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ATi's All In Wonder Radeon 7500
FlippedBit writes "ATi has released a very affordable All In Wonder product based on their Radeon 7500 chip. For a mere $200 smackers you can get decent 3D graphics, TV Tuner, TiVO functions, and a remote that will work from another room with no line of sight."
fp I am so happy!
really, a very very long time
AlL YoUr RaDeOn ArE BeLoNg To Us!!!
Cheap whores for dumb geeks. Push button.
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Put up a link to a news site, or shut the fuck up. There's nothing mentioned on cnn or bbc.
Really? Was Stephen King inside at the time?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid _1910000/1910618.stm
Those fucking mohammedians and palestinians. I swear they
are after the demise of western civilization. They will come
to us one by one, and try to break us.
First it was America and September 11th, now UK, then what? they
will take over Europe and continue terrorizing the US and infiltrate
its borders?
I really suggest we put an stop to this. Everyone should do something
about it. And oh yeah, let's not forget our brothers in Israel, for they
are suffering under the constant Islamo-racist terrorism.
Pledge your support for civilization and human dignity, and say NO to
the islamic invation of the west, NOW.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/tgdBreakingNewsDispl ay/0,,2,00.html
Apple recently put up a page asking PC users a question: "If you are a PC user who's eyeing a Mac, what are you thinking?" They provided a link at the bottom to send this feedback to them through email. Excited by the idea that Apple Computer, Inc wanted to know what I was thinking, I sat down to spill my heart to Jobs and Company.
First, some background: I'm a Programmer/System Administrator with a heavy bias towards Open Source software. I'm in my twenties, married, and I have a baby girl on the way. Now, with that out of the way, let's explore the reasons that I haven't purchased an Apple computer. I have a feeling that my reasons will coincide with many other PC enthusiasts.
First: The Pros
The hardware products that Apple offers have made many a PC user envious. The industrial feel and the welcome simplicity offer respite from the humdrum world of beige components offered by Wintel companies. Rather than force-feed us a single design, Apple offers the iMac for your average Joe and the Power Mac for the more demanding users. The same idea applies to laptops with the iBook and the PowerBook, giving us both ends of the spectrum. The fun doesn't stop here; Apple gives us the opportunity to adorn our desks with 23-inch flat panels, optical mice, wireless connectivity, and even matching speakers. With a booming PC modding market sparking a plethora of new PC products, Apple was obviously a step ahead when they released the first of these fancy computers.
MacOS X appeals to more users than any other Operating System to date. Based on Darwin, a version of BSD UNIX, OS X can run much of the same software that makes Linux so popular. This underlying UNIX-ness is hidden from the users with a rich user-interface that makes interacting with the computer a relatively easy (and beautiful) experience, unless you are hell-bent on using it the Microsoft way. I can sit at MacOS X and open a terminal (that's a window with a command line in it, save your gasps of horror) and feel right at home. I can use MS Office like most of the rest of the world, browse the Internet with Internet Explorer, and engage in any number of graphical doohickeys with relative ease. Then, when the newness wears off, I can revert to my roots and write Perl in Vim, compile my favorite C code in gcc, all while a DVD legally (no DeCSS kids!) plays in the background. This simply isn't possible to the same degree with any other Operating System.
Second: The Cons
Strike 1: Man, these things are damned expensive. Let's do an experiment. I'm at Apple's website, and I've selected a PowerMac G4 933MHz with a 60Gb hard drive, 256Mb of RAM, and a Super Drive (that's DVD and CD-RW people!). This is going to run me $2,299.00. At Dell's website (Dude, yer getting' a Dell) I can get a 1.8GHz Dimension with an 80Gb drive for $1,497.00. That's $800 dollars less for the same functionality, more hard drive space, twice the clock speed (I won't get into CPU architecture), and your required contribution to the Microsoft Empire in the form of Windows XP and Microsoft Works. You think that's bad? Without shopping around I can visit one of the many sites listed at pricewatch.com and build a badass custom system. In a single, no-shopping-around stint of 15 minutes I managed to 'build' a system that would blow the frilly socks off the Dell and Apple offerings for a mere $1,038.00. With shipping!
Strike 2: I don't buy computers anymore; I buy components. Next month I'll throw down approximately $200 and once again my PC will be ahead of the power curve. Some RAM and a new motherboard will revitalize any sluggish behavior I might be seeing, and open the door for future upgrades. The Dell PC likely allows for the same things, some RAM here, a new component there. The Apple PC offers very limited expansion, and certainly doesn't provide the ability to do what my off-the-shelf PC can. Apple's adoption of PC standards has helped this problem, but it also paves the way for a bigger step, which I will put forward later.
Strike 3: When is Apple gonna learn that John Q. Public has figured out that the more megahertz you have, the better your PC is? Sure, you and I might understand the differences in architecture, but average people don't -- and won't -- care. Massive campaigns by i386 vendors have pounded the idea that MHz == performance directly into the quivering gray mass of America. 'Velocity Engines' and supercomputer claims don't hold water with anyone except the people who've been forking over their money to you for years. I've never used a Mac that felt as fast as my Intel clone. (Unless it ran BeOS) MacOS X is a huge upgrade for the Apple faithful, but unless you fork over the big bucks for their best hardware, you are stuck watching those fancy graphics hog your CPU.
Third (and Finally) What can they do about it?
I'd go out right now and spend market value for a G4 ATX style motherboard. My PC133 SDRAM will work, as will most of my components. Then I can run MacOS X. Finally, after a whole year of admiring that snazzy OS I can finally call it my own. Perhaps there will be some driver issues, but I'm confident that all my hardware is high-quality and of national name brands. Given a large enough customer base, most manufacturers will produce drivers.
Why hasn't Apple they done this already? I don't think Steve Jobs is concerned with Apple making money -- excuse me, 'increasing shareholder value'. I think he's burnt that NeXT never made it big, and he's showing the world that Steve bygod-Jobs was right. How else can you explain his $1 annual salary? Apple's board recently gave him more options, but you know this cat ain't hurtin' for the bling bling. He runs Pixar, damnit! He's living a dream, running a huge company his way and the world is applauding his work. I'd love to have an Apple, but I ain't got the dough. I'll stick with my PC for now, Steve, and I'll keep admiring your wares. Maybe someday I'll have enough disposable income to throw away on your fancy computers.
The french public should do something about this. We need to advocate
our european brethren about the dangers of the arabs and maslims.
If I was a french citizen, I would worry about the increasin immigration
of arabs, specially north africans and lebanesse to my country.
I urge the french youth to keep this in mind, and never excuse the islamic
invasion of main land europe.
Israel has fallen in their hands, and it is just about time before the egyptian,
syrian, lebanesse, jordanian, iraqi and palestian forces combined, attack
the few of us there and doom us to extinction.
The europeans still have the upper hand in their home lands, so I urge them
to fight this, and be extra cautios about the so called "arab europeans".
You know them; they speak the native tongue just as well as you, they are
naturalized citizens on paper only. In their heart, they are the same dirty
arabs as those in arabia, and are only here to act as "sleeping" cells, awaiting
their moment to strike!
See how the Israelis are coping with them, and learn from them. You might also
donate a dollar or two, and help them fight the front WAR.
Please refrain for Racism and 'Nazi-like' behaviour, How will this help any situation in the world by catagorizing people by colour / religion, It is comments like this that start all the arguements.