krushing
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The specs seem hot (but so are the prices). I think I finally want a Mac now...(though I did work with one for about 6 years) 
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
MacBook Pro is out.
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I said I wouldn't buy the Mac when it gets the Intel chip because I was against a PC chip in a Mac, but this might prove me wrong. Man, it is nice, the specs on it, it is a hard decision, but I am going to wait awhile and wait to see what the critics say and if there is going to be any recalls on it.
hollip3020
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hate to break it to you, but they dont actually come out till next month.
the only problem i can see with the new macs is i dont think mac os justifies the fairly large price difference that will arise. although the posibility of dual booting mac os and winxp (legally) is a nice perk. and when vista comes out both (the imac and macbook) will be plenty capable.
i find it funny that apple is still offering the g5 imac for the same price. silly apple and their deception.
i also find it funny that for $300 less than a 2ghz powermac g5 you can have basically the same power (according to apple's benchmarks) plus a 20" screen, twice the ram, almost twice the hd space, a better vid card, and about 6 months of non-obsolete-ness in a much smaller form factor. granted you dont have anything close to the upgrade possibilities, but thats something i could possible overlook for once.
i think i finally found the mac to replace my mom's 1st gen imac.
i think the best thing about this all is (hopefully) the ability to pop in a newer/faster cpu of the same model with the ease that the pc community has enjoyed for so long.
i give it less than 2 weeks till someone has installed windows on the imac and/or figured out how to break apple's authorization chip (the one that tells the installer the comp is actually a mac).
the only problem i can see with the new macs is i dont think mac os justifies the fairly large price difference that will arise. although the posibility of dual booting mac os and winxp (legally) is a nice perk. and when vista comes out both (the imac and macbook) will be plenty capable.
i find it funny that apple is still offering the g5 imac for the same price. silly apple and their deception.
i also find it funny that for $300 less than a 2ghz powermac g5 you can have basically the same power (according to apple's benchmarks) plus a 20" screen, twice the ram, almost twice the hd space, a better vid card, and about 6 months of non-obsolete-ness in a much smaller form factor. granted you dont have anything close to the upgrade possibilities, but thats something i could possible overlook for once.
i think i finally found the mac to replace my mom's 1st gen imac.
i think the best thing about this all is (hopefully) the ability to pop in a newer/faster cpu of the same model with the ease that the pc community has enjoyed for so long.
i give it less than 2 weeks till someone has installed windows on the imac and/or figured out how to break apple's authorization chip (the one that tells the installer the comp is actually a mac).
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krushing
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hollip3020 said:
Yeah, thought about it when writing the title but then came to the conclusion that most everybody knows that when Apple unveils a product it's not gonna actually be out to buy for some time...
Anyway, I'd still wait and see (even if I had the money at hand, which I don't
) to see how they actually perform before running out to grab one, all fanboy-like.Breakbeats573
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hollip3020 said:
Why do you think you can't just pop a newer faster processor in there now? You can upgrade any mac processor to a faster chip. Intel or not.
hollip3020
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weve been over this numerous times, its not that you cant do it on a mac, its that theres not very many options and up until now the only way to do it is to buy a 3rd party upgrade card which is basically your same cpu just overclocked a little. ibm and motorola (freescale) dont sell the bare chips to the public, intel does.