Comments on: And The World Mourns The Passing Of Another Desktop Computer http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/10/05/and-the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-another-desktop-computer/ Miscellaneous ramblings on miscellaneous topics Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ploni Almoni http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/10/05/and-the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-another-desktop-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-2474 Ploni Almoni Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:22:35 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=726#comment-2474 <p>I hope that's not the case, because I'll need to do that.</p> I hope that’s not the case, because I’ll need to do that.

]]> By: Head Geek http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/10/05/and-the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-another-desktop-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-2473 Head Geek Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:33:30 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=726#comment-2473 <p>Congratulations!</p> <p>The only problem with IMAP is that it pretty much requires network access -- you can't read and compose messages offline with it, or at least you couldn't the last time I looked at it, several years ago. Some programs might have implemented that by now.</p> Congratulations!

The only problem with IMAP is that it pretty much requires network access — you can’t read and compose messages offline with it, or at least you couldn’t the last time I looked at it, several years ago. Some programs might have implemented that by now.

]]> By: Ploni Almoni http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/10/05/and-the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-another-desktop-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 Ploni Almoni Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:05:05 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=726#comment-2472 <p>Well, I finally couldn't hold out and this November I should be getting a laptop of sorts, a Dell Mini 9 Inspiron netbook. :-) I think I should be able to use Thunderbird with encryption, which will allow me to do email on it - I could even use imap with it and avoid having some messages stored on one computer, and some on another...</p> Well, I finally couldn’t hold out and this November I should be getting a laptop of sorts, a Dell Mini 9 Inspiron netbook. :-) I think I should be able to use Thunderbird with encryption, which will allow me to do email on it – I could even use imap with it and avoid having some messages stored on one computer, and some on another…

]]> By: Ploni Almoni http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/10/05/and-the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-another-desktop-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 Ploni Almoni Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:45:00 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=726#comment-2470 <p>My desktop system is really a laptop system without a battery, 24 watts. Apple, if it's such a green company now, should be selling the mini as a "green computer". Of course, I think Steve Jobs wishes he could kill the mini and is waiting 'till he can, it still uses a nearly two-year-old generation of chipset and intel soon will stop making it; without any redesign, I suspect it'll get terminated like some other cool Apple desktop computers like the Cube.... </p> <p>If the rumors are accurate though about Macbooks using an nvidia chipset in the next generation, maybe I'll upgrade somewhere along the road to a Macbook - I could use more 3D oomph, right now the X1300 (?) intel graphics is not a great deal better than my GMA950 graphics so it really wouldn't be justified for me to upgrade as far as functionality goes.</p> My desktop system is really a laptop system without a battery, 24 watts. Apple, if it’s such a green company now, should be selling the mini as a “green computer”. Of course, I think Steve Jobs wishes he could kill the mini and is waiting ’till he can, it still uses a nearly two-year-old generation of chipset and intel soon will stop making it; without any redesign, I suspect it’ll get terminated like some other cool Apple desktop computers like the Cube….

If the rumors are accurate though about Macbooks using an nvidia chipset in the next generation, maybe I’ll upgrade somewhere along the road to a Macbook – I could use more 3D oomph, right now the X1300 (?) intel graphics is not a great deal better than my GMA950 graphics so it really wouldn’t be justified for me to upgrade as far as functionality goes.

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