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  • Quote: Originally posted by xype Dunno about you, but I always tought an iBook with a 1.5 GHz G4 and maybe a Mobile Radeon 9700 for ~1k US$ would be a pretty nice thing to have. It sure would be if that is what they released today, but buy …
    in Motorola is back Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Messiahtosh According to www.macminute.com and this site, Apple is holding a one year iTMS anniversary conference call. We should expect some announcements, ranging from product introductions to market share data numbe…
    in iPod Update One Week From Today Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Ok, did I say something wrong in this thread. Is there some unwritten rule to ignore my new threads.
    in New Apple Monitors. Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by xype Must be a typo, I think the next low-end card would rather be 9600 or something similiar. I just thought it was a modified version for Macs only.
    in New ATI Graphics Card... Will be? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by rickag The information is available in product information pdf's at both IBM and Motorola, but I'm too lazy to look it up. Other things affect power besided just transistor count, like clock speed, voltage, leakage, e…
    in Apple Confirms NO G5 PowerBooks anytime soon Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by snoopy I am curious about the psychology here. This is a $500 Mac made with an iBook body, and the response is mostly enthusiastic approval. Previous threads about Apple offering a low-end Mac in this price range hav…
    in Am I the only person to want this.... The uMac Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • I can't fathom a real reason for a "transportable" Mac. It sounds more like people want a PB heavy duty, thick, heavy, and noisy like some of those high-end Dell machines.
    in Transportable Mac Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Is not SOC a specialty of MOTO-FreeScale?
    in Power5 based 975 90nm chips to ramp in May? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by jwdawso I think the better comparison would be to the 14" high-end iBook. With your predicted update, the low-end iMac will basically be the same as the 14" iBook except for the hard drive (iMac bigger/faster), but the…
    in What do you want to see in an iMac update? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Ensign Pulver ^^ I'm so glad somebody else gets this simple fact. As sad as this situation is, it's completely true. The iMac 2 has never had the same effect on people as the original. I think this makes Steve mad…
    in One more iMac G4 revision Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by JCG However, Apple is on record as saying that the iMac is not hitting the price point that it needs to in able to be a successfull product. Hence why a change needs to take place. The eMac was just updated, the i…
    in What do you want to see in an iMac update? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Zapchud 15 inch iMac: 1.6 Ghz G5 1280x1024 resolution display 512MB RAM (DDR 400, single channel) 120GB HD 5:1 Audio out Superdrive 17 inch iMac 1.8 Ghz G5 Same resolution as todays 20 inch 512MB RAM (DDR 4…
    in What do you want to see in an iMac update? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Whether MOTO-Freescale is back or not in the CPU market will take shape in the next year, if they can innovate and prove themselves in that time frame, then ok, but they have a long way to go. If this does happen, then what. Half of Apple's line…
    in Motorola is back Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • What really strikes me is that the Xserve's dimension is so deep. Apple does a great job of hiding that fact to the casual observer. [edit: note the spelling] [edit by Amorph: note the spelling ]
    in Apple Xblade...?!? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by rickag That is all probably true, yet, if I remember correctly, the current G4 has more transistors on die than the G5. I believe the #'s are something like 52 million for the G5 and 58 million for the G4. So if my me…
    in Apple Confirms NO G5 PowerBooks anytime soon Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by JCG I think that the most importent thing that we need to see in the next iMac is a starting price in the "sweet spot" that they acknowledged that they are priced above. That is the tricky part, if you price them t…
    in What do you want to see in an iMac update? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Just to go back to the title of this thread, "Beyond Dual Monitors". I have some thoughts. What if with the lid closed you could then power two separate displays. I believe once PCI-Express comes into the fold, we will see some wild aberratio…
    in Beyond Dual Monitors Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • If any of what I said comes true this week, I'll be forced to change my name to Macstradamus or something.
    in Just heard a nugget - This tuesday the 1st of many Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • I want monitor spanning in my iMac, mirroring is just no fun.
    in What do you want to see in an iMac update? Comment by oldmacfan April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by The Angel of the Abyss ipods ? I think Steve will want to gloat some about the iTunes - iPod dominance. As for new product, Maybe refreshes to iPod line, maybe a settlement with the Beatles and Exclusive 6 mont…
    in Just heard a nugget - This tuesday the 1st of many Comment by oldmacfan April 2004