Upgrading is a simple matter of firmware/driver upgrade if you got the right card. Personally I don't do 3D so I don't have a need for it and don't remember exactly but it's possible to use a consumer grade card from Nvidia as a pro card in atleast some cases.
As I do photography and graphics I need a pro card.
Bullshit, you didn't knew what I meant in the first place, the Macbook Pro DON'T have a Quadro card but it's still just fine for your purpose, nd so would a PC with a similar card.
The Quadro cards got instructions for slower but more correct rendering or something such, they are used for 3D rendering and maybe autocad, the consumer cards are optimized for speed instead but don't give as correct results in their rendering (unless you change the drivers.)
The 9400M is rather useless compared to the 9600M GT anyway, in Apples case it helps with power management eventually I guess but I guess they can have it because it happen to be integrated on the chipset.
I've only seen Apple do this so good luck finding another system if you demand it, but it's an unintresting point and you can get PC laptops with other GPUs (I assume the 9700 exist now? I also guess you can get 1 GB VRAM.)
The quadro card is still a useless overpriced GPU for the pro market, you pay for being able to use it with higher quality but often it's possible to use a consumer card and "upgrade" it to a pro card.
Nvidia do this because they can, but one is retarded if one get a pro card if one don't need it.
Dell makes it harder to find a computer than Apple does.
Yeah, because with Apple you're force feed whatever Apple think you should have. What a great defence!
Oh the horrors of having multiple hundreds of models and configurations to choose from!
If you're not capable to choose just get the one which "look nice"
However when I looked there was 3 Mac laptop lines, MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro. It's quite easy to see which one a buyer would want to buy.
Back when you bought yours the Air didn't existed, it was released around that time frame thought, maybe 15 months ago or something like that.
As it is the Macbook delivers much more value for your money, you have to get the Macbook Pro to get decent graphics but whatever mac you get the low-end model will always be crippled and the one "you want" is probably the mid model but it will cost at a much higher price decreasing the value even more (and forcing you to get options you don't need or want.)
I don't see how you can see choice as a problem, the more alternatives to higher chance you find something which suits you at a decent cost.
17" MacBook Pro. Now for large business, there are 2, the Dell Precision M6400 [dell.com] with a 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, 17" UltraSharp(TM) WUXGA (1920x1200) RGB LED Display, 4.0GB, DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM, and 320GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Windows XP (which is being End of Lifed) cost $3,168.
Let me guess that you've put a lot of optionals into that one? Look at base systems, and Dell isn't the only PC manufacture out there, also if you look at Dell only buy something with a price cut / value add-on.
" Studio XPS 16 Intel® Coreâ 2 Duo P8700 (3MB cache/2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit Edge-to-Edge FullHD Widescreen 16.0 inch RGBLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP 8X DVD+/- RW(DVD/CD read/write) Slot Load Drive 4GB1 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms) 500GB2 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 3670 - 512MB3"
$ 1700
First machine I looked at, slower CPU but by how much?... Same resolution, same mount of RAM, bigger HDD, decent graphics, and less than 2/3 of the price..
I won't look around on all Dells and other manufacturers webpages (I'm not even american so I don't know what good webpages you have to search for models which suite you) for you since you're not even going to buy one, but of course you can find 17" PC laptops for less than $ 1000 to (and probably 12" or 13.3" with higher price and specs than the Macbooks.)
Also if the Macbook Pro didn't sucked and you could get 1920x1080 on the 15.4" the larger screen wouldn't be better, it's better on a MBP because the base models specs are crippled and suck. You can get dells with 1920x1080 15.4" to.. And you could when you bought your MBP, because they give you options.
Back when he bought it I think Dell had the Vostro series which is the company version of the Inspirons, it's cheap and fatter than a Macbook Pro (and black instead of silver but that's a plus in my book.)
I bought my MBP in the same time and the price here in Sweden was 20.000 SEK, the Vistro 1500 could be yours for around 12.000 SEK with similar specs. Somewhat slower CPU but I don't care, 8600m GT wih 256 MB GDR2 instead of 8600m GT with 128 MB GDR3, but I think I'd prefer the higher VRAM amount actually even if somewhat slower. On the Dell you got options for changing the TFT specs aswell.
But as usual I get moderated troll or flamebait (currently -1) for telling the truth.
Dell (and Apple) makes a lot of money extra on optionals, so if you start adding those the price will rise very fast, and that's used by mac fanboys to convince themself (and try to convince others) that the different isn't that much. How? Well, they just demand that you find a PC with the same spec, and one exactly the same will be hard to find so you have to modify the specs rising the cost and decreasing cost/performance ratio. If you instead just accept a "good computer" or look at the other benefits (or even more so try to get a mac with the specs the PC has, which most often is useless and impossible since the configuration options are so limited) the mac will look even worse.
Personally I don't care much for 10% faster CPU, twice the amount of VRAM or 1680x1050/1920x1080 instead of the crappy 1440x900 would be much more interesting for me. But Apple often update their machines when Intel release a new CPU so chances are you get a high end CPU and somewhat mid/low-end GPU and other things. MHz myth ftw..
iLife is $79 or something such, and the upgrades (which they are since all macs ships with OS X) are upgrades and are made to install on macs, where you have already paid for the original version. So who knows if it would had been $130 if it was for all computers.
The DS has no chance in compete in "application market and possibilities" as is, it was not designed for this in the first place, a new device may had been different.
I must admit I don't know much about the actual extra hardware on the DSi though, it had some builtin memory for storing apps?
Plus, Nintendo has a similar emphasis on quality and user experience as Apple
Except in Nintendos case you get awesome quality and service for your money.
I guess Nintendo could actually do a phone, thought not likely. Eventually the market will still (?) have them rated at a higher worth than both Sony and Panasonic/Matsushita, and both of them makes phones. And I guess Nintendo is rather good at optimizing their products on cost.
I tried to RTFA but it locked up browser. I head that those scandinavians has super efficient browser and hyper speed bandwidth, but wowsers. My computer and connection are so lame that it can't load a page. Would have been cool to see the bikini chicks. I guess I will just have to settle for page 3.
Some of the general knowledge will probably be free anyway, and some of the technology would probably be bought from someone else already as it is I assume?
But yes, points for more patent covered market in the future, that suck.
But when the oil is out they can benefit from others investments in renewable energy and expand in that area at a lower cost.
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Awesome photos and sites. Why don't we shoot up space tourists this way? Sure, landing may be somewhat less safe but it would be much cheaper I assume!;D
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But shouldn't one give the honest answer? I would.
Though I'm not religious, but in plenty of other cases I would probably give "bad" answers.
I guess one may choose the more positive one for things you're unsure about though.
Probably a useless test though, but good for them if they can sell it I guess.
Where the fuck do you idiots come from?
USA.
I prefer them using humans vs abusing sheeps though.
Upgrading is a simple matter of firmware/driver upgrade if you got the right card. Personally I don't do 3D so I don't have a need for it and don't remember exactly but it's possible to use a consumer grade card from Nvidia as a pro card in atleast some cases.
As I do photography and graphics I need a pro card.
Bullshit, you didn't knew what I meant in the first place, the Macbook Pro DON'T have a Quadro card but it's still just fine for your purpose, nd so would a PC with a similar card.
The Quadro cards got instructions for slower but more correct rendering or something such, they are used for 3D rendering and maybe autocad, the consumer cards are optimized for speed instead but don't give as correct results in their rendering (unless you change the drivers.)
But most of us do, hell, I've got a mac and enjoy playing PC games.
The 9400M is rather useless compared to the 9600M GT anyway, in Apples case it helps with power management eventually I guess but I guess they can have it because it happen to be integrated on the chipset.
I've only seen Apple do this so good luck finding another system if you demand it, but it's an unintresting point and you can get PC laptops with other GPUs (I assume the 9700 exist now? I also guess you can get 1 GB VRAM.)
Post that reply so he see it.
The quadro card is still a useless overpriced GPU for the pro market, you pay for being able to use it with higher quality but often it's possible to use a consumer card and "upgrade" it to a pro card.
Nvidia do this because they can, but one is retarded if one get a pro card if one don't need it.
Dell makes it harder to find a computer than Apple does.
Yeah, because with Apple you're force feed whatever Apple think you should have. What a great defence!
Oh the horrors of having multiple hundreds of models and configurations to choose from!
If you're not capable to choose just get the one which "look nice"
However when I looked there was 3 Mac laptop lines, MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro. It's quite easy to see which one a buyer would want to buy.
Back when you bought yours the Air didn't existed, it was released around that time frame thought, maybe 15 months ago or something like that.
As it is the Macbook delivers much more value for your money, you have to get the Macbook Pro to get decent graphics but whatever mac you get the low-end model will always be crippled and the one "you want" is probably the mid model but it will cost at a much higher price decreasing the value even more (and forcing you to get options you don't need or want.)
I don't see how you can see choice as a problem, the more alternatives to higher chance you find something which suits you at a decent cost.
17" MacBook Pro. Now for large business, there are 2, the Dell Precision M6400 [dell.com] with a 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, 17" UltraSharp(TM) WUXGA (1920x1200) RGB LED Display, 4.0GB, DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM, and 320GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Windows XP (which is being End of Lifed) cost $3,168.
Let me guess that you've put a lot of optionals into that one? Look at base systems, and Dell isn't the only PC manufacture out there, also if you look at Dell only buy something with a price cut / value add-on.
" Studio XPS 16
Intel® Coreâ 2 Duo P8700 (3MB cache/2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit
Edge-to-Edge FullHD Widescreen 16.0 inch RGBLED LCD (1920x1080) W/2.0 MP
8X DVD+/- RW(DVD/CD read/write) Slot Load Drive
4GB1 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
500GB2 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 3670 - 512MB3"
$ 1700
First machine I looked at, slower CPU but by how much? ... Same resolution, same mount of RAM, bigger HDD, decent graphics, and less than 2/3 of the price ..
I won't look around on all Dells and other manufacturers webpages (I'm not even american so I don't know what good webpages you have to search for models which suite you) for you since you're not even going to buy one, but of course you can find 17" PC laptops for less than $ 1000 to (and probably 12" or 13.3" with higher price and specs than the Macbooks.)
Also if the Macbook Pro didn't sucked and you could get 1920x1080 on the 15.4" the larger screen wouldn't be better, it's better on a MBP because the base models specs are crippled and suck. You can get dells with 1920x1080 15.4" to .. And you could when you bought your MBP, because they give you options.
Back when he bought it I think Dell had the Vostro series which is the company version of the Inspirons, it's cheap and fatter than a Macbook Pro (and black instead of silver but that's a plus in my book.)
I bought my MBP in the same time and the price here in Sweden was 20.000 SEK, the Vistro 1500 could be yours for around 12.000 SEK with similar specs. Somewhat slower CPU but I don't care, 8600m GT wih 256 MB GDR2 instead of 8600m GT with 128 MB GDR3, but I think I'd prefer the higher VRAM amount actually even if somewhat slower. On the Dell you got options for changing the TFT specs aswell.
But as usual I get moderated troll or flamebait (currently -1) for telling the truth.
Dell (and Apple) makes a lot of money extra on optionals, so if you start adding those the price will rise very fast, and that's used by mac fanboys to convince themself (and try to convince others) that the different isn't that much. How? Well, they just demand that you find a PC with the same spec, and one exactly the same will be hard to find so you have to modify the specs rising the cost and decreasing cost/performance ratio. If you instead just accept a "good computer" or look at the other benefits (or even more so try to get a mac with the specs the PC has, which most often is useless and impossible since the configuration options are so limited) the mac will look even worse.
Personally I don't care much for 10% faster CPU, twice the amount of VRAM or 1680x1050/1920x1080 instead of the crappy 1440x900 would be much more interesting for me. But Apple often update their machines when Intel release a new CPU so chances are you get a high end CPU and somewhat mid/low-end GPU and other things. MHz myth ftw ..
For most of us that's bullshit.
The GP probably like PC games, and so do I. Flamebait? ..
You must have been looking at the wrong Dell one then, maybe because you wanted to convince yourself that the MBP wasn't that expensive.
iLife is $79 or something such, and the upgrades (which they are since all macs ships with OS X) are upgrades and are made to install on macs, where you have already paid for the original version. So who knows if it would had been $130 if it was for all computers.
'making' a solar panel in your garage does not start off with buying solar cells and hooking them up, it starts with sand.
I grow my cannabis, sell the pot and buy nuclear power with the money you insensitive clod!
The DS has no chance in compete in "application market and possibilities" as is, it was not designed for this in the first place, a new device may had been different.
I must admit I don't know much about the actual extra hardware on the DSi though, it had some builtin memory for storing apps?
Plus, Nintendo has a similar emphasis on quality and user experience as Apple
Except in Nintendos case you get awesome quality and service for your money.
I guess Nintendo could actually do a phone, thought not likely. Eventually the market will still (?) have them rated at a higher worth than both Sony and Panasonic/Matsushita, and both of them makes phones. And I guess Nintendo is rather good at optimizing their products on cost.
Have they released a firmware which makes the updated flashcarts not run or what? If not shouldn't that run on newer versions of Acekard for instance?
You can also study for a âoeMaster of Science with a Major in Space Engineeringâ up there:
http://www.info.umu.se/utbkat0607/program.asp?programkod=TRYPM
And eventual other courses/programs to.
I tried to RTFA but it locked up browser. I head that those scandinavians has super efficient browser and hyper speed bandwidth, but wowsers. My computer and connection are so lame that it can't load a page. Would have been cool to see the bikini chicks. I guess I will just have to settle for page 3.
Works perfect here.
But then I am a swede with Safari 4 beta.
All knowledge develops from prior knowledge somehow so, yes?
Replace companies with universities or something such if you want to move the research part.
Why does this frecking site do not work in ie6...
It does work, just different, just as Microsoft intended.
How does it compare in speed? The gravity thing was quite slow in Safari 4 / OS X.
Some of the general knowledge will probably be free anyway, and some of the technology would probably be bought from someone else already as it is I assume?
But yes, points for more patent covered market in the future, that suck.
But when the oil is out they can benefit from others investments in renewable energy and expand in that area at a lower cost.
Awesome photos and sites. Why don't we shoot up space tourists this way? Sure, landing may be somewhat less safe but it would be much cheaper I assume! ;D