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Apple Gives Laptops Speed Bumps
sockit2me9000 writes "Apple released their new PowerBook today. They include faster processors across the board (up to 1GHz), Radeon 9000 GPUs, and the top-of-the-line model will include a slot-loading SuperDrive. Price points remain about the same. New iBook was released as well."
Ok, two thing for RIAA to attend to:
"watching DVD movies to burning your own music CDs"
A portable DVD, i.e. you could end up watching region one DVDs in region two. BAD!
CD burner, aught to be illegal, makes rich artists starve. BAD!
Pick your favorite punchline for this article:
o Macs are already speedbumps.. in my driveway!!
o Wow, i'll have to pick one up...and then drop it.
o If you were to take an array of cats...and train them all to meow really really fast, and synchronize their meowing with the other cats near them in the array, and then fed them amphetamines..consider the possibilities. Suppose the cats were to all meow at or near the speed of light. If you were to place a cowboy in the middle of the array, would the cats explode if he attempted to herd them?
o Congratulations, Apple! Welcome to 1998!
o (Insert punchline here)
Bowie J. Poag
Anyone ever noticed how much mundane Apple news gets posted on Slashdot? A minor speed increase on laptops doesn't seem to warrant a full story.
And, if you look in the categories for stories, there are tons of Apple specific categories for no real reason:
Apple Wireless
Apple Hardware
Apple Software
Apple Desktops
iMac
Apple Media
Apple Networking
OS 9
OS X
Apple Utilities
Look, we're in the "Apple Laptop" category for the love of god, what is the deal?