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Quote: Originally Posted by mbarriault and nobody even bothers to consider that maybe someone else came up with the same idea independently. That point is completely irrelevant under patent law. And I'm grateful. We had a great idea, and some…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stevegmu I imagine a brand new Mini has more than enough power and speed to handle those tasks with ease. I have the last generation mini as the main mac, and it's fine. it does everything I need. It could do every…
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snort. Actually, I had a run of over a year without a BSOD at work. Then 4 in the last two days. Acrobat 9 is the common denominator, but an application should not bring down the whole system, etc, etc. I've only had 10.6 for two weeks, but …
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"Historically, buying the low end of currently available processors hasn't been a good bet. I'm not sure I see evidence that we have reached a point where that no longer applies." I bought a top of the line dual 1 Ghz Quicksilver in 2002. It's st…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ronbo You have an intel Mac and you're still running 10.4?? Well I am, and it's an Intel Mac that has no need for iLife or iWork. So I'm interested. Although I've decided to wait until the reports are out as to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I'd bet that they know that it's illegal. Why would it be illegal for Dell or HP? Apple does NOT own EFI, or any unique PC hardware. I think HP's Itanium servers already boot with EFI, so they at least kno…
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"I think DELL or HP is aiding and abetting Pystar." Why would they bother. EFI is an open specification. Either Dell or HP could easily produce a variant that boots up OS X (with the appropriate bootloader) as well as Vista 64, and sell it as an …
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Especially given the premium price, the lack of upgrade slots is the main mac issue. The USB 3 test suite is due this summer, and the final product is coming out next summer. By 2011 USB 2 will be dead and buried if the changeover is as fast as …
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"May as well wait for that and then buy your hardware with the SL already on it. I bet you many people think like I do." Including me. The $130 for an OS upgrade is 21% of the price of the low end mini. May as well wait.