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Originally Posted by thzero
Up, exactly what I said. And yes symlinks are great.
Mac hardware is the exact same thing as found in any PC. Except for the graphics hardware; that often lags behind or at least has in the past. But buying it from Apple means you pay more for exactly the same thing.
Latest MacBook Pro is still a Core2Duo, whee. Latest iMac does come with Core i5/i7s (it's a Core i7-930) and doesn't do Triple Rate memory. And it doesn't come with even the latest generation ATi or NVIDIA video cards. Now that being said, these specs also fall within *most* PC sellers pump out, but you can usually find them much cheaper. And you don't have to get a 27" monitor just to get a Core i5/i7! :) So no they are not "just plain ridiculous" on the technical specs.
iPhone, if you can stand Apple, was quite a breath of fresh air (at least starting at the 3G version). I know a ton of otherwise folks who aren't Mac users. Comparing it to Windows Mobile 6.X is a bit unfair as Windows Mobile existing long before iPhone came about. However saying that MS missed the boat and time spent on 6.5 should have better spent on the upcoming Windows Mobile that looks to compete head on with the iPhone/Pre/Android would be dead on.
The Maxipad isn't a netbook replacement; it is a slightly scaled up iPhone/iPodTouch. Period. Netbooks are not mobile phone OSes, rather they are PC level OSes on lower spec hardware but even that hardware is more capable than the hardware on the iPad. Not to mention they are more affordable. Here's a decent techspec breakdown comparison: http://eeepc.net/ipad-vs-netbooks-sp...spec-breakdown. Multitouch is about the only place iPad wins but one undeniable shortcoming of the iPad is (just like iPhone and iPodTouch) is NO FLASH SUPPORT. Hard to surf the web without running into a Flash something or other.
Anyways, this is really really really offtopic from the Windows 7 topic. :) |
Don't see any Windows computers with 32gigs of ram and dual Quad core processors (yes, 8)...I wasn't referring to the Macbook or the iMac. I was more referring to the Mac Pro. But still, the iMac is nice since its a all in one. Only a couple Windows all in ones on the market.
As for the iPad, I know the difference between it and a netbook, but if I had a netbook it would be purely to use the internet, and I would prefer the iPad for that over the netbook. Yes, no flash, but I've learned to deal with that since I use the internet on my iTouch and iPhone so much. Eh, I guess its just personal preference.