MacNN Forums - Search Results

	Welcome to the MacNN Forums.
	If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
	You are here: MacNN Forums > Search Forums > Search Results

Search: Posts Made By: bauhaus

Thread

Thread Starter

Last Post

Replies

Views

Forum

IPS	8,230 Views / 66 Replies
Yes, Michel has the right info. Sony was actually late to the game for this screen tech. It's called in-plane-switching (IPS) and many manufacturers use it. It was first commisioned by IBM over 4...
Posted by bauhaus, on Jun 2, 2004 at 03:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Re: Re: 8 Years	1,695 Views / 18 Replies
OEM versions of Windows XP are only about $50.
Posted by bauhaus, on Jun 2, 2004 at 03:16 AM, in Mac Desktops

x86	2,344 Views / 14 Replies
The 3D Modeling platform of choice these days is x86. If you are doing serious 3D work, it's the way you have to go. Some would say it happened when Softimage went to x86 or when Alias added x86 from...
Posted by bauhaus, on Jun 2, 2004 at 03:15 AM, in Mac Desktops

A 70s IBM PC??? I'd love to see that as there...	6,506 Views / 104 Replies
A 70s IBM PC??? I'd love to see that as there were no IBM personal computers in the 70s. It didn't start for IBM to create the personal computer market until the 80s.
Posted by bauhaus, on Jun 2, 2004 at 03:06 AM, in Mac Desktops

I would have guessed MIT, but 6000? That's not...	3,600 Views / 33 Replies
I would have guessed MIT, but 6000? That's not right for any dept at MIT. Plus you contradict yourself... you're a professional that works for MIT but are part of an educational branch (which would...
Posted by bauhaus, on May 29, 2004 at 07:46 AM, in Mac Notebooks

my recommendations	1,527 Views / 17 Replies
1) will void your warranty 2) keep the screen-to-keyboard shipping-liner and use as a protector for keeping keyboard marks off of the screen. 3) 512MB -- otherwise everything feels really laggy.....
Posted by bauhaus, on May 21, 2004 at 11:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks

No, it's not comfortable. It's the classic Apple...	1,187 Views / 14 Replies
No, it's not comfortable. It's the classic Apple problem of form over function. The 15"Ti is much more comfortable whereas the Al has that sharp edge so that when the PB is closed it looks...
Posted by bauhaus, on May 21, 2004 at 07:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Make that three. You only have to use an IBM...	1,641 Views / 27 Replies
Make that three. You only have to use an IBM trackpoint to understand why it is so great (and, btw, I can draw just fine in Photoshop with excellent precision--only my Wacom tablet is better. (IBM...
Posted by bauhaus, on May 21, 2004 at 07:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Nope, sorry, wrong. Apple B&M stores (and Apple...	4,646 Views / 32 Replies
Nope, sorry, wrong. Apple B&M stores (and Apple service centers) will refuse to do this because Apple Corporate does not endorse or support this policy. Go into any Apple Store and ask (or call up...
Posted by bauhaus, on May 6, 2004 at 08:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Dead Pixels	4,646 Views / 32 Replies
Were you charged a restock fee? (like a percentage deducted)
Posted by bauhaus, on May 6, 2004 at 08:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks

IBM gives you a 30 days no questions asked return...	4,646 Views / 32 Replies
IBM gives you a 30 days no questions asked return policy in the US. So you can always get a perfect screen. Dell offers 21 days return policy in the US, no questions asked. Neither charge a "restock...
Posted by bauhaus, on May 5, 2004 at 11:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks

voids warranty	4,646 Views / 32 Replies
That will void the warranty with Apple.
Posted by bauhaus, on May 5, 2004 at 11:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Nope, 90nm vs 130nm means better yields per wafer...	8,294 Views / 40 Replies
Nope, 90nm vs 130nm means better yields per wafer of silicon (say 50 processors could be made from one 12" diameter wafer of silicon at 130nm; now 65 processors could be made from the same wafer.)...
Posted by bauhaus, on Apr 23, 2004 at 04:47 PM, in Mac Desktops

You can't run FCP on an Xserve because you need...	8,294 Views / 40 Replies
You can't run FCP on an Xserve because you need an AGP slot (which it doesn't have.) This has been discussed to death on the FCP-L and some Apple reps have been looking into changing future Xserves...
Posted by bauhaus, on Apr 23, 2004 at 04:34 PM, in Mac Desktops

vacuum? (I'd rather pull the dust away than push...	618 Views / 4 Replies
vacuum? (I'd rather pull the dust away than push it in more with a can-o'-air)
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 22, 2003 at 12:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Do a search on Ti-CFRP on IBM's website. The T's...	2,978 Views / 48 Replies
Do a search on Ti-CFRP on IBM's website. The T's shell, short of the palm rest/keyboard is made of this amalgamation of materials with an internal Mg frame. There is also a research documents on the...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 21, 2003 at 07:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Linux, my man, linux...	1,935 Views / 17 Replies
Linux, my man, linux...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 19, 2003 at 10:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks

See Margi PC cards or the IBM 770Z for what...	604 Views / 4 Replies
See Margi PC cards or the IBM 770Z for what you're talking about (it's been done before to a degree.) All in all, it could be done again...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 19, 2003 at 10:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The IBM X series (smallest) has a firewire port....	2,978 Views / 48 Replies
The IBM X series (smallest) has a firewire port. The T can ouput video in anyway necessary (plus, with it's thinness, it has pretty much every space filled with a port or a feature, short of losing a...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 19, 2003 at 10:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The T40p is a business workhorse notebook and is...	2,978 Views / 48 Replies
The T40p is a business workhorse notebook and is optimized as such (also for OpenGL specs.) Where would FW come in as useful for a business notebook?(rhetorical) Secondly, with T40p's 2 PCMCIA...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 19, 2003 at 02:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I'd call the Alienware a desknote at 8lbs, its...	1,935 Views / 17 Replies
I'd call the Alienware a desknote at 8lbs, its battery life, and its form factor (which is why it's excluded from my "best and fastest" comparison.) It's ok for infrequent portable use... As for...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 19, 2003 at 02:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks

ThinkPad T40p has a 9000 Mobility Fire GL 64MB...	1,935 Views / 17 Replies
ThinkPad T40p has a 9000 Mobility Fire GL 64MB RAM (ISV certified) That was the best out there when it was placed on the market in March '03. It's also lighter and thinner than the 15"Al and at...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 19, 2003 at 12:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Barefeats comparison is useless because they...	1,767 Views / 8 Replies
Barefeats comparison is useless because they don't give any useful info on the Centrino they used.... I'd be interested in this test with the 50MB PS7 benchmark (the current score posted seems...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 18, 2003 at 05:46 AM, in Mac Notebooks

don't forget the 10% restock fee you'll pay to...	1,320 Views / 10 Replies
don't forget the 10% restock fee you'll pay to return the Ti...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 10:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I don't know how familiar you are with audio, but...	749 Views / 2 Replies
I don't know how familiar you are with audio, but 44.1kHz is standard CD sampling rate (so output from any PCM should be at 44.1kHz.) The 24bit would be a sampling ADDA chip. 24bit is good, but...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 10:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, then $3000/1000 chips isn't reasonable...	1,833 Views / 21 Replies
Well, then $3000/1000 chips isn't reasonable either (extremely low), so your theory on zdnet's reporting is wrong too. Prices in excess of $1K/chip in the server market would not be unheard of...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 10:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks

P4 3.2 Extreme HT is $740 (prices have since been...	1,833 Views / 21 Replies
P4 3.2 Extreme HT is $740 (prices have since been announced)
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 05:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I think there is some confusion about USB 2.0....	843 Views / 8 Replies
I think there is some confusion about USB 2.0. These days, as pointed out by SoBayJake, all USB is 2.0. USB 2.0 HiSpeed is 480Mbs and USB 2.0 FullSpeed is 11Mbs. Now about enabling the chips... ...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 05:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Hard drive changes void the warranty. (sorry, but...	747 Views / 4 Replies
Hard drive changes void the warranty. (sorry, but it's true)
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 05:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Apple tries to keep manufacturing cost way down...	720 Views / 3 Replies
Apple tries to keep manufacturing cost way down since it is a smaller company than dell. Everything is pre-packaged to the most part like buying a vacuum in a electronics stores: all the accessories...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 05:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks

new battery on 15" is smaller than old battery by...	745 Views / 2 Replies
new battery on 15" is smaller than old battery by quite a lot, it'll charge faster, but it'll discharge faster too. (them are the breaks... looks like they were trying to save weight)
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 17, 2003 at 05:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks

absolutely not worth the wait. ...	1,702 Views / 22 Replies
absolutely not worth the wait. disappointing. that is all. (all the new PBs are oudated alreday, not even much of a stop-gap measure. here's to the new expo bringing something...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 16, 2003 at 06:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

There is only one 80GB 5400rpm 9.5mm drive on the...	5,431 Views / 57 Replies
There is only one 80GB 5400rpm 9.5mm drive on the market.... so guess what, that's the one Apple's using company: HGST Series: 5K80 Size: 80GB
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 16, 2003 at 06:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks

AutoCad requires quite a lot of 3-D acceleration...	1,386 Views / 13 Replies
AutoCad requires quite a lot of 3-D acceleration in newer versions (pre R11 it wasn't the case) Fantastic program but needs a lot of RAM, a good ISV certified graphics card, and plenty of CPU...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 10, 2003 at 01:32 PM, in Mac Desktops

Matlab	1,127 Views / 12 Replies
I just priced out the student version of MatLab (it has basically the core product and you can add more advanced features as you need them) and it's $99 with media and manual. $59 for each module...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 9, 2003 at 03:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I hated Mathematica. (I could get that sucker's...	1,127 Views / 12 Replies
I hated Mathematica. (I could get that sucker's kernel to crash faster than anyone I know.) I spent some time at Wolfram for a while (due to connections with the NSCA at UIUC) and pretty much told...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 9, 2003 at 05:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Well see about the 10Tflops. The math works out...	1,831 Views / 23 Replies
Well see about the 10Tflops. The math works out to about 4Tflops on LinPack (8Tflops non-LinPack)... I have no idea what kind of voodoo will be done to milk 2 more Tflops out of this system....
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 5, 2003 at 12:45 AM, in Mac Desktops

Re: Re: 128MB GPU	8,111 Views / 46 Replies
Sorry, forgot Fujitsu (but it's hard to find any products in the US using that drive.) As for the 80GB in the 17"PB, it'll probably be a 4200rpm drive too seeing as the 5400rpm 80GB from HGST just...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 4, 2003 at 05:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks

128MB GPU	8,111 Views / 46 Replies
So the top of the line G5 would have only 64MB RAM for its GPU but the 17"PB would have 128MB... ummmm NO!! That's a HUGE pipe dream alert. Also, what 60GB drive would fill for the 15"??...
Posted by bauhaus, on Sep 4, 2003 at 07:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:07 AM.

All contents of these forums © 1995-2017 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.8 © 2000-2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.,