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While the game is not all about GHz, clock rate... 2,995 Views / 34 Replies  
While the game is not all about GHz, clock rate is a pretty good proxy for a lot of things. Both Intel and IBM have had trouble hitting performance targets, but Intel had something on deck...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Jul 24, 2006 at 01:51 AM, in Mac Desktops
Now there can be real differences 8,544 Views / 41 Replies  
Previously, Apple just did not have a lot to work with as far as different speed cpus to differentiate the line. After all, my nearly two year old 17" powerbook was only 10% slower than the best you...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Jan 13, 2006 at 03:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Thing is, speed is going to matter a bunch. The... 8,544 Views / 41 Replies  
Thing is, speed is going to matter a bunch. The new Intel cpus are dual cored, and amazingly fast compared with what IBM had to offer. (No slight on IBM - both sides kinda stalled over the last...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Jan 7, 2006 at 01:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The new processors are 32 bit Yonah chips. The... 8,615 Views / 85 Replies  
The new processors are 32 bit Yonah chips. The 64 bit equivalents are due near the end of 2006 - google on mereon and conroe.
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Dec 17, 2005 at 07:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Go for a first revision 8,615 Views / 85 Replies  
The facts:

Powerbooks will be out sometime between the first of January and WWDC.

G4 powerbooks are a very stable design, and the hardware is not moving very fast - my 1.5 17" was top of the...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Dec 17, 2005 at 03:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ask yourself these questions: do you really need... 6,709 Views / 35 Replies  
Ask yourself these questions: do you really need the new machine now, will you need it by June, and will you need it by December of 2006? If you need it now, get it. If you can wait until June, and...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Nov 12, 2005 at 02:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Buy now, worry not about Macintel 17,921 Views / 129 Replies  
The Macintels will not make a big difference to PPC desktop machines for a while - AltiVec is still pretty keen, and the cpu speeds are not _that_ much better on the Intel side.

They will make a...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Oct 23, 2005 at 03:41 PM, in Mac Desktops
Poll: Jumping ship is moronic at this point, because... 24,903 Views / 502 Replies  
Jumping ship is moronic at this point, because you have _no_ _facts_.

At this point we have no idea what Apple is going to offer, save what we can guess from Intel's roadmap. Even that is not a...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Jun 13, 2005 at 08:34 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: Duh... 21,512 Views / 221 Replies  
I considered and rejected this idea. Apple may, of course, do any darn thing, but this seems really unlikely from both a technical and a business perspective.

Ask yourself where the profit lies. ...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Jul 23, 2004 at 03:36 PM, in Mac Desktops
Buy as you need, not according to the market 4,010 Views / 38 Replies  
Apple has been trying to spread out new product introductions. They have also taken to announcing hardware that will not be available for a month or two. (The G5s were more than that.) Further,...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Dec 4, 2003 at 01:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yes, they are doing good. I installed Win2k,... 711 Views / 23 Replies  
Yes, they are doing good.

I installed Win2k, and an installer bug ate two of my partitions. MS commented that proper backups are essential to safely using computers.

Apple made the same...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Nov 6, 2001 at 08:51 PM, in MacNN Lounge
$20 seems reasonable for what you are getting. I... 2,070 Views / 129 Replies  
$20 seems reasonable for what you are getting. I intend to pay it for the machines I administer.

As far as "they should have been trickling out changes", that is only something you can do with...
Posted by ScottEllsworth, on Sep 11, 2001 at 01:52 PM, in macOS
 
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