Quote: Originally posted by Eug: I still don't know to what you're referring exactly. Maybe Intel has a 1 W idle with their slowest chip, but that's a 600 MHz Pentium M…

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: I'm just stating some facts, and they add up to that it's an entire system that needs to be optimized. Let's just hope Apple can do i…

Got it!

Quote: Originally posted by mchang: I was referring to the Intel specs on the P-M. they quote target or 1W for "typical operation" for the regular model (1.6GHz-1.3GHz),…

Quote: Often with a die shrink companies like Intel add extra cache, but IBM did not. I suspect it's partially because power characteristics and time-to-ship were deemed…

Me = negative: 1. Expected / wanted G5 updates and/or price reduction. 2. Expected lower prices for iPod Minis. 3. Can't get excited by XServes - sorry, majority of us won't e…

Since this was posted in the Powerbooks section, I assume that's what you are referring to. With the exchange program going on right now, I didn't expect any PB-specific items. I…

Quote: Originally posted by JHromadka: Since this was posted in the Powerbooks section, I assume that's what you are referring to. With the exchange program going on ri…

i belive apple offered to give you some money if you trade in an old ibook or powerbook but i dont think its much and it is the same price for all models

Quote: Originally posted by Sakino: Exchange program? http://www.thinksecret.com/news/pbg4upgrade.html . Other sites have confirmed this.

From MacCentral.com Quote: At this week's Macworld Conference & Expo, graphics card and chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. is showing off a forthcoming card that may…

I just want ATI to release a better PCI Mac video card. Such as the 9200. As well as a nice AGP card for the Mac mid-range, even a previous generation 9500 Pro.

Quote: Originally posted by PowerMacMan: I just want ATI to release a better PCI Mac video card. Such as the 9200. As well as a nice AGP card for the Mac mid-range, even…

Schweet.. Thanks for pointing that out.

Finally, Doom III at reasonable framerates. 8-) Actually, all considering, I'm looking forward to what Carmack does to Doom3 in regards to the G5. He, or I should say Id in genera…

Ah, *the* card you will want for playing DOOM III. And Halo, of course. Has an ADC, cool. But not for G4s�not cool. Ah well.

Don't count on a 9800 Pro running Doom III at a decent resolution and not without lowering graphics settings. There are already games *now* (eg. Call of Duty) that eat this card.

I can play Call of Duty on max settings at 1280x1024 on a GeForce4Ti. I think the 9800Pro should be able to play Doom III at reasonable FPS on normal settings, at least.

I thought Carmack said he was going to cap Doom 3 at 60 fps. -Jerry C.

Quote: Originally posted by Hydra: I thought Carmack said he was going to cap Doom 3 at 60 fps. -Jerry C. You don't notice a difference between 60FPS and 300FPS a…

Considering how long D3 has been in development, it's pretty impressive that they designed a game from the start that would still tax graphics cards at it's release. I'd rather h…

Thumbs up on the ADC connector but thumbs down on the 256 megs of RAM. 256 meg cards have been out on the PC for a while and there are no games that benefit from it. It's just a …

Quote: Originally posted by fizzlemynizzle: Thumbs up on the ADC connector but thumbs down on the 256 megs of RAM. 256 meg cards have been out on the PC for a while and…

I have a friend who thinks the same way about the extra 128MB of RAM. He would say something like it is like having a big dick but no where to put it. However I have other friends…

Some games, and near future games, will definitely take advantage of the extra video memory. All of those higher resolution textures and higher res models have to go somewhere. Hav…