Windows 7 should go back to home and pro setup no 5+ vers like vista. Maybe also have a enterprise ver with extras apps / tools for that as well.
Also all packs should oem and retail should come with the 32bit and 64bit disks or let people down load the 64bit iso for free and let them use there key that they have.
Tiger direct is good and I go to there warehouse store for computers parts and not only that they will install parts for free that you payed that day and they have hassle free returns / replacements.
Do unsolicited gifts laws apply in the us? about being forced to pay for in coming texts? Has any one taking that to court?
This is like a COD that they say it hear YOU PAY NOW! You don't want it WE SHIPPED to you so YOU PAY.
If UPS, FEDEX, or the USPS tried the same thing the courts likely kill that off fast and what if your only choice was pay for all in coming and what you send even if you send very little or no shipping at all and the only way is to pay for a package deal that costs much more then you need to pay and comes with way more then you use per month.
AMD can't go down as that will give intel to much power. Just look at core i7 LOCKED in to intel chipsets. Do you really want to have $300 low end cpus with $250 - $300 low end MB?
And how much cpu power is needed at that speed? firewire 1600 and 3200 seems better same cables and ports as firewire 800 unlike usb 3.0 that needs new cables and ports for usb 3.0 speed.
How about that 80's tic tac toe game that could be set to number of players zero and Global Thermal Nuclear War game that you had to dial in to play and it would take over playing for you if you got cut off.
How about cable and sat boxes that can power down more then they do now and DRV's that spin down the HD when they are off and have no planed shows coming up.
Apple need better hardware choice they are missing.
* lower cost laptop with a 15" screen others have them for $500 - $700 less with some of them have better video cards.
Apple should have a $1500 15" laptop with fire wire and a video card with 128 or more of it's own ram with a higher end card and cpu in the $2000 system.
* 17" at about $2200 - $2500 and / or even less but with less cpu and video power for uses who need a big screen but not a lot of power.
* a laptop with high end video $2000 9600m 256m, $2500 for 9600m 356 and $2700 for only a 9600M other have 9700 / 9800 and quadro cards some even sli at those prices.
* 13" laptop with good cpu and video card with it's own ram for uses who want power but not a big screen.
A real desktop tower at $800 - $1200 base with a video card with it's OWN RAM, DESKTOP CPU AND RAM WITH not the slower and higher cost laptop stuff a 3.5 HD. The mini is over 2 years old and the last update was just a small cpu bump.
Maybe you can still have a $500 - $600 mini with a desktop at the higher end or just a desktop at $600 and up.
A high end gameing system with SLI / cross fire.
Keep the mac pro but make it dual cpu only and have a 1 cpu desktop as well.
a $800 - $1000 desktop is not for hardcore gameing it is for playing most games at a good screen res. Hardcore gameing is $1700+ SLI systems but apple $2300 desktop has a very weak video setup next to them and AIO are a trun off for people.
Macs need to have better video card / hardware and a $2300 tower with a lower mid-range card as the base will not do it. A $130 cost of the base card + $150 for a 8800GT makeing it $280 for a 8800gt does not help.
Putting 9400m in the mini and macbook helps make them better but the mini needs to have a faster cpu + 256 - 512 of video ram that is not part of system ram and maybe a faster 3.5 hd. Also put in a 9500 / 9600 in the higher end systems. The imac needs to have system better video card and not a small video card bump that also comes with a bigger screen that makes you trun down the screen size to run games at good settings.
Where is the mac tower? maybe a $1200 - $1500+ base core i7 system with SLI / crossfire on the higher end? With a $2700+ 2 cpu core i7 mac pro. The Dual core i7 systems will likely cost more then to days dual Exon's and a mac pro tower staring at $2700+ will look bad next to a $600 - $900 mini with a slow cpu + 9400 video useing system ram with a 2.5 laptop hd. Other system at $800 - $900 have pci-e slots and or video cards with there own ram.
Also the $2000 mac book pro is lacking in video power next to other laptops that have 9700 / 9800 cards in them some even have sli at the same price or lower and they have 4gb of ram some even have a faster cpu as well.
Apple will have to deal with better EFiX and Psystar system and if the new mini comes with no firewire, mini DP need apple wants you to pay $30 - $100 more for the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter or the Mini DisplayPort to DVIDL Adapter, 9400m video that uses system ram.
1 more thing there better not be a intel atom based mini at $500+ as that will be slower then to days mini even if they put 9400m video on it and that will just say to Psystar we can't beat you in hardware but we can try in court.
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don't for get the full price of windows in that quote.
http://consumerist.com/5048382/why-i-quit-staples-easy-tech
Just beam up what you need no need to park.
a ZPM is to much power for a car put it in a space ship.
You don't need to spin the the HD 24/7 power it down when not needed.
Windows 7 should go back to home and pro setup no 5+ vers like vista. Maybe also have a enterprise ver with extras apps / tools for that as well.
Also all packs should oem and retail should come with the 32bit and 64bit disks or let people down load the 64bit iso for free and let them use there key that they have.
Tiger direct is good and I go to there warehouse store for computers parts and not only that they will install parts for free that you payed that day and they have hassle free returns / replacements.
They give out guns to any one even homer simpson.
put all the top workers under full secret service protection and don't fire any one or will may see a under siege 2.
It's coming form the under ground city's there.
We are calling it skynet and WOPR is the name of main AI running it all.
So South Carolina will have to out law south park but I don't think they can do the same to 24 on fox as fox is too big for that.
Do unsolicited gifts laws apply in the us? about being forced to pay for in coming texts? Has any one taking that to court?
This is like a COD that they say it hear YOU PAY NOW! You don't want it WE SHIPPED to you so YOU PAY.
If UPS, FEDEX, or the USPS tried the same thing the courts likely kill that off fast and what if your only choice was pay for all in coming and what you send even if you send very little or no shipping at all and the only way is to pay for a package deal that costs much more then you need to pay and comes with way more then you use per month.
AMD can't go down as that will give intel to much power. Just look at core i7 LOCKED in to intel chipsets. Do you really want to have $300 low end cpus with $250 - $300 low end MB?
IR lasers seem like a good way to power remotes and you can then have them use rechargeable batteries.
Now we need to find a way to loop the video feed so we can get the people off of the usb bus.
There only use usb for power and don't even have the data lines linked to them.
And how much cpu power is needed at that speed? firewire 1600 and 3200 seems better same cables and ports as firewire 800 unlike usb 3.0 that needs new cables and ports for usb 3.0 speed.
How about that 80's tic tac toe game that could be set to number of players zero and Global Thermal Nuclear War game that you had to dial in to play and it would take over playing for you if you got cut off.
Check you card for any bill BB wants $30 to do this.
http://consumerist.com/5122504/watch-out-for-firmware-shenanigans-at-best-buy
How about cable and sat boxes that can power down more then they do now and DRV's that spin down the HD when they are off and have no planed shows coming up.
Apple need better hardware choice they are missing.
* lower cost laptop with a 15" screen others have them for $500 - $700 less with some of them have better video cards.
Apple should have a $1500 15" laptop with fire wire and a video card with 128 or more of it's own ram with a higher end card and cpu in the $2000 system.
* 17" at about $2200 - $2500 and / or even less but with less cpu and video power for uses who need a big screen but not a lot of power.
* a laptop with high end video $2000 9600m 256m, $2500 for 9600m 356 and $2700 for only a 9600M other have 9700 / 9800 and quadro cards some even sli at those prices.
* 13" laptop with good cpu and video card with it's own ram for uses who want power but not a big screen.
A real desktop tower at $800 - $1200 base with a video card with it's OWN RAM, DESKTOP CPU AND RAM WITH not the slower and higher cost laptop stuff a 3.5 HD. The mini is over 2 years old and the last update was just a small cpu bump.
Maybe you can still have a $500 - $600 mini with a desktop at the higher end or just a desktop at $600 and up.
A high end gameing system with SLI / cross fire.
Keep the mac pro but make it dual cpu only and have a 1 cpu desktop as well.
Should have better video then 9600m for a $2700+ system come on other laptops have SLI at that price.
And $1200 to go from 4gb to 8gb?
I hope apple has a big Superbowl ad to show off the other new hardware.
I hear that homer Simpson will be working at the monitoring center
a $800 - $1000 desktop is not for hardcore gameing it is for playing most games at a good screen res. Hardcore gameing is $1700+ SLI systems but apple $2300 desktop has a very weak video setup next to them and AIO are a trun off for people.
Macs need to have better video card / hardware and a $2300 tower with a lower mid-range card as the base will not do it. A $130 cost of the base card + $150 for a 8800GT makeing it $280 for a 8800gt does not help.
Putting 9400m in the mini and macbook helps make them better but the mini needs to have a faster cpu + 256 - 512 of video ram that is not part of system ram and maybe a faster 3.5 hd. Also put in a 9500 / 9600 in the higher end systems. The imac needs to have system better video card and not a small video card bump that also comes with a bigger screen that makes you trun down the screen size to run games at good settings.
Where is the mac tower? maybe a $1200 - $1500+ base core i7 system with SLI / crossfire on the higher end? With a $2700+ 2 cpu core i7 mac pro. The Dual core i7 systems will likely cost more then to days dual Exon's and a mac pro tower staring at $2700+ will look bad next to a $600 - $900 mini with a slow cpu + 9400 video useing system ram with a 2.5 laptop hd. Other system at $800 - $900 have pci-e slots and or video cards with there own ram.
Also the $2000 mac book pro is lacking in video power next to other laptops that have 9700 / 9800 cards in them some even have sli at the same price or lower and they have 4gb of ram some even have a faster cpu as well.
Apple will have to deal with better EFiX and Psystar system and if the new mini comes with no firewire, mini DP need apple wants you to pay $30 - $100 more for the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter or the Mini DisplayPort to DVIDL Adapter, 9400m video that uses system ram.
1 more thing there better not be a intel atom based mini at $500+ as that will be slower then to days mini even if they put 9400m video on it and that will just say to Psystar we can't beat you in hardware but we can try in court.