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Posted by rhashem, on Mar 7, 2007 at 02:27 AM, in Marketplace
Apple's product cycles really aren't that hard to... 4,463 Views / 48 Replies  
Apple's product cycles really aren't that hard to predict :hmm: Especially now on Intel, whose CPUs schedules are announced months in advance.

Now would not be a great time to buy an MBP, unless...
Posted by rhashem, on Oct 18, 2006 at 06:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
This thread doesn't make any sense to me. The... 9,607 Views / 77 Replies  
This thread doesn't make any sense to me. The Core 2 came out a bit over a month ago. It's retail penetration is still tiny. Walk into a BestBuy or CompUSA, and you'll see that only a couple of the...
Posted by rhashem, on Oct 18, 2006 at 06:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It appears to be. The Macbook I got before my... 186,163 Views / 198 Replies  
It appears to be. The Macbook I got before my current one had a bulge in it too, except it was up by the long vent at the top of the keyboard.
Posted by rhashem, on Oct 17, 2006 at 11:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Penryn, etc, are not marketing names. They're... 1,323 Views / 17 Replies  
Penryn, etc, are not marketing names. They're design code names. For example, Conroe was the code name for Core 2, and Penryn is the codename for what will probably be Core 3.
Posted by rhashem, on Oct 14, 2006 at 07:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
There will be no G6. "G6" is Apple's marketing... 1,323 Views / 17 Replies  
There will be no G6. "G6" is Apple's marketing name for workstation PowerPC processors. There is unlikely to be a workstation Power6 derivative, and even if there was, it'd be "PowerPC 980" or...
Posted by rhashem, on Oct 14, 2006 at 07:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A matte coating works on the principle of... 1,796 Views / 33 Replies  
A matte coating works on the principle of diffusing incident light so instead of seeing a focused reflection, you see a spread-out patch of light. However, the coating cuts both ways. It also...
Posted by rhashem, on Oct 8, 2006 at 04:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I've got 1 Safari window with 4 tabs open, and... 1,427 Views / 15 Replies  
I've got 1 Safari window with 4 tabs open, and its sucking down 200MB. Word and Excel can be as low as 60MB, if you're not actually doing anything with your machine. Even loading a 15-page document...
Posted by rhashem, on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The other day, I say that Safari was using 620MB... 1,427 Views / 15 Replies  
The other day, I say that Safari was using 620MB of RAM. That was just after a normal browsing session. Word or Excel take up 200MB apiece. Trust me, you want 2GB.
Posted by rhashem, on Sep 19, 2006 at 06:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
(2) is the correct one. Under Apple's old pricing... 2,231 Views / 23 Replies  
(2) is the correct one. Under Apple's old pricing policy, we'd never have seen Core Duos in the Macbooks. Under their new one, the Macbook is just a couple of bins below the MBP.

If Apple has any...
Posted by rhashem, on Sep 2, 2006 at 08:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
What kind of pansy-ass, thin-skinned bastard gets... 1,243 Views / 8 Replies  
What kind of pansy-ass, thin-skinned bastard gets lacerated by the edge on a Macbook? You couldn't break the skin on that edge even if you rubbed your wrist back and forth on it for hours...
Posted by rhashem, on Aug 6, 2006 at 12:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Early 970 yields were likely poor because the 970... 7,937 Views / 58 Replies  
Early 970 yields were likely poor because the 970 never got as much attention as its POWER bretheren, being a fairly low-profit chip as far as IBM was concerned. 970 yields on 90nm were reportedly...
Posted by rhashem, on Aug 5, 2006 at 10:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
IBM is actually very good at making CPUs. Their... 7,937 Views / 58 Replies  
IBM is actually very good at making CPUs. Their fabrication tech is good, and their design is relatively good as well. It's just that IBM doesn't have a lot of incentive to make chips for Apple....
Posted by rhashem, on Aug 5, 2006 at 06:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
Vaporware? Yep, that's exactly what Apple needs. ... 7,937 Views / 58 Replies  
Vaporware? Yep, that's exactly what Apple needs.

Moreover, PA Semi wouldn't be an impressive chip even if it were out now. At 2.0 GHz, it's projected integer performance is about 1/3 the...
Posted by rhashem, on Aug 5, 2006 at 05:56 PM, in Mac Desktops
First of all, I suggest you go to the Apple Store... 1,392 Views / 17 Replies  
First of all, I suggest you go to the Apple Store and try out another Macbook. It gets hot, but I've never had it cause my palms to sweat, and on battery power, its quite lap-worthy.

Second,...
Posted by rhashem, on Jul 19, 2006 at 09:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, that's what I've noticed too. With the... 1,392 Views / 17 Replies  
Yeah, that's what I've noticed too. With the power plugged in, the Macbook is not really lap friendly. On the battery, it's actually quite reasonable, especially if the CPU is clocked down. As a...
Posted by rhashem, on Jul 19, 2006 at 08:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Don't doubt it. The days of large-scale product... 4,347 Views / 26 Replies  
Don't doubt it. The days of large-scale product differentiation in Apple products is over. Apple has to keep up with the Jonses now. As soon as Merom comes out in volume, Apple will put it in the...
Posted by rhashem, on Jul 15, 2006 at 04:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'll throw my two cents in. I got my Macbook... 26,515 Views / 184 Replies  
I'll throw my two cents in. I got my Macbook several weeks ago, and right now running Handbreak with 98% CPU usage, it's sitting at 78-81C. That's acceptable for a notebook CPU in a thin and light...
Posted by rhashem, on Jul 8, 2006 at 08:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Dude. My Macbook idles in the middle of that... 9,895 Views / 111 Replies  
Dude. My Macbook idles in the middle of that range. Your outside is as hot as the inside of my computer...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 29, 2006 at 09:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yep. Air cooling systems are usually rated in... 9,895 Views / 111 Replies  
Yep. Air cooling systems are usually rated in terms of delta-T/watt. Ie: a heatsink might be rated at 0.30C/watt, meaning that with a 50-watt CPU, it'll keep the temperature difference between the...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 29, 2006 at 09:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The Macbook Pros probably don't get any hotter... 593 Views / 1 Replies  
The Macbook Pros probably don't get any hotter internally (or maybe they do, from the Radeon card), but the metal casing does do a much better job transferring heat from the inside of the case to...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 29, 2006 at 09:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I can confirm that the finish on the Blackbook is... 2,196 Views / 14 Replies  
I can confirm that the finish on the Blackbook is definitely just that --- a finish, not a matte black plastic. I looked at the black Macbook on display at the Apple Store where I bought my white...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 28, 2006 at 08:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I use a Macbook next to an absolutely huge... 981 Views / 13 Replies  
I use a Macbook next to an absolutely huge Inspiron 9100 at work, and I can't say the MB gives anything up to it. Yeah, the screen is smaller, but its highly usable, even for coding.
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 26, 2006 at 09:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
You really shouldn't, if you want to use... 2,074 Views / 19 Replies  
You really shouldn't, if you want to use Spotlight. You see, Spotlight works by keeping an index of every file on disk. When you first install the machine, it indexes the disk in the background....
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 20, 2006 at 09:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You're presupposing that this is actually a... 5,822 Views / 81 Replies  
You're presupposing that this is actually a widespread problem. I bought my white Macbook in the Apple Store in Tysons Corner, VA, and the two white Macbooks on display there didn't have any...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 16, 2006 at 06:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The MB fan doesn't go on until you start pushing... 1,149 Views / 9 Replies  
The MB fan doesn't go on until you start pushing the CPU quite a bit. During normal use, it'll stay off. Even during relatively heavy use, it'll stay off. However, during really heavy use, the fan...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 15, 2006 at 09:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The per-clock difference in SpecInt between the... 3,823 Views / 45 Replies  
The per-clock difference in SpecInt between the Core Duo and Core Duo 2 is about 25% at the same clockspeed. It's significant, but not huge. The Core Duo 2 won't clock any faster than the Core Duo 1...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 14, 2006 at 10:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, it's a devious little SOB. I went to... 1,180 Views / 5 Replies  
Well, it's a devious little SOB.

I went to the Apple store today, after checking before I left the house that the keyboard was indeed still wonky. When I get there, the people in the store can't...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 13, 2006 at 01:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Uh, yes? My Macbook idles in the high 40s, and... 1,529 Views / 13 Replies  
Uh, yes? My Macbook idles in the high 40s, and only gets up to about 72C under load. Lot's of people have reported their Macbooks going 20C higher than that at load.



That is entirely a...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 13, 2006 at 11:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Macbook keyboard problem 1,180 Views / 5 Replies  
So I got a new Macbook today (white 2.0 GHz), and the keyboard goes blinky 5 minutes out of the box. Whenever the machine has been on for a few minutes, the machine starts acting as if the CTRL key...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 12, 2006 at 09:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The RAM is a couple of orders of magnitude slower... 1,543 Views / 19 Replies  
The RAM is a couple of orders of magnitude slower than the CPU. If a "CPU benchmark" is streaming data from the RAM, instead of mostly hitting the cache, then its not a CPU benchmark --- its a memory...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 11, 2006 at 02:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. Don't... 1,694 Views / 25 Replies  
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.

Don't apologize for Apple. When I found my Inspiron too hot to comfortably use on my lap, I didn't try to find excuses for Dell. I criticized them for making a shitty...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 9, 2006 at 04:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The warrenty, as it is written, does indeed... 22,411 Views / 92 Replies  
The warrenty, as it is written, does indeed support Darth's interpretation. Lawyers don't use words for kicks. Every word they use has meaning. The "damage caused by..." bit is there for a reason. If...
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 8, 2006 at 10:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Desktop motherboards for the Core Duo aren't... 1,121 Views / 7 Replies  
Desktop motherboards for the Core Duo aren't easily available, since the Core Duo is officially a laptop chip. Since Apple contracts their own motherboards, they have more flexibility in this matter....
Posted by rhashem, on Jun 1, 2006 at 04:17 PM, in Mac Desktops
You have to differentiate between the processor... 8,673 Views / 95 Replies  
You have to differentiate between the processor and the product. The three products are "Merom", "Conroe", and "Woodcrest". These are code-names, by the way, like Yonah is for the Core Duo. Each of...
Posted by rhashem, on May 28, 2006 at 03:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
That's using XLC on AIX. The delta is going to be... 8,673 Views / 95 Replies  
That's using XLC on AIX. The delta is going to be even bigger on OS X, since GCC gets much closer to Intel C++ on x86 than it does to XLC on PowerPC.

Also, you're right the 970GX would get the...
Posted by rhashem, on May 25, 2006 at 03:14 PM, in Mac Desktops
It's quite astounding, really. People have been... 8,673 Views / 95 Replies  
It's quite astounding, really. People have been saying for awhile that IPC scaling on integer code is dead, but Intel managed a huge improvement with the Conroe architecture. At 1019 SPECint/GHz,...
Posted by rhashem, on May 24, 2006 at 06:03 PM, in Mac Desktops
Have you seen the SPEC results? SPEC results.... 8,673 Views / 95 Replies  
Have you seen the SPEC results? SPEC results. (http://www.intel.com/performance/workstation/xeon/industry.htm)

3057/2775. For reference, the 2.5 GHz 970MP in the Quad gets 1438/2076.
...
Posted by rhashem, on May 24, 2006 at 01:57 PM, in Mac Desktops
I hate to say it, but if you don't wait for the... 2,498 Views / 29 Replies  
I hate to say it, but if you don't wait for the new Intel Mac Pros, you might be dissapointed. They are going to be tremendously faster than the G5 PowerMacs for integer tasks like compling, or...
Posted by rhashem, on May 18, 2006 at 01:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
Actuually, that's not a bad statement.... 3,092 Views / 116 Replies  
Actuually, that's not a bad statement. Dictatorial regimes tend to have a high degree of internal law and order, which hinders the operation of terrorists internally. Why do you think Saudi...
Posted by rhashem, on May 17, 2006 at 06:03 PM, in Political/War Lounge
What exactly is your evidence for this? Hell, go... 3,092 Views / 116 Replies  
What exactly is your evidence for this? Hell, go to Bangladesh and Indonesia (two of the most populous Muslim nations), and ask the people on the street whether they believe the Quran instructs...
Posted by rhashem, on May 17, 2006 at 05:57 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Right. There is no distinction between the... 3,092 Views / 116 Replies  
Right. There is no distinction between the Muslims who want to kill Westerners, the Muslims who have integrated with Westerners, and those who (like the vast majority of people), are only interested...
Posted by rhashem, on May 17, 2006 at 05:51 PM, in Political/War Lounge
I concur. The mighty mouse sucks. It gets really... 1,998 Views / 28 Replies  
I concur. The mighty mouse sucks. It gets really nasty really easily (and I keep my hands pretty clean), which makes it kind of disgusting to use unless you clean it every week. The little roller-BB...
Posted by rhashem, on May 6, 2006 at 11:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yes, it is more complicated than that, but your... 5,349 Views / 45 Replies  
Yes, it is more complicated than that, but your statement was misleading. All versions of OS X today are fundementally 32-bit OSs. They support execution of 64-bit programs via a 64-bit libc and...
Posted by rhashem, on May 5, 2006 at 07:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
At the time SGI, Sun, NeXT, etc, made those... 3,166 Views / 32 Replies  
At the time SGI, Sun, NeXT, etc, made those workstations, the mainframe folks looked down upon them as "microcomputer hardware". In any case, sure, a $1500 Dell isn't going to be the same quality of...
Posted by rhashem, on May 2, 2006 at 11:35 PM, in Mac Desktops
The Wikipedia article is completely wrong. They... 1,029 Views / 9 Replies  
The Wikipedia article is completely wrong. They say the effective resources are halved, but that's not true. There is a performance hit, to be sure, because you now have two framebuffers that must...
Posted by rhashem, on May 2, 2006 at 11:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yeah, what he said :) 1,728 Views / 24 Replies  
Yeah, what he said :)
Posted by rhashem, on Apr 29, 2006 at 11:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Innovation is certainly happening in the computer... 3,166 Views / 32 Replies  
Innovation is certainly happening in the computer industry --- it's just happening in different places. Back in SGI's heyday, innovation was in ISAs and interconnects and circuit design. RISC guys...
Posted by rhashem, on Apr 29, 2006 at 05:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
It strongly depends on the application. In almost... 1,728 Views / 24 Replies  
It strongly depends on the application. In almost all situations, a 32-bit dual core CPU is preferable to a 64-bit single-core CPU*. Exceptions are:

1) Apps that need more than 4GB of RAM.
2)...
Posted by rhashem, on Apr 29, 2006 at 04:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yes, Linux/Intel caused the downfall of SGI, but... 3,166 Views / 32 Replies  
Yes, Linux/Intel caused the downfall of SGI, but not in the way you think. SGI started going down when companies switched to Linux/x86 from SGI hardware. Companies like ILM replaced their old SGI...
Posted by rhashem, on Apr 28, 2006 at 01:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
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