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re: The questions raised "Why did people wait so long?" I have one of these models and it worked without a hitch. Until yesterday 1-27-2015. Then "bang" All the cited systems. Fortunately, I have a little backup computer or I'd be s.o.l.
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Only thing Windoze 8 is going to accomplish is create more Apple customers.
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Now they'll get somewhere productive instead of that cutsey faux leather and wood nonsense.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 1) So you went off half-cocked about how it's just like the Momentus XT without actually looking it up, reading anything about it, or listening to a goddamn thing in this article and thread? F…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht If the troll wants a machine made from commodity parts he can buy a Dell. Problem solved. If you are referring to me, I build my own thanks.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX IF YOU WANT A FUCKING HYBRID DRVE INSTALL A FUCKING HYBRID DRIVE. APPLE DOESN'T HAVE TO PUT ONE IN YOUR HANDS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE ONE IN YOUR MAC. IF YOU CAN"T FIGURE HOW TO BUY ONE ONLI…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin There was a link posted earlier: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6406/understanding-apples-fusion-drive It appears to be the same blade SSD seen in the Air and MBP combined with a standard har…
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You're making me laugh now. LOL Get a grip. I am a parts person. A builder. An upgrader. I shop for parts all over the place. You want to see my parts bill for the last year? Reinventing the wheel = Taking a commodity connector or part which…
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Because if its an OS independent hybrid drive that comes in a standard form factor, a commodity item, it could be used to upgrade other machines.
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Just so, it was just announced. Calm down. You are making the statement of what it is. I don't know what it is and what it isn't yet. I'm waiting to find out. I said "sounds like a Momentus XT" It does. Have you used it? Had you ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX No way! Imagine if Apple used a commodity, off the shelf ARM SoC for their iPhone. Imagine if they stuck with popular, commodity ports instead of getting Thunderbolt in their machines and USB …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX It's not. Not even close. This is two physical drives, not one drive with some NAND cache. The "work" is done by the OS — something I hope gets hacked and ported for my OptiBay MBP — which det…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Did anyone stop and ask whether it made any sense at all to use a low end computer for engineering? It strikes me as the wrong solution to the problem. "Engineering"? Depends on what you are do…
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Sounds like a Seagate Momentus XT with more flash.
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Take a gander at these comments. Pavlov's dog IT job protection racket MS sycophants same as always. http://www.zdnet.com/debate/business-dilemma-windows-rt-tablet-or-ipad/10107426/ This product hasn't even hit the market yet, all its …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Eluard Apple should now have the noblesse oblige to not talk Microsoft products down. If you talk your opponents down you sound weak and a little childish. Samsung is another matter — less business rivals, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX That MS Surface you have up there looks like it's pretty much 4:3 when it's actually the16:9, which is slightly more widescreen than the 16:10 Nexus 7. Also, I'd add the Kindle and Kindle H…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Harbinger That looks like computer graphics from the age of 2001: A Space Odyssey LOL Nope ..that was precision drawn with a CAD program.
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Quote: Originally Posted by apersona Sinofsky's comments remind me of what DOS and then Windows power users have always said about using Apple products; "that's not REAL computing". These are left-over echoes of the high priesthood of…
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Kindles added. Now it really gets busy. There are three different Kindles. Two nominal 7" with slightly different resolution aspect ratio's straddling the Nexus (in green) plus the 8.9 size. These are in accurate p…