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Dec 9, 2008 | 11:38 AM

#31

Chefboiali

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Originally Posted by spanky

macs use special ram? pc2700 is cheap as shit.

Shit is cheap these days.
I think my mini uses PC2-5300 667MHZ. I'm sure the macbook uses that or something faster.

Dec 9, 2008 | 11:44 AM

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scotttharobot

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Originally Posted by spanky

macs use special ram? pc2700 is cheap as shit.

No, they don't use special ram. The last time I checked PC2700 ram was much more expensive than the newer stuff.

I might have to buy a pair of these now.

http://www.futurepowerpc.com/scripts...D1333&REFID=FR

Dec 9, 2008 | 11:54 AM

#33

spanky

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I go duffy on dem bitches

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Originally Posted by scotttharobot

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231141 :dunno:

Dec 9, 2008 | 11:58 AM

#34

scotttharobot

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is a gig of ram just a gig of ram? not alot of difference between things?

Dec 9, 2008 | 12:07 PM

#35

sherwood

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Originally Posted by scotttharobot

And I think the biggest draw with mac users is the long-term functionality and usability. There are some functions like Expose ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposé_(Mac_OS_X) ) that I just can't live without.

a lot of those features can be simulated on the PC, I personally think it's a drain on system resources, and alt tab works fine for me though if I want it I have iEx set to open with a shortcut i forget what it is.... it's not as perfect as expose but it is pretty much the same thing functionally.

I OSX feels too much like linux to me... I might as well be using openSuse

:edit:

a gig of ram isn't just a gig of ram, speed and types vary, but since you already have ram it makes sense to just get more matching ram

Last edited by sherwood; Dec 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM.

Dec 9, 2008 | 12:16 PM

#36

shirley

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as much as i dislike mac's i think im gonna ask they get me a macbook instead of another thinkpad when its my turn to upgrade at work ... i prefer workin on them for photoshop and indesign ... i'll keep the thinkpad for everything else