Replies to post #80314 on Apple Inc (AAPL)

[dholt99]

The processor bites in comparison.

Feature comparison: http://www.tempusfugit.ca/proc_sep.html

http://www.tempusfugit.ca/t5800.html

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB43

On the HP site upgrading from the T5800 processor to the T9600 will cost you $550

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/cto.do

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T5800 (2.0GHz)
Included in price
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P7350 (2.0GHz)
+$75.00
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz)
Superior performance for your entertainment applications with smooth multitasking
+$150.00
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz)
+$300.00
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80GHz)
+$550.00

[Tex]

re bag of hurt

I think he meant for BluRay authoring, which would of course be the first question in BluRay support: why can't we write these things, too? The licensing for playing is surely designed to encourage adoption, but there are so many standards involved in the creation of BluRay content -- it seems to be a container format with differently-encoded content like H.264 and WMA and AAC all mixed up next to each other inside -- that getting a license to author whatever you need to be able to claim you support BluRay authoring probably is a bag of hurt.

From what I read, the new displays are aimed at the laptops and don't replace the stuff offered for desktops -- nothing being shoved down users' throats like ADC. Also, the needed dongles are supposedly fairly slim, cheap deals unlike the adapters to ADC.

Still, I expect market malaise to carry on -- I'm not a short-term bull, just a medium term bull. Long-long term, I'm worried that there aren't a lot of folks not yet driven out of Apple who can drive the boat without being seduced by dumb ideas or otherwise getting lured off into the reeds. There's no culture at Apple to produce Apple-style leaders. There's Jobs, and everybody else. Whoops.

Take care,
--Tex.