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• [quote]Originally posted by Lemon Bon Bon: "I doubt anybody switches from the Mac platform 'at the drop of a hat'. Speaking personally, the 'temporary' move to PC was taken after the Powerpc was 'stuck' at 500mhz for eighteen months...and fell, …

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by steves May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Lemon Bon Bon: ('Whoops, 'Power'mac has been lapped three times by Intel Pantium 4.') Signal for more 'Power'mac users to abandon ship. Perhaps some professionals look not just whether it was fast compared to my last mac…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by steves May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by theMagius: From what I've been taught in my A+ classes, the advantage of a SCSI chain is NOT so much that it is inherently faster at data transfer than an ATA drive (as they both move data to the HD in un-sustained b…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by steves May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by crayz: Are you blind? I specifically said "Q3A is not one of the 'toughest games' either" And no, I am not all that impressed by the most expensive and powerful Mac ever created barely breaking the 200FPS barrier in Q…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by steves May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by crayz: Of course it should also be noted that the new G4s are already breaking the 200fps barrier on the toughest games when used with the high end graphics cards Are you joking? In Q3A a DP 1GHz w/ a Radeon 8500 or G…

  in A look at the July Power Macs now that we know the Xserve specs Comment by steves May 2002
• Since we're talking about WWDC announcements, I think we can finally put to rest the notion of a dedicated Raycer Graphics chip. As "Quartz Extreme", it looks like it requires a graphics card with 32MB and an AGP 2x bus. i.e. No special Quartz ch…

  in Rackmounts Coming Comment by steves May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by drewprops: First off, here's the link: http://news.com.com/2100-1040-896850.html

  in Nvidia : spilling exciting beans? Comment by steves May 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Matsu: Any G4 advancement is welcome, especially a smaller fab process with support for DDR. Agreed. Also, a smaller fab process generally means other improvements, such as larger L2 cache due to the extra space on t…

  in End of NO NEW PRODUCTS Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Leonis: iBook will keep using G3 processor for awhile I wouldn't be so sure of that. With Apple's low cost e-Mac now moving to the G4 line, which follows Apple's other consumer "iMac" line moving to G4s, I'd be willi…

  in New PBs- what do they mean for iBook Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by sc_markt: The eMac is a total suprise to me. Since it comes with a G4, I strongly suspect that the powermac line may be upgraded real soon, maybe even next week. Why? Apple moved it's entire lineup to the G3 platf…

  in Does new eMac point to 17"iMac? Comment by steves April 2002
• I suppose this topic makes an interesting discussion. On that note, I'll through in my "I doubt it" opinion. Besides the reasons mentioned above by Applenut, Programmer, etc. It's been a long time since that Raycer deal. I suspect that for Apple…

  in Raycer graphics coming soon, but not in the form we were hoping. Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Nonsuch: 2) Tech weenies who wouldn't be caught dead using a machine they didn't put together themselves out of "open" hardware. Yeah, you raised a good point here. What exactly does OS X on Intel mean? Does it me…

  in Reasons for OSX on Clawhammer Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by sc_markt: Wow, I never even considered OS/2! I remember when it was released, some people that I worked with raved non-stop about how much superior it was to windows. I think the failure of OS/2 on X86 says it al…

  in Reasons for OSX on Clawhammer Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by applenut: BeOS was amazing but its ridiculous to say OS X would follow a similar path on X86. Apple has tons of money and one of the best brand recognitions in the world. beOS was a nobody, didn't have marketing mu…

  in Reasons for OSX on Clawhammer Comment by steves April 2002
• Sorry, double post.... [ 04-04-2002: Message edited by: SteveS ]

  in If no G5...then what? Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Blackcat: Apple needs to move away from AltiVec but keep the speed the provide. IBMs SIMD engine works on all code not just the optimised bits so that might be the answer (there are few mentions of G4 at WWDC this year).…

  in If no G5...then what? Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Eric D.V.H: It might if a fair number of people ask for it(Remember the original iMac's 33.6 modem?). Eric, Yup, I remember. I also remember the majority of the complaints …

  in Apple Game Console? Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Eric D.V.H: My point is that Apple could give the high-end iMac and the stock PowerMac the same GPU. and the GeForce4 Titanuim would act as an iMac retardant for the high end PowerMacs(Let's face it. if someone wants…

  in Apple Game Console? Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Eric D.V.H: "I didn't have to turn off hardly anything in Quake 3 and UT and Deus Ex(And these were with the un-tuned demos)." Okay, now it seems we're getting into that subjective matter of opinion thing. If you…

  in Apple Game Console? Comment by steves April 2002
• [quote]Originally posted by Eric D.V.H: What on earth are you talking about??? The GeForce4 MX and the the GeForce4 Titanuim premiered directly alongside each other. if you stuck a GeForce4 MX in the new iMac(Probably one of the "Special" co…

  in Apple Game Console? Comment by steves April 2002
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