Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-12-09 Thread Paul Meyer
someone solicits. - Original Message From: mike xha...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Sun, November 29, 2009 7:18:54 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon? The cyberpower I mentioned does audio also thru the port. Something also

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread Jeff Miles
Will the system you built at Cyberpower run OS-X? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Nov 28, 2009, at 3:47 PM, mike wrote: More crap from Tom. Top 17 macbook pro runs 2500 dollars For under 1800 I

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread David K Watson
Mike, the statement was that an Apple machine is not much different in cost from an equally spec'd PC. Your example does not refute this by being a substantially cheaper PC that is also substantially different from the Mac you are comparing it to. Also, I have to dispute most of the implied

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread mike
Look at any benchmark, the i7 is the next gen in intel's barn. The mhz myth has long been refuted, take a look at benchmarks. I was not dismissive, I listed the differences as they were...the screen resolution was the only factor where the system built online was lesser than the macbook pro. To

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread tjpa
On Nov 29, 2009, at 4:50 PM, mike wrote: But I think the basic point I was tyring to make was made, there are high end quality made machines for linux or windows that don't cost as much as macs. And my point, which has now been amply demonstrated, is that this is a bunch of crap. A myth

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread tjpa
On Nov 29, 2009, at 5:58 PM, mike wrote: Keep dancing Tom, I expect no less. Mike retreats to fantasy land (once again). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:47 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: hdmi out..no hdmi on apple To the best of my knowledge, a DVI HDMI cable will achieve the exact same result at the output end that an HDMI HDMI achieves. If I am wrong on this, then please correct me So for 700 dollars less I

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Check the HDMI output of the computer. My system at home has HDMI but it is video only. No Audio. So I use a DVI-HDMI cable. If the system puts out HDMI to include Audio the video device would either have to have built in speakers, or a splitter with audio cables. Most computers (Laptops)

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread mike
The cyberpower I mentioned does audio also thru the port. Something also to keep in mind, as of now and any time in the future, you can't play 1080p content from any mac unless you've ripped it from another source. Friend of mine just built a small rig for behind his new 1080p monitor in the

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread b_s-wilk
hdmi out..no hdmi on apple To the best of my knowledge, a DVI HDMI cable will achieve the exact same result at the output end that an HDMI HDMI achieves. If I am wrong on this, then please correct me DVI and HDMI are the same for transmitting uncompressed digital video. The

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Fred, I do not believe that I have ever bought AppleCare (my wife and I have bought seven new Macs over the years) and the very few times that I needed support, received it promptly with no problems. Steve B Fred Holmes wrote: While I have never purchased it, one can purchase premium

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread mike
His point was, that part of the much higher price for Apple products is the built in better warranty support. As in, you get what you pay for. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.netwrote: Fred, I do not believe that I have ever bought AppleCare (my

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread tjpa
On Nov 28, 2009, at 4:24 PM, mike wrote: His point was, that part of the much higher price for Apple products is the built in better warranty support. As in, you get what you pay for. Fox News says Macs cost more. Reviewers that compare hardware feature for feature say Macs cost about the

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread mike
More crap from Tom. Top 17 macbook pro runs 2500 dollars For under 1800 I can get a system with 17 display (1680 x 1050) as opposed to apple's 1920 x 1200 intel i7 1.73 cpu to apple's older 2.8 core 2 duo intel mainboard on both machines 4 gigs ddr3 memory on both machines geforce 250m with 1

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
mike More crap from Tom. Top 17 macbook pro runs 2500 dollars For under 1800 I can get a system with 17 display (1680 x 1050) as opposed to apple's 1920 x 1200 intel i7 1.73 cpu to apple's older 2.8 core 2 duo intel mainboard on both machines 4 gigs ddr3 memory on both machines geforce

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread mike
Not at all a bigot. The point is there is a choice, Tom likes to pretend there isn't. That you only give up things by getting a pc, the point is you give up things getting a mac too..like cash. His comment was that 'macs are priced similarly to pc's', this was incorrect by no small measure. I

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 7:23 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Not at all a bigot. The point is there is a choice, Tom likes to pretend there isn't. That you only give up things by getting a pc, the point is you give up things getting a mac too..like cash. His comment was that 'macs are