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Jessica - Jan 11, 2005 9:47:14 am PST #1081 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Never buy memory directly from Apple, overcharge.

Oh believe me, I know -- did it once, and paid through the nose (but the sales guy at Tekserve was just so nice, and he really enjoyed talking to us, and it seemed rude to say no...)

Apple.com is slow like a slow thing today.

NoiseDesign - Jan 11, 2005 9:47:42 am PST #1082 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

I just ran the configuration on one the way I'd like it and it still only hits $877. That's with a Superdrive, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, wireless keyboard and mouse, and the 80GB HD in the 1.25 GHz one. As much as I want to I won't be ordering one today, but I think in the next 60 days I'll get getting one to go in the living room.

Tom Scola - Jan 11, 2005 9:56:07 am PST #1083 of 10003

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

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It looks like it only has one memory slot. In order to upgrade with 3rd party memory, you'll have to throw out your existing stick.

tommyrot - Jan 11, 2005 9:58:46 am PST #1084 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I love my new Bluetooth Apple keyboard and mouse. I think wireless is the way to go for a living room computer.

Part of the appeal of this new comptuer is that it comes in a box smaller than an iPod box. (Kinda hard to stuff a keyboard and mouse in there....) Anyway, I bet there are shipping and warehousing cost savings for such a small box.

amych - Jan 11, 2005 10:10:19 am PST #1085 of 10003

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I just ran the configuration on one the way I'd like it and it still only hits $877.

I can live without the superdrive (we have 3 or maybe 4 DVD-RW drives in the house as it is), and leave some room in the budget for more RAM from somewhere. Bluetooth + Wireless is essential, and yummy.

(Not pulling card out of wallet. Really not. Too many computers already, dammit.)

NoiseDesign - Jan 11, 2005 10:42:12 am PST #1086 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

Yes, but this won't be a computer for me REALLY, more of a central home entertainment device.

Yeah. That's it.

I can justify this.

amych - Jan 11, 2005 10:45:50 am PST #1087 of 10003

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I can justify this.

Believe me, I understand. I'm playing a little game of what goes on the mini and what goes on the home media server of DOOOMMM as we speak. It passes the time.

Gris - Jan 11, 2005 10:46:08 am PST #1088 of 10003

Hey. New board.

I want this footprint to be more expandable. Exactly the same box with a 200 GB hard drive would be awesome, especially bundled with that awesome HDTV PVR breakout box for Macs I saw the other day. DVI that out into a large HDTV and bam!

t /dreams

As it is, still awesome. Don't need, but awesome.

Also, want iWork.

tommyrot - Jan 11, 2005 12:33:21 pm PST #1089 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I can't get to the Apple store (gee, go figure). Does Apple still make the regular Airport cards? or do they only make the extreme one? Can an extreme card be used in a Mac that was only designed to use the regular one?

eta:

No. Yes. No.

Jessica - Jan 11, 2005 1:05:03 pm PST #1090 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

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