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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 It has also been explained more times than I care to count, external expansion is often a poor choice. The issues are pretty straight forward cost, reliability and foot print all suffer. A surprising number…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Luph Yeah, I didn't get that either. Light Peek sounds a lot cooler too... The now-common abbreviation for Thunderbolt is unfortunate, but if I had to guess, I think Light Peak was dropped when the initial roll-out …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTac Internal expansion in an easy open case that is quite a bit smaller than a Mac Pro. No built in screen. TB will not correct these short comings on either the iMac or the mini. And it's already been explai…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTac This made me think of a stackable component Mac mini design I saw several years ago. Can't remember if it was here or somewhere else. You buy what you need or want, you only have to live with the size you really…
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The thing you're missing, I think, even when you have some valid points, is that a modular approach is better when the vast majority of purchasers don't need more power than is available in a small, basic box (like the mini). External GPUs (and othe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Honestly there is no such thing as an average user. Everybody has different needs, plus some people are pack rats. All I know is that my Mac has a 200GB disk that is about 3/4's full and that is with my …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 That is what I'm thinking, high quality panels are expensive these days. Then you have the issue of assembly costs and support parts. The new Mini really looks like it was overhauled to support mass produc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 The question in my mind is which generates more profit a Mac Mini or an iMac. It isn't all that clear which generates more cash per sale. The iMac, easily - even if the profit on the non-display portions o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTac But Apple does appear to be happy with people buying third party external drives that do not match its carefully designed products. External drives that are necessary because Apple does not have a mid sized mid …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 In the end there are two values this offers the user. One is flexibility to use the screen you want matched to the CPU you need or in a word flexibility. The second value is in far easier maintenance and an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut No. The guy to fire has to be several levels below Cook. Because Apple has had time and the intention to plan the iPad 2's inventory based on the well expected anticipation of a much greater demand this tim…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut Whoever Jobs hired to run his inventory needs to be fired......seriously. You're entitled to your opinion, and others have already commented on the difference between what you want and what is currently po…
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The 13" MBP is the best-selling model in the line, so there's no way they could eliminate the ODD - the market isn't ready for that yet in a mainstream laptop. Apple is all about the performance of the whole package. Last year, a C2D with 320m gr…
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Any user that demands more speed than a 5400rpm drive is going to be looking toward SSD, so there's no reason to spec anything fancy for the stock config.
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wizard69 - I've seen some of your ideas for what the iMac might become (TB monitor with a separate base unit), and they're interesting, but I still have to ask why Apple would change from the current form factor. Why would they go from the iconic 't…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Hardly. I agree with the rest of your post, however. I should have been more precise in my wording - I think Thunderbolt makes multiple 3.5" internal hard drives unnecessary for the vast majority of use…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTac This is truly the type of Mac computer I want and am willing to pay to get. I would even be willing to take iMac parts in an easy open case that doesn't have a built in monitor. So I guess you could say that…
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I drove by my local Best Buy (North Haven, CT) at about 4pm, and there was a substantial line, so I drove down the block to Target. Turned out they had 15 units total - 6 64GB Wifi Black, 6 64GB Wifi White, and 3 16GB Wifi Black. Since I was looking…
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Given the security issue that Flash has become, I don't find it hard to believe that this is a very pragmatic step from Apple. Why risk shipping a 1-2 revs (or more) old version on hardware, risking a Flash security exploit for a new user, rather t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Xian Zhu Xuande Interesting. It isn't that BlackBerry phones use less data?they use the same amount of data doing the same things?but rather that those things are less enjoyable (or simply not possible) on the BlackBer…