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Gropo writes "Same old 'scary cyclops' quicksilver face. Up to 1.42 Ghz, FireWire 800, 802.11g and entry-level pricing has dropped. " With the SuperDrive and one of those massive LCD screens, you have a one highly desirable chunk of hardware.
then you're obviously clueless when comparing to an Apple. It's like saying my 1974 Pinto is much better than the 2003 Mach I Mustang. Where an Apple is like a Jaguar (no pun intended, being a ford fan).
No, I think the poster meant it as a good thing. You can spend thousands on an amazing PC that granted can run UT faster and load up quicker, but you'll still be on Windows XP, no matter how good the hardware is!
#define ROSE any_other_name
Despite the slow proc's, Apple managed to throw a piece of hardware on the market that's very competitive. As it going for a couple of years now, Apple has inferior hardware at the hart of the system, but superior hardware on the edge.
Funny, Macs used to be faster than Pentii
Pentii? Pentii??? And I thought the term virii was annoying.
"Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
as they did with SMP (that "1.4GHz" sounds a lot more impressive next to a 3GHz P4 when you realize there are two of the suckers in there)
Because 2.8GHz sounds so comparable to my 16.8GHz P4 XEON box (2.4GHz * 2 (# of CPUs) * 2 because each are set for HyperThreading).
Yeah, I know that's not valid math. It's about as valid as saying to G4 chips at 1.4GHz equals a P4 at 3GHz, though.
Get a life man. Slashdot is for fun, not profit. I can give a shit about karam. The only reason I don't post AC because I like to see replys to my comments easily.
Karma can suck my balls for all I care. I just want to talk geek, not run for office or start a war.
IMHO macs are worth it. If you want to mod me down then sign in a request moderator access.
Karma: The shiznight, mostly because I am the Drizzle.
Competitive GPL'd apps? Name them.
The GIMP is a joke, nowhere near the quality of Photoshop. It's a good start, though - maybe someday. Are there any others?
What about a WYSIWYG editor? Bluefish is a good tool, but it's straight HTML only, no WYSIWYG.
A quick search of Freshmeat shows no Flash-creation tools available that are beyond conceptual stage, so that's a no-go..
Illustrator, there's a few vector apps (Geist comes to mind, as does killustrator), but none of them approach what Illustrator can do.
Premiere? I'm not aware of any video editing software for Linux, but I haven't really looked into that sector.
What about 3d software? The only 3d app that's GPL'd that comes even CLOSE to being worthwhile is Blender - and it's the epitome of a programmer interface: Functionally useless. Fortunately, Alias|Wavefront ships Maya for Linux, and Avid ships Softimage|XSI, so at least there's something to be used.