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iBook not for the extreme user
Authored by: eagle_eyes on May 20, '02 07:25:57PM

The ulimate response to all the iBook complaints is that the machine is not even designed for the high end user. It is designed for people who want nothing more then a fancy word processor, email and a few games. If you are looking for the real power and machine then you need to stick to the PowerBooks and towers (ie the pro line). This is both a marketing stance, and to help keep prices down on the low end stuff.

Buy cheap,
get cheap.

Isn't this why we use macs anyway? We put in a little more money so that we can get the good parts...

btw I have an iMac 233 with 128mb (we started out with 64mb, but wanted to run classic) of ram that runs OS X without a hitch. I would love to see any PC of similar generation run XP with such ease.



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MB surpassing MB
Authored by: marcinjeske on May 21, '02 02:48:46AM

It's really scary to think about how fast memory and storage is moving.

My first Mac, a Mac SE:
20 MB HD, 256K RAM, VRAM?, no cache?
Later, the iMac:
4 GB HD, 32 MB RAM, 2 MB VRAM, 512K cache
Now, we are quickly approaching another level of magnitude in memory... many Macs are shipping with 32 MB of VRAM and a MB of cache...

I just find it fascinating how the specs shift, and how very soon now, RAM which we now count in hundreds of MB, will be counted in GB, and hard drives (which I though were huge at 6 GB) are being sold in hundreds.

We've come a long way.



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