since they will be using the same chips as other pc vendors like dell, they will have to stay competitive but offering more computer for less money.
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Expect macs to get cheaper and better ith the Intel switch
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Actually I thought Apple already added much value with the software they include.Dustintendo said:
Also, look around, Macs are not really that overpriced anymore. Configure a Dell to match a Mac and they'll be baout the same price. Better yet, compare laptops, Apple is not really overpriced - they just don't sell stripped down models really.
Duh! what rock have you been hiding under. We only have about 50 threads on this.Thanks for another 
perhaps some small price drops but nothing like iBooks for 399 for stuff like that, really they are not that much more $$$ a little but for the Software its worth it
i want an eBook a 599 or 699 laptop computer!!
i want an eBook a 599 or 699 laptop computer!!
Just remember, just because a card physiclaly fits in a system, it doesn't mean there are device drivers for that card available for the OS you are ruuning.combatcolin said:If we can shove a normal PCI E card into a powermac it will be very happy days indeed.
And what PCIe card are you so interested in? Some cards won't benefit from being faster than PCI.
zap2 said:
LOL.. I can only imagine.. The emac isn't nearly as nice as the G3 imac design. eBook? maybe thicker...
In the Australian Sydney morning Herald saturday paper, icon had an article about this guy wanting to make laptops that would cost people $133. He had a guarantee that in a year every student would have one. (These are to be bought in batches for schools.) PCs I bet
still promising That depends on what you call promising - the screen will have a rather low resolution and be very on the low end specification wise.epepper9 said:...
In the Australian Sydney morning Herald saturday paper, icon had an article about this guy wanting to make laptops that would cost people $133. He had a guarantee that in a year every student would have one. (These are to be bought in batches for schools.) PCs I bet
Remember you tend to get what you pay for.
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The big problem for mac cards is that the BIOS needs to be re-worked for Mac OS.
This costs money.
Which is why you can only put a PC card into a mac if theres a mac version to "obtain" the mac BIOS from and "insert" it.
Amiga have done a much better job than Apple, the new Amigas motherboard has a chip that cons the graphic card into thinking it is hooked into a pc board and therefore gives you a lot more cards to choose from.
And, yes, while PCI E gives you no real performance advantages yet it will do in a year or 2 but the cost advantages of making a PCI E cards as they are the most popular means there only going to get cheaper.
Which for anyone who has ever bought a Mac graphics card will tell you is not much fun.
at all.
Not in the slightest.
Bit fun.
Must be a PC diehard
Come on, that arguement is stale. You are a newbie I see, well you must also be new the Macintosh as well. Quality is what I expect from Apple, not quantity and price. I do wish PC users would understand that. It is the experience of using a Mac that is worth the "extra cost".
Come on, that arguement is stale. You are a newbie I see, well you must also be new the Macintosh as well. Quality is what I expect from Apple, not quantity and price. I do wish PC users would understand that. It is the experience of using a Mac that is worth the "extra cost".
Yes the experience is part of what your paying for.
But Apple have got to move with the times.
They would not have moved to a new processor, with the enormous cost and hassle entailed within if they did not think it the best course of action for the company in the long term.
Remember the fuss around the dropping of SCSI as a default mac standard?
Now the sky did not fall in did it?
But Apple have got to move with the times.
They would not have moved to a new processor, with the enormous cost and hassle entailed within if they did not think it the best course of action for the company in the long term.
Remember the fuss around the dropping of SCSI as a default mac standard?
Now the sky did not fall in did it?
