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hahah charles.. yeah dead on!! that's why... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
hahah charles.. yeah dead on!!

that's why these arguments are so ludicrous.. i was gonna maybe buy a desktop machine, but apple doesn't make on that i want. so i'll buy a macbook and a monitor.
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Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 29, 2006 at 12:00 PM, in Mac Desktops
i'd check the prices at newegg too. Last i looked... 2,028 Views / 18 Replies  
i'd check the prices at newegg too. Last i looked i think the 160 was around 220$?

what i'd do: buy an external firewire enclosure.. put the new drive into the enclosure, use carbon copy cloner to...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 29, 2006 at 10:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
yeah you need a bigger drive.. the biggest... 2,028 Views / 18 Replies  
yeah you need a bigger drive.. the biggest notebook drive right now is 160 gigs and runs just over 200$. hd's are insanely easy to swap out of macbooks (takes about 3 minutes).

i think a lot of...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 29, 2006 at 10:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
a lot of major computer makes just announced... 10,888 Views / 117 Replies  
a lot of major computer makes just announced core2duo machines, apple is just about to. If they come out with a new machine before they ship yours, they will upgrade it to the new specs.

My guess...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 11:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
supposedly the chips are drop in replacements..... 17,490 Views / 224 Replies  
supposedly the chips are drop in replacements.. so maybe it'll just swap over.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 09:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
they're gonna be speedbumped.. :) 10,888 Views / 117 Replies  
they're gonna be speedbumped.. :)
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 07:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
yeah ok, that's what i meant, sorry i get the... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
yeah ok, that's what i meant, sorry i get the names all mixed up.. whatever the core2duo desktop chip is.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 07:52 PM, in Mac Desktops
jesus.. what is he gonna be doing with it that he... 714 Views / 10 Replies  
jesus.. what is he gonna be doing with it that he needs 16 gigs of ram? Seriously, there's no single consumer application that can use more than 2 gigs right now.

If he's going to be making full...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 07:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
my guess is that the machine you get will be... 10,888 Views / 117 Replies  
my guess is that the machine you get will be faster than the one you ordered. Sucks tho that you haven't gotten it yet.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 07:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
it is a little annoying that we all know the... 17,490 Views / 224 Replies  
it is a little annoying that we all know the machines are coming but we can't order them.

at least with the powerpc, nobody really knew what the availability was. with the merom, we know dell will...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 05:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
he did it so he could get the hell out of... 3,794 Views / 135 Replies  
he did it so he could get the hell out of thailand where he was about to go to prison for child pornography..

my guess is that being in jail in thailand as a child rapist gets you killed. i wonder...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 05:20 PM, in MacNN Lounge
SD, i do as well, but on this cycle the mb... 17,490 Views / 224 Replies  
SD,

i do as well, but on this cycle the mb and mbp are so close in specs.. if you don't need a video card, you're paying a big premium for a pro machine which is only marginally faster.

my...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 05:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
castor, yeah i think you're right. Also, I think... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
castor, yeah i think you're right. Also, I think apple has gotten very deliberate about their product lines. They don't want to haphazardly come out with products. So I can see why they don't do it....
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 05:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
ibook and macbook are not the same. maybe call... 765 Views / 4 Replies  
ibook and macbook are not the same. maybe call them up and find out whats up. it sounds weird.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 04:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
do you think this is why they're delaying... 17,490 Views / 224 Replies  
do you think this is why they're delaying macbooks? To keep people from returning them when they come out with new ones?
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 04:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
lol.. wow this is a perfect case of someone who... 714 Views / 10 Replies  
lol.. wow this is a perfect case of someone who might be interested in a mid-level tower mac.

if he's not doing intensive stuff on it, get him a mini, and a really nice monitor. maybe a 23 inch...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 04:54 PM, in Mac Desktops
yeah i guess my point was that say someone like... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
yeah i guess my point was that say someone like me: I wouldn't buy the low end mac pro w/ min specs, because i'd want more ram, HDs etc. Apple isn't giving me a way to spend the 2200$ in my pocket on...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 04:50 PM, in Mac Desktops
hey, maybe apple was waiting for merom to release... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
hey, maybe apple was waiting for merom to release a mid-tower.

they'd be perfect for a machine like that.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 03:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
here is a good example of a situation: a... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
here is a good example of a situation:

a person has 2200$ to spend.

right now they could buy the lowest end tower pro.. or they could buy an imac and have 500$ left over.

if they could spend...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 02:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
which is why you guys are all going to eat hay... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
which is why you guys are all going to eat hay when they release the machine we all want.

:stick: :bicker: :censor: :brick: :cry: :eek: :) :) :)
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 11:30 AM, in Mac Desktops
actually, most of them probably wait until such a... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
actually, most of them probably wait until such a machine arrives.

your math is flawed. calculate in maybe 50-75% of the people who won't buy anything given that choice and you'll see you are...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 10:40 AM, in Mac Desktops
using that logic, the macbook is by far the best... 17,490 Views / 224 Replies  
using that logic, the macbook is by far the best buy right now.. because you could buy another one in 2 years and have updated hardware.. for the cost of buying one macbookpro now.

5 years from...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 28, 2006 at 12:07 AM, in Mac Notebooks
or just look around the web. order it from amazon... 10,888 Views / 117 Replies  
or just look around the web. order it from amazon or any other company that has it in stock.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 27, 2006 at 07:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
is it an original HD? the hd might be toast..... 839 Views / 6 Replies  
is it an original HD? the hd might be toast.. that's what i would guess.

btw, if you get a big HD, that machine will all of a sudden become a lot faster.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 27, 2006 at 07:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
if apple offered a macbook with ANY video card,... 1,812 Views / 21 Replies  
if apple offered a macbook with ANY video card, i'd buy one right now.

as it is, i'm struggling with moving up to the 15in screen and the extra money.

as far as i can see the only really major...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 27, 2006 at 01:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
if they come out with the faster machine before... 1,812 Views / 21 Replies  
if they come out with the faster machine before they ship yours then they'll probably offer to swap it out for the faster one for no charge. thats how they've done it in the past.

they like to try...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 25, 2006 at 04:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
judging by the number of macbooks on campus here... 1,812 Views / 21 Replies  
judging by the number of macbooks on campus here as school starts, i think it's that apple has a huge hit on it's hands and is probably just seriously baglogged..

good reason to get a macbook pro...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 24, 2006 at 11:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
yeah wow, this totally screws up my mail.. none... 6,460 Views / 49 Replies  
yeah wow, this totally screws up my mail.. none of the commands really work anymore.

how totally annoying.

so fyi, before you try this get ready to totally fuxor your machine.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 24, 2006 at 05:47 PM, in macOS
is there some way you could try and get in touch... 3,921 Views / 46 Replies  
is there some way you could try and get in touch with someone besides the apple store? it could be one of those apple stories: "hey look one apple machine is driving 8 monitors at once and doing a...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 23, 2006 at 02:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
the first part of this makes sense. When compared... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
the first part of this makes sense. When compared to an imac, the proposed prosumer tower would seem more expensive. you'd be paying for more expandabillity.

when compared to a quad-zeon, it would...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 23, 2006 at 09:46 AM, in Mac Desktops
try it.. even if you end up needing two zeons, it... 3,921 Views / 46 Replies  
try it.. even if you end up needing two zeons, it won't be that much more expensive than 8 minis, and you only need 1 box, so it'll be less likely to die on you.

my guess is that it will do it, no...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 23, 2006 at 09:05 AM, in Mac Desktops
i just don't agree. I have a cube which is the... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
i just don't agree. I have a cube which is the best mac ever built and it wasn't the top of the line or the bottom. it was right in the middle.

It had 3/4 of the upgradeability that i'd want. If...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 21, 2006 at 08:50 PM, in Mac Desktops
it will run less hot because it's more efficient... 17,490 Views / 224 Replies  
it will run less hot because it's more efficient with the extra cache and thus faster. it is running at full speed less often.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 21, 2006 at 06:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
yeah for it to make sense they would have to... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
yeah for it to make sense they would have to overlap prices. Again, i don't see why that's a problem since the imac has a screen built in.. the products aren't the same. just like a powerbook and a...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 21, 2006 at 03:19 PM, in Mac Desktops
yeah i don't know why chuckit is stuck on 1900$.... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
yeah i don't know why chuckit is stuck on 1900$. Make the base model 1300 and BTO from there. Even just a headless imac would be 200-300$ less than what its listed.

As for R&D, apple can use off...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 21, 2006 at 02:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
if apple had a prosumer computer now, then a year... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
if apple had a prosumer computer now, then a year from now it would blow the doors off a year old mac pro.

We don't want mac pros. It's too big and its overkill. We want what everyone here is...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 20, 2006 at 09:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
yep and that shuttle comes out around 1500-1600... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
yep and that shuttle comes out around 1500-1600 bucks all decked out.

:(
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 19, 2006 at 02:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
i don't know if its true but someone said that... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
i don't know if its true but someone said that the mac pro MB needs dual cpus.. it won't work if you take one out.

but wouldn't it be nice if apple would just save us the trouble of ebaying procs...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 18, 2006 at 10:33 PM, in Mac Desktops
if running osx on pc hardware ever becomes a... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
if running osx on pc hardware ever becomes a reasonable solution then apple will see immediately why they need a prosumer mac.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 18, 2006 at 12:25 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yeah, people who are denying this are smoking... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
Yeah, people who are denying this are smoking crack. Everyone I've talked to about the mac pros, even people who are seriously consider buying them say that the same thing:

Why do I need 4 cores? ...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 18, 2006 at 11:48 AM, in Mac Desktops
I want a low end machine that has a video card,... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
I want a low end machine that has a video card, no monitor, 4 ram slots and real hard drives in it.

thats all.

that machine would be cheaper than an imac, and a lot cheaper than the xeon based...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 15, 2006 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Desktops
if the cube had been 200-300$ less expensive it... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
if the cube had been 200-300$ less expensive it would have been a hit.

apple just needs to bring back a slightly larger cube. call it a headless imac or whatever you want. minis are just too...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 15, 2006 at 11:17 AM, in Mac Desktops
i think the processor situation is different now.... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
i think the processor situation is different now. those Xeons cost a lot of money and offer only moderate speedup to normal users. A headless machine would be dual-core, which is still awesome...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 14, 2006 at 09:16 PM, in Mac Desktops
thank you captain obvious. for the record, I... 29,329 Views / 476 Replies  
thank you captain obvious.

for the record, I have a cube. I'd love to buy a desktop that had an expandable video card. I don't care how well it benchmarks. 99.9999% of us will use those 4 procs in...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 14, 2006 at 09:03 PM, in Mac Desktops
nevermind. 2,510 Views / 117 Replies  
nevermind.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 9, 2006 at 08:40 PM, in Political/War Lounge
hey, i hate to break this to you guys, but canada... 2,510 Views / 117 Replies  
hey, i hate to break this to you guys, but canada and asia aren't connected by land.

they have to get across the bering straight. and set up large enough bases in the middle of nowhere to support...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 9, 2006 at 02:26 PM, in Political/War Lounge
1. If anyone thinks that any country could... 2,510 Views / 117 Replies  
1. If anyone thinks that any country could sucessfully invade and conquer canada, then please go there, meet the canadians and you will know that it's impossible. Those canuks are fracking crazy, and...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 9, 2006 at 02:20 PM, in Political/War Lounge
i really don't understand what you guys are... 24,007 Views / 321 Replies  
i really don't understand what you guys are arguing about. but maybe nobody cares.
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 9, 2006 at 02:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
i hope we end up with a dictatorship run by the... 1,811 Views / 89 Replies  
i hope we end up with a dictatorship run by the republican elite. that seems to be what 99% of the right wingers want anyway.

as for this thread: finding a bunch of jew haters on the internet...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 9, 2006 at 01:45 PM, in Political/War Lounge
wow we got us some real crazies around here. I... 2,510 Views / 117 Replies  
wow we got us some real crazies around here. I love the "our soldiers are mindless robot" train of thought. That's great. While we're at it, we should just remove everyone's ability to stand up...
Posted by freakboy2, on Aug 9, 2006 at 12:54 AM, in Political/War Lounge
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