What about target disc mode?… My understanding is that it's only
available via FW?… It's not something I use currently, but I'm sooo
happy I have that capability, as it's something I do need / like from
time to time.
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
The new laptops seem pretty nice, apart from the issue of missing
off the Firewire port. Like Jacob, I recently got a MacBook, and I
am glad that I have the Firewire port. However, that seems to be
much more of an issue for existing Mac users than for new users,
since we (or at least I) have existing peripherals that use the
Firewire connection, such as hard drives. And if you have an older
Mac, the Firewire connector makes it easy to migrate file data
machine to machine or boot off an external device. For new users,
the lack of a Firewire port could be an issue if you want to connect
a video camera which only has a Firewire connector and not USB.
On the plus side for the new MacBook laptops, they seem to run
cooler, and they can take up to 6 MB of memory (where the current
MacBooks max out at 4 MB). It's likely that these will be more
extensible for movie playing and video games (or virtual reality
software like Second Life). Alternatively, getting one of the older
models will give you quite good performance for most operations at a
lower price.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 3, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Slau wrote:
Just a little word about processor speed versus performance.
According to Apple, although, for example, the new MacBook Pro's
processor speed is less than the previous model, they claim it's 40
percent faster, whatever that means. For years, many people have
said that clock speed is not a reliable means of determining the
actual processing power of the computer. Thus, supposedly, a Mac
with a lower clock speed could apparently out-perform a Windows
machine with a higher clock speed. I don't know whether that's
actually true or not. Please don't start a long thread about which
computer is faster. I'm only stating the possibility that it might
be worth looking into this claim by Apple, that's all.
Cheers
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