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woodstock
Citizen
Username: Woodstock
Post Number: 861
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 1:42 pm: |     |
I'm surprised there were no posts about Apples new announcements. A $499 computer? Cool! A $99 iPod? VERY cool! Looks like they've got a nice new line of toys coming out. It just might get me to switch... |
composerjohn
Citizen
Username: Composerjohn
Post Number: 104
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 2:09 pm: | |
Yes, that is very cool about the new apple. However, the $499 does not include a monitor, keyboard, mouse, or printer. Still a good deal, though... |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4976
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 2:33 pm: | |
I'm tempted to get one, but I think 3 Macs is enough for one person. |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4981
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 1:18 pm: | |
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Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7221
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 1:26 pm: | |
I think Apple is going the way of Dell, advertising a low price and then getting you on the options.
$100 bucks for a larger hard drive, another $100 for more RAM (the basic only has 256k), how much for a burner?, etc.
Still if you only want to replace the CPU it is tempting. |
composerjohn
Citizen
Username: Composerjohn
Post Number: 108
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 2:51 pm: | |
Bobkat - I think the mini comes with a CD/DVD burner. I read that the target market are people who want to switch from PC to Mac - they already own a monitor, a keyboard, and a printer. |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4983
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 3:45 pm: | |
Yes, it has a burner and dvd player. Dell? zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Dell is the one that shows their pcs in ads with monitors that don't come with them, right? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5161
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 3:53 pm: | |
Feature for feature, the Apple is still more expensive than a PC. This is apparent when you load the system up. But for many people, it's money well spent.
I am probably going to buy one of these. Here's the catch. I believe I need 1 GB of RAM. I can get one with 1 GB, though the cost is annoyingly high. But 1 GB is the current max. When they come out with denser RAM, will the system accept it? I recently bought 1 GB of RAM for my old PC, and the PC's design will only let it recognize 512 MB, so I'm out of luck.
If you can recommend a forum where I can ask this question, I'll ask there. |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5004
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 4:00 pm: | |
Try: http://www.macrumors.com/
I'd like the increased RAM, too, but find working with 512 on one machine has been just fine.
and you can DIY the upgrade: http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000917027372/ |
Earlster
Supporter
Username: Earlster
Post Number: 876
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:34 am: | |
Apple is now sueing one of the apple rumors sites that got it right. Too bad they are moving away from their fans. These rumors sites are huge free publicity for them.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7250030&sec tion=news&src=rss/uk/internetNews |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5009
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 10:03 am: | |
That suit is not about leaking rumors. ThinkSecret was posting copies of Apple's operating system for anyone to download. |
Earlster
Supporter
Username: Earlster
Post Number: 877
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 10:22 am: | |
Couldn't figure that out from the article. Publishing code or binaries is of course bad.
For fun, I just read a thread about this on /. seems that apple fans are on the side of apple on this one. It's the apple cult, I believe.  |
woodstock
Citizen
Username: Woodstock
Post Number: 869
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 11:13 am: | |
Tom Yager, Tech Director of the InfoWorld Test Center has an interesting opinion piece on Macs. He claims to have migrated completely to Mac and OS X. And he's no Apple cultist. He's from the world of Windows and Unix, but claims Mac servers (and desktops, and storage systems) are easier to manage and as powerful, if not more so, as their *nix and windows counterparts.
He calls moving to the Mac "one of my all-time smartest calls." |
monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 492
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 10:55 pm: | |
And he is correct.... |
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