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  1. Say what? on New PowerBooks, Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse · · Score: 1

    How does having a lighted keyboard some tip the scales in favour of a 12" PB? That's like all the "I can't justify it unless it has a two button trackpad" comments. Sheesh.

  2. freenet works fine still... on Java 1.4.1 Update 1 for Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Informative

    for those who are afraid of it breaking.

  3. Re:Uhm, right... on Microsoft Code at Fault for Half of all Windows Crashes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And in the case of IE, they would be right, since IE is ALL in windows.

  4. Re:x86 port of OSX on Apple Public Source License Now FSF Approved · · Score: 1

    And now? You pull a lever and the side drops down. The design of the 9500 is from 1995. That was 8 years ago, and a year before things really got shook up at Apple, design-wise. There is no comparison between the old beige powermacs and newer models.

  5. Re:Sprint PCS on How's Your Cell Service? · · Score: 1

    Stop driving, or switch to automatic digital/analog roam. There is coverage of some sort for PCS phones everywhere. At my dad's it is a PCS dead spot, but I can still roam analog. It might cost, but at least you can still continue your call.

  6. Shouldn't it be... on Decipher · · Score: 1

    Lather, rinse, repeat?

  7. uhm on iTunes: Don't Leave Home With Them · · Score: 1

    It's spelled 'first'

  8. Re:Windows Media and Real Media on Hydrogenaudio AAC Listening Test Results · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And I'm a fucking retard that can't spell "you're". Damnit.

  9. Re:Windows Media and Real Media on Hydrogenaudio AAC Listening Test Results · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Probably because your a fucking retard that doesn't comprehend the concept of an AAC-only test?

  10. Re:I love apple, but... on Apple Reports $19 Million Profit for Q3 · · Score: 1

    Profit is sales - costs. Costs include R&D, in which Apple obviously invests heavily. and $0.05 isn't a bad EPS, especially since they exceeded expectations.

  11. Re:Too bad on Small Footprint Computers · · Score: 1

    They could go with a VIA Nehemiah (M10000) motherboard, since that has an mpeg chip onboard. I don't know if they have an encoder or just the decoder on their systems though.

  12. Re:Mod parent up. on New G5 Power Macs "Fastest Desktop In The World" · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what the latest Xeon is. It's a Pentium 4 core which is dual-capable and has a larger cache. Also, hyperthreading, which reduced the performance of a system when enabled (at least in non-mp-aware applications)

  13. Re:Why won't Apple just use the AIX C compiler? on Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    according to the report, it was GCC 3.3 build 1379

  14. Re:turning off features in bios on Apple's G5 Speeds Challenged · · Score: 1

    Hyperthreading reduces performance when an application can't see beyond one processor. SSE2 was disabled on the compile of SPECint, not photoshop. I don't know of any way to disable AN INSTRUCTION SET.

  15. Re:Design & Speed on Apple's G5 Speeds Challenged · · Score: 1

    I think IBM really did the right thing with their new fab in fishkill. They took the humans out of the system, and let the machines run the place. This way they can mechanically control *everything* in the process, and to the benefit of better yields. I'd not be surprised if IBM is already running at 3 or 4 GHz at the prototype level. I remember something a while back about IBM and some process that should scale to 1GHz. If I understand it correctly, that is what this new plant was designed for.

  16. Re:Mod parent up. on New G5 Power Macs "Fastest Desktop In The World" · · Score: 1

    I love my mac, but I have to say that dell has a poweredge system with dual processors. Of course those processors are the specialized Xeon variety of Pentium, but Pentium noneless.

  17. Re:"Cyclops", now "Cheese Grater" on New G5 Power Macs "Fastest Desktop In The World" · · Score: 1

    those top and bottom handles look rather solidly attached. cite your source.

  18. Re:Case is small indeed... on Nimble V5 - The OQO Killer? · · Score: 2, Informative

    How about the LexSystem? Or perhaps the Travla? I think both fit the bill nicely. The LexSystem is a bit tighter than the Travla, but for some reason I find the Travla very HURRR

  19. Re:NO MORE VIA DAMMIT!!! on Nimble V5 - The OQO Killer? · · Score: 1

    Except the M10000 is the Nehemiah, which sports extreme advances over the 800. M10Ks have full speed copros now, and a Multimedia chipset with hardware decoding of DVD video, plus a electronic noise based random number generator. Via chipsets are also used because they still consume half the wattage of their Pentium-M 'competition*'

    * in quotes because the boards don't realy compete with each other. The VIA chipsets are for embedded systems, not laptops. Also, the VIAs were designed ground-up for low power consumption, instead of being designed down from a high-wattage chipset.

  20. Re:Excuse me, if I may on Nimble V5 - The OQO Killer? · · Score: 1

    That's 'wat da dilly, yo?', jive turkey.

  21. Re:Well then... on Apple Marketing Hypes New PowerMacs · · Score: 1

    Tea is quite fine, thanks.

  22. Re:Well then... on Apple Marketing Hypes New PowerMacs · · Score: 2, Informative
  23. Re:Well then... on Apple Marketing Hypes New PowerMacs · · Score: 1

    oops, that second g5 should have been 'g4'. Haven't had my morning caffeine yet.

  24. Re:Well then... on Apple Marketing Hypes New PowerMacs · · Score: 1

    actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the price stayed equal to current prices. The G5 cost almost half as much as the G5, from what I read.

  25. Re:Aqua Lite? on Apple Will Demo Mac OS X Server At WWDC · · Score: 2, Funny

    I only have an 80 column browser, you insensitive clod!