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Quote: Originally Posted by beetle To make creating a Mini array (true xServe replacement) dead easy. The current Mini support dual monitors, I don't expect Apple to drop that feature. The current Mini has Mini DisplayPort, Firewire, and HDMI. Ob…
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Quote: Originally Posted by beetle I don't think Apple will make such a hub themselves, but that 3rd parties will. I expect Apple to build such functionality (well, probably not eSATA) into their Cinema displays. You will also external drives t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Neither of you guys knows enough about this patent to be able to say that. Patents have nothing to do with whether something is being done or nor. You should know that. It has to do with whether a different wa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maddan Actually from a profit perspective it is pointless to put a Thunderbolt port in a Mac Mini at this time. The Mac Mini will need two of them and when that happens USB and Firewire will probably be eliminated from…
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Quote: Originally Posted by troberts Keeping the Mac mini dual-core would not cause it to pose a threat to the iMac line, even using an i7. I was thinking about putting the i3 for the MacBook, but by using the i5, Apple could get those processors…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ulfoaf No discolorization would be quite an accomplishment. If will likely reduce the corrosion resistance. The purpose of the process is to provide surface hardness. Corrosion resistance is just a bonus. In somethi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zeph I think it is wrong to reserve the most powerful CPU's for the 27" iMacs. I'd prefer the 21.5" for luggability, but would be forced to take the 27" if I wanted the i7. Hope Apple changes that with the next line…
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Quote: Originally Posted by agolongo Im a Mechanical Eng. Nitriding is not exotic (even some stainless derivitive, with some tweaked alloying elements), this should not have been granted a patent. You are exactly correct that this patent was,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez I won't dispute that opinion, but I believe people will perceive things differently, remembering him as the savior for what was Apple's greatest decade. I would not disagree with your view either. Steve acc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez +1 insightful Apple is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is Apple. Anyone who perceives a diminished importance of Jobs to Apple will be in for a sad awakening in three years when the Jobs-inspired product plans a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Nah. And you're mixing engineering with design. Design teams don't usually have much to do with the inside of a product unless it has a major effect on the outside, or usability. The B/W and Graphite Macs w…
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Even if he has been tapped on the shoulders by Queenie, not all of his 'industrial designs' have been that good. The G4s, for example had terrible thermal design and could easily have been better. The G5 'cheezegraters' had problems of their own tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SSquirrel Well any OS has the chance of having issues upon release. That's sort of the nature of the beast. I was pointing out that Intel is not stuck w/x86 and they are moving forward with ARM designs b/c of the spe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SSquirrel You are aware that Windows 8 will be ARM compatible right? MS sees the way things are going and they are aware that there are beginning to be very strong options available, like servers built from a huge num…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Robin Huber How about Lightwire? Is this an open standard? Proprietary to Intel under license to Apple? Wasn't Firewire an Apple moniker for an open standard that it spearheaded that Sony also adopted and called i.L…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Definitely and what has become quite noticeable is the impact ARM could have. I have a gut feeling that there's more to the ARM movement than it seems on the surface. For the first time, companies can really do …
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Quote: Originally Posted by rosh I struggle with this myself. As a photographer, I'm constantly burning dvds with images for clients. To that end, I regularly use the optical drive. I'm also on the road constantly. In order to work on the roa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by success I was going to disagree, but then I thought about pros' needs. Since storage capacities of DL DVDs can be matched with thumb drives data isn't the issue. The question is do most pros need burning capabilities o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Smiles77 I think laptops need to be updated more often than once a year. Tech moves faster than that. +1 I want native eSATA ports on all MacBooks and iMacs.
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjteix Wow, it would be nice if, one time, you'd really answer the questions, instead of assuming things and using your personal life as the average behavior or universal experience. - which current AMD harware is a…