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| Thread ID: 120094 | 2011-08-24 23:50:00 | steve jobs resigns | plod (107) | PC World Chat |
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| 1225842 | 2011-08-28 05:17:00 | So in conclusion most of your information is out of date, so is your infrastructure if you're still using Ethernet your tosh has pretty meh featuers inc screen res for its size (my 15 is 1680x1050) no one uses dvd anymore and the MBA is still a unique product that others are trying to catch up on and failing (Samsung 9 series more expensive not specced as well) Nothing wrong with Ethernet, my infrastructure works. It's not slow, it's not unreliable, and there are no security issues. WiFi might have increased in speed and reliability with 802.11n but Gigabit Ethernet is still faster, still cheaper, and overall, unless you absolutely-without-a-doubt-have to use wireless it's still better. That's not to say I don't use my WiFi, but I much prefer Ethernet where it's available. I don't disagree my Toshiba is old: It IS old. But it still has more USB ports than the Macbook Air. As for your comment DVD use, I quote pcuser42: "you base this claim on what?" In my mind the Macbook Air is certainly unique. It does have benefits (light but still reasonable good performance) but the lack of features is a big downside. It seems mostly a niche market of ultraportables. The thing is, there are other machines out there which are 'ultraportable' and which also have features. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1225843 | 2011-08-28 05:42:00 | my dvd drives get daily use. so you are incorrect. The world is going to cloud/downloadable media. I do not see the replacment for bluray/dvd being in the form of a physical media, i never use it, neither does anyone else at work. It's funny, this argument comes up every 10 or so years. The original iMac was the first to not feature an intergrated floppy drive and only had a cd drive and this radical thing that would never catch on called USB. I wouldn't be at all suprised if the next MacBook Pro does not have an optical drive. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1225844 | 2011-08-28 05:50:00 | The world is going to cloud/downloadable media. I do not see the replacment for bluray/dvd being in the form of a physical media, i never use it, neither does anyone else at work. It's funny, this argument comes up every 10 or so years. The original iMac was the first to not feature an intergrated floppy drive and only had a cd drive and this radical thing that would never catch on called USB. I wouldn't be at all suprised if the next MacBook Pro does not have an optical drive. Will have to agree with you there, probably use my dvd drive every couple of months, when someone at work without a computer wants something done. At work we receive the majority of our file through email, usb drives. Not to sure if bluray will be replaced by streaming in the near future as the primary source, especially with our sucky caps in NZ. As for the amount of usb ports needed on a computer, well that an individual thing. Here I use BT keyboard and mouse, usb external drive is hooked directly to my router. Don't have a printer at home and haven't for many years(work has so many:lol:) So its just the ipod that is connected via usb. So at the moment I could definitely get away with just one. All the computers and devices(TV, PS3, Tivo) are all wireless so thats no ethernet cords. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1225845 | 2011-08-28 06:01:00 | The world is going to cloud/downloadable media. No arguments there, but there's a reason why Microsoft produce a physical Windows DVD as well as provide an option to download an ISO file - DVDs are much more flexible ;) I do not see the replacment for bluray/dvd being in the form of a physical media, i never use it, neither does anyone else at work. Maybe not in the US where no one bats an eyelid at downloading 50GB, but here in little old New Zealand, I think DVDs and Blu-rays will be around for a while yet. It's funny, this argument comes up every 10 or so years. The original iMac was the first to not feature an intergrated floppy drive and only had a cd drive and this radical thing that would never catch on called USB. I wouldn't be at all suprised if the next MacBook Pro does not have an optical drive. Floppies are virtually useless there days, whereas CDs and DVDs still have their uses - partitioning for one ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1225846 | 2011-08-28 06:11:00 | Bootable usb is fine as a replacement for bootable dvd. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1225847 | 2011-08-28 06:17:00 | Bootable usb is fine as a replacement for bootable dvd. Not really if you only have one USB port :rolleyes: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1225848 | 2011-08-28 06:26:00 | Floppies are virtually useless there days I know mine is ... :blush: |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1225849 | 2011-08-28 06:29:00 | Not really if you only have one USB port :rolleyes: Good thing they don't have only 1 usb port then. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1225850 | 2011-08-28 06:35:00 | I know mine is ... :blush: The only time I can recall using a floppy drive recently is for installing Windows NT :lol: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1225851 | 2011-08-28 06:56:00 | Different strokes for different folks. The MBA might be a total wank but they are designed for a niche market, after all, Poofs like accessories, and as much as they would prefer to carry a handbag a MBA sends out the right signals to their brethren and they can keep abreast of fashion trends while sipping on a chi latte. |
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