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Re: Macwhispers going away?

Originally posted by squatch
I thought MacWhispers was changing their format and not doing rumor predictions anymore, or were going away?? I love the site and hope it sticks around for a long time, but I thought I heard on here we were losing MacWhispers.com. Can someone confirm the truth here? :confused:
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I changed the format, and stopped injecting guesswork into my reports. Now, all I do is recount information that's given to me from Apple supplier sources... without the speculation.
 
NavyIntel007 dude, one thing I read on this site that just kills me is how everyone thinks 64 bit will equal twice the performance. This is not true. For 32 bit operations and optimized programs, there will not be a speed increase. For 64 bit operations there will be obviously massive increases. No doubt though about it being faster, just not as much as everyone is screaming about.
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We have been over this a thousand times at least, and you are about the thousandth person to say this. I think we all realize now that a 64 bit processor does not double speed because it has twice the bits, no it doubles the speed because it is a completely different processor and it is made by a completely different company, it is twice as fast because that is what preliminary benchmarks say, it is twice as fast because it has a ton of improvements over the G4, so the next time I have to hear someone try to explain to me why this new processor isn't going to be twice as fast as the G4 I am going to frickin spew.
 
Originally posted by NavyIntel007
dude, one thing I read on this site that just kills me is how everyone thinks 64 bit will equal twice the performance. This is not true. For 32 bit operations and optimized programs, there will not be a speed increase. For 64 bit operations there will be obviously massive increases. No doubt though about it being faster, just not as much as everyone is screaming about.
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Just ignore this post... no need for more exhaustive 64bit FUD.

Please no more.... it goes absolutely nowhere.
 
Originally posted by sparkleytone
macwhispers is run by a getrichquick creep anyways. most would do themselves a favor by keeping away from that website and the guy who runs it.
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Someone has a chip on their shoulder. Considering that the editor of MacWhispers has posted a few times in this thread you can do us all a favor and keep your rude comments to yourself.
 
Originally posted by Sol
...PC users don't really care as they prefer to run Windows anyway.
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:rolleyes: That's why there are so many Switchers, whether you choose to believe it or not.

It's so amusing to see these former Windows users become the loudest Mac advocates practically overnight.

They did NOT PREFER to use Windows, they just didn't realize that Macs make good consumer computers and aren't just for the "Creative" types.

The Apple Stores are changing that though...

BRING ON THE 970's!!:D
 
Re: Re: Macwhispers going away?

Originally posted by MacWhispers
I changed the format, and stopped injecting guesswork into my reports. Now, all I do is recount information that's given to me from Apple supplier sources... without the speculation.
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Well keep it like it is!! I love just the fact you have the inside connections with the supplier chain. Yeah good move on not guessing...that way your not always wondering if you have to eat crow on your guesses....better to just supply it and maybe give a personal speculation like you have been.

Once again, keep up the great work!! :)
 
Originally posted by MacQuest
:rolleyes: That's why there are so many Switchers, whether you choose to believe it or not.

It's so amusing to see these former Windows users become the loudest Mac advocates practically overnight.

They did NOT PREFER to use Windows, they just didn't realize that Macs make good consumer computers and aren't just for the "Creative" types.

The Apple Stores are changing that though...

BRING ON THE 970's!!:D
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That's why I'm such an avid Mac advocate now! I was repairing PCs for years and loving every bit of Win2K...then I was forced to use X in the labs here at school when I decided to further my degree....started seeing real quick the differences and never looked back.

You know, it's funny that you can talk about anything from fav automobiles to favorite restaurants and receive anything from favorable agreement to light criticism. But for some reason, you start talking about the advantages of a Mac to a PC user and almost 9 times out of 10 it's instant negative backlash.

Can anyone clue me into why this type of psyche exists in the computer industry?? Has MS brainwashed people so bad that the blinders are almost impossible to remove?? They were very difficult for me that's for sure! :p
 
fear of the truth:p


seriously though, isnt there positive points for both platforms? i just use the mac though cause its what ive always used. but i hear the pc's are cool if you know how to set them up and keep them going. but still, i just cant get into their GUI design. i would give it a try though, if i had to.
 
Both do have positives

Your correct beatle, both do have their advantages and I am VERY well acquainted with the Windows OS and how to set it up and use it the way I wanted it (given what it would let me do).
I just don't like not having more control over how my OS looks and feels like I have with OS X. I also like what I'm seeing with all the puzzle pieces fitting into place for X in the future. Give it a couple more years, and I believe it will be a far more advanced OS than Windows and maybe Linux (although I support it's development as well).
I still have a Windows laptop that I resort to when I do my banking online, or if I come across a website that simply will not pull up correctly in any of the Mac browsers.
I guess it was easy for me to be a "switcher" since I got a B/W G3 450, monitor and all with X and 9, for $200 from the school. I felt like it was a worthwhile investment to try something different for a while, and if I didn't like it...I was only out around $400 (after upgrading the Hard drive and RAM).
But of course, when I decide to make a "real" investment in Apple and buy a computer brand new, you can bet I will have done my research. ;)
 
:D sounds like it.

i cant believe your impressed by a G3 450. but taking your posts into consideration, its the OS and not the hardware thats caught your eye. heres to the 970:D hopefully.
 
Whatever Apple has in mind for the design of the new PowerMac, just like everything else when it comes out I know Im just gonna want one....and not have the cash for it..;)
 
Easily impressed

Originally posted by beatle888
:D sounds like it.

i cant believe your impressed by a G3 450. but taking your posts into consideration, its the OS and not the hardware thats caught your eye. heres to the 970:D hopefully.
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Yep, I'm quite happy with my little ole G3 450. It does what I want it to do. I run all my heavy graphic intensive mapping and GIS work on the G4s in the computer lab at school.

But of course, IF the 970 comes out...well I may just have fork up the money...I feel that that will be a worthwhile investment. I just can't justify paying for a G4 tower right now. I've seen what they do in the lab and how fast they run, and for what I do it's not worth the upgrade yet. ;)

It's funny though when I show my fellow Windows buddies what my computer can do at a third the speed of their Athlon or Intel boxes, they simply can't believe it. :D
 
Re: Easily impressed

Originally posted by squatch
Yep, I'm quite happy with my little ole G3 450. It does what I want it to do. I run all my heavy graphic intensive mapping and GIS work on the G4s in the computer lab at school.
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Wow, what GIS apps are you running on a Mac? I am just so used to running ArcView 8 on a pc that I didn't think I had an option. You using GRASS? I am also a student, minoring in GIS, and would love a way to use it on a Mac, please explain. Thanks

~altair
 
Hmm. A new update today:

Apple devrait lancer aujourd'hui son appel d'offre pour la fabrication des futures machines professionnelles (non de code P62). Les fabricants ont jusqu'au 15 avril pour y répondre. Le gagnant sera désigné le 20.
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That's some pretty specific "rumour" info! Those on the tender list must respond by April 15th, and the winner will be chosen on the 20th. Let the fabrication begin!
 
I've got it!

It just hit me!

What happens if we combine two recent rumors?

30inch LCD + longer and narrower motherboards!

30 inch wide-screen, isn't that quite close to a longer and narrower motherboard (starting with the size of today’s G4 motherboards)?

It's the MEGA TABLET PC !!!

Or something else, with a motherboard and a screen combined!
 
Originally posted by nuckinfutz
Macwhispers is new. They're still unkown but the blew it with their iPod predictions.
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what was the deal with Envestco. I seem to remember reading something about how this same guy is making the iPod stand, running an energy company and now doing macwhispers. I know there is some dirt here, like some article about how the guy running it did something stupid or malicious.
 
Re: Both do have positives

Originally posted by squatch
Your correct beatle, both do have their advantages and I am VERY well acquainted with the Windows OS and how to set it up and use it the way I wanted it (given what it would let me do).
I just don't like not having more control over how my OS looks and feels like I have with OS X.
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Can you tell me why Win2k's system partition bloats to critical mass even though nothing is being installed, or added to it? My problem: I gave win2k a 4 GIG partition, and have installed ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on this partition, and now have 116Mb of space left. I installed everything on my other hard drives.

I always wonder how such a shabby, and underwelming OS took first place on desktop, and pro. :mad: :confused:
 
Originally posted by peterjhill
what was the deal with Envestco. I seem to remember reading something about how this same guy is making the iPod stand, running an energy company and now doing macwhispers. I know there is some dirt here, like some article about how the guy running it did something stupid or malicious.
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Peter,


It was the MacTable contorversy, I think that you can check the whole story on the MacInTouch forums... hehehehehheeheh :D


As to the PPC970... Im holding here for the 2nd Revision of it! But one thing is for sure... IBM + Apple = Oh yeah!
 
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