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Quote: Originally Posted by FuturePastNow If Apple builds a desktop, it won't have any PCIe slots. It'll have a discrete GPU, but not an upgradeable one on a card. Apple would never jeopardize Mac Pro sales by giving a cheaper machine expansion s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bloggerblog I'll start by saying that Mac OS X Leopard has several shortcomings, especially in the Finder. But unlike Vista, Mac OS leaves you alone. Here is what bothers me about Vista: - The UI looks like it was d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bobborries I can't believe it! Steve Jobs, was right. Microsoft does have their copy machines fired up. It still must be in the beta stage, it doesn't completely look like OSX yet. I'm sure a few years from now they'll…
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Quote: Originally Posted by troberts The Mac Pro is a workstation, not a desktop, so Apple can keep it as high-end as they want. The iMac is an all-in-one and it serves its purpose well. The Mac mini also serves its purpose well, but it needs to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Foo2 And monkeys might fly out of my... Somehow I think Blu-ray playback support will arrive to the MacOS through either an Apple solution or a third party solution long before monkey's fly out of any part of your b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Foo2 That's a bit much, when installing a Blu-ray drive (that still won't play HDCP Blu-ray movies) is about the extent of Psystar's abilities. Provided that the hardware they use supports HDCP they could in theory …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 Firewire's appeal has never solely because of its speed. It bests both USB and eSata on the basis of its speed AND flexibility. FW is faster than eSATA? Care to give me some support for that claim. Anecdot…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FuturePastNow The chipset doesn't even really matter. If it supports SATA, it supports eSATA, which is just a differently-shaped connector. And SATA II introduced hot-swapping to the standard, somewhat important for an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I agree that it would blow people away, but I don't see Apple releasing a product at that price. I think $999 is the lowest they'd want to start, with $1099 being more reasonable for Apple. I would think t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iDave ..except that it's missing an important connection standard. You're right: eSATA. Most modern chipsets support it, but for whatever reason Apple seems to pretend that eSATA isn't the future of external H…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Touch screen computers have been around for years, and officially the iPhone is a "phone". Their Mac touch touch screen "computer" is still about a year away. It's not about being first, it's about doing it …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer That's nice. But the problem with internet-served "HD" downloads isn't that they're 720p; it's that they're 4mbps instead of Blu-Ray's 30mbps. And you CAN see the difference in that, unless you're sitting …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Apple does produce software, but the majority of its profits don't come from software. You think $129 covers the cost of developing and maintaing OS X. Apple these days is a hardware company insofar as that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon And a mini laptop sized port on a big desktop tower? I don't realistically see Apple using mini-Displayport on the Mac Pro. There would be a huge outcry if Apple put only mini-DP outputs on the video…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xTxRxAxVxIxSx Here's an idea: Everyone needs to stop posting topics with question marks at the end, unless there are actually some facts to back up the rumor they just started by doing so. The chip itself making its…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 I still don't get what the obsession is with making the Mini smaller. This is a desktop computer. Agreed. This is why I have always thought Apple should have maybe a slimline tower with some type of Apple …
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot Apart from the fact that.... it's not. On desktops I am afraid it is. Except for Apple most of the AIO machines have been absymal failures. You can stand outside any store that sells computers and you will fi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stonefree This was a typical Prince McLean Apple shill article attempting to rationalize Apple's bad decisions. He is like an Apple version of Thurott, only worse. Here's what wrong- He says there are numerous alter…
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Quote: Originally Posted by trboyden What has stopped the big PC vendors? One, risk - they want to see how this case works out. Two, they'd have to come up with a system that is user-friendly to avoid support nightmares. Psystar's systems suck, b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell SSD fits into the MB the way it is. For Blu-ray Apple would have to license more DRM for OS X and could not have made the MB as thin as it is now. Panasonic released a 9mm Bluray drive at CES nine months ag…