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  • Quote: Originally posted by Brendon IBM may want to put MacOS Server on their POWER server line as well as push Apple servers to their customers. Well push may be strong. IBM makes the real money on the service contracts that they sell to thei…
  • Err yes ... What were they thinking ???
    in iMac's Comment by aphelion December 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by pins and needles Because the graphics card is built into the logic board, it is hard for normal users to replace it. Quote: Originally posted by PB And for what kind of users is this easy?? Ahem... It would s…
    in iMac's Comment by aphelion December 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by onlooker pffffft If you must fart in public, please excuse yourself.
  • Today's BusinessWeek has an article with a tidbit about IBM being able to sell other products alongside Lenevo/IBM PC's: Quote: "IBM looks to be keeping more than it is giving up" in the Lenovo deal, says S&P computer-hardware equity analys…
  • Quote: Originally posted by jaslu81 Games would be a new market for Apple but I'd rather see them fill in some holes in their lineup. They do not have intermediate and pro-level photography software and that's something that is really needed. Wit…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Zapchud It's because the Ars forum is having problems. About a month or so ago Ars Technika made a big deal about switching over to Windows server 2003. Eating their own dog food so to speak. Well it would seem tha…
  • " ... can IBM sell Macs as IBM's?" Well I wouldn't see why they'd want to. They are free to sell Macs as Macs. The only reference to any limitations IBM has is to use IBM/Lenovo as their "preferred PC supplier": CNet News Quote: "Leno…
  • ^^^ BINGO! ^^^ The future is here and Apple is late to the party!
  • Well if this IBM / Apple rumor turns out to be true, even in part, then Jade's thread from January will start to look prescient: 2004: welcome to the year of the partnership No way will IBM buy Apple or any part of it. They don't need to. All…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Rolo ... The next killer product could be a movie download service similar to the iTMS... Someone will do this one of these days and I hope it'll be Apple. Rolo, you should check out apple-x.net's article that I l…
  • Quote: Originally posted by MacGregor First of all I think the specific "home server" that Merrill Lynch talks about should be its own thread rather than the wide open title of "killer product..." My topic thread Apple iServe home server is…
  • Considering Apple's focus on aesthetics I would think that they would release a matching keyboard and mouse for the new displays and Power Macs. I use an Apple wireless keyboard and mouse with my Powerbook, Even though I also have a Griffen Power…
  • More on the cryonization of future chips from OSnews : Quote: ... Another possibility would be to use a technique Intel plan to use for the next Itanium "Montecito," which includes two peltiers in the heat sink. Peltiers actually consume quite a…
  • G6 - More POWER on the way OSnews seems to agree with Brendon's speculation about Apple getting a POWER 5 "lite" from IBM Quote: All in all, the POWER5 is a very impressive processor, especially given that it is implemented in a previous-g…
  • It would seem that AMD has just applied for a patent to "cryogenise" (as Powerdoc coined the term) their futre CPU's: AMD Drives Integrated Cooling into Chips Quote: Advanced Micro Devices, one of the world?s leading makers of central proces…
  • The drawback to a peltier cooling system is that it works so well at pumping heat from the "cold side" to the "hot side" that it can cause heat accumulation problems in normal heat sinks. This is why most peltier equipped computer systems must have …
  • Quote: Originally posted by Powerdoc ... the only way to have a 3 ghz PPC 970 FX is to cryogenise it Ummn... How about using this: Quote: Introduction... Peltier devices, also known as thermoelectric (TE) modules, are small solid-s…
  • Interesting technology coming from ATI for use in convergence devices: ATI Theater 550 Pro If you watch the entire demo you will see that ATI expects this chip to be in video cards, PC motherboards, and laptops! Press Release Would the …
  • Programmer - what if your PVR acts as a file server for your computer as well? ie: an Apple "iServe" with TiVo functionality and network addressable file storage. With space for four SATA drive modules and soft RAID capability if desired. I se…