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  • Quote: Originally posted by The Placid Casual I think they are trying to play on the fact that the original PM G5 was called Neo... One Neo (Mac) for several thousand Smiths (PC).. sounds about right.
    in G5 Trinity @ WWDC Comment by taoofmars May 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Because RAID stands for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks". If you put more read heads into a disk it is no longer inexpensive, and it would no longer be redundant. Heck, it wouldn't even be an array. …
    in One more iMac G4 revision Comment by taoofmars April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Amorph There's always a way around: 2) Right now, many HDDs have multiple platters to increase storage capacity. An "internal RAID" setup that striped the platters would greatly speed up access - and with double-sid…
    in One more iMac G4 revision Comment by taoofmars April 2004
  • Motorola will be "back", in terms of portable processing parity with Centrino chips, when they up the L2 cache to 1MB. Until that time they are simply at the back with their weeny FSB and no L3. \
    in Motorola is back Comment by taoofmars April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by sillycybin tak1108- Yes!! that is the only additional feature that I have desired since the first day they were announced. A line in feature to record music to AIFF format, not AAC or MP3. That is all it needs, oth…
    in Possible iPod Accesories Tomorrow Comment by taoofmars September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by AngryAngel I also see no reason for an intermediate update. 12 months from June puts it 9 months after the 2GHz ships, and 9 months is not too long for a product update cycle- especially for a rev. A product. IF the…
    in G5 3 gig in 9 months? Comment by taoofmars September 2003
  • umm, i just watched the developer keynote and i'm pretty sure he said "within 12 months". the stevenote was in july, so isn't it reasonable to assume we'll have hit ~3.0GHz in july 2004? also, if Moore's 'Law' is to be taken into account (and we…
    in G5 3 gig in 9 months? Comment by taoofmars September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Cosmo Most firewire CD burners have to be plugged into the wall as well as the fireweire port. I believe the original poster was asking if the power could go from the wall into the cd burner, power the cd burner and ch…
    in Power over FireWire Comment by taoofmars August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by nickgb Thanks for that considered, articulate response! Yeah, I know $1000-1200 is a pretty ludicrous price point for a decent powerbook - in a better, kinder world, the iBook would come with audio line-in and that wo…
    in powerbook questions Comment by taoofmars August 2003
  • hello i'd like to see Apple do thrice-yearly upgrades to all their models, beginning with the g5. more releases = more buzz = more switchers = more sales = justifies expense of extra yearly product releases.
    in 2GHz --> 3GHz Comment by taoofmars June 2003