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1. Re: Official Windows on Apple solution

   

   Reply by hawken · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   Then you're stuck in the past and wasting your time Basically, web standards didn't exist when these browsers were released, so as devlopers we shouldn't feel committed to support what is a very low percentage of viewers, who see the whole internet broken anyhow. Sticking to ONLY new and current standards (even though they…

2. Re: Official Windows on Apple solution

   

   Reply by KDR_11k · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   now a days, no web coder in their right mind would test anything but IE and firefox, as these two browsers have the largest differences with stylesheets to one another. Seems like that worked for Nintendo of Europe. Not even the scrollbars work in Opera because some idiot decided to use Javascript instead of CSS or iframes.

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   Reply by Toomas · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] there are actually no duel core alienware laptops so you cant even compair really [/ QUOTE ] Athlon X2 is dual core and its offered with Aurora M7700 and you can get it for under $3000, 17" display is nice too.

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   Reply by TomDunne · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] there are actually no duel core alienware laptops so you cant even compair really [/ QUOTE ] Athlon X2 is dual core and its offered with Aurora M7700 and you can get it for under $3000, 17" display is nice too. [/ QUOTE ] I own one of these, as it happens.

5. Re: Official Windows on Apple solution

   

   Reply by hawken · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] And speaking as someone who does a ton of multimedia development, the ability to test multi-platform compatibility on the same box would just rock. [/ QUOTE ] Just install GNU/Linux (Ubuntu for example) on your x86 box. If something runs on Linux it is trivial to port it over to macs. And it…

6. Re: Official Windows on Apple solution

   

   Reply by KDR_11k · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   Mac pricing: 640 Euros for a freaking Mac Mini, weak configuration. Single core 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD and a fucking Intel graphics chip. For 600 Euros I can turn my PC into a sweet gaming rig. Okay, I'll keep components from my PC for that so let's say 1000 Euros gives me that sweet gaming rig (generous, all I'd need…

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   Reply by TomDunne · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Of course my father's machine crashes all the time but he sucks at maintaining it. [/ QUOTE ] WHY should anyone have to 'maintain' a computer? Why can't it do that itself? Why do we have to defrag? Why can't it do that itself? Why shoudl we have to organise where things ar stored, thats the point of…

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   Reply by arshlevon · Apr 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] Apparently you havnt looked atall, www.alienware.com for example. The Mac has ATI x1600 graphics card that propably isnt very fast and thats why its so silent and cold, because it has no bloody performance. [/ QUOTE ] well specwise the x1600 is better than a 6800 go, unless a 6800 is too slow for you. i looked…