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Polar315, I just read your signature "I asked Microsoft what they could do to make Snow Leopard look even better. Then, out comes Windows 7. I'm a Mac and Windows 7 was my idea" ?lmao, that's hilarious
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Not really surprised at all... the hype surrounding this tablet has been off the charts, and I'm sure Apple loves every minute of it. Question is, can they deliver a product that lives up to all the hype? I'm sure it'll be a quality product, but…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BenRoethig Remember people getting everything from one company without competition is always better. Are you serious?!?! Competition encourages businesses to provide better products/ services... while trying to beco…
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Intel felt a little insecure about their graphics *cough-slow* processors, and was beginning to feel threatened by the emerging power of the GPGPU. I understand why they'd want to squeeze out the competition (you can read a little more about it here…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 "...Besides blowing cash on Clarksfield laptops for the CPU is just stupid, I think, the GPU IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS. A Core2Duo Penryn at 2.6ghz or so is more than enough..." Quote: Originally Posted by v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cdyates Just got one of Dell's promo emails, went to the site to check it out and build one for price comparison. They just added core i7 to their laptop offerings. Studio XPS 16, 4 gig ram, WLED 1080p screen, discre…
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Quote: Originally Posted by trboyden "The memory controller issue doesn't make any sense here with the i7 Clarksfield because it is embedded in the processor. The Intel Graphics controller is still part of the chipset for mobile i7..." "...un…
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Quote: Originally Posted by trboyden I agree. One thing people have to consider is before the i7 even gets in a Mac, NVIDIA or ATI is going to have to develop a custom chipset for Apple AFTER getting licensed to do so by Intel. That alone is goin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zoolook That's true, although the differential is still the same... my point is that it has nothing to do with memory controllers on-die. The price of all the other tech (apart from the processors) is always going …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zoolook I know what they mean... The battery life posted is the BEST case scenario. When using simple single threaded tasks like web surfing (which doesn't require 4 cores, or even 3ghz) it's even worse than the 69 …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zoolook It's very odd that this has not translated to the price of Motherboards in the desktop arena. i7 Mobos are still seriously expensive. The cheapest are over $200, and that's on a site like NewEgg. A good one wi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zoolook Because they'll need a battery from the 27th Century to make it last more than 10 mins. Check out the battery life of these processors... start at Anandtech. That's at idle... 69 minutes! Even with Ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit I don't know, I thought I was looking at the US store. I tried again, and it seems I see 6 MBP's, three of which are 15". They are $1699, $1999, and $2299 respectively. Perhaps a summary of my thought…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit So much for civilized discussion. The article might have been about the price of the new chip, but our discussion was about why I said the notebooks would increase. You just want to hear yourself type I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit Oh, and which Core2Duo? The mid-range Core2Duo is $1999 at the moment. Also, the 2.8Ghz is $2299. There are a lot of things you just assume people know that you thought them. Please elaborate on what yo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit I was actually hoping you wouldn't even comment again, let alone repeat yourself. And since you cannot or will not read what I wrote above, I'll so my best to explain something. Even though I shouldn't b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit At least you are enthusiastic about it, but there are other things to consider. You seem to think Apple will just ho-hum throw the chips in and that's it there's the upgrade. However, there are other thi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit Not with aluminum, it will be well under $3k $2799 will be more like it, sorry. Here's to hoping for real processors! If the new MID-RANGE Clarksfield i7 quad-core sells for about the same as a Core…
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Quote: Originally Posted by elroth HP has announced it - that doesn't make it exist. Thank you for that insightful bit of wisdom Ummm... HP is making it... so it will exist. Need I say more? Again, if HP can do it, so can Apple.
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Quote: Originally Posted by clickmyface A joke? Those dont ship for a month and they are not "well under 2k." The price is estimated $1700-1800. Ummm... Are we really getting into the semantics of what I personally think is well under 2k?... b…