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  • The idea of a wholly owned subsidiary is a response to those who claim a "cheap" mac would dilute apple's brand image. My point is simple... there is an easy solution to that supposed problem. For those of you who DON'T think dilution would be a p…
    in "White Box" Apple Computer idea Comment by ompus September 2004
  • First, the reason why this comes up every frickin' week is because their are lots of people, in lots of forums, on lots of websites who think $2000 for a brand-new headless mac is asinine. Now... the G5 iMac has shown Apple can produce an interes…
    in "White Box" Apple Computer idea Comment by ompus September 2004
  • That deal has been there since December.
    in New eMac on the way? Comment by ompus February 2004
  • A quick question for Ensign Pulver: Does insulting someone's intelligence after they misplace an apostrophe on Appleinsider feed an egotistical need - or are you simply a jerk? Regardless, perhaps you could scratch that itch by using your sig to…
    in countdown to new g5's... Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Regardless of whether Anderson actually mentioned a "super-eMac" the purported quote doesn't require a G5. For example, a $999 eMac with a decent graphics card, 1.4 Ghz 74X7, upgraded FSB, USB 2.0, and a Superdrive would qualify as a "super e-mac…
    in Is it possible g5 eMac next? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • As reported by Appleinsider: "The 750VX is tentatively scheduled for an introduction in quarter 3 (Q3) of 2004, though it is unclear if this date pertains to Q3 of the 2004 calendar year or Apple's fiscal Q3." The current iBooks were introduce…
    in Next G4 iBook Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Antithesis I'm gonna presume that you're addressing one of my issues, though I didn't see any of my quotes in your post. To answer your question, I believe there are only TWO ways to upgrade a video card in a comput…
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • To bring this back to the thread title... The G5 xServe tells me Apple is going high-end. The 970 is a strong chip and one of Apple's strengths. Like any good company Apple will run with its strength. I expect a whole lot of kick-ass $2000+ G5 ma…
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by ryaxnb The iBook is a great computer, though? Why is it so bad to have only two good consumer computers, when they're both good? Is it the "laptops are not for desktops" motif? I don't get that. What I said was tha…
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Can't you connect your upgraded video card through one of the USB 1.1 ports?
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Amorph The only people I know who swap in old hard drives also build radio transmitters powerful enough to bounce signals off the moon just for fun. It's not a consumer activity, and it's not relevant to consumer hard…
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • I think the G5 xServe tells us Apple, with IBMs blessing, is ready, willing and able to make a serious move upmarket. WAY UPMARKET. After reading the Xserve G5 Technical Overview, I think they'll succeed. At the same time, my gut is saying ug…
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Why get an eMac with a smaller monitor and a 1 Ghz G4 when I can keep my 19" monitor, spend less and get a 2.66 Ghz p4 Why spend $1800 on a 17" iMac with a 1.25 Ghz G4 when I can save a $1000 and get the faster, more upgradable Dell?
    in Which new machine? Comment by ompus January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by pscates Best post so far! So true, too! "Yeah, I need FireWire 1600 and, uh, let's see...minimum 256MB graphics and, oh, let's see...can we have an octo-processor? And how about USB 3.0? USB 2.0 is for pussies and…
    in Next generation iMac Comment by ompus January 2004
  • KRAIG911: It's pretty clear from the title of the thread that we're NOT talking about business machines. But if you WANT to compare what DELL is offering, they'll sell me an Optiplex 160L for $726 with: 2.20GHz P4, 400FSB, 512K Cache 512MB DDR…
    in Is there a need for a new prosumer line? Comment by ompus December 2003
  • Why is it that asking for a SINGLE PCI slot causes people to mumble about "Prosumer" models? For $500.00, Walmart will sell you a Northgate Computer running Windows XP "Home Edition" with: -Athlon XP 2000+ CPU (1.66 GHz) -256 KB L2 cache -…
    in Is there a need for a new prosumer line? Comment by ompus December 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Carson O'Genic One thing i always think about when I hear these stories is software. For me at least the price of software was one big thing holding me back from moving up from my beige OS9 machine to alu-coated OSX. …
    in Macinchat's MWSF rumors Comment by ompus December 2003
  • I completely agree that speed is over-rated...for example, I could go with an $867.00 ABS Awesome 2300 with: - Athlon XP 2600 Barton 333 FSB - 512 MB DDR 400 RAM - 160 GB 7200RPM SATA drive - Sapphire ATI Radeon 9200SE 8X AGP Video Card - 16X…
    in Macinchat's MWSF rumors Comment by ompus December 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Clive You won't see any G4 tower updates, they already *downgraded* them from 1.4GHz to 1.2GHz (by way of deleting the MacOS X only G4 towers, and reinstating the previous dual boot models). You miss the distinctio…
    in "MWSF": THE thread Comment by ompus December 2003
  • From what I've read, the 74X7 is good for 1-4 to 1.6 Ghz when run at 1.6 volts. It's also a drop in replacement for all current 7455s. So I think we'll see an approximate 25% speed bump on the eMac, iMac and G4 tower. We'll also see a $100 pri…
    in "MWSF": THE thread Comment by ompus December 2003