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Quote: Originally Posted by RoundaboutNow The Mini DisplayPort part of Thunderbolt can't do 6400 x 3600, but data to drive an external GPU could run over TB2. Maybe something like the Matrox "double head to go" or "triple head to go" could pr…
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the mac pro needs more Pci-e lanes to have 2 SSD slots.
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WOW a PC board with 2 CPU sockets but only useing one but putting that up next to a system with only 1 socket?
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Some of the early drives had real technical problems not specifically related to the flash chips. Early adopter problems if you will. I'm not sure if it is due to Anobit or other vendors but Apple seems to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fixmdude The problem with SATA RAID is that you are limited to the speed of the SATA controller no matter how many drives you connect to it. 6 Gbit = 750 MBytes/sec The problem with using more than one PCI-E car…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank Based on what models/configurations? Please list the entire configuration for each model you are trying to compare, I'm sure there is an explanation as to why it's priced the way it is. With the MacPro, yo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht That data comes largely from enterprise users. For laptop use I'd think that the shock resistance of SSDs vs HDDs results in higher reliability. Same for external USB/TB drives subject to more abuse than ones…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DanielSW With respect to optical Thunderbolt cables used with Macs--specifically, the new Mac Pros--as long as there is little need for the operators to access the machine or a networked array of them, like for a ren…
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You should have them pay for and replace all of your stuff in your house or at least pay to have some one do a full AC and furnace check as well any other appliances
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me Ads have been on television since there has been television. Certainly in the US, where Apple is headquartered, broadcasters don't make their money mostly by selling ads, they make their money almost exclusiv…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Futuristic I'm reluctant to even bring this up because I sound like a troll even as I'm thinking this, but... I'm fairly certain that the $999 price point with those features (or even slightly better) could easily b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zunx This is interesting (excerpt): For Apple to retain its brand leadership, it needs to co-architect and be first to market with a new multicore processor that combines Intel x86 and process technology with a futu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Benchmarks have been done with high-end cards in 1x slots and the cards just run a bit more slowly. At 4x, you get something like 85% of the performance at 16x for the highest-end cards. The results speak for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RBR @Tallest Skil It could be. I do not know enough about the TB controller chip to say whether is is only capable of a single channel or not which would involve an additional, not inconsequential, cost on a mod…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alienzed Nope, unless the monitor handles thunderbolt chaining, which none do at the moment. Thing is that monitors currently must be the last link in the chain, because they don't have a second Thunderbolt port. You'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B What I think most people need from a Mac Pro is the drive bays more than the PCI slots (I could be wrong). And TB I think will solve that problem for a lot of people. Mac mini or MBP or ??? But there are also…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin The E7 series Xeon is too expensive and the E3 series is too slow (E3-1260L would work great in a Mini though). This leaves either the 5000-series or the upcoming E5 series due in October (which they may get ear…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joseph L I hope that they drop the legacy HDMI port now that they have Thunderbolt. In fact, they could drop all the ports except Thunderbolt, because that is now all that is needed. The rest are like floppy Disks. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I personally don't mind the Mini form factor. I think it's a beautifully designed piece of hardware. The problem in making it bigger is that it's a solution for the present, not for the future. Computer componen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 TB will be on virtually every computer with an Intel CPU. Apparently you don't understand what native support means, all a manufacturer has to do to add it is provide the (royalty free) plug. But TB only has di…