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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism There you go! We know get tot he crux of why people want to FW400 even though it's a dying port interface technology. I'll reiterate: If Apple isn't making a product that fits your needs then find another …
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Quote: Originally Posted by iPilya When you compare component to component on an equal quality to quality scale... when you consider the full fit-n-finish of the end product... or even when you don't and just compare components - the Macs are a v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by applestockholder only a fool would believe that - tide actually washes whiter than other detergents - Coke tastes better than Pepsi (or vice versa) - AIG is the best insurance - Geiko is the best insurance deal for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon also usb 3.0 still have the cpu over head that 2.0 has. agreed. but given that it's up to 10x the data transfer rate i think we can expect just a little more overhead than usb 2 \ there are goi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by troberts I think Apple was between a rock and a hard place so Steve Jobs had to make an executive decision, which is very similar to what happened when Apple first started using Intel processors. I am sure Apple would …
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Quote: Originally Posted by troberts I noticed that Wikipedia states that: I do not know how much work Apple needs to do to get USB 3.0 into the Mac, but the iMac, Mac mini, and 17" MacBook Pro could very well get it in their next update. Apple c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bigmc6000 Great - you found some stuff on the internet for me to read. But it's on the internet so it must be true! And I'm 100% sure they don't overestimate the effects at all... Do you go down to the stream and dr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bigmc6000 I'll go with you on the rest of this but this delusional idea that the "toxic waste" has any realistic affect on humans living near the landfill is complete and utter FUD - same goes for Nuclear plants... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by bigmc6000 I'll go with you on the rest of this but this delusional idea that the "toxic waste" has any realistic affect on humans living near the landfill is complete and utter FUD - same goes for Nuclear plants... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin No it will be replaced with 4 bins and you have to put the right stuff in each one. Just one wrong item will prevent you from emptying them. Generally, recycling is little more than another marketing angle. I…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell What evidence is their that Apple is loosing mindshare. Outside of you placing a sequence of words together that say so. talk about stringing words together... \ check all the mac forums - the mindshare re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Apple has a teeny tiny market in comparison to Windows. But the Mac market is healthy enough to support itself. Likewise the prosumer market obviously. Is it significant? Mostly from the perspective that A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea I dunno...the numbers maybe? odd that your "teeeny tiny market segment" for DSLRs is about the same as Apple's entire market segment for PCs when it's apple then 7% becomes a "significant market share" …
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea "Enthusiasts" are typically not grouped with "consumers" as a market segment. Why is this so hard to understand? When folks say "consumers" they DO mean average consumers. He bolded it because you seem to like…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I also work in film. I think is was on the original thread about the unibody MacBook. I told people complaining about firewire that most everyone on film sets use Mac notebooks. Its a professional environment …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Why are you bringing users into this? USB3.0 and USB2.0 can be the same port interface. This means one port can do both without an adapter for the PC. FW400 can't plug into a FW800 port without an adapter. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mzaslove Well, AD's, script supervisors, PM's, etc., tend to use their laptops with production software like scheduling packages, breakdowns, Excel for keeping track of shots, notes, digital storyboards. Also, for kee…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism It's true that USB3.0 standard includes additoanl pins for full duplex and the wire will be thicker because of it (if it's included in the cable) , but the port will backwards compatible with USB2.0 in the po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mzaslove Whelp, I've been following this for awhile and although I can understand both sides, I find sillier justifications on the pro-firewire side than the no-firewire side (many of them similar to the pro-xMac peopl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Operative words: high end. proving that fw is not "outdated tech" Quote: USB3.0 is the replacement for USB2.0 USB3 doesn't exist yet - not til the end of 2009 at the earliest - you understand that rig…