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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 3. The iMacs have an amazing screen and the fact its hardwired won't deter too many at its price. The 24" has a pretty good screen, although it doesn't fit my needs at all. The 20" is very far away from …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ksec Since Leopard is 64bit and generally OSX have much better memory management. Shouldn't apple use this as a advantage for all Mac system and put more memory in All of the Mac? Memory are now very cheap and 2G sho…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dutch pear Just curious, what do you think is wrong with apples choice for the iMacs monitor/video card? I can't speak for REM#1, but:It's glossy It's wide (and doesn't rotate) it's tilted upwards (I need it to tilt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pomo Seriously, what's wrong with getting an iMac. The following is a list why I think an xMac is not necessary: 1. iMac has built in quality stereo speakers/ whereas towers have low end mono 2. iMac avoids tower c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Splinemodel If you knuckleheads spend half the time making a hack to get OS X running on commodity boxes as you do dreaming about this (which won't happen), that hack would be mature by now, supported on dozens of chip…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BenRoethig A little off topic, but how would people respond to having this as Apple's desktop lineup In that case, I would go with one of the Minis, probably the middle or top model.
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Quote: Originally Posted by snoopy While I agree with what you say, it would still do Apple more good to sell a Mac Mini Tower and have the added revenue. Keeping prices of used Macs high, however, could have some impact, if Mac Pro users wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by snoopy I think this is the first sensible thing you said in your entire reply, to let's start here. It's true. We must consider the Mac Mini if we do not need a Mac Pro. However, this does not mean we are satisfied …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 You get what you pay for. Anyone that would even consider a mini doesn't really need a pro anyway. This has the logical error of assuming that the only choice in between a Mini and a Pro. This thread assu…
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4 GB RAM, 500 GB hard disk - bye bye mini Don't need much power - the iMac's power is plenty 20" or 24" screen that's non-glossy and 4:3 - 16:9 is for watching movies. I watch movies on TV. When working on the computer I need more height - bye bye i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drnat Excuse my ignorance, but what is a convertible laptop? TIA It's a laptop with a touch-screen and a funny hinge, so you have three possible positions: 1. open where you can use the keyboard 2. closed where…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich If an idiot can sue McDonald's and win for not telling her that her coffee was hot, there's a 50/50 chance Apple will lose this case. Anyone can sue anyone over anything, but what did she finally win fr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wojciechowski So I can create a mouse that looks nearly identical to mickey mouse and make movies and a variety of other products with it's image and likeness, but as long as I don't call it "Mickey Mouse" I'm fine to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nine9nin 3. Filesystem, heal thyself ZFS employs 256 bit checksums end-to-end to validate data stored under its protection. Most filesystems (and you know who you are) depend on the underlying hardware to detect cor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Scharf_10 No... Display?s the thing A great video processor powers a great display. The new MacBook Pro is available in 15-inch models with a new mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display and a 17-inch mo…
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Slight spec-bump. 4 GB now possible higher res will have to wait for Leopard (4 months is not "around the corner" enough to put up with too small GUI elements) Other changes (LED backlight, new enclosure) will wait for that major update.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dan Wells One thing that the Mac Pro has in its favor for some of these applications (where it's really too much, but no other Mac is enough) is that it is silent. I hadn't realized HOW quiet it is until last week, bec…
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Quote: Originally Posted by psychodoughboy Hooray! Hoping this will come to the iMacs as well. Well, check out what we already know: 1. Apple plans to introduce the first LED flat-panels in 2007, but is dependent on the panel manufacturers.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho I'm not holding out for holographic storage, but 20GB is marginal to me. It's already more cost effective to back up data on HD than it is on optical disk. How do you figure that?
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While the MacPro and the Mini may very well be waiting for 10.4.9, we know that 10.5 is bringing resolution independence. If Apple is planning high pixel count laptops and iMacs, those would look terrible with 10.4.x. They will have to ship with …