It's a quad core Woodcrest desktop with 1gb ram and a 256mb gpu for $2500 (most likely $2300 with edu discount). That is a great system for that price. This is an entirely new sys…

Quote: Originally Posted by wowway1 Nobody's arguing it's a good config for the price, it's just that it's TOO MUCH HARDWARE for average Joe user. Seriously, only real pros buy…

I think Greenamp has a point Lateralus - and I think that there's a difference between wanting all that power and needing all that power. If you need that oomph, then you'll pay th…

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp Get real. If you are complaining that a quad core 2.6 Xeon Mac Pro with 1gb ram, 256 GPU, 250gb hd for $2500 is too much hardware, then you …

You guys all need to calm friggin down. There's a 2GHz model. 2499 is for a mid model. The exact same price it used to be. And BTW 2499 for a quad core machine with the extras th…

Quote: Originally Posted by thebunny Amen. It's ridiculous that there isn't a basic expandable Mac yet. iMac isn't it. I ain't buying the 256 MB main RAM freaking Xeon for $2500…

With the two downgrades available at the Apple Store, you're looking at a quad for less than $2200. Summary of the Mac Pro release: Cut the price of a quad by over $1000 Doubled t…

Since they are all BTO, how will someone be able to return it if Apple doesn't take returns on BTO systems?

Who said they don't do returns on BTO/CTO? I've done it several times...

Quote: Originally Posted by bernt Who said they don't do returns on BTO/CTO? I've done it several times... Huh? Apple has never taken returns on BTO/CTO units unless there …

Before any other people decide to make this a rant feast, let me quickly compare: Power Mac - $1999 • two 2.0 GHz G5 cores, 1x1GHz bus • 512 MB RAM • 160GB HDD • DL SD • GeForce 6…

Please use this thread for anything you want to say about Leopard. Happy posting

So what's new with the Finder Steve? Huh? Nothing you say? Not even the end of brushed metal? Oh.

Is Mail finally going to have a columns/widescreen view? They've copied just about every other feature from Outlook now, I hope they crib that too.

oh, come on ... I was waiting for some GUI change at the least ... or could this be one of their "top secret" features they didn't show ?

Proabably gonna have more changes in the final version

Time machine sounds pretty awesome. Instantly reminds me of VAX/VMS file versioning.

Yeah, colour me underwhelmed. New apps an new operating system maketh not.

the new "top secret" features are a new finder. Apple isn't showing it because they want it to be too late for vista to copy it. Trust me, I've heard about it employees... Anyway …

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Is Mail finally going to have a columns/widescreen view? They've copied just about every other feature from Outlook now, I hope they crib that…

I told everybody expecting some completely unprecented UI revolution in the Finder that they were setting themselves up for disappointment, and lo and behold, they were setting the…

The preview of 10.4.8 looked great. Can't wait to see what they do with 10.5!

A look at the worth of OSX Leopard. $25 - New Mail (todo, notes, stationary, rss) $20 - Spaces (very cool) $10 - iCal $30 - Time Machine - If it does what it says, this will be am…

It's been widely rumored that 10.5 will feature major unification of the interface. If that's the case, that's probably some of the "top-secret" stuff that Jobs didn't want to demo…

I have a feeling that Core Animation and the Finder are going to be used together and that will be part of the Secret Features. I'm excited. Time Machine and the new iChat look a…