WWDC 2006!
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WooHoo! This oh so anticipated World Wide Developers Conference '06 has finally begun! And of course there's no better way than a Steve Jobs Keynote to kick things off.
Many things were announced, but the most important are as follows:
The Mac Pro
A first look at Leopard
The new XServe
and lower priced cinema displays
Have to keep you (mostly) Windoze users informed.
Discuss!
Many things were announced, but the most important are as follows:
The Mac Pro
A first look at Leopard
The new XServe
and lower priced cinema displays
Have to keep you (mostly) Windoze users informed.
Discuss!
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No offense but to me Leapord just looks like OS X eith new features installed...
On the Mac Pro: The darn thing is $2,500 without a display. Plus it only has a Gig of RAM. Now that is slow compared to the two dual-core processors in the darn thing.
The new server: Very powerful, very expensive...
Cheaper displays: F-ing A! That's awesome!
On the Mac Pro: The darn thing is $2,500 without a display. Plus it only has a Gig of RAM. Now that is slow compared to the two dual-core processors in the darn thing.
The new server: Very powerful, very expensive...
Cheaper displays: F-ing A! That's awesome!
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Oh, I get it. Steve Jobs thinks his OS is actually relavent. I suppose it does distinguish and set Apple apart from the other IBM PC clone manufacturers, though. I think I'll stick with the OS that's both highly stable and allows me to have the most fun ~_~
Smite aside, none of this seems very noteworthy, just newer itterations of yesteryear's desktop PC and server.
Smite aside, none of this seems very noteworthy, just newer itterations of yesteryear's desktop PC and server.
1- That sounds a like the Mac OS, doesn't really fit Window's description...teraflop122 wrote:I think I'll stick with the OS that's both highly stable and allows me to have the most fun ~_~
Smite aside, none of this seems very noteworthy, just newer itterations of yesteryear's desktop PC and server.
2- Name something that's faster and/or cheaper
1- Isn't that what any OS upgrade is?cowsgoquack101 wrote:No offense but to me Leapord just looks like OS X eith new features installed...
On the Mac Pro: The darn thing is $2,500 without a display. Plus it only has a Gig of RAM. Now that is slow compared to the two dual-core processors in the darn thing.
The new server: Very powerful, very expensive...
Cheaper displays: F-ing A! That's awesome!
2- Compared to an identically equipped Dell, it's hundreds of dollars cheaper watch the keynote...
3- once again, cheaper
4- also beating Dell in price
Linux is cheaper (I <3 free stuff). He might have been talking about linux in the first place (I don't know though).sgtpepper wrote:1- That sounds a like the Mac OS, doesn't really fit Window's description...teraflop122 wrote:I think I'll stick with the OS that's both highly stable and allows me to have the most fun ~_~
Smite aside, none of this seems very noteworthy, just newer itterations of yesteryear's desktop PC and server.
2- Name something that's faster and/or cheaper
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That is the point of the humor. I see commercials every day flaunting Mac OS as the way to have fun, and Windows as little more than a business tool. Of course, all games worth mentioning are released first and foremost for Windows, and then at a later date maybe released for Mac. A few might be released for both concurrently. The stability arguement also doesn't hold water any longer; many people, including hosts on G4, admit that Windows never gives them any more trouble than Mac OS. My Windows PC hasn't crashed in over two years.1- That sounds a like the Mac OS, doesn't really fit Window's description...
I'm just curious why I should give any consideration to Mac OS at all. Is it so I can navigate through menus more quickly? Perhaps it'll allow me to feel warm and fuzzy inside whenever I see those commercials on TV.
Windows XP Home only costs me 80 or 90 bucks, while OS Tiger costs a whoping $129- that is when I actually feel like paying for Windows. You will notice that few people on this forum actually pay for much of their software at all. Add to that the relative cost of the inconvenience involved in waiting for distant Mac OS game release dates...
Wow, you're rightCompared to an identically equipped Dell, it's hundreds of dollars cheaper watch the keynote...
Anyway, there are some Apple products I do have an interest in. I've had my eye on the Mac Mini for a long time, especially now that you can get dual-core power in such a tiny, cool case. I consider the Mini a miracle of engineering. Of course I'd put Windows on it (gasp-> DEATH), but I'd still have to tip my hat to the engineers who designed it.
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Well to put price into perspective:
$1,300 iMac comes with everything you see here.
$1,300 gaming PC highly customizable and gaming powerful.
Choose wisely.
Oh and sgtpepper: I mean that graphically Mac OS X isn't different from Tiger. Besides Vista is very different from XP. Just like how XP was graphically better than 98, 2000, and ME.
$1,300 iMac comes with everything you see here.
$1,300 gaming PC highly customizable and gaming powerful.
Choose wisely.
Oh and sgtpepper: I mean that graphically Mac OS X isn't different from Tiger. Besides Vista is very different from XP. Just like how XP was graphically better than 98, 2000, and ME.
Ah yeah... I don't know about anyone else but i think the mac pro looks like a good deal for the power it has
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