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Living with a 12" Pbook as a primary machine, the 15" Pbook has just become good enough to consider upgrading. At the very worst possible epoch in which to upgrade one's Pbook. Oh well, I never did have a sense of timing.

Other good stuff is that ECC has finally trickled down to the workstations. As a recovering ECC bigot, this makes me feel warm and contented inside. (Or perhaps that's the Talisker. Hmm.)
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Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject:

I think the Quads are neat, but everything else is complete meh. Bring on the Mactels!
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BenN · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

Aperture looks frikkin sweet.

Now if only I had

* A dSLR camera
* Mac hardware to use it with (my PB scrapes in at the bottom of the min spec list)
* Any photographic talent whatsoever
* A compelling reason to drop $500 on it

I`d rush out & give Apple some $$$ immediately! Razz

What I really want is a single dual-core 970MP in a Shuttle-style case, with 2 PCIe slots & room for two 3.5" drives. And a sane price, of course.....

Please Steve! Please, pretty please with a cherry on top! The cheesegrater is too big; I`d have to get a 30" ACD to keep it in proportion.
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OscarWilde · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject:

Okay, I think what I had was the Mortlach (forget which year). I found this great website for single malt fanatics (such as myself) and they have a list of great single malts(personal opinion of website owner).
While i've tried various names on the list, it's a question of which year did I try that is important. Talisker i've had is 8 year and 10 year (iirc). I liked the 8 year one, while the 10 is good, but not the, 'ahhh... this is bliss!' reaction.
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Magus · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:02 am Post subject:

Hi longmarch, long time, no Smam. Smile

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The Quads rock. That pretty much smacks the shit out of everything you can buy from a reputable OEM on the PC side. Of course there is always the dual core Xeons *cough* *cough*. There are always the dual core Opterons though.... I find it amusing that the Apple PowerPC line will be going out on a higher note than I think any of us expected though. I mean we all heard about the upcoming dual core 970fxs but did we seriously think Apple was going to use them? I know I didn't.

the twinkster · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:44 am Post subject:

Man, it's a shame my original motherboard didn't hold out until now, rather than dying in March -- I would have tried to buy a new motherboard with PCIe slots rather than my hojillion useless PCI-X slots. Razz

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AllYorBaseRBelong2Us · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:43 am Post subject:

These are nifty, but inferior to the Smamium processor that runs Studly OS!

Smile

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Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:29 am Post subject:

Mord · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:59 am Post subject:

A 12" screen is your primary machine? Ye gads!
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DuffMan · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:38 am Post subject:

I have a 12" screen as my only machine. Just put it close to your face, and it looks bigger!
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OscarWilde · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:46 am Post subject:

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longmarch · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject:

OW:

Interesting list. The author, like myself, seems to prefer the island malts.

I have yet to try the Mortlach, but I will report back when I have the chance some time.

JD:

Howdy!
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