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2005-01-11, 02:06 PM
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Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West
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Finally an under $500 Mac
The Mac Mini
http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Cheap iPod too http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/ iTunes coming to Moratoria cell phones this summer too. Some other new stuff announced today as well. http://www.apple.com/home/ http://www.apple.com/iwork/ http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/ |
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2005-01-11, 03:33 PM
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No offence Apu, but when they were handing out religions you must have been out taking a whizz
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Finally charging what they are worth, eh?
  
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2005-01-11, 04:48 PM
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...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun
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It's real cute... and affordable
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2005-01-11, 04:52 PM
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I may pick one up for my living room so that I don't have to use my laptop as my music server.
I want to see what the Cell phone/iTunes player is like. It would be nice not to have to carry a phone and an iPod when I'm working out. Knowing Motorola it will suck and crash a lot, all my Motorola phones have. |
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2005-01-11, 05:13 PM
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...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun
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But it is not only a music server is it?
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2005-01-11, 05:23 PM
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Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West
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It is a full Mac, faster then the laptop I'm using actually.
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2005-01-11, 06:09 PM
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Asleep at the switch? I wasn't asleep, I was drunk
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Now that is cool. It's teensy, it packs a punch.. very cool.
Might be a nice lil unit to stick on the plasma tv or something in the living room.. hmm damn thats an idea. |
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2005-01-11, 06:14 PM
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The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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2005-01-11, 07:09 PM
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Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer?
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i guess the rumors were true about the sub $500 mac. Very very very nice.
I love the macs - except for the price.. May have to look into one of these for the sidekick. Then again, I have a Powerbook and a Desktop right now... nice machines though. New iLife looks awesome. B
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2005-01-11, 10:03 PM
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...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun
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2005-01-12, 03:21 AM
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You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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2005-01-12, 09:48 AM
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Programming till my fingers bleed.
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Too bad I travel too much to not have a laptop or I would snatch one of these up quick like. I converted completely from Windows recently to SuSE linux on my laptop. It was a tossup between Xandros and Suse and I went with SUSE, although Xandros is better for the beginning unix user. I am at least taking a step towards the macs
I am sure by the end of the year I will have a nice powerbook. Bad part is I have to buy 2 of anything I get so the wife has the same thing Andy |
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2005-01-12, 01:03 PM
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I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES
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I'm definately one of those Mac snobs. It's the only thing I use. Have been since college way, way ago. Actually, In my "other" life, I design brochures and magazines for advertising agencies, so Mac is all we understand. I've been doing my web stuff from my G4 Powerbook and have been wanting an extra desktop. I think Mac Mini will work. Besides I like the name and the look of it. That's very important in computer buying for chicks. Almost like a new handbag.
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2005-01-12, 01:13 PM
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I'm thinking that it would make a really great media server for my living room.
I would have to add the bluetooth/wifi option but the default RAM would be enough. I think the SVideo adapter is included. Hook up a big FireWire drive to it and RIP all my DVDs to it. Move my music collection which is now taking up 20 gigs of my laptop's drive to it too. You could also add TiVi type software to it as well. |
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2005-01-12, 01:53 PM
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Programming till my fingers bleed.
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2005-01-12, 02:09 PM
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EyeTV
http://www.elgato.com/eyeTV/ It is a piece of hardware that plugs into the USB port to get the signal in and software to use it. It comes in some flavors. http://www.macmall.com/macmall/searc...=1&incimage=on Also to RIP your DVDs to your HD and remove that annoying copy protection. (free) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/mo...8599&vid=90308 |
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2005-01-12, 05:10 PM
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...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun
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Wish they sold it in Europe too where people use 220V and not 110.. a mac is not something you use with a converter
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2005-01-12, 05:16 PM
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All the Macs that I've seen are 110 or 220 and even give a different plug that I guess is for use in Europe.
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2005-01-12, 05:33 PM
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You can't disprove anything with evidence that doesn't exist
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When they use a double click and two button mouse I'll take a look.
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2005-01-12, 05:44 PM
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Took the hint.
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Hey, look, you can add a 20" display and triple the total cost!
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...More=M9177LL/A In theory, it should use any monitor, keyboard and mouse (including the multiple button ones), but I would have to see it at work to think that there might be enough horsepower in this thing to do real work. Alex |
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2005-01-12, 06:27 PM
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Macs can use a two button mouse. Just plug it in and the right click and scroll wheel work as expected. I have additional drivers on mine that allows me to assign key strokes to my mouse buttons. I use a 3 button Kensington mouse.
They also use any VGA or DVI monitor. You can also use a Windows keyboard but it is a little strange because the windows key becomes the apple key and they are backwards of how they should be, but it works just fine. The Mac mini is a bit faster then the 2 year old design 17" Powerbook that I use now. The Mac mini is the slowest computer that Apple makes now but it is still plenty fast for most. |
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2005-01-12, 06:48 PM
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You can't disprove anything with evidence that doesn't exist
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So in short - in 5 years - nothing has really changed.
Mac will be good for graphics etc.. Windows will good for biz apps. Even if Linux becomes a strong #3. ie 15% market share. It still won't change anything for years to come. As all home PC makers are making machines for windows. Another Mac story to add to the recycle bin 
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2005-01-12, 07:31 PM
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I tell all my friends to buy PCs. I also think that all my competition should also use PCs.
Unfortunately there is two types of computer users, those that use a Mac and those that haven't yet. It has been over a year since I have crashed. I don't run any virus software or have any reason to. Other then an occasional hardware failure like a drive going bad I've done zero maintenance. I sit down, do my work, getup and do something else. I never shut down, restart or anything. Really every time that one of my friends tell me that they are switching to a Mac I cringe. It just means one more person calling me up asking how something works or something. |
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2005-01-13, 09:06 AM
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Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button
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I'm gonna get one for the family...
Take the old 500Mhz Celeron they use and put Linux on it and make it a media server... (that way I don't have to buy a new monitor keyboard and mouse...) |
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2005-01-15, 06:42 PM
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Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West
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Damn, too many people are switching to Macs…
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