Let's look at what the Jaguar page says:
"32MB VRAM recommended for optimum performance."
To me, that's fair enough. Apple has to draw the line somewhere. I just wish that my VRAM were either 1) already sufficient, or 2) upgradeable. I realize my TiBook isn't as fast as an 800MHz model, and so on and so forth and that's fine. But to include 16MB of VRAM in the TiBooks was a bad idea on Apple's part, especially when it would have been so easy and cheap to include more. I feel even more sorry for the owners of the rev A TiBooks (whose Mobility Rage 128s shipped with 8MB of non-upgradableVRAM even though they supported 16MB). And of course all iBook and CRT iMac owners...
As I said, I don't want to drag Apple down. I think QE is great, and I hope as many people as possible are able to benefit from it. ... It's just that apparently Apple doesn't hope that.
I was comparing x86 laptops to the 550MHz TiBook, not the 800MHz model. That said, Sony and Toshiba have some very competitive offerings. This is all off-topic, of course. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here, O advanced and knowledgeable one, but after all, since "what you say is," I'm wondering why I'm even bothering addressing that.
That's true. Assuming four months pass until QE is released, though, that's only four months after the top-of-the-line 16MB TiBook will have been discontinued. Not a lot of time, at least in my (and in many people's) opinions.
Past experience has demonstrated to me that those who lob insults instead of making effort to constructively assert themselves are the ones whose arguments are weakest. I'm not sure where all the pent-up aggression is coming from, but I don't see how it's helping you - your arguments might meet less resistance if they were accompanied by openness and friendliness instead of bile and hatred. Seriously, this isn't Slashdot.
Alex
