Friday, May 20, 2011

Isaac Clarke Facepalm

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  • mjteix
    Mar 25, 07:02 PM
    Intel's TDPs are not actual power consumed. So yes, the 130 W scenario still kicks.


    Correct, the power consumed is less than any of the TDP ratings.


    Then why "2x CPUs 130W rated. So thats 260W, right there."?
    If the power consumption is less than the TDP, it should be: 2x CPUs 95W rated. So that's 190W max, anyway.

    If you want an example of power consumption from a similar computer, go here (http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13277_na/13277_na.HTML). The maximum power consumption is 570W for 2x Xeon X5570 (TDP=2x95W), 12GB RAM, FX4800 gpu (TDP=150W), 2x 1TB HDD, ODD, Ethernet, on a 650W 80PLUS� BRONZE PSU.

    If you change the gpu for one with a 300W TDP, and if the power consumption is still less than the TDP, then a 800W PSU would do the trick. No?





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  • cbrain
    Jan 12, 12:12 PM
    are you kidding me?

    Macbook Air?

    WORST NAME EVER

    There's no way Apple would ever call something that.

    I agree, I think it will be called the "AirBook".





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  • Cybix
    Aug 25, 03:14 AM
    http://www.kusnetz.net/prius/
    I have a Prius, and when I saw this guy put a mac mini in his Prius, I nearly died with envy. I would love to do this, but I have feeling the cost/trouble would be way out of my realm, and I don't know that I would trust someone to void the warranty on my car.:)
    Still it's a cool idea.

    do it.

    and there's other sites with loads of detail, and additional hardware you can buy to make life easier. like DC-DC power supplies that will turn on/off/sleep your mac mini as you operate the car's ignition, etc.

    touchscreens, remote power buttons, etc, etc... Hell even an old ppc mini would work a treat as a media player in a car :) and think about GPS, etc.. loads of ideas! :)





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  • theBB
    Jul 18, 12:18 PM
    You cannot rent an HD movie from Blockbuster or Netflix, so what makes you think "Apple has to offer HD quality". There is no need to have better quality than competitors while also providing more convenience.

    What is so wrong about stereo sound? A lot of people use the speakers of their TVs for the sound of a movie. Most movie do not really take advantage of sourround sound that much, where you feel like the sound is coming from the left or from behind etc. You might as well use your 5 speakers in stereo mode.

    $2 per rental ain't gonna happen. That's a pipedream. If movie indutry is licensing movies to Movielink for $4-5, it is not gonna let Apple do this for much lower prices. At that price it would be much more expensive than Netflix and with a much smaller library, so my subscription will have to stay. I can only use Apple's service as an add-on, when I really want to watch a movie, but Netflix DVD is still in the mail. Besides, I would have to get a Mac mini for the living room. Well, the cost just keeps adding up.





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  • LethalWolfe
    Apr 12, 09:07 PM
    Change that is an actual improvement is great. Change for the sake of change is not. On the consumer side things can almost never be made too simple or easy. On the manufacturing side, the creating side the professional side there are many times complex problems to solve and those problems require more complicated tools.


    Lethal





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  • alust2013
    Apr 11, 10:15 AM
    But I really want an S-2000. :(

    YES. I want one of those so bad, especially an '03 or slightly older, before they changed them. Although the newer ones did look better.





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  • macthetiger85
    Apr 26, 05:04 PM
    And for all the non-legal "experts" out there.

    Windows can be trademarked because while it is a generic term, it is not a generic term that describes the product or service.

    If "Windows" was a window company, it could not be trademarked because it is a generic terms that describes the product or service.

    A huge difference.

    that's innacurate





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  • QuarterSwede
    Apr 2, 08:11 PM
    I don't want to feel cacooned by my tablet and I don't want my eyes turning into the next Terminator. I want technology to get out of the way and just work while the ad points to what would be useful if I purchase one.
    That's exactly how I feel and why I use Apple products. Great commercial.





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  • La Comédie humaine 2011



  • mr.barkan
    Sep 6, 06:45 PM
    Okay!
    So let's heat this thread up!!

    In my opinion as a moviemaker... the store should have:

    10 - Lot's of movies / Variety it�s what�s all about

    9 - Lot�s of Bandwidth / Assuming lot�s of people will use it on launch, slow dowloads are a HUGE down

    8 - Decent compression / No comments, it�s obvious

    7 - Diferent Sound Options / Not everybody want�s 5.1 or DTS or 2.0, but if I buy a new stereo surround system I�d like my 5.1 for free later on.

    6 - Diferent sizes / I don�t wanna see a feature in my current iPod, but yes I�d like to see it in my PSP (if I had one) etc...

    5 - New iPod / Okay, they won�t let me see it on my PSP(if I had one) so give me something better to go along and make me proud to say "I love my iPod, I love apple�s iMovies Store"

    4 - iMovie Podcast sharing / I would be cool if I could post a iMovie Podcast and show my Short Films hi-res to the world!

    3 - Hard Disk Burning / Oh c�mon!! Let me burn it to a DVD so I can watch it anywhere I�d like... or I�m... humm... buyin it on Amazon or Best Buy.

    2 - Extras for Free / DVD extras are really important expecially if you work on the industry and would like to see how they are making things happen.

    And the most important!!!

    1 - HD Download Options / YES!!! In my opinion this will be the biggest revolution. If you can download trailers in 480p, 720p, and 1080i/p than why cant you download a feature film??? I mean... the files are going to be huge but with todays cable speeds (4,8mbs). And why else would be the point for the release of a 24" (user friendly) HD iMac???


    :cool:





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  • Silentwave
    Jul 14, 02:55 AM
    The BDR-101 is actually a writer as well as a reader, and to be fair at $1000 [or rather around �650.00 over this side of the pond] it's pretty well priced when considering the cost of the first batch of DVD writers, eg. the Pioneer DVR-S201 authoring drive that retailed at a whacking cost of �12,000! General media writers were by definition significantly cheaper, but I recall purchasing our first DVD-R writer at a cost of around �350.00, with DVD-R5 blank media at around �15.00 a pop - so the economies of scale, etc., IMO makes BD at a pretty good starting point.

    As for the Sony BD story I feel a lot of people are indeed watching how well the PS3 takes off to then try and validate the outcome and success of BD. But as you rightly said it's historic and as with the PS2 being such a huge success story which then solidified the consumer need for DVD as a new medium; certainly in Japan the green lights shone very brightly for DVD as a consequence of the PS2 success story!

    But all in all personally speaking I hope BD wins; from a technical viewpoint it's able to offer a lot of new and quite exciting features that aren't possible on HD-DVD. And I know my next statement is probably going to cause controversy but HD-DVD is [in simple terms] simply a DVD-Video, but with larger capacity! I know that's generalising A LOT!!

    Yes, HD-DVD requires a lot less re-tooling for replication houses, which in turn means it's cheaper to bring to market BUT BD has a lot to offer and I hope and prey it's given a chance!

    Anyway, here's to hoping... ;)

    While im all for BR, I don't think the PS3 will be the #1 promoter for it, and I don't thnk the PS2 did all that much. For a few weeks maybe it was my only DVD player when another broke or when we moved one into another room to make way for a new one that hadn't arrived- but really it is limited- not necessarily going to be the best quality BR player, and to be honest, people will buy it because it's a game console. I think that in the future it will be multipurpose devices yet again, yes, but of a different sort. I'm now on my 2nd DVD burner TiVo and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I've burned over 60 DVDs worth so far. If someone makes one Blu-Ray, i'll be all over it as soon as I can afford it. And who knows, the tech savvy may head more for media center computers to drive their home theaters?
    So while I think that devices with multiple funcitons will have an effect here, I don't think the PS3 will drive BR to domination on its own.





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  • ZoomZoomZoom
    Jul 18, 04:25 AM
    I actually prefer renting to buying, if the price is right. Don't have to worry about driving back and forth, and don't have to worry about late fees. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't download music from iTunes though, and I like to have everything I own also in a physical format. (I buy CDs.) Thus, I like this system because I can look at a movie just once or twice (It's not like I watch most movies more than once anyways) and if it's really good, I'll go to a store and buy it.

    Of course, this all depends on the price of the rental. If it's anything over $3 maybe $4 pending on quality, I'd rather just bring myself to a movie theatre. Or borrow a DVD from a friend.





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  • heffemonkeyman
    Sep 6, 08:11 PM
    Too expensive if you ask me. In the cinema I pay $2 for a not so new movie (1/2 year old?), indie stuff/classics/etc. costs $4, new big movies $5.

    What planet are you on?





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  • noahtk
    Apr 19, 12:50 PM
    Spoken like a true American.


    Spoken like the government...





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  • Tonepoet
    Apr 21, 12:02 PM
    It's not a terribly big concern for everybody I'll admit but for those it is a concern to, this is a sale killer for all of these little GPS enabled electronics. Their safety is worth waay more to them than some piddly little iToy or other GPS enabled microdevice. Even normal cell phones and credit cards allow for too much risk.





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  • Kashchei
    Aug 27, 06:01 PM
    the new intel integrated graphics isn't ready, is it? So these will be merom minis with a GMA 950?

    This is the $64K question. Does anyone know when the X3000 is due to be released?





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  • quadgirl
    Sep 1, 02:04 PM
    Merom is 64 bit enabled, IIRC

    So is Conroe





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  • damienvfx
    Sep 1, 02:08 PM
    This is pure speculation here, but remember a month back when there was talk of a cinema display with a built in camera? What if those rumors started from someone who saw the new iMac and didn't even know that it was so much more than just an update to the cinema displays?

    Well, this is my first guess before a release, so we'll see how it pans out.:rolleyes:

    Still waiting for a Merom MBP. Leaving for Australia at the end of September, I'd love to be able to bring it with me.





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  • fertilized-egg
    Apr 2, 11:08 PM
    I signed up to post to MacRumors just now so I could post and let you know your analogy is perfect. Excellent post.

    I think so too. The toaster vs oven analogy works better than Jobs' truck vs car analogy. somebody send Jobs an email so he can steal it :D





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  • henrikrox
    Mar 25, 05:49 PM
    Wow amazing I just hope more debs gets creative with this.

    I love people say that this is the future of gaming. I agree with that.

    Then stupid people say we have ps2 graphics. They said future of gaming. Not now. Just look at the jump from iPad 1 to 2. Think 3 years from now when we have CPUs with quad cores and even better graphics.

    Amazing by the devs that created real racing 2. Looks fantastic





    NAG
    Jan 12, 04:41 PM
    just because they used Air in their banner doesn't mean its called MacBook Air.. Apple is not stupid.. its all about slim and light..

    I'll be the one who'll tell you "I told you so" ;) .. enjoy the show!

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=4732961&postcount=94

    or this..

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=4733969&postcount=100

    :apple:MacBook Lite:apple:
    Feb 2008


    Not Found

    The requested URL /showpost...1&postcount=94 was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


    You told us so? ;)





    arkitect
    Mar 22, 12:51 PM
    goddamn i can't make a joke on these forums.
    Sarcasm on an internet Forum never works well. :p
    Besides you didn't type it in blue. ;)





    screensaver400
    Apr 2, 10:35 PM
    The book being read in iBooks is Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave, by Peter Heller.





    DrFrankTM
    Sep 1, 01:21 PM
    I think you're absolutely right!! They need to stick in a couple of digial tuners in it too tho.....

    The problem with adding tuners from what I understand is that there are many different standards throughout the world. Anyone knows if there are there tuners that do it all at the moment? Even without a tuner though, it'd be a pretty slick machine.

    Also, if Apple markets those as HDTVs-that-are-also-computers instead of computers-with-big-screens, I think they could go after a part of the HDTV market that would more than compensate the "downgrades" from the Mac Pro. But a 23-inch model would not only cause downgrades from the Mac Pro. People like me would upgrade from the Mini too! I wanted more than the 20-inch iMac's 1680x1050 for my main screen. Since I bought a Dell screen to go with my Mini, Apple lost a sale there.

    A 23-inch iMac would also crank up Apple's coolness factor a couple of notches. I mean... the Mac Pro is cool and all, but few people - the regular folks, not us gadgets freaks - want to have such a huge box in their living room, and Apple could give better specs to a 23-inch iMac than those of a Mini+screen. Anyways, I think it'd be an awesome product. I hope we'll see something like that in the near future.





    trstno1
    Sep 6, 08:49 AM
    4 week delay if you want the 160GB drive. Maybe I'll buy my own, but it's only $200 from Apple.

    Any thoughts - why no Merom?