I didn't see any clear statement on the page provided that said that. Having ran a macbookpro before under Linux, I was able to determine that while there was dedicated videoram, the video memory was still in fact, shared with system memory.
Then something was funny with your Linux install, because all the Macbook Pro's ever made came with dedicated memory. The first Macbook Pro's came with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600's, which had dedicated, not shared memory. Then Apple switched to Nvidia 8xxxm/9xxxm chips, which all have dedicated memory.
The only exception to this is the brand new 17" Macbook Pro's, but that's only because they have two graphics processors, and only if you're using the 9400m option. If you switch to using the 9600m processor, it uses dedicated DDR3 memory.
It means the Macbook Pro has dedicated memory for a dedicated graphics chipset. Macbooks, Mac Book Airs, and Minis have shared video memory - but not iMacs nor any of the Pro machines.
order of magnitude: I don't think those words mean what you think they mean.
Actually they do, because you don't know what you're talking about. USB is CPU dependent, whereas Firewire is not. 400 Mbs Firewire will whoop 480 Mbs USB up and down the street.
I be surprised if more/.ers wouldn't agree given the fact that Apple is essentially the antithesis of open source.
Yes, given that the bottom half of their operating system is open source, that they submit code for open source projects, and open source some of their services. For the sake of comparison, remind us what Microsoft does wrt open source again?
...who then goes on to whine some more about his lemon Macbook. Yawn. Apple has the best quality rating of any computer manufacturer, so good luck on never having problems with another brand.
...and your arguments do not support your "PCs are WAY cheaper" thesis. A limited number of configurations....means a limited number of configurations, not that your Macbook Pro is WAY more expensive than an equivalent PC laptop.
If you want a $500 POS Special for a laptop, go ahead and buy what you need, and no, it wont be from Apple. No skin of either of your noses.
"The law recognizes a difference between a true threat -- one that can be carried out -- and the reported racist rantings of a drug addict," U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said.
He said the men's plans were "more aspirational, perhaps, than operational."
The three have been charged with drug and weapons offenses but not with threatening to assassinate Obama or with other national-security-related crimes.
There is no "content theft", only copyright infringement*. Aside from that notable correction, what exactly are you referring to - copying and pasting of entire articles, which is a blatant copyright violation? Or AP style whining about people who (gasp!) exercise their fair use rights?
*Yes, it's infringement, not theft. Deal with it. You don't have any problems seeing the difference between driving under the influence and embezzlement, or the difference between rape and arson. We have different terms for different violations of the law for a reason - they're different.
Interesting that you would compare believing in alchemy and working on a "spook phone" with being a member of a particular religion with over 13 million members.
So what? There are lots of fundamentalist Muslims out there, and they're batshit insane, like most fundamentalists. Mormons wear magic underwear and their founder talked to a hat. That they are generally nice, cheerful people does nothing to change the fact that they are nice, cheerful nutjobs.
Okay, fanboi, do compare the number of Macs that have been compromised since the first release of OS X, versus the number of PC's compromised since the release of XP, and get back to us.
When XP was released, it was the first version of Windows from the NT product line that was targeted at the home user.
The only thing XP had over 2k from a user perspective was instant user switching. That's all. The only "targeting" of the home user was creating a castrato version and knocking a few bucks off the price.
Amazing they are able to call proprietary an OS that owes its strength to BSD. OSX is about as different as Ubuntu is to Suse. They just slapped in a few proprietary strands and charge for every update to those dumb enough to pay for a logo.
They have this thing called a GUI, you might check it out some time. And CoreImage. And bundled apps. And launchd. But by all means, don't let facts interfere with your opinions.
Seriously, there is no difference between people who buy Macs, and those who buy a BMW for the label, even though a Toyota is built better and is less pricey.
You're crazy if you think Microsoft's quality is on the same planet as Toyota. More like a BMW vs a Pontiac.
Yeah, those nvidia 84/8600M cards in macbooks were clearly superior to the exact same card in another notebook.
So either is supposed to build every part of their machines (making them fantastically expensive), or those 84/8600M chipsets are somehow crappy because other OEM's use them too? Your logic is Not Scottish.
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Maybe they become hand-me-downs to his relatives.
So you value size and weight, and then go on to poo poo the machine that's smaller and lighter than the Dell. Reality disconnect much?
I didn't see any clear statement on the page provided that said that. Having ran a macbookpro before under Linux, I was able to determine that while there was dedicated videoram, the video memory was still in fact, shared with system memory.
Then something was funny with your Linux install, because all the Macbook Pro's ever made came with dedicated memory. The first Macbook Pro's came with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600's, which had dedicated, not shared memory. Then Apple switched to Nvidia 8xxxm/9xxxm chips, which all have dedicated memory.
The only exception to this is the brand new 17" Macbook Pro's, but that's only because they have two graphics processors, and only if you're using the 9400m option. If you switch to using the 9600m processor, it uses dedicated DDR3 memory.
It means the Macbook Pro has dedicated memory for a dedicated graphics chipset. Macbooks, Mac Book Airs, and Minis have shared video memory - but not iMacs nor any of the Pro machines.
Sounds like he's talking about the age of the install, not the age of the machine.
order of magnitude: I don't think those words mean what you think they mean.
Actually they do, because you don't know what you're talking about. USB is CPU dependent, whereas Firewire is not. 400 Mbs Firewire will whoop 480 Mbs USB up and down the street.
News at 11.
I be surprised if more /.ers wouldn't agree given the fact that Apple is essentially the antithesis of open source.
Yes, given that the bottom half of their operating system is open source, that they submit code for open source projects, and open source some of their services. For the sake of comparison, remind us what Microsoft does wrt open source again?
The shared video RAM on all laptop models puts me off.
Um, what?
That's a good testimonial. Unfortunately, there are not enough like it to convince anyone.
If you don't like anecdotes, there are always reliability ratings.
Also, plenty of people find what they need to be satisfied in a minimal OS like Windows.
Um, Rip van Winkle, the current version of Windows uses 10 gigabytes of hard drive space. How is that "minimal"?
...who then goes on to whine some more about his lemon Macbook. Yawn. Apple has the best quality rating of any computer manufacturer, so good luck on never having problems with another brand.
Oh crap, I just used a car analogy.
Car analogies are fine as long as they don't suck. But yours is as Not Scottish as it gets.
Bottom line: Dell's prices are volatile and the author of TFA is totally clueless on how to best work that.
Or maybe he just wants to buy shit at a predictable price, instead of having to fiddle fart around with rebates and waiting for odd sales.
...and your arguments do not support your "PCs are WAY cheaper" thesis. A limited number of configurations....means a limited number of configurations, not that your Macbook Pro is WAY more expensive than an equivalent PC laptop.
If you want a $500 POS Special for a laptop, go ahead and buy what you need, and no, it wont be from Apple. No skin of either of your noses.
But you're turning this around. Again, that's a question of abuse of power, which really has nothing to do with protection of privacy.
They're about as unrelated as cougars and mountain lions. /rolls eyes
I can understand how you got carried away. It's hard to keep up with all the examples of leftist kook accusations.
Suck it wingnut. Suck it long, suck it hard:
US Attorney Troy Eid files charges against a prisoner for threatening McCain in a letter, prisoner faces an additional five year sentence.
US Attorney Troy Eid says of meth addicts found with guns, bulletproof vests who threatened to kill Obama:
There is no "content theft", only copyright infringement*. Aside from that notable correction, what exactly are you referring to - copying and pasting of entire articles, which is a blatant copyright violation? Or AP style whining about people who (gasp!) exercise their fair use rights?
*Yes, it's infringement, not theft. Deal with it. You don't have any problems seeing the difference between driving under the influence and embezzlement, or the difference between rape and arson. We have different terms for different violations of the law for a reason - they're different.
This is an issue that has NOT been driven by science, but driven by control freaks in government and fearmongers in the press.
[Citation needed]
I know the climate is changing, because that is what the climate does!
No shit, Sherlock. The point is that climate change is being driven outside of normal patterns, and that humans are the cause.
Yet I am still skeptical of the details that the press and government have oversensationalized.
Ostrich.
Government isn't about helping people, it's about controlling their lives.
Yawn.
The real heresy isn't denying global warming, it's denying that government is the appropriate solution to every problem in life.
Riiiight. Finding a politician that complains about government has been about as hard as finding a politician that talks about their faith in God.
Interesting that you would compare believing in alchemy and working on a "spook phone" with being a member of a particular religion with over 13 million members.
So what? There are lots of fundamentalist Muslims out there, and they're batshit insane, like most fundamentalists. Mormons wear magic underwear and their founder talked to a hat. That they are generally nice, cheerful people does nothing to change the fact that they are nice, cheerful nutjobs.
Okay, fanboi, do compare the number of Macs that have been compromised since the first release of OS X, versus the number of PC's compromised since the release of XP, and get back to us.
When XP was released, it was the first version of Windows from the NT product line that was targeted at the home user.
The only thing XP had over 2k from a user perspective was instant user switching. That's all. The only "targeting" of the home user was creating a castrato version and knocking a few bucks off the price.
They just did it nearly a decade earlier with Windows NT.
Maybe you missed out on the 9 1/2 gigs of worthless bloat they've added since then.
Amazing they are able to call proprietary an OS that owes its strength to BSD. OSX is about as different as Ubuntu is to Suse. They just slapped in a few proprietary strands and charge for every update to those dumb enough to pay for a logo.
They have this thing called a GUI, you might check it out some time. And CoreImage. And bundled apps. And launchd. But by all means, don't let facts interfere with your opinions.
Seriously, there is no difference between people who buy Macs, and those who buy a BMW for the label, even though a Toyota is built better and is less pricey.
You're crazy if you think Microsoft's quality is on the same planet as Toyota. More like a BMW vs a Pontiac.
Windows still owns the high end as no Mac has the power to offer photographers the grunt that they need for top end work.
Wow. Do you also dismiss all those Prius drivers because their gas millage is so much worse than your Hummer's?
Yeah, those nvidia 84/8600M cards in macbooks were clearly superior to the exact same card in another notebook.
So either is supposed to build every part of their machines (making them fantastically expensive), or those 84/8600M chipsets are somehow crappy because other OEM's use them too? Your logic is Not Scottish.
How, exactly do you know that your mac is full of top of the line electronic components?
How do you explain how Apple is routinely at the top of reliability statistics and satisfaction surveys wrt quality?
THIS is what bugs me about Apple fans, the instant assumption that a fantastic quality exterior implies a top quality interior.
As opposed to PC fans that assume that the exterior "bling" is the only thing Apple has going for its products.