Comments on: Apple plays the speeds and feeds game http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/ Reviews and opinions about consumer technology, gadgets, Websites, new media, services, and more. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:55:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremy Toeman http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251946 Jeremy Toeman Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:29:56 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251946 ed - email sent. i'm up for the challenge! :) ed - email sent. i’m up for the challenge! :)

]]> By: Ed Bott http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251937 Ed Bott Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:21:19 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251937 Jeremy, do you still have that Sony? If so, I'd love to take a look at it and figure out why it sucks so bad. (Maybe help some future Sony victi^H^H customers.) My e-mail's in the comments. I looked for contact info here but couldn't find any, so send me a note if you're at all interested. Jeremy, do you still have that Sony? If so, I’d love to take a look at it and figure out why it sucks so bad. (Maybe help some future Sony victi^H^H customers.) My e-mail’s in the comments. I looked for contact info here but couldn’t find any, so send me a note if you’re at all interested.

]]> By: Ben Drawbaugh http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251846 Ben Drawbaugh Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:14:12 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251846 I was happy they fixed the 7200 RPM HDD upgrade problem. It's still not completely fixed, as you can't choose speed over size without paying more. But at least you can go to a 7200rpm 200GB for $100, which isn't great, but not as bad as the MacBook which is stuck with a 5400. When I upgraded to a 7200rpm in my old MBP, I couldn't believe the overall performance increase that I experienced in every day use as well as in benchmarks. I wrote about it here, which includes xbench results http://bjdraw.com/2007/04/13/upgraded-my-macbook-pro-with-a-seagate-160gb-momentus-72002-hdd/ Overall my biggest disappointment is Apple's continued reluctance to include an eSATA port. It is far faster than FW800 and a must for anyone who does video work. Also, since the internal drive is SATA it shouldn't be a big deal to add. I was happy they fixed the 7200 RPM HDD upgrade problem. It’s still not completely fixed, as you can’t choose speed over size without paying more. But at least you can go to a 7200rpm 200GB for $100, which isn’t great, but not as bad as the MacBook which is stuck with a 5400.

When I upgraded to a 7200rpm in my old MBP, I couldn’t believe the overall performance increase that I experienced in every day use as well as in benchmarks.

I wrote about it here, which includes xbench results
http://bjdraw.com/2007/04/13/upgraded-my-macbook-pro-with-a-seagate-160gb-momentus-72002-hdd/

Overall my biggest disappointment is Apple’s continued reluctance to include an eSATA port. It is far faster than FW800 and a must for anyone who does video work. Also, since the internal drive is SATA it shouldn’t be a big deal to add.

]]> By: tivoboy http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251478 tivoboy Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:56:55 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/02/26/apple-plays-the-speeds-and-feeds-game/#comment-251478 Yeah, I was expecting SOMETHING more, but will actually buy the new pro now. I need another Mac laptop since I couldn't handle the MB I loved, because of the GLOSSY screen. I'm okay with the upgrades at the moment, as you allude to - why mess with perfection.. 3% of Sales sounds low, it was over 4% a few years ago. Granted, now that SALES have gone through the roof, it is hard to scale R&D effectively, but I guess sales HAVE grown probably 30% JUST in the past couple years. There's your 25% reduction in R&D spend rite thar! Yeah, I was expecting SOMETHING more, but will actually buy the new pro now. I need another Mac laptop since I couldn’t handle the MB I loved, because of the GLOSSY screen. I’m okay with the upgrades at the moment, as you allude to - why mess with perfection..

3% of Sales sounds low, it was over 4% a few years ago. Granted, now that SALES have gone through the roof, it is hard to scale R&D effectively, but I guess sales HAVE grown probably 30% JUST in the past couple years. There’s your 25% reduction in R&D spend rite thar!

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