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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Yes, I did read the article, and it doesn't do anything for you, just for my point. Ther have been MANY articles that show that college students ar moving to Macs in huge numbers. You don't want to think th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The fact that some equipment will continue to have FW in some form doesn't really matter. If this equipment is high end, as is sometimes being pointed out, it simply justifies what I, and others are saying, wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism What if you have 3 or 4 or 5 USB accessories to plug in? I don't see many people using a more than 2 USB ports or using external mice on a notebook. Of course, that is anecdotal so the reality of the situatio…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism In what reality does a $1099 MB with a Combo Drive become a significant price increase when it dropped to $999 and now includes a Super Drive? good call - and they get FW ! lucky apple didn't remove the o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism UGH! if the UGH is for USB2 then i totally agree \ but then until the end of 2009 what am i going to plug my logitech mouse into ?? on a side note, on the new macbook how does anyone add a USB mouse …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross As for college kids, this is just one of numerous articles that say the same thing. http://www.macworld.com/article/1349.../highered.html yes Mel, please read the comments below the article you post and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell The stats for the number of USB devices in use would absolutely dwarf these FW stats. what would you do with USB stats anyway - surmise on the growth of the mouse and keyboard market? the issue isn't the c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross That really wasn't too bad of a sum up, though you have moved some of the arguments to where they weren't intended to be moved. But the one thing that you missed on is that when everything is advancing at s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Their ability to play WoW on the MB trumps your ability to do audio or video work on the MB to Apple. Get over it. Vinea if you could please combine this line on Apple MB being about WoW to your best li…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Because Macs represent a significant portion of FW's computer market penetration since every mac had gone out with a FW port. No longer. As far as the impact of the Macbook to FW's future...it's rather tellin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Why don't you stick to our discussion, and pick cameras under about $750? That's already on the high side for consumer camcorders today? If you really find it neccessary, go to $1,000. But you have to list …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Again, you are finding cameras that the average MB user isn't likely to buy. good point. i'm being silly - i'll stop straight away. firewire's dead anyway.
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That is not a consumer-grade camera, and it's MiniDV. Now, what was that about one brand?though you choose one model from one brand?and extrapolating a trend? arrrrrgghhhhh somebody help this is an e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) I got my MCSE a couple times over because of the ubiquity of Windows. 2) In comparison to FW, I wouldn't call USB versatile or robust. 3) If the words common words of r fast and intelligent don't wor…
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oh shoot another company has turned belly up by choosing firewire for it's top miniDV model we've got our work cut out convincing these guys that they're headed down the wrong road how could so many big companies keep making this same mistake?
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Just grab a thesaurus. The words that come to mind are versatile and robust. On the other hand, USB brings to mind ubiquitous and inexpensive, which usually wins. not quite \ versatile is one aspect…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Yes, virginia, in the real world dropping from 85% to 77% is a decline. When you do that in a single year...it's called free fall...and that was 2 years ago. Today even HD camcorders come with USB2 only... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I was responding to your use of the word powerful. I assumed that you used it because you meant it. powerful as in the interface... not the computer i'm trying to find a word to describe the interface whi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Please! I covered you numerous times. If you really need more POWERFUL technology, then buy a you know what. But, by complaining about the MB, you show that you DON'T need more POWERFUL technology, you just…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It isn't that is isn't necessary. It's that it isn't AS necessary as it used to be. So, yes, pros are more likely to want it than consumers. Most audio devices use USB 2. A few use FW. The main difference i…