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post #21 of 43
4/18/03 at 6:25pm
WOW....this computer looks awesome and teh spcs look great anyone have a clue as to how much this system will go for....im plaining on purchasing a 5670 soon... really like the wideangl screen but would like it even more if it was 17 anyone know the realease date for the D470W....this system is defintaly one that would chagne my mind as to what to purchase
post #22 of 43
4/18/03 at 6:30pm
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Originally posted by TheRaj
WOW....this computer looks awesome and teh spcs look great anyone have a clue as to how much this system will go for....im plaining on purchasing a 5670 soon... really like the wideangl screen but would like it even more if it was 17 anyone know the realease date for the D470W....this system is defintaly one that would chagne my mind as to what to purchase
Keep in mind this screen is only wxga which is basically a widescreen version of xga. It would have been nicer if it was wuxga but I'm sure that would eventually be added in the future.

Assuming this becomes a staple for sager and it's resellers this machine looks like it could find a home for someone looking for something inbetween a 56xx and 888x. And of course widescreen fanatics will eat it up.
post #23 of 43
4/18/03 at 10:34pm
what a fantastic laptop. It looks like the one of the reasons to buy a Powerbook just went down, at least until it actually gets released. I am definitely waiting for this new beast to come out.
post #24 of 43
4/18/03 at 10:36pm
I'd like to see a 15.2 in widescreen model,
like the vpr Matrix 200A5 and 15 inch Powerbook. Think and light.
post #25 of 43
4/19/03 at 12:33am
7 pounds IS light

I mean come on dont be a wimp
post #26 of 43
4/19/03 at 1:08am
no matter how good you think that system will be, it still lacks the ability to run OS X. you've never experienced pure and unadulterated stability and speed until you've experienced OS X. and yes, i is a edumicated mac user
post #27 of 43
4/19/03 at 1:11am
I don't have any major complaints with WinXP. I have never tried MacOSX, but Linux runs pretty good on my 5660.
post #28 of 43
4/19/03 at 1:20am
you will automagically discover complaints with XP if ever ever find yourself in a OS X environment. i work with both on a daily basis and i'm not an evangelist of the mac, it just works, and fast. everything is intuitive. back in the OS9 days, although still a better OS, it crashed just as much as windows. but now under the mach kernel and bsd unix framework, is the most stable OS i've ever experienced. it is really amazing. and beautiful.
post #29 of 43
4/19/03 at 1:28am
I guess this is turning into another windows vs. mac debate.
We all like are own OS. Leave it at that.
BTW, OS X is too bubbly and Windows XP has yet to crash on me.
post #30 of 43
4/19/03 at 1:33am
I know nothing of OSX, but I've never had Win xp pro crash on me as well. The worst that ever happens is a program stops responding or the os slows down for a few moments, but I've never had to restart do to a crash and I've been running xp for over a year. That being said OSX still probably kicks its ass, but I'll never go mac because they're to behind in hardware and have very few games on it.
post #31 of 43
4/19/03 at 1:50am
my intentions here do not include converting peeps to the mac. hell i just bought an 8887. i need this windows machine because i am, at the age of 25, now going to school for my CCNA and Network+, and need a solid understanding of the underpinnings of winblows. personally i dont have the many issues with windows ever since XP was released, and am not naive to the fact that only 1 out of every 2938403475437 people actually have actually used a mac or even know what one is. i have my mac to go home to and am happy at that.

but you, my friends, would benefit your sanity and wellbeing if you bought one. it is pure unix with the loveliest interface known to mankind. completely controllable via CLI(through the Terminal)if that's yer nut. the mac is now offically the most widely distributed UNIX operating in the world, bar none.

you can actually load Darwin(the core UNIX libraries that underpin OSX) on your x86 machine.

insanely great stuff
post #32 of 43
4/19/03 at 2:05am
forgot to mention, if you try the mac, you will most likely become an unemployable nutcase like me. so use at your own risk.
post #33 of 43
4/19/03 at 2:41am
Macs might have a lot going for them, but they have one more glaring problem. They're to damn expensive. I keep wondering when they'll finally go under, but they keep pulling rabits out of their hats to stay afloat. Their market share is decreasing. If they ever decide to switch to an intel or amd base processor than they would give a PC a run for their money, but I don't think its likely.
post #34 of 43
4/19/03 at 2:52am
the industry has predicted the demise of apple since 1979, and pretty much every year since then, with the exception of 1984. the single factor that has kept them afloat is their product. the motorola-based processors, for 15+ years, far exceeded anything intel, but that time has passed, and they know it. apple is currently transitioning it's cpu's from moto to the PPC 970's that IBM uses in its high end servers.

there are rumors that apple is even switching to intel. this is probably not a bad idea.

the OS is what apple can do that no one else has been able to pull off, and they have done it better than anyone in the industry since 1977, regardless of marketshare. userbase has never equated pure ability or power on an OS level. this is demonstated by rivalries such as beta vs. vhs, linux vs. unix, barney vs. teletubbies, etc.....

and the extra expense you speak of, it will always be there. one will always pay more for a premium product. the userbase for ford mustangs will always be greater, but porsche 911 GT3's will, strangley, always be more expensive.

omg, here i go again.likening macs to high end feel good sport luxo cars. i'm going to hell aren't i =\

post #35 of 43
4/19/03 at 3:02am

Mac Schmack...

Seriously - how can you justify paying so much money for such a lousy system...

Few games are written for Mac and most Engineering Software dont even care about MacOS...

Use at your own risk...

Nice computers for oldies and kiddies...

porsche my (the habit is catching)
post #36 of 43
4/19/03 at 3:05am
all you mac people can my
post #37 of 43
4/19/03 at 3:09am

I'll second that...

my and my

Ok that was not nice...

Mac's suck and thats the bottom line. Its a laptop designed to fleece the rich and fool the poor into believing its a good product. Its a toy really...

You pay 3000.00 something dollars for 2 year old hardware and there are still people around to support the crap...
post #38 of 43
4/19/03 at 3:09am
if you are a gamer, the only option is a wintel based PC. if you are a high-end video editor,web programmer,music mixer,studio manager; you'll end up with a mac. it's not really a toy computer, and they've never alluded to that....but if game manufacturers actually got off their collective arses and optimized the games for the G4, can you imagine how wonderful that would be......oh the frame rates.....i'm soiling myself just thinking about it....
post #39 of 43
4/19/03 at 3:26am
dude, if you're soiling yourself, you should lay off your
post #40 of 43
4/19/03 at 3:41am
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Originally posted by gr8gatzby
if you are a gamer, the only option is a wintel based PC. if you are a high-end video editor,web programmer,music mixer,studio manager; you'll end up with a mac. it's not really a toy computer, and they've never alluded to that....but if game manufacturers actually got off their collective arses and optimized the games for the G4, can you imagine how wonderful that would be......oh the frame rates.....i'm soiling myself just thinking about it....
well, game manufacturers aren't going to and probably won't in the near future or ever, so PC is still the way to go.
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