Apple SlowChat 23!

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Op woensdag 11 januari 2006 23:59 schreef skiczukie het volgende:
Dus, wie bezorgt het Tijn?

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:02 schreef i-spy24 het volgende:
Tering ..wat gaat die SC snel

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:00 schreef De_Hertog het volgende:
Tijn: wat kost dat nou alles bij elkaar, zo'n iPhoto Boek?

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:04 schreef De_Hertog het volgende:
Hmm. iPod Shuffle voor 69,95. Twijfel twijfel...

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:06 schreef Tijn het volgende:

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Bij de MacHouse in Rotterdam verkopen ze nog iPod mini's voor 189 euro, zag ik vandaag. Dat is ook niet gek!

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:21 schreef Tijn het volgende:
Horeca met gratis wifi is echt briljant

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:30 schreef AudreyHepburn het volgende:

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Uiteindelijk hebben we met bier op de bank gezeten en hebben we een iBook aangesloten op de stereo. .

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:34 schreef Tijn het volgende:

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Niet op de TV? Ik wel

Sterker nog, ik moet nog een paar minuten kijken. Dat ga ik nu ff doen

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:38 schreef skiczukie het volgende:
In het vorige topic had ik gelezen over een batterijduur van drie uur voor de MacBook (ze hadden van mij ook wel een betere naam mogen verzinnen), maar dat is toch wel érg weinig?

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 01:10 schreef skiczukie het volgende:

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Als ik van Leeuwarden naar mijn zus in Haarlem ga met de trein, dat is twee-en-een-half-uur, en ik ben de vorige dag mijn MacBook vergeten op te laden, heb ik er dus niks aan in de trein. Bijvoorbeeld.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:30 schreef AudreyHepburn het volgende:

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Het internet in België is klote hoor, 1 streepje at most.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 03:59 schreef XL het volgende:

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Studeer jij in België?

[insert onzinnig Engels gezegde wat typerend is voor het tijdstip] Dat wist ik niet!

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 06:39 schreef Anthraxx het volgende:

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Nee, ze studeert in een Cafe met de naam Belgie.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 01:19 schreef skiczukie het volgende:
Ik zit te denk om een iMac G5 te kopen, daarmee video te bewerken en PhotoShop e.d. En vervolgens dat soort dingen met een goedkope iBook te presenteren.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 06:39 schreef Anthraxx het volgende:

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Nee, ze studeert in een Cafe met de naam Belgie.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 08:27 schreef Walter_Sobchak het volgende:

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Heb nog wel een goeie in de aanbieding; ik wil de overstap maken naar de intel iMac

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 09:13 schreef Rock-shocker het volgende:
TVP. En de batterij in mijn iBook gaat nog maar drie uur mee (better battery life, maar zonder reduced contrast). Hij is binnen twee maanden van een B+ naar een C- gegaan in iBatt.

Maar goed langer dan twee uur duren mijn reizen toch maar zeer zelden.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 01:40 schreef darkleroy het volgende:

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Waar dan?

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 09:59 schreef Marty26 het volgende:
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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 00:38 schreef AudreyHepburn het volgende:

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Het leuke was, wij waren zo enthousiast aan het doen dat iedereen die langsliep mee kwam kijken. .

En verder: WTF @ drie uur batterij van de MacBook. !

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Lost in Transition: Overcane of Antflower Milk

Today Apple announced the MacBook Pro. It has quite a few changes compared to the previous PowerBook. For one, it uses an Intel Core Duo (formally known as Yonah) chip. This is a dual core processor and no, unlike what Steve Jobs stated, this does not have two processors. This will help a lot with responsiveness. I've been dreaming of a dual core laptop for quite a while. However, the realization of my dream coupled with the changes seen makes me cry.

Another change is, of course, the name. Which is horrible. It doesn't roll off the tongue at all and is just too confusing. It actually sounds like some child created it. Well, some PC using child. It's uninspired. The PowerBooks were not named for the chip they used (unlike the PowerMac) as they used a 68k processor and were called PowerBooks long before the PowerPC chip was in them. The new name really sounds like a good name for Accounting software, not a machine.

We've also lost quite a few technologies and features in this transition. All of the following items compare the Old PowerBook 15 inch to the new MacBook Pro 15 inch.

Power: The new portable ICBMs (Intel-chip based Macs, also iCBM) require more power than their previous iterations. they have a 60-watt-hour battery compared to the old PowerBook's 50-watt-hour battery. They also have 85 watt AC adapters compared to the old 65 watt AC adapters. Imaginary Watt per Performance Arbitrary Unit my butt.
Parts Missing: The S-Video output, the Modem, and the FW800 have been removed.The modem was extremely useful for those that traveled a lot and needed dialup access to get internet access. Not every hotel/rest area has an ethernet jack/wireless and not everyone can use dialup networking on their cell phone via Bluetooth. The S-Video was very, very useful for presentations on projection screens. Especially when so many of today's presentations are being done via PowerPoint slides. Argh. The FW800 (FireWire 800) was very useful for those that had FW800 devices and needed speed. Even more so for those that needed multiple FW400 ports because their devices weren't daisy chain-able (like the iPod). However, I imagine this could have been removed if having two bus powered devices on two different ports was too much of a power drain for the ICBM. Remove a feature to add longer battery life. Some people suggest these can be added back using the ExpressCard port. However, that's spending a more money for one feature as there is but one slot.
Visually Unimpressive: Here's an odd one. The old PowerBook has a 15.1 inch screen with a 1440x960 resolution. The new MacBook Pro has a resolution of 1440x900. Notice the smaller number? Yes, the new MacBook Pro has 86,400 fewer pixels than the old one. And because these pixels are in a greater area, it means the DPI is lower on the MacBook Pro as well.
Burning Issues: I didn't notice this until at least 3 people pointed it out to me, but the new MacBook Pro lacks Dual Layer DVD burning. I'm not even sure how that happens. Previously, Macs would come with DVD±RW burning or DVD+R DL burning without Apple even advertising it; machines would just have it included before it was a standard feature. Now they've actually removed Dual Layer burning. OMGWTF?
Arbitrary Additions: New to the MacBook Pro is a built in iSight and an IR port for the Front Row remote. I can barely understand the iSight for professional users. It might be useful for meetings on the road (or in a plane) and imagining Phil Schiller in a thong. But otherwise, it seems somewhat unnecessary. The Front Row remote I don't get at all. The MacBook Pro is a portable machine, having a remote with a portable machine just seems redundant in some way. And easily lost.
Performance: Apple says the new MacBook Pro is 4x-5x faster than the old PowerBook. I have to question this a lot. They didn't seem to mention the SPEC test was designed specifically for dual cores/processors and that the Intel compiler has been accused of cheating when it comes to compiling synthetic benchmarks in the past. But that's from memory and I can't find any concrete links on it at this time. Granted, Motorola dropped the ball and never really increased the bus speed for the G4, so even if it could process data fast, it was starved. The faster bus speed allows everything to proceed faster. However, the loss of AltiVec is a HUGE problem which Apple didn't show in their test. I watched a display MacBook Pro here at MWSF play a H.264 trailer for Fun With Dick & Jane and it was very, very noticeably skipping frames. My current 1.5Ghz PowerBook (with AltiVec, of course) plays the same trailer with no skipping.

All in all, it doesn't seem like the MacBook Pro is a very compelling laptop, especially without a 17-inch version. It actually seems like these things (the iMac too) were rushed into production. The MacBook Pro's case differs little from the old one and the iMac's case doesn't differ at all sans a mini-DVI out. The MacBook Pro does have one compelling feature, the magnetized power adapter. I've tripped over my current AC adapter so many times I've lost count. And it's fallen on my toes and cut up my shins when it falls. Snakes on a plane.

I should also mention that these new ICBMs from Apple use EFI instead of the standard PC BIOS. According to various documents from Microsoft, Windows for x86 machines does not support booting from EFI (HTML via Google) and won't until Windows Vista is released. As far as I know, no consumer PC ships with EFI support (why bother if Windows doesn't support it, right?). However, the Itanium machines require EFI. This has two "problems". One, you may not be able to dual boot Windows until Vista is released. Two, it'll be significantly harder to make OS X run on a stock PC without EFI.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2006 09:13 schreef Rock-shocker het volgende:
Hij is binnen twee maanden van een B+ naar een C- gegaan in iBatt.