Re: REPOST: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

 

Gene Jones wrote:

> "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:

>

>>> macs run more software than any computer made, don't forget that.

>> What are you talking about? How can any Mac advocate argue with a Windows

>> user and talk about the amount of software they have available? Is this

>> just some dumb reference for Macs being able to run Unix programs, and the

>> Intel hardware to run Windows apps by running Windows itself? When you are

>> talking about the amount of native software, nothing comes close to Windows,

>> and Macs cannot even run most of Macintosh software natively anymore, with

>> all the processor (Motorola > PowerPC > Intel) and OS changes (MacOS > OSX)

>> you keep having.

>

> Most Macs can run all software, only the Intel versions can't run the

> few remaining Classic apps. There are tons more OSX software than

> classic so it really doesn't matter.

>

>>> plus the macbook air is quite a bit more feature rich than the x-series.

>> LOL. Compromise is what happens when you design an ultra-compact, and to

>> get the Macbook Air that thin, for posing fanboys, there have been far more

>> compromises than ever!

>>

>> What is your definition of 'feature rich'? So what are these better

>> features you were talking about exactly? I can only see a higher

>> resolution, as the screen is quite a lot bigger.

>

> It's the thinnest laptop with the largest screen, has a FULL keyboard,

> the keys light up when the ambient light level gets dark, it has no

> unneeded ports, thus battery life is longer than any laptop of it's size

> and power. has LED backlit screen, keeps its value better than any other

> laptop, runs OSX, etc, etc.

>

>> The main feature of this Macbook Air is its thinness, and there are a lot

>> of common features missing in it. It is compromised!

>

> No, you are thinking of "Legacy" ports. Do you really need an ethernet

> port nowadays? nope! an optical drive? nope! those are all 1980's ports

> that Apple made standard, now they are taking them away just like they

> did to the floppy which they brought the world in 1977. Trust me, every

> laptop in 10 years will work just like the MacBook Air, you are just

> trying to prop up a dying platform (window/linux)

>

>> My Thinkpads have more than one measly USB port. They have Firewire. How

>> could an Apple not even have Firewire??

>

> And could you please explain why you would ever need a USB port?

> Everything is wireless now (in the modern Apple world) but yes, if you

> still live in the (old legacy Windows world) you can't understand what

> I'm saying.

>

> what is this?

>

> http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/wireless.html

>

> what is this?

>

> http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/

>

> what is this?

>

> http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

>

> you don't need firewire with "wireless migration", gosh, you sure don't

> know what is going on in the modern computer world!

>

> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/wireless.html

>

>> They have high speed 7200rpm 2.5 hard drives. This Macbook Air has 4200rpm

>> 1.8" drive like those used in iPods. Do you realise that? Thinkpad X4x

>> series had 1.8" drives, and they moved back to 2.5" for the X6x, as 4200rpm

>> drives are 'performance dogs' (quote from the Thinkpad division). I think

>> you will find that this is going to be the biggest criticism of this laptop

>> when it comes out. It's going to be s-l-o-w. SSD's are very very

>> expensive, but you'd have to get one of those if you want better performance

>> as you cannot even get 5400rpm drives in 1.8" size, let alone 7200rpm.

>

> so you admit you don't understand how OSX works? programs load into RAM,

> they don't load off the hard drive but what? maybe once a month? Do you

> even use a Mac? Sounds like not.

>

> Yes, when SSD's come down in price it won't matter anyway. So wait a

> year if you aren't ready to join the modern world.

>

>> And this thread was started on the basis that it uses a processor especially

>> made for Apple. This new small form factor was apparently planned for

>> Penryn all along, according to the AnandTech link posted. It's just Apple

>> wanted the smaller size on the older Merom core, that has been out for ages.

>> And by the way, it took ages for Apple to move from the Core Duo to the Core

>> 2 Duo once it came out. I think we can expect to see Windows/Linux PCs with

>> Penryn chips long before we see them in Apples, and Penryn is a major

>> advance in processor technology.

>

> Yes, but Apple was able to help Intel Engineers to get to the small chip

> size. And when you feel the bottom of the of the MacBook Air, you'll be

> shocked at how cool running it is. Apple and Intel did it again.

>

>> I'm not against Macs for any reason, but some of their fans are knob.heads

>> and this Macbook Air is just a toy, made for iPosers. Have you

>> pre-ordered one already then?

>

> I'm not a fan of Apple, I just like quality products, you don't and I

> don't hold that against you. Sure, I've actually have 6 on order.

>

> How about you?

>

> -

 

The Mac Air is nice, I admit. I just watched the video. I wouldn't mind

having one :-) The wireless features are really cool. I would connect a

DVI TFT Monitor to it, though. 13" ain't much and I don't travel much

and when I do, it is without *any* computers.

 

Alias

Re: REPOST: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

 

In article <uKIviEUYIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:

> REPOST. Sent a few hours ago, but the microsoft newsserver filters posts

> containing

> swearing, even though I cannot find any swearing in my post.

>

> "Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message

> news:jasin-ED8CF1.13560127012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...

> >

> > macs run more software than any computer made, don't forget that.

>

> What are you talking about? How can any Mac advocate argue with a Windows

> user and talk about the amount of software they have available?

 

It's easy. Mac's start off loaded with software. Everything from a

full blown set of developer tools to an SQL database to a full featured

text editor (will spell checking), dictionary, thesaurus plus all the

unix goodies (grep, bash etc). These all run under a robust UI with

integrated system services and a plethora of GUI functionality all

accessible through one button on the mouse.

 

All Tier 1 Mac OS X apps run natively, these include apps used daily by

professionals as well as science apps, games for kids, just pick a

category. We can also run Tier 1 Linux/UNIX/OSS whatever apps: MySql,

Gimp to name a couple, on the same system. If we need to, if we

absolutely have to, if our lives depend on running that oddball windows

app we can do that too. One system, thousands of apps many of which are

designed for different systems.

 

The ability to run software is why I bought this machine several years

ago. Forget it dude, you windows guys are so far out of your league you

don't even know it.

 

<snip>

 

--

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"This post was proof read by Mac OS X Leopard

running on a G4 933 with a little more than 700

things of ram. :)"

Re: Once again, AMD builds better CPU for Linux

 

In article <bfragkvkf71u$.1ovndmv1owc3c$.dlg@40tude.net>, Moshe

Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:28:55 -0500, Tim Murray wrote:

>

> > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:26:24 -0500, 7 wrote:

> >> Appil Corporation Fraudulent Asstroturfer Gene Jones wrote on behalf of

> >> Appil Corporation:

> >>

> >>> A

> >>

> >> Stick to AMD 64 bit CPUs and PCs running Linux. Its a lot faster than appil

> >> crap.

> >>

> >> See for yourself the coolest desktops running Linux

> >> http://www.youtube.com search for beryl and compiz

> >>

> >> All free with source code unlike appil crap

> >> http://www.livecdlist.com

> >> http://www.distrowatch.com

> >>

> >

> > Wow. You really put forth a compelling argument.

>

> As you have discovered, ' 7 ' isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

> Most of COLA, both sides, have more or less agreed that he is mentally

> retarded.

 

He must be. He still doesn't understand that showing a couple screen

shots of Beryl is _not_ advocating Linux, and certainly not a specific

product recommendation.

Of course, his poor-attitude spelling and extreme exaggerations do the

same. I would swear if a product he didn't use had 1 percent less

performance, he'd call it crap. Heck, if it had ten percent better

performance, he'd call it crap as long as it wasn't what he used.

Re: Once again, AMD builds better CPU for Linux

 

In article <G72nj.83968$c_1.80981@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,

<website_has_email@www.enemygadgets.com> wrote:

> > Wow. You really put forth a compelling argument.

>

> You got to remember these arguments are addressed towards appil retardees

> conning the public out of money and better technology.

 

 

How are Mac users conning the public out of money?

How are Mac users causing any slower adoption of tech?

 

Isn't this a complaint directed better at nearly ANY other company?

Synapse Syndrome wrote:

> "Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message

> news:jasin-D12641.20475726012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...

>> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a

>> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure

>> up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple and has

>> again built a chip exactly to Apple's specifications.

>>

>> The MacBook Air is the first to have this fast, super low temp chip.

>> Apple correctly says it's the world's thinnest Laptop, but they don't

>> mention it's also the world's coolest running.

>>

>> A good read:

>>

>> You may have wondered how it is possible that the MacBook Air is getting

>> a new Intel microprocessor - a processor that is so new that it has not

>> been available for any other product. We actually have seen other

>> examples of Apple being treated as a very special customer by Intel,

>> such as the exclusive availability of the 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon last

>> year.

>>

>> A little investigation reveals that Intel actually did develop a

>> processor for Apple and its MacBook Air. And, if you are aware of the

>> background story, this special Apple chip makes a whole lot of sense for

>> both Apple and Intel.

>>

>> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35789/118/

>>

>> you can learn more about the most powerful laptop for its size in the

>> world here:

>>

>> COOL!

>>

>> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/

>> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

>

>

> I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps that

> I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the totally

> functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.

>

> ss.

>

>

 

Agreed. I love Thinkpad xseries too. I have an x41. :)

 

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Re: Once again, AMD builds better CPU for Linux

 

Kier <vallon@tiscali.co.uk> writes:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:35:56 -0700, Gene Jones wrote:

>

>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>>> > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:16:38 -0500, 7 wrote:

>>> >> if you haven't bought into Linux yet.

>>> >

>>> > Rather sounds like multilevel marketing.

>>>

>>> Coupled with a religious cult.

>>

>> and horrendous software. linux is for kids.

>

> How so? Are you talking about Sugar, the OLPC interface? That's certainly

> *designed* for kids. Linux as a whole is meant for adults with minds of

> their own.

 

Poor Kier. Always counteraction with no "action". Come on Kier. Instead

of getting your panties in a wad, do some real advocacy.

 

What SW do YOU use that is better on Linux than on XP?

 

OSS that is.

Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>

> Who cares?

> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX

> and install a kludge like Linux.

 

No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

 

The apps generally let it down.

"Hadron" <hadronquark@googlemail.com> stated in post

fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org on 1/27/08 9:23 PM:

> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>

>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>

>> Who cares?

>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX

>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>

> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>

> The apps generally let it down.

 

 

Which apps have let you down? What were you doing with them?

 

 

--

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"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

<none@none.not> wrote in message news:fnjknv$ee2$2@aioe.org...

>>

>> I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps

>> that I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the

>> totally functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.

>>

>

> Agreed. I love Thinkpad xseries too. I have an x41. :)

 

 

I have an X31 and an X40. I have been planning to get a X61 or X61s, but

now I think I'll wait for a Penryn powered X62 (or is it going to be a new

design, X70?).

 

ss.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

(in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>

>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>

>> Who cares?

>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX

>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>

> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>

> The apps generally let it down.

 

The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

 

 

 

 

 

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"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>

>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>

>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>

>>> Who cares?

>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX

>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>

>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>

>> The apps generally let it down.

>

> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

 

Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

 

--

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Re: Once again, AMD builds better CPU for Linux

 

"7" <website_has_email@www.enemygadgets.com> wrote in message

news:Ao1nj.83935$c_1.62558@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> Appil Corporation Fraudulent Asstroturfer Gene Jones wrote on behalf of

> Appil Corporation:

>

>> A

>

> Stick to AMD 64 bit CPUs and PCs running Linux. Its a lot faster than

> appil

> crap.

>

> See for yourself the coolest desktops running Linux

> All free with source code unlike appil crap

 

Beryl Died.

Can you rotate to a good App...or is compiz gimmickry the coup de grace ?

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote

(in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

>

>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>>

>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>>

>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>>

>>>> Who cares?

>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like

>>>> OSX

>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>>

>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>>

>>> The apps generally let it down.

>>

>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

>

> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

 

I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

 

--

Lefty

All of God's creatures have a place..........

..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.

See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote

> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>

>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

>>

>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>>>

>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>

>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>>>

>>>>> Who cares?

>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like

>>>>> OSX

>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>>>

>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>>>

>>>> The apps generally let it down.

>>>

>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

>>

>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

>

> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

 

Never saw the movie.

 

 

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"Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message

news:jasin-D12641.20475726012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...

> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a

> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure

> up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple

 

Bahahahahaha! Are you serious? You have to be joking making a stupid

statement like this. I know who this is, this is that same nut that said

that Apple has to "ratify" External SATA before it can become an industry

standard.

 

The ONLY thing he is right about is that they designed a chip for

Apple's thin notebook. Now mind you it's the same Core 2 Duo in other

computers, it's just made smaller and uses less power.

 

Intel wants to have everyone as their customer but they're hardly

desperate. Before they had Apple, they sold the vast majority of CPUs.

 

John

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote

(in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:

>

>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote

>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>>

>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

>>>

>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>>>>

>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>

>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Who cares?

>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like

>>>>>> OSX

>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>>>>

>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>>>>

>>>>> The apps generally let it down.

>>>>

>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

>>>

>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

>>

>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

>

> Never saw the movie.

 

It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.

 

 

--

Lefty

All of God's creatures have a place..........

..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.

See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:02:09 -0600, Lefty Bigfoot wrote

(in article <0001HW.C3C2CC0201D1623DF01846D8@news.verizon.net>):

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote

> (in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>

>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:

>>

>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote

>>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>>>

>>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

>>>>

>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

>>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>>>>>

>>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Who cares?

>>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like

>>>>>>> OSX

>>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> The apps generally let it down.

>>>>>

>>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

>>>>

>>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

>>>

>>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

>>

>> Never saw the movie.

>

> It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.

 

ah, there was a movie with that title, and it predates the show

I was referencing by a year. I was referring to the Flying

Fickle Finger of Fate that was common on Laugh-In.

 

I don't recall seeing that movie either.

 

 

--

Lefty

All of God's creatures have a place..........

..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.

See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

0001HW.C3C2CC0201D1623DF01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 11:02 PM:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote

> (in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>

>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:

>>

>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote

>>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>>>

>>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

>>>>

>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

>>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>>>>>

>>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Who cares?

>>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like

>>>>>>> OSX

>>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> The apps generally let it down.

>>>>>

>>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

>>>>

>>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

>>>

>>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

>>

>> Never saw the movie.

>

> It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.

>

Then I will wait for the movie.

 

That was easy.

 

 

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"John Slade" <sammy@candyman.com> stated in post

K0enj.765$Ch6.244@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net on 1/27/08 10:48 PM:

>

> "Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message

> news:jasin-D12641.20475726012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...

>> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a

>> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure

>> up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple

>

> Bahahahahaha! Are you serious? You have to be joking making a stupid

> statement like this. I know who this is, this is that same nut that said

> that Apple has to "ratify" External SATA before it can become an industry

> standard.

>

> The ONLY thing he is right about is that they designed a chip for

> Apple's thin notebook. Now mind you it's the same Core 2 Duo in other

> computers, it's just made smaller and uses less power.

 

You say that like it is just a little favor. LOL! Your "justs" are a

pretty big deal!

>

> Intel wants to have everyone as their customer but they're hardly

> desperate. Before they had Apple, they sold the vast majority of CPUs.

 

Wow... you do know a little about the industry. A little.

 

 

 

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"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

0001HW.C3C2CCB301D18BADF01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 11:05 PM:

> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:02:09 -0600, Lefty Bigfoot wrote

> (in article <0001HW.C3C2CC0201D1623DF01846D8@news.verizon.net>):

>

>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:16:50 -0600, Snit wrote

>> (in article <C3C2B352.A49F5%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>>

>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>>> 0001HW.C3C2C09D01CEB681F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 10:13 PM:

>>>

>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:53:37 -0600, Snit wrote

>>>> (in article <C3C2ADE1.A49ED%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com>):

>>>>

>>>>> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> stated in post

>>>>> 0001HW.C3C2BB2B01CD6FD1F01846D8@news.verizon.net on 1/27/08 9:50 PM:

>>>>>

>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 -0600, Hadron wrote

>>>>>> (in article <fnjlbe$kqr$5@registered.motzarella.org>):

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>>>>>>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Who cares?

>>>>>>>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like

>>>>>>>> OSX

>>>>>>>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> The apps generally let it down.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> The Fickle Finger of Fate points at glib.

>>>>>

>>>>> Your alliteration was fine until the last word of your sentence.

>>>>

>>>> I never expected you would understand the reference anyway.

>>>

>>> Never saw the movie.

>>

>> It didn't come from a movie, and I left out part of it.

>

> ah, there was a movie with that title

 

Yes, I know. :)

> , and it predates the show I was referencing by a year. I was referring to

> the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate that was common on Laugh-In.

 

Aha. I saw a few episodes but never really was a fan... I have never been a

big watcher of TV.

>

> I don't recall seeing that movie either.

 

Fair enough.

 

 

 

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In article <K0enj.765$Ch6.244@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net>, John Slade

<sammy@candyman.com> wrote:

> Intel wants to have everyone as their customer but they're hardly

> desperate. Before they had Apple, they sold the vast majority of CPUs.

 

"Intel was desperate to have Apple as a customer"

is not the same statement as

"Intel is a desparate company."

Gene Jones wrote:

>As we all

 

*plonk*

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:23:07 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> writes:

>

>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>>

>> Who cares?

>> Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX

>> and install a kludge like Linux.

>

> No. The core kernel and the architecture is excellent.

>

> The apps generally let it down.

 

That's my point.

What good is an OS without applications.

Mitch wrote:

> In article <86nu65x4ot.ln2@supertux.my.domain>, Jerry McBride

> <jmcbride@mail-on.us> wrote:

>

>> For the price of one mac air... I could buy three eePC's... and have

>> Linux pre-installed....

>>

>> Is the Air Linux compatible?

>

> I don't know of any Mac ever made that was not compatible with Linux.

> Now, it's compatible with even Windows.

>

> I can't believe anyone would talk about the Asus low-end laptop as a

> comparison to regular laptop considerations. Come on, a 7 inch screen?

 

 

The Mac Air isn't so regular either... no on-board cd/dvd drives... does it

even have a USB slot? How about changing out the battery when it finally

dies... ahhh... it's over priced, just like all the crap apple makes...

 

 

 

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Synapse Syndrome wrote:

> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

> <none@none.not> wrote in message news:fnjknv$ee2$2@aioe.org...

>>> I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps

>>> that I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the

>>> totally functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.

>>>

>> Agreed. I love Thinkpad xseries too. I have an x41. :)

>

>

> I have an X31 and an X40. I have been planning to get a X61 or X61s, but

> now I think I'll wait for a Penryn powered X62 (or is it going to be a new

> design, X70?).

>

> ss.

>

>

 

Nice! I have no leverage for upgrading anytime soon because mine is my

work laptop and it does everything I need it to do and still screams.

:) They cost a bit more but are well worth the price.

 

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