You need to install the ram in pairs if it is DDR (dual data rate) in order for the ram to work in DDR mode. Also they both have to be the same size and frequency stick (like 2x256 or 2x512 and matching frequencies). I don't know why, that's how it is. When you match them up, they move data twice as fast I guess. If you don't match them, it's not gonna kill your comp, but it won't take full advantage of the transfer rate, either.
If it has that book/keyboard attachment thingy that was in the video that mike posted, I'm all about this instead of a new laptop for work trips and presentations. As long as it can play RTCW and ET, I can live with that.
My beef with Steve Jobs about this is (and this is simply my opinion) that while Apple products are very innovative and trend-setting, there are times when the man's desire to take your money overtakes his drive to innovate the products he sells you.
If you called it "speakers" and charged a hundred bucks for it (even remove the batteries feature), it would sell like hotcakes.
I'm sticking with my 2.1 computer speakers. Cheaper, louder, just fine.
I have the dock and remote and love them though because putting the iPod on shuffle and then clicking thru songs is boss. Even turned the 2.1's up to the loudest I want them to be and use the remote for the volume. Works like a charm.
That was about the 9th or 10th clear, rational post on this thread so far. Previous ones being the one that showed the link to the actual performance of the chip, and the one who reminded us of the fact that the Mini wasn't supposed to be a full desktop. But you swayed be right back to thinking "no not gong to get one" by showing some good old advertising doubletalk. Thanks for saving me about 700 bucks.
My unwarranted $0.02 is that there are simply sounds that computers make, no matter how much you think 'elegant design' can muffle or eliminate them. If it's a GPU thing, well look: I have an ATI x850 PE and when it's doing graphics-heavy things, it makes a high-pitched buzzing sound that is not the fan, cause I can certainly hear that sucker spin up. But my computer also has a lot of fans to cool the 64 bit Athlon 4000+ beast of a machine; the louder fans and noises are the price I choose to pay for having a vid card and CPU that can pull 90+ fps at 1600x1200, in CoD2 : ) The performance is what I wanted, and price I paid (and the reality of the situation) were the sounds. I cope by turning the sound up loud in the headphones like I would anyway.
A dual-core Intel CPU that buzzes may be similar. Not being a Mac owner but from following some Apple blogs, I understand that Apple users rely heavily on past user experience to build their expectations for the next product iteration. But maybe this sound is the price that all dual-core Intel users—Mac and PC—will have to pay for the amazing speeds and efficiencies that the product provides. Contrary to popular belief, Jobs can’t bend the laws of physics (neither can Intel itself, apparently) nor can he change the facts of reality. Maybe the buzz is something that just happens because it’s a characteristic of the chip, like it is with my GPU. Granted, in the past chips and computer parts didn’t make as much noise as they do now, but then again, they were also nowhere near as powerful. So it’s a give and take.
But I don’t feel too happy for people who have to sacrifice electricity and processing speed (whether a lot or a little) by taking measures like shutting off a core or maxing the brightness of the LCD to make the buzz stop. That’s first one’s like giving back half the processor, and you shouldn’t have to do that. I guess the sound must be pretty loud to elicit such response.
Mac mini Core Solo: The good stuff and a peek inside
Mar 8th 2006 11:14PM (TUAW.com)MonsterPod camera mount sticks to anything, ensures crooked photos
Mar 6th 2006 10:12PM (Engadget)Q. Will you redesign your website so that it is viewable to those of us with less than 3840*2400 resolution?
A. Never!
Scoble: I have seen the future, and it is Origami
Mar 6th 2006 10:00PM (Engadget)Don't expect an Apple DVR anytime soon
Mar 3rd 2006 11:44AM (TUAW.com)Apple iPod Hi-Fi hands on
Feb 28th 2006 9:13PM (Engadget)I'm sticking with my 2.1 computer speakers. Cheaper, louder, just fine.
I have the dock and remote and love them though because putting the iPod on shuffle and then clicking thru songs is boss. Even turned the 2.1's up to the loudest I want them to be and use the remote for the volume. Works like a charm.
Apple Intel Mac mini hands on
Feb 28th 2006 8:42PM (Engadget)Scroll to the very bottom, left text column.
I own an iPod, and I get Apple's concept, but for some products--for the price--I can stand to be conventional.
Apple Intel Mac mini hands on
Feb 28th 2006 8:23PM (Engadget)That was about the 9th or 10th clear, rational post on this thread so far. Previous ones being the one that showed the link to the actual performance of the chip, and the one who reminded us of the fact that the Mini wasn't supposed to be a full desktop. But you swayed be right back to thinking "no not gong to get one" by showing some good old advertising doubletalk. Thanks for saving me about 700 bucks.
-Indolene
MacBook Pro: Inconsistent backlight, hissing LCD [Updated x3]
Feb 23rd 2006 8:37PM (TUAW.com)My unwarranted $0.02 is that there are simply sounds that computers make, no matter how much you think 'elegant design' can muffle or eliminate them. If it's a GPU thing, well look: I have an ATI x850 PE and when it's doing graphics-heavy things, it makes a high-pitched buzzing sound that is not the fan, cause I can certainly hear that sucker spin up. But my computer also has a lot of fans to cool the 64 bit Athlon 4000+ beast of a machine; the louder fans and noises are the price I choose to pay for having a vid card and CPU that can pull 90+ fps at 1600x1200, in CoD2 : ) The performance is what I wanted, and price I paid (and the reality of the situation) were the sounds. I cope by turning the sound up loud in the headphones like I would anyway.
A dual-core Intel CPU that buzzes may be similar. Not being a Mac owner but from following some Apple blogs, I understand that Apple users rely heavily on past user experience to build their expectations for the next product iteration. But maybe this sound is the price that all dual-core Intel users—Mac and PC—will have to pay for the amazing speeds and efficiencies that the product provides. Contrary to popular belief, Jobs can’t bend the laws of physics (neither can Intel itself, apparently) nor can he change the facts of reality. Maybe the buzz is something that just happens because it’s a characteristic of the chip, like it is with my GPU. Granted, in the past chips and computer parts didn’t make as much noise as they do now, but then again, they were also nowhere near as powerful. So it’s a give and take.
But I don’t feel too happy for people who have to sacrifice electricity and processing speed (whether a lot or a little) by taking measures like shutting off a core or maxing the brightness of the LCD to make the buzz stop. That’s first one’s like giving back half the processor, and you shouldn’t have to do that. I guess the sound must be pretty loud to elicit such response.
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