It's finally out http://www.apple.com/
To bad the bastards didnt release a 17in version:cussing:
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It's finally out http://www.apple.com/
To bad the bastards didnt release a 17in version:cussing:
The one they did release looks super nice though. So fast.
right after I get my new computer they come out with a new faster one :(
If I didnt just pick one up last year, I would be all over it.
"more than it did in a PC" hehe
This might be enough to make me switch back (from linux)
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Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
Damn them! Damn them all!
AHH!!! My wife has been riding my ass every single damn day to buy her a notebook. It has been going on non-stop since before X-mas I told her to hold off. New laptops were coming, just be patient. She continued to give me shit everyday about my season pass and her not having a notebook yet. Her brithday is Friday and I'm sure the gates of hell would've opened up and pulled me in if I didn't have a notebook waiting for on friday. So I bought earlier this week. It arrived yesterday. I guess the machine I bought is only $50 cheaper today, but it still drives me nuts. She has no patience. I told her this was coming and now she may not be satisfied with the gift. AHHHH!!!!!
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Originally Posted by meatdrink9
Apple has a 30 day return policy if they release a new version of a product you just bought. You may want to contact them, especially considering you haven't even opened the new powerbook you got.
yeah the new book is sweet, but...
it's gonna be a bit before all the major graphics apps are gonna run native and for a lot of us the graphics, music and video stuff is why we play with macs in the first place.
really that line of thinking is just my mental bandage for purchasing my powerbook this summer. faster suff is always just around the corner and you always kick yourself for not holding out for the new shit.
the new books are gonna rock and when the software comes up to run native on the chip... watch the hell out!
I bought the iMac G5 iSight the day it came out 2 months ago and it's already dated :frown: I keep telling myself that the bench mark they used heavily favors Intel chips and that it would be a pita to have to deal with apps that have not been converted yet but it still hurts especially when the new Intel iMac is a dual core!
Apples stock is doing great since there intel announcement yesterday, up about another 3% today!
Oh look, Apple is making PCs now.
it would be at least a month, MINIMUM before you could actually get one of the MacBooks in your hands. Another month of nagging. So you probably did the right thing in pulling the trigger.Quote:
Originally Posted by meatdrink9
I've been waiting for the Centrino Duo / Napa notebooks myself. Supplies of the Centrino Duo chip are probbly in short supply right now since they're still ramping up production. Dell and Apple will probably be getting their products out the door first due to sweetheart deals with Intel. The others are close behind though.
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Originally Posted by likwid
Not quite.
If you ordered it from Apple, call them back and they will either adjust the price for you or let you return it and put in an order for the new one. That's if it was announced within two weeks of when your order was shipped.Quote:
Originally Posted by meatdrink9
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Originally Posted by meatdrink9
I'm sure you have already read this http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Im...es.html#Return Policy . If I were you I woud show her the nice box on her birthday and then return it before she can open it :eek: The laptop you bought has not been updated in three years, it doesn't have much life left in it.
Funny, their new cpu is x86 based.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
I run 10.4.3 on my Athlon64.
If the shoe fits...
Linux runs on Intel but I would not call the one of the x445 running Linux in my server room a PC. Just because it's running on Intel hardware does not make it a PC. All most everything that makes it different than a Windows box is still there.Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
PC derived from IBM PC which eventually became the x86 line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
New Macs are x86 based.
Therefore new Macs are PCs.
Also Apple has openly said they are not going to stop anyone from installing XP on the Macbooks.
So once it has XP on it does it become a PC then zippy?
Actually, that's not true--that's why the big announcement of being 6-months ahead of schedule was so huge. All the Apple software (iWork, iLife, Safari, etc) will run native w/o the use of the Rosetta translator. I'd have to check on some of the 3rd party graphics editing software, but for sure music and video will run native (it was a huge deal to make sure that happened).Quote:
Originally Posted by BC-FLOW
While there are still two more factories ramping, the one making the chips that are going out now has been cranking for a few months now (at record output/speed). You're correct that Dell and Apple are coming out first (Apple now and Dell on 16 Jan), but the others will be closer than you might think. Expect the new Sony VIAO FE to be on the shelves in early Feb.Quote:
Originally Posted by DerJaeger
This is exactly what i was refering to a couple posts up ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bossass
Thanks for the advice. They just credited back my card for the difference in price. Very cool. :D
The announcement wouldn't change which machine I bought. It's for my wife to balance the books and have her own machine. There's already way more computer there than she needs. It all works out in the end. I'm glad I held out as I long as I did so I was still eligible for the price break.
Of course they won't stop people from loading XP it would be next to imposible and pointless. It becomes a PC when it's an ugly clone running any M$ product :tongue: or IBM half ass attempt at a desktop OS.Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
The MacBook uses Intel's new EFI bootloader hardware, not BIOS. Windows Vista is/will be EFI compatible, but Windows XP isn't. It's my understanding that you won't be able to boot a MacBook to Windows XP unless the MacBook has specifically shipped with a compatibility module to allow it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
Wait until they put out the desktop G5's... rumor has it that is when they'll be releasing the 17" Powerbook...but who really wants a damn laptop that big anway...get the 15 and then hook it to a desktop display when you're doing your photo stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtbakerskier
I think your more likely to see PCs becoming more like macs, except cheaper. The OS is clearly nicer as are some of the apps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
the notebook is awesome, I totally want one. anyone know when the next round of iPods is due?
I just got a new iBook and I don't mind at all. It'll be a while before:
1) You can actually get the Intel notebooks
2) All the kinks are ironed out
3) The Intel CPUs trickle down to iBook level, which is all I need
Plus I only paid $800 with a free suitcase and printer :D
I have a 17 inch powerbook and the 20 inch imac. There is no way in hell I would go to a smaller screen for the road. Just because Im traveling doesnt meen that I dont need the screen space to edit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm11
This announcement is earthshaking. Skiing will never be the same.
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Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
amen brother.
anyone want to buy my 15" powerbook G4?
So which one did your girlfriend throw your cellphone thru, the 17" monitor or the 20" monitor? What's it going to take, her wrecking your truck in a drunken rage? Because that's about all that's left...Quote:
Originally Posted by mtbakerskier
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Originally Posted by BakerBoy
That's cold Baker...:FIREdevil
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What part, the actual truth about his poor computer, or the expectation of getting a phone call from him one night looking for a couch to surf or a ride somewhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by MeatPuppet
Not quite...Quote:
Originally Posted by hev
Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive but I predict that within 100 years
computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and
so expensive that only the five richest kings in Europe will
own them.
Oh, you mean like the RISC architecture that's supposed to be so much better for photo/video work? No wait, that's not right. It's CISC architecture now. And now that the software companies are rewriting their code to take advantage of floating-point performance instead of integer performance, low and behold CISC is now good for photo/video. Oh wait, it must be the one-button mouse that makes macs so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
Where the hell is OGRE when you need him? :yourock:
for everyone who has ordered a new mac recently, this might be of interest to them: http://abs.apple.com/transition/
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Originally Posted by powslut
that thing might as well be a silver paperweight at this point. I'll give you $50 and a pickle.
Nope I mean UNIX with a great UI sitting on top and an over all design end to end. I don't use my Mac for graphic design work so I don’t really now or care about the video rendering ability of either architecture.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Blue
I have worked as a UNIX admin for seven years now and I have watched almost every company out there that makes big proprietary "open systems" start the move to x86. Now that Intel and AMD are making 64 bit processors and the ability to cluster lots of small servers the benefit of staying on big iron is getting slowly eaten away. It's inevitable that almost every OS will wind up on x86 in the next few years.