of this happening are very high, but it would be very nice.
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A Microsoft gratuity item, eh? I smell t-shirt.
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It's just an extension of what happens on every discussion forum on the internet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by WiFiMac Prepare to be surprised... Not every rumor is true, you know.
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GPS and a camera are what I would want in the touch.
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A quick Google search says it will work. And it should. It certainly won't hurt the camera, if that is what you're worried about.
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Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot ...and if your wife does a lot of 3-D gaming, she might actually get to that 25% difference. Most likely though, is that she'd see NO difference whatsoever. Yeah, the benefit of dual-channel RAM …
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I don't see it (or rather, I'll believe it when I see it). Apple has the two extremes covered- the iPod touch has maximum portability (fits in pocket), while the iPad is the right size for laying on the couch or in bed. In between those two is no…
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I don't know. I do know that if the computer is stable, then it is not overheating.
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There's a reason they're called "notebooks" now instead of laptops.
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht Not having your display working during setup would be "mildly annoying". Also if you read the comments there are gnome desktop crashes, freezes that require reboots and BT keyboards not working. And there's t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht "Ubuntu will not work seamlessly on the new Mac mini (model MacMini3,1 with 5 USB ports). This is based on the release version of Ubuntu 10.04. Wireless does not work right after installation, so Ethernet is n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lemon Bon Bon. Not aware? Then you can't have one. I have one. Anything which involves breaking a sweat eg playing Half Life 2 (an old game by the way...) and the top part of the frame gets uncomfortably hot, …