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  • I hope they would just sit tight until they can put a 970FX in it. Unless the 7447A appears in significant quantities within the next six months, I don't see (or rather, hope that it doesn't happen) another Motorola product going into the professio…
    in MOSR: Next Powerbook has G4 Comment by fred_lj March 2004
  • So "dual core," this means two cores running at 1.5 GHz dissipating 25W? We need some techno-meisters in here to clarify this. It could be a great CPU, but the 970FX @2 GHz uses 24.5W according to early specs. Given that's a single-core chip, tho…
    in MOSR: Next Powerbook has G4 Comment by fred_lj March 2004
  • ok...
    in Ipod= battery problem fixed Comment by fred_lj March 2004
  • Specifically, what problems with the current G4 could a 90nm version rectify? Heat, yes. Higher clock speeds, yes. But some work needs to be done to enhance the framework around the CPU, right? Or is the G4 of its own divination incapable of bei…
    in MOSR: Next Powerbook has G4 Comment by fred_lj March 2004
  • Quote: Perhaps Apple will wait the 65 nm IBM chips to make the move and market the new Powerbooks as something really unique. Not just to market them as such, but since these chips will certainly allow a 64-bit processor to go into a slim or slimme…
    in MOSR: Next Powerbook has G4 Comment by fred_lj March 2004
  • Holy cow!!! And you're a student?
    in Computer Setup Pictures 2004 Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • I don't know if perhaps this is not what you were asking suggestions for, but noone's mentioned Sarah Vaughan. "Desert Island Disks" is a wonderful album, as well as anything else from her collection. A lot of people rank her second next to Ella F…
    in Jazz album recommendations? Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Universities really seem to like eMacs...at least my alma mater does. Most of the administrative terminals (that used to be 5400s) have been replaced with them, and the whole "mac" section of the central computing core is eMacs. The architecture a…
    in Apple at all-time low market share Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • What's the typical price for converting a petro engine to natural gas?
    in Peak Oil...Scary stuff Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • How much of the global warming problem is reconcilable by reducing greenhouse emissions alone? I had the perception (from a journal I read quite some time ago) that currents really played the biggest part in climactic change. If they're changing, …
    in Pentagon: Climate Change a Greater Threat than Terrorism Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Yup --- I think we'll see a different PowerBook design. Some may say that's absurd (I mean, we just got the 15" G4 aluminum design), but I think it's going to have lose some of its sexiness to fit the new technology. And going back to the Pismo-le…
    in MOSR: Next Powerbook has G4 Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • I think St. Augustine had the whole "time travel" issue pinned down a long time ago....the only place time actually exists is in our memory. All we have now is the present. Right now...think about it, that's all you have. The past is a set of neu…
    in Presidential Lunacy : Clark's 'Faith' Based On Time-Travel Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Sorry, I'm a Nikon user bumping into this discussion, but what does the "L" designation of Canon lenses mean that is so significant? It can't just be like the Nikon "D" lenses that have a CPU to send distance info. to the camera for TTL metering/fo…
    in Best Photojournalistic Zoom Lens for Digital Rebel? Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • totale ausgezeichnete Technologie! ---So this means the supply channel of pretty much everything has to dwindle down before we see this in new products (and Apple has to have enough of these from IBM to begin with).
    in ISSCC: 90nm PowerTune revealed Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Fujitsu, how convenient. They've been Apple's main supplier of notebook hard drives for a while now, correct? Or did they switch to someone else with the Aluminum PowerBooks?
    in Powerbook hardware (hard drives) Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Yeah, my brother uses one with a Pismo and registered AudioHijack to import sound (crude, yes, but works). A reminder -- with the AudioBuddy you still need to find an adapter that runs from the bigger 1/4" jack to the 1/8" miniplug on your PowerBoo…
    in Mic Preamp Help Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Get an M-Audio AudioBuddy off eBay for cheap....does what I think you need.
    in Mic Preamp Help Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Heck, why not wait until WWDC? Are people really cringing this much for new Power Macs? If they can deliver good enough yields @ 3GHz AT WWDC (i.e., ready to order and arrive at people's homes shortly), then let them do it. Not to mention, if new…
    in macminute has a post about the 970 at 2.5 coming friday Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • Naturally; it just seemed like a spike. But after thinking about it, it really isn't. Simple way to compare -- 'd be like going from the 867 in my PowerBook now to a 1.37 GHz processor. Suppose the increase is understandable.
    in MOSR: Next Powerbook has G4 Comment by fred_lj February 2004
  • The GCC Elite XL 20/1200 has all the features you're specifically looking for, plus it's tabloid (11X17) -- or is A4 the same thing as tabloid? It's the model Apple used as the base of the LaserWriter 8500, so drivers should be built-in or easily…
    in A4 laser printer advice: GCC Elite 12/1200N? Comment by fred_lj February 2004