It depends. If you go to Dell/HP/whatever and build a laptop spec for spec then there is, Comparing apples-to-apples, I don't think there is a significant difference in price.
On the other hand, except for the build-to-order options (RAM, HD, proc, screen) that Apple offers you, there is no flexibility in feature sets. You could find/spec a Dell/HP/whatever that does everything you need, less expensively. It may not have all of the features the Apple laptop offers. So in an apples-to-oranges comparison, Apple's machines are more expensive.
I don't know how Comcast detects it, but if they see spam or receive a spam report involving your modem they block port 25. No warning, apparently Comcast will refuse to lift the block. It has happened to a few of my clients and friends.
Many years ago I picked up a book about the making of the original Star Wars trilogy at a the local discount/second-hand book store. I think it was called Empire Building. It was an interesting read, I not enough of Star Wars fan to know if the book was accurate and balanced or if there was an axe to grind. I came to the conclusion that George Lucas's worst enemy is George Lucas working alone. He's talent is thinking of ideas, not necessarily executing them. Lucas needs people help him see the idea to completion. You think of Start Wars, you think of Lucas. It's surprising to learn just how many other people contributed to Star Wars and Empire. By Jedi, it was more of a "solo" effort. The impression was that the Jedi director was basically a yes-man to Lucas. After the cantankerous relationship between Lucas and Kirshner, Lucas wanted someone who would shoot the film according to Lucas's idea, vision, and script.
As I recall, the prequels, at least started off, as more Lucas then other people. Lucas had his vision for Phantom Menace, and by god that's what was put on the screen. It wouldn't suspire me to learn that Clones and Sith had more people inputting ideas.
Why don't you get a board with a VIA Eden or C3 processor? They don't draw much power and they don't need much in the way of cooling. Get a small ITX case, install your favorite flavor of Linux or BSD, and your set.
The more things change, the more things stay the same. If I remember correctly, this was the same thinking that doomed Challenger - nothing bad happened before, nothing bad will happen now. It's kind of sad...
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I third this. We've sold a lot drobos to customers. Easy to setup, easy to expand.
It depends. If you go to Dell/HP/whatever and build a laptop spec for spec then there is, Comparing apples-to-apples, I don't think there is a significant difference in price. On the other hand, except for the build-to-order options (RAM, HD, proc, screen) that Apple offers you, there is no flexibility in feature sets. You could find/spec a Dell/HP/whatever that does everything you need, less expensively. It may not have all of the features the Apple laptop offers. So in an apples-to-oranges comparison, Apple's machines are more expensive.
I don't know how Comcast detects it, but if they see spam or receive a spam report involving your modem they block port 25. No warning, apparently Comcast will refuse to lift the block. It has happened to a few of my clients and friends.
Many years ago I picked up a book about the making of the original Star Wars trilogy at a the local discount/second-hand book store. I think it was called Empire Building. It was an interesting read, I not enough of Star Wars fan to know if the book was accurate and balanced or if there was an axe to grind. I came to the conclusion that George Lucas's worst enemy is George Lucas working alone. He's talent is thinking of ideas, not necessarily executing them. Lucas needs people help him see the idea to completion. You think of Start Wars, you think of Lucas. It's surprising to learn just how many other people contributed to Star Wars and Empire. By Jedi, it was more of a "solo" effort. The impression was that the Jedi director was basically a yes-man to Lucas. After the cantankerous relationship between Lucas and Kirshner, Lucas wanted someone who would shoot the film according to Lucas's idea, vision, and script.
As I recall, the prequels, at least started off, as more Lucas then other people. Lucas had his vision for Phantom Menace, and by god that's what was put on the screen. It wouldn't suspire me to learn that Clones and Sith had more people inputting ideas.
Why don't you get a board with a VIA Eden or C3 processor? They don't draw much power and they don't need much in the way of cooling. Get a small ITX case, install your favorite flavor of Linux or BSD, and your set.
The images on the site remind me a lot of Escher's work more than anything else.
The more things change, the more things stay the same. If I remember correctly, this was the same thinking that doomed Challenger - nothing bad happened before, nothing bad will happen now. It's kind of sad...