I didn't intend it as flamebait. This AC is advocating that the US should have another attack on its own soil. Pretty much fits the definition of "hating America" in my book.
Oh, and I'll grant that the internal workmanship of the current x86 line is a bit sub-par, but the average Joe probably isn't considering that anyway....
Specs are only a part of the picture. Form factor is another, well, factor. I wanted a small, (relatively) low-power, quiet, and lightweight machine that I could run both OS X and XP on. The mini is pretty much the only game in town in that regard, so it's hard to say whether or not I got 'reamed'. I know ASUS makes something similar, but it's actaully a bit taller.
Like I said, Apple will lose this advantage once they release a 'standard' tower. So they better either supercharge the CPU/GPU/RAM specs, or they better lower the price. I suspecr they'll go the former route since Apple just doesn't like to charge less than 4 figures for a full desktop.
Well, part of my point is that there are not many non-Apple solutions for the form-factor that the Minis and iMac provides, so it's hard to judge whether or not they are 'overpriced'.
As far as the laptops go, various comparisons posted here show that if you stricticly try to match features and specs, Apple's prices are pretty much in-line with the competition.
I'm interested in seeing how Apple prices their "pro" line, however. If Apple tries to charge $2000 for exactly what Dell charges $500 for, I'll be the first in line to cry foul.
Apple has yet to release an actual "Desktop" x86 machine, so hold your conclusion until then. So far, the x86 line is filled with competitively-priced 'specialty' items, like the iMac, Mac Mini, and Macbook (+pro).
One thing that bugs me is tht you have to carve out a dedicated amount of RAM to each guest OS, even if you aren't using all of it. Since I don't intend to do much with XP I've been able to get by by dedicating only 128MB out of the 1GB on my Mac Mini. I wish there was a way for both OSes to see my 1GB of RAM and use only what's needed, but I guess the OS would need Xen-like additions, no?
Yeah, I really wanted a 12 inch MacBook Pro to replace my 866MHz G4 Powerbook, but I got tired of waiting and bought a Mac Mini instead. I'll just keep the Pbook for now and enjoy MacIntel goodness at home for the time being, plus save myself over $1000 to boot. I figure in a year or 2 Apple to provide something in the MacBook Pros that will compel me to get one, like say Gigabit Wireless or something. For now it looks like there's just a speed bump.
Currently it will not run on OSX86. Besides, you'd never want to if you would, else it would be running under Rosetta, emulating PPC code to emulate Intel code.
Microsoft is supposedly working on an Intel-native version, as is VMWare, but neither have surfaced yet.
I think by now the Family Guy folks know that they have a certain formula that they repeat over and over again, with variation of such. I doubt they think that they are fooling anyone.
So far, Apple has officially said that they will do nothing to prevent Windows from booting on their systems, just that they won't be supporting it. Granted a lack of a BIOS may put a damper on things, but it's too early to know just yet.
You're speaking future tense though. AMD *could* easily meet Apple's projected demands, they are *in the process of building another huge fab*, and that may very well turn out to be the case, but do you think Apple want to rest their entire future on what *could* happen?
Granted, Intel's new notebook-level chip is not out yet either, but past performance has likely shown Apple that Intel can be relied upon to not screw up the supply chain at least. Plus I would imagine that Apple's already seen this not-yet-released chip in action, so they have even more reason feel more confident about going Intel instead of AMD.
Holy Crap! I only just started noticing that happening to my dual 1.8 G5 workstation at work! I was wondering what the hell that was! I particularly heard it while I dragged windows around. So I'm not going crazy!
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"Nobody who cares about writing successful exploits cares about proving Macs to be insecure."
Um....wouldn't someone out there like to have the bragging rights to say that they were the first to write a successful remote exploit?
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"why would educated people blow themselves up"
Don't try to make sense out of it when the answer involves religion.
I didn't intend it as flamebait. This AC is advocating that the US should have another attack on its own soil. Pretty much fits the definition of "hating America" in my book.
Why do you hate America?
No, really, why?
Find me a laptop with a 20 inch screen without an integrated keyboard (imac) or a laptop without an integrated lcd nor an integrated keyboard (Mini).
Oh, and I'll grant that the internal workmanship of the current x86 line is a bit sub-par, but the average Joe probably isn't considering that anyway....
Specs are only a part of the picture. Form factor is another, well, factor. I wanted a small, (relatively) low-power, quiet, and lightweight machine that I could run both OS X and XP on. The mini is pretty much the only game in town in that regard, so it's hard to say whether or not I got 'reamed'. I know ASUS makes something similar, but it's actaully a bit taller.
Like I said, Apple will lose this advantage once they release a 'standard' tower. So they better either supercharge the CPU/GPU/RAM specs, or they better lower the price. I suspecr they'll go the former route since Apple just doesn't like to charge less than 4 figures for a full desktop.
Well, part of my point is that there are not many non-Apple solutions for the form-factor that the Minis and iMac provides, so it's hard to judge whether or not they are 'overpriced'.
As far as the laptops go, various comparisons posted here show that if you stricticly try to match features and specs, Apple's prices are pretty much in-line with the competition.
I'm interested in seeing how Apple prices their "pro" line, however. If Apple tries to charge $2000 for exactly what Dell charges $500 for, I'll be the first in line to cry foul.
Apple has yet to release an actual "Desktop" x86 machine, so hold your conclusion until then. So far, the x86 line is filled with competitively-priced 'specialty' items, like the iMac, Mac Mini, and Macbook (+pro).
Interesting suggestion.
Though I've found that OSX becomes almost unusable during a massive swap of it's own, unfortunately.
One thing that bugs me is tht you have to carve out a dedicated amount of RAM to each guest OS, even if you aren't using all of it. Since I don't intend to do much with XP I've been able to get by by dedicating only 128MB out of the 1GB on my Mac Mini. I wish there was a way for both OSes to see my 1GB of RAM and use only what's needed, but I guess the OS would need Xen-like additions, no?
So are you saying that poor white people do not exist?
It's attitudes like this that feed resentment of blacks by whites, unfairly or not.
Using Wikipedia to support your claim makes your claim worthless.
Um, 3.5 inch drives are usually much louder than laptop drives, so there goes the whole point of a quiet PC that the Mac Mini provides.
That's exactly why I bought a Mac Mini.
Yeah, I really wanted a 12 inch MacBook Pro to replace my 866MHz G4 Powerbook, but I got tired of waiting and bought a Mac Mini instead. I'll just keep the Pbook for now and enjoy MacIntel goodness at home for the time being, plus save myself over $1000 to boot. I figure in a year or 2 Apple to provide something in the MacBook Pros that will compel me to get one, like say Gigabit Wireless or something. For now it looks like there's just a speed bump.
Well, more specifically, you hack Windows until it boots Windows normally.
Currently it will not run on OSX86. Besides, you'd never want to if you would, else it would be running under Rosetta, emulating PPC code to emulate Intel code.
Microsoft is supposedly working on an Intel-native version, as is VMWare, but neither have surfaced yet.
Well, for one thing, you should be able to run VMWare/Linux to run Windows.....
I think by now the Family Guy folks know that they have a certain formula that they repeat over and over again, with variation of such. I doubt they think that they are fooling anyone.
So far, Apple has officially said that they will do nothing to prevent Windows from booting on their systems, just that they won't be supporting it. Granted a lack of a BIOS may put a damper on things, but it's too early to know just yet.
Depends - does Apple have such a refund clause in their EULA for OS X?
You're speaking future tense though. AMD *could* easily meet Apple's projected demands, they are *in the process of building another huge fab*, and that may very well turn out to be the case, but do you think Apple want to rest their entire future on what *could* happen?
Granted, Intel's new notebook-level chip is not out yet either, but past performance has likely shown Apple that Intel can be relied upon to not screw up the supply chain at least. Plus I would imagine that Apple's already seen this not-yet-released chip in action, so they have even more reason feel more confident about going Intel instead of AMD.
Holy Crap! I only just started noticing that happening to my dual 1.8 G5 workstation at work! I was wondering what the hell that was! I particularly heard it while I dragged windows around. So I'm not going crazy!