Jan,
Uh, no one cares.
Not trying to be a pain, but three messages in a row about the Mac is, well,
over the top.
Computers are a tool. I love the PowerPC chip. I just buy them in IBM
P-series machines. A bit more power than any Mac you can buy.
Can we drop this? I don't think anyone here shares your religious fervor.
Tom
From: "Jan Steinman" <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:14 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: NOW: G5 Memory capability isn't new (as far as I can tell,
it is!)
> >From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Now, now --- let's not let the facts interfere with a good argument for
the
> >superiority of Macs.
>
> Last I checked, "facts" are proven rather than asserted.
>
> I'm open to argument -- will someone actually addressing more than 2GB per
Intel processor please respond? (Bank switching or silicon disks don't
count!)
>
> Surely, in a list of technically sophisticated people interested in
computer imagery, SOMEONE must have broken the 2GB limit, were it actually
possible, with RAM at $130/GB and all!
>
> I'll eat the piece of paper where I read that all other desktop computers
directly address no more than 2GB of RAM if you can prove it wrong... if I
can only find it on my messy desk... :-)
>
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