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13.3", LED Backlit, Santa Rosa Laptop... from Dell
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If Apple's new macbook pro's lack hard equal to this dell, i wont be upgrading anytime soon. Specifically the GPU, apple historically ships systems with considerably outdated GPU's
If Apple's new macbook pro's lack hard equal to this dell, i wont be upgrading anytime soon. Specifically the GPU, apple historically ships systems with considerably outdated GPU's
PCMacUser
macrumors 68000
Oh hell yeah! I've been explaining to the wife that I need a MacBook Pro, and if it doesn't come out in the next couple of weeks I'm going to have to go for a Windows PC. So the ball is in Apple's court! 😎
iSee
macrumors 68040
CrackedButter
macrumors 68040
Yes you did use the word "usually". But don't roll your eyes too quickly. I saw that but I still think you were wrong to say what you said, having listed only 8 incidents to your 7 off the top of my head I fail to see how "usually" fits in.
I've not even mentioned all the times the G3 or the G4 was late.
So basically Apple try to announce things with immediate availability.
In some ways, yes. But remember, OS X runs considerably better than any Windows OS and thus gives any machine a performance advantage. The latest greatest PC still has to run all kinds of anti spyware and antiviral apps in the background. That makes a system lag. And when a Windows system lags, it LAGS.
OS X doesn't lag unless your hard drive is too full. Seriously. I have Panther running on a 667 MHz PowerBook and it flies. Would Windows fly on six-year-old hardware? Nope.
gkarris
macrumors G3
The waiting is the hardest part.
I saw a guy at a coffee shop with a brand spanking new black MacBook and he booted to his work Windows Vista "side"... pretty sweet...
1/10 of an inch! Stop the press!!!
Hold on. . . wait. . . I think I need a defibrillator!!!
englishman
macrumors 6502a
Ubuntu - Linux
And now that Dell offer Linux on their machines ... that'll really question the value of Apples
And now that Dell offer Linux on their machines ... that'll really question the value of Apples
iSee
macrumors 68040
That would be 10% thinner! Not too many people will have a heart attack over this, but it would be a nice bump. 🙄
flopticalcube
macrumors G4
Well, some think Ubuntu is as good as OS X. . .
BTW, that's an awesome picture of a rockin cat.
bearbo
macrumors 68000
I have a IBM T40p Thinkpad, running Windows XP Pro. No antivirus, no anti-anything. Just with a firewall and careful usage habit. It's been running like that for about a year now, it has not crashed once. That's a machine from beginning of 2003. It has 512MB Ram, I always wanted to upgrade that.
I have another iMac G4, from i believe mid-2004. With 1GB Ram.
The iMac runs noticeably slower than the IBM in various day-to-day tasks such as web browsing (which include online music video), iTunes, MS Office.
Sure, that's just my single experience, cannot be used as generalization, blah, blah. But that kind of prove what you said false.
flopticalcube
macrumors G4
bearbo
macrumors 68000
Ouch. My sincere condolences.
That must have been heartbreaking. I know I would if anything happens to my pet.
flopticalcube
macrumors G4
Interesting. I'd be (sadly) surprised if Apple doesn't include the new technology into the Mac Book Pro line.
bearbo
macrumors 68000
Awww, I'm sorry. As a dog owner my whole life thus far, I feel for any one that loses a pet. My condolences. 🙁
flopticalcube
macrumors G4
Do you have any sense of aesthetics? This Dell laptop is typical of many PC laptop out there. Hastily put together by people who could care less for aesthetics, and only wants to make a quick buck.
Okay, I want to back track and think you'll are probably young and naive. All is well, I suppose.