You're the one claiming that "speed" == "mhz" and you're calling other people stupid?
ROFLMAO
He never said that. He said that the G5 is outperformed by x86 chips, which is certainly true if you look at the AMD64 platform. Ditto for Intel, though I'm sure their newest chips have the edge over the G5.
It depends on how you could 'installed base'. Three out of three next-gen consoles, plus one in the current gen isn't bad. Of course, if you start counting consumer devices then ARM rules the roost (last I looked anyway).
The number of x86 based PC's far outnumber the number of consoles out there. Though, ARM based devices might outnumber x86 machines, but even then - I kind of doubt it.
And it cost too much, in a world of much cheaper alternatives that were "good enough". That's why you probably won't be seeing new Newtons anytime soon.
Something to keep in mind is that it seems Dell likes to change their prices almost hourly, especially with the specials they run. Though, if Dell was practicing price discrimination, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
You know, now that I think about it, charging people more who are browsing Dell's website with a computer running OSX would be a move of sheer brillance on Dell's part.
That's kind of odd. I have found dealerships are willing to let someone test drive cars like that, even if they don't think that they will buy (so long as the dealership isn't too busy). The idea being that even if you don't buy, they hope you're still going tell all your friends about how sweet the Trans-Am drives, and maybe they will come over and look at one.
It's even at the point when I go to the dealer to get my car serviced, and I'm wandering around the sales room trying to kill a half hour, they are asking me if I want to take some new model for a spin!
I think it often has to do with disagreements as to where to measure from. The city limits? The center of the city (and where is the center)? Town hall? A certain intersection? Some landmark? Being that most cities are atleast several miles accross, this leads to quite a few variations with regards to the distance to the city.
Well, I see it as a choice. You could plug the car directly in the wall and let it start charging immediately, at whatever rate the power company is charging at the moment. Or, you could plug the car into a "smart" box, that would only charge the car when the rates are low and during offpeak hours. Sure, this may be a little more inconvienent, but it would save you money. The power companies love this kind of stuff, so I would expect an additional kickback or rebate if you do choose to use the smart box.
You could try anti-virus programs (like AVG Free, Norton, Mc-Afee). You could try Microsoft's malicious software remover tool. You could try things like Hi-Jack this. At the very least, you could install a firewall like Zonealarm or Sygate Personal Firewall and deny whatever is generating all the traffic network access.
Probably, the best and quickest solution is to wipe and reinstall. Then add a firewall (Windows firewall is OK here), anti-virus, and all the patches from Windows update. Then, with some common sense you should be fine.
I'm the opposite. Why should I both with tracking down, downloading, and messing with a pile of extensions - many of which break when Firefox is updated, when I can get almost everything I want in one simple to download and install package? And even with extensions, I still find Opera's way of doing things like tabs to be far superior. The only thing I really miss with Opera is adblock (I know about filter.ini, but it's just not as convienent).
Don't get me wrong, Firefox is great. I have it installed, and I recommend it to people. But I do most of my browsing with Opera.
"Firefox is an IE-replacer, that's what it's really good at. It fits in the same slot, so to speak. "
Its really good at, freeing up your taskbar real estate, monitoring RSS feeds, blocking popups, making your computer safer from spyware, and freeing you to take back the web(ablock,greasemonkey). THAT'S why people use Firefox. Beyond being a web browser that displays HTML and has back,forward, and print buttons it hardly fits "in the same slot". If Firefox is an easier drop-in then Opera for users then Opera needs to reconisder why it can't do the same.
Opera has an integrated news reader, and an integrated email program (which is quite good, if you ask me). It can even do IRC. To me, that makes Opera more of a competitor to the Mozilla Suite than to Firefox. Firefox is "just" a browser, kind of like IE is "just" a browser.
Perhaps Opera should make a browser-only package, but being that the other stuff does not take up much space (Opera is a smaller download than Firefox even with all the included features), nor does it get in the way if you don't want to use it - I don't really see the point.
The main reason why Opera will probably always be under 10% marketshare is because Opera is either Adware or costs money - which makes it hard to compete with free/bundled and ad free. It's also not open source, which means a significant number of geeks won't run it on principle alone.
I don't know about your college, but pretty much every college level Math course I ever took, the homework was optional. Which meant that it was not collected or graded, but it was recommended that you do it to understand the material. Which meant whenever I felt I had a firm grasp of the material, I simply skipped doing the homework. Most often though I would pick a few problems at random from the assignment to see if I really could do them, and from there I would know if I really did know the material, or if I needed to go back and do the entire assignment.
I agree, if you really want to upgrade, the Mini is not for you. But I also I believe the original poster was complaining about having to spend $1500 to get a Mac that can actually be reasonably upgraded, while he can get the same thing in the x86 world for $500.
Though Apple is pretty clever. They know people are going to buy the Mini, like OSX, get annoyed at the hardware, then go out and buy a $2000 PowerMac.
There is something wrong with the original poster's computer. I'm running a modern distro with KDE and Gnome on a 800Mhz Celeron with 256MB of ram, and it runs just dandy. Though, I do agree somewhat that Windows does seem a tad more responsive than KDE or Gnome on the same hardware, especially if you disable Themes in Windows XP.
This is nothing new. AMD has always had some very pricy high end chips. It's in the mid range and low end chips where AMD chips cost less than their Intel counterparts.
Err, and why can't you upgrade the RAM and hard drive in the mini?
Well, you aren't going to get 120-160GB in the Mini, and certainly not 7200RPM. Atleast, not at this time. Plus, you don't have the advantage of keeping the old drive in there as secondary storage, etc. Best you can do is get an external firewire case. Same with the ram, you can't just "add" 512MB to the Mini, you have to pull out the existing stick of memory.
I doubt many people are buying the Mac Mini because of its size. Sure, it's nice - but it's not the killer feature for most people. People are buying it because its the $500 computer that runs OS X. Otherwise, there are plenty of PCs that are more powerful, with more features, that are cheaper than the Mini.
But the Wintel Bizarro-world Mac-alike machines usually ARE overpriced and underpowered.
People seem to like cheap over anything else, that includes nifty form factors and translucent plastic. That's why the novelty PCs never sell well, most people will pick the boring but cheaper and faster beige box every time.
The only reason why Apple does so well with their novelty computers is that there is no choice. You want a $500 Mac? You're getting a Mini. You want a G5 without spending a fortune for the PowerMac? You're getting an iMac G5. If Apple was to release a $500 computer in a generic looking Wintel style case - but was faster, with more storage, and better expandibility, I would bet it would be a tremendous success, while the Mini would end up as a poor selling curiousity.
I used to not upgrade my PCs. By the time I decided it was time to upgrade, I found that my PC was pretty much obsolete (the PC world had moved to a new socket, memory type, whatever), and there wasn't much point in sinking any money into the old PC. It was just easier to start over with something significantly faster. Now that things have slowed down, I have found myself upgrading my 3 year old computer, as it is not that slow by today's standards, (a 3 year old Athlon XP 2000 with DDR memory, a 7200 RPM disk, and a three year old but decent at the time AGP video card will outperform today's base model Dells easily).
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I bet you also run into a Z80 CPU somewhere too. Those things seem to be everywhere.
You're the one claiming that "speed" == "mhz" and you're calling other people stupid?
ROFLMAO
He never said that. He said that the G5 is outperformed by x86 chips, which is certainly true if you look at the AMD64 platform. Ditto for Intel, though I'm sure their newest chips have the edge over the G5.
It depends on how you could 'installed base'.
Three out of three next-gen consoles, plus one in the current gen isn't bad. Of course, if you start counting consumer devices then ARM rules the roost (last I looked anyway).
The number of x86 based PC's far outnumber the number of consoles out there. Though, ARM based devices might outnumber x86 machines, but even then - I kind of doubt it.
And it cost too much, in a world of much cheaper alternatives that were "good enough". That's why you probably won't be seeing new Newtons anytime soon.
Something to keep in mind is that it seems Dell likes to change their prices almost hourly, especially with the specials they run. Though, if Dell was practicing price discrimination, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
You know, now that I think about it, charging people more who are browsing Dell's website with a computer running OSX would be a move of sheer brillance on Dell's part.
That's kind of odd. I have found dealerships are willing to let someone test drive cars like that, even if they don't think that they will buy (so long as the dealership isn't too busy). The idea being that even if you don't buy, they hope you're still going tell all your friends about how sweet the Trans-Am drives, and maybe they will come over and look at one.
It's even at the point when I go to the dealer to get my car serviced, and I'm wandering around the sales room trying to kill a half hour, they are asking me if I want to take some new model for a spin!
I think it often has to do with disagreements as to where to measure from. The city limits? The center of the city (and where is the center)? Town hall? A certain intersection? Some landmark? Being that most cities are atleast several miles accross, this leads to quite a few variations with regards to the distance to the city.
Well, I see it as a choice. You could plug the car directly in the wall and let it start charging immediately, at whatever rate the power company is charging at the moment. Or, you could plug the car into a "smart" box, that would only charge the car when the rates are low and during offpeak hours. Sure, this may be a little more inconvienent, but it would save you money. The power companies love this kind of stuff, so I would expect an additional kickback or rebate if you do choose to use the smart box.
You could try anti-virus programs (like AVG Free, Norton, Mc-Afee). You could try Microsoft's malicious software remover tool. You could try things like Hi-Jack this. At the very least, you could install a firewall like Zonealarm or Sygate Personal Firewall and deny whatever is generating all the traffic network access.
Probably, the best and quickest solution is to wipe and reinstall. Then add a firewall (Windows firewall is OK here), anti-virus, and all the patches from Windows update. Then, with some common sense you should be fine.
PDA's? Bah. That's what a HP48 is for!
You know, I'm really getting tired of the "Clinton did it too, so it's okay that Bush did it too" arguement.
When PSP gets DS (dual screen). I.e. - never.
C'mon! Just use two PSP's!
I'm the opposite. Why should I both with tracking down, downloading, and messing with a pile of extensions - many of which break when Firefox is updated, when I can get almost everything I want in one simple to download and install package? And even with extensions, I still find Opera's way of doing things like tabs to be far superior. The only thing I really miss with Opera is adblock (I know about filter.ini, but it's just not as convienent).
Don't get me wrong, Firefox is great. I have it installed, and I recommend it to people. But I do most of my browsing with Opera.
"Firefox is an IE-replacer, that's what it's really good at. It fits in the same slot, so to speak. "
Its really good at, freeing up your taskbar real estate, monitoring RSS feeds, blocking popups, making your computer safer from spyware, and freeing you to take back the web(ablock,greasemonkey). THAT'S why people use Firefox. Beyond being a web browser that displays HTML and has back,forward, and print buttons it hardly fits "in the same slot". If Firefox is an easier drop-in then Opera for users then Opera needs to reconisder why it can't do the same.
Opera has an integrated news reader, and an integrated email program (which is quite good, if you ask me). It can even do IRC. To me, that makes Opera more of a competitor to the Mozilla Suite than to Firefox. Firefox is "just" a browser, kind of like IE is "just" a browser.
Perhaps Opera should make a browser-only package, but being that the other stuff does not take up much space (Opera is a smaller download than Firefox even with all the included features), nor does it get in the way if you don't want to use it - I don't really see the point.
The main reason why Opera will probably always be under 10% marketshare is because Opera is either Adware or costs money - which makes it hard to compete with free/bundled and ad free. It's also not open source, which means a significant number of geeks won't run it on principle alone.
I don't know about your college, but pretty much every college level Math course I ever took, the homework was optional. Which meant that it was not collected or graded, but it was recommended that you do it to understand the material. Which meant whenever I felt I had a firm grasp of the material, I simply skipped doing the homework. Most often though I would pick a few problems at random from the assignment to see if I really could do them, and from there I would know if I really did know the material, or if I needed to go back and do the entire assignment.
I agree, if you really want to upgrade, the Mini is not for you. But I also I believe the original poster was complaining about having to spend $1500 to get a Mac that can actually be reasonably upgraded, while he can get the same thing in the x86 world for $500.
Though Apple is pretty clever. They know people are going to buy the Mini, like OSX, get annoyed at the hardware, then go out and buy a $2000 PowerMac.
There is something wrong with the original poster's computer. I'm running a modern distro with KDE and Gnome on a 800Mhz Celeron with 256MB of ram, and it runs just dandy. Though, I do agree somewhat that Windows does seem a tad more responsive than KDE or Gnome on the same hardware, especially if you disable Themes in Windows XP.
This is nothing new. AMD has always had some very pricy high end chips. It's in the mid range and low end chips where AMD chips cost less than their Intel counterparts.
(My city OWNS a freaking golf course.)
Yeah, but does your city own a liquor store?
Like I said, if I needed the DVD capabilities, I would buy a replacement DVD drive. But I don't need it, so I would rather keep my $20.
Err, and why can't you upgrade the RAM and hard drive in the mini?
Well, you aren't going to get 120-160GB in the Mini, and certainly not 7200RPM. Atleast, not at this time. Plus, you don't have the advantage of keeping the old drive in there as secondary storage, etc. Best you can do is get an external firewire case. Same with the ram, you can't just "add" 512MB to the Mini, you have to pull out the existing stick of memory.
I doubt many people are buying the Mac Mini because of its size. Sure, it's nice - but it's not the killer feature for most people. People are buying it because its the $500 computer that runs OS X. Otherwise, there are plenty of PCs that are more powerful, with more features, that are cheaper than the Mini.
But the Wintel Bizarro-world Mac-alike machines usually ARE overpriced and underpowered.
People seem to like cheap over anything else, that includes nifty form factors and translucent plastic. That's why the novelty PCs never sell well, most people will pick the boring but cheaper and faster beige box every time.
The only reason why Apple does so well with their novelty computers is that there is no choice. You want a $500 Mac? You're getting a Mini. You want a G5 without spending a fortune for the PowerMac? You're getting an iMac G5. If Apple was to release a $500 computer in a generic looking Wintel style case - but was faster, with more storage, and better expandibility, I would bet it would be a tremendous success, while the Mini would end up as a poor selling curiousity.
I used to not upgrade my PCs. By the time I decided it was time to upgrade, I found that my PC was pretty much obsolete (the PC world had moved to a new socket, memory type, whatever), and there wasn't much point in sinking any money into the old PC. It was just easier to start over with something significantly faster. Now that things have slowed down, I have found myself upgrading my 3 year old computer, as it is not that slow by today's standards, (a 3 year old Athlon XP 2000 with DDR memory, a 7200 RPM disk, and a three year old but decent at the time AGP video card will outperform today's base model Dells easily).
While Apple's future is looking better, I wouldn't say it's a sure thing that Apple will be around in 3 years either.