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Postby (TSC)Bender » Jun 26, 2002 @ 6:22pm

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Postby James S » Jul 2, 2002 @ 2:55am

Same here.
Jadam over does just about every number he's ever said. $3000 for a computer. 20FPS in PocketQuake II with XScale. 300% inprovement with dynarec.
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Postby Village_Ideot » Jul 2, 2002 @ 5:45am

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Postby BurningSheep » Jul 2, 2002 @ 8:45am

hehe, I know what kinda computer jaybot owns :)

$300 and state-of-the-art seems like a contradiction to me. You can hardly buy a decent videocard with that :0
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Postby (TSC)Bender » Jul 2, 2002 @ 7:53pm

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Postby Jadam » Jul 4, 2002 @ 5:50am

well, i just got my ibook 700/12 today... and im loving it!!! its so fast!!! i can play games SOO NICELY!!! I bought the SVideo/Composite Video adapter also, and it looks amazing on the TV... I need to upgrade AOL though... right now im stuck in OS9...
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Postby DillRye » Jul 4, 2002 @ 8:09am

Hehe this topic is such a TYPICAL MAC USER TOPIC. Not only do people who own Macs swear by them till their death, they must be vindicated in owning them(Such as starting this post).

I worked at Best Buy for a while, Mac people would come in and try to start PC Vs MAC fights with me. The thing I don't understand is, how owning a mac becomes a lifestyle choice instead of just owning a computer. Heres one of my favorite customers:

Guy/girlfriend come in, girlfriend needs computer. After guy(mac user) starts this big debate, girlfriend ask me who macs are for. I reply "Mac's are for people who dont know much about computers". And thats the TRUTH. Macs are made for ease of use. (Did you know they knowingly sacrificed web browsing performance for a better looking interface? They did, they admit to it.)

Ive programmed for power pc procs, you CANT compare them 1:1. The architectures are very different.

You know when Apple had those commercials about thier processor being 4x the pentium was? They compiled thier benchmark for 486's then ran it on a pentium. By using the same logic, many people were able to make thier celerons look faster(which we all know they are not faster than anything.)

Macs have thier niche market, they will keep it. They don't need massive market penetration. I don't see them going anywhere. They are the "company that cares".
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Postby BurningSheep » Jul 4, 2002 @ 2:19pm

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Postby accolon » Jul 4, 2002 @ 2:53pm

Parhelia sucks.

Nice architecture and ideas (especially those height maps), but Geforce is still faster.

Take a look at these ; the site is German, simply compare the tables.

The next Radeon will be great, until nVidia finishes GF5...
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Postby BurningSheep » Jul 4, 2002 @ 4:17pm

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