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[00:00]<smgm1>mortimer: Anything is possible
[00:00]<zzud2fd2nzz>Okay I got that stream working now. COol.
[00:03]<sxzzcxzv>Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays; four internal hard drive carriers included
[00:04]<djzvydnz>Xserve?
[00:05]<vxg_pzufcggzvjz>faulk
[00:08]<smgm1>I love how they bust the Apple is more expensive myth
[00:08]<pjjdsjpv>:)
[00:08]<pjjdsjpv>I didn't see it.
[00:08]<zudl>apple just doesnt make entry level shit like $299 dells
[00:08]<rgmygyus>Ah, fuck QuickSilver.
[00:09]<rgmygyus>It destroyed itself again.
[00:09]<pjjdsjpv>Apple also doesn't make shitty machines like $299 dells.
[00:09]<pjjdsjpv>:P
[00:09]<zudl>i hope they duplicate qs in the new spotlight
[00:09]<smgm1>The base Mac Pro is $2499
[00:09]<smgm1>The same config from Dell is $3499
[00:09]<zudl>2500 is expensive for a box
[00:09]<sdvz2d>what about the mini's?
[00:09]<sdvz2d>$599
[00:09]<pjjdsjpv>I'm all about the laptops, personally.
[00:09]<djzvydnz>rump: depends on what you get
[00:09]<zudl>yeah
[00:10]<djzvydnz>it's not cheap, but have to take into account what you get
[00:10]<zudl>i can take that into account but many people cant
[00:10]<zudl>they see $299 dells
[00:10]<zudl>and it does all the same stuff in their eyes
[00:10]<mycntxnc>I've got mine on my desk, lid closed, hooked up to a 17" LCD running at 1280x1024.
[00:10]<smgm1>rump: The Mac Pro is 2x as fast as the highest end PowerMac Quad and $800 less
[00:10]<mycntxnc>Standard Apple Keyboard and MS mouse.
[00:10]<avjd>should I buy a macpro then?
[00:10]<mycntxnc>Harmon Kardon speakers...
[00:10]<zudl>synd3 preaching to the choir
[00:10]<djzvydnz>rump: yes, but that's not who Apple is going after :)
[00:11]<ggrfrvgm>I WANT ONE
[00:11]<ggrfrvgm>so badly
[00:11]<mycntxnc>Watching the keynote right now.
[00:11]<avjd>is the macpro as quite as a macmini? I need low noise
[00:11]<ggrfrvgm>i want to drill a hole into the case
[00:11]<ggrfrvgm>a fuck it
[00:11]<ggrfrvgm>and fuck it
[00:11]<zudl>i think they need to go after them
[00:11]<zudl>everyone i talk to wants an apple and osx but cant afford it
[00:11]<smgm1>I don't :)
[00:11]<zudl>mac mini is almost there
[00:11]<smgm1>Mercedes shouldn't go for the budget people
[00:11]<djzvydnz>rump: no, at that price point there very thin margins
[00:11]<smgm1>Neither should Apple
[00:11]<djzvydnz>no sense raising to the bottom
[00:12]<duc_y2jjc>estimate ship date = august 15th, wheee
[00:12]<djzvydnz>racing*
[00:12]<djzvydnz>muk_ibook: what did you order?
[00:12]<zudl>well if apple wants more market share then they gotta go for bob and wilma who shop at the local walmart
[00:12]<drvvwnsvd>MikeTheC: whats the url to the keynote you found?
[00:12]<mycntxnc>http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/aug_2006/event/index.html
[00:12]<zudl>not you whole foods mofos
[00:12]<djzvydnz>rumP market share isn't everything
[00:12]<duc_y2jjc>mortimer: refurbed ipod w/ video 30gb for 199$ :)
[00:12]<dza|zdvnz>synd3: it's not that much more expensive.. in fact the macbook for instance isn't that expensive for what you get?
[00:12]<zudl>i am using my n73 as a modem :)
[00:12]<smgm1>mac|gyver: Huh?
[00:12]<djzvydnz>how is the n73? thinking of getting it
[00:13]<djzvydnz>maybe the SE w810i
[00:13]<zudl>nice, takes some hacking to get it to sync with isync
[00:13]<zudl>the pictures look great, its small, lighty
[00:13]<mycntxnc>For my purposes, right now if I were to buy a new Mac laptop, I would buy a MacBook, not a MB Pro.
[00:13]<zudl>one complaint its kinda slow on screen freshes and taking many photos
[00:13]<zudl>bandwidth test: 80.6 Kbps - You 80.6 kbps pout
[00:13]<mycntxnc>The one thing I DO NOT like about my PB is the case.
[00:13]<zudl>oh and my manual came in some asian language
[00:14]<zudl>ok brb back to wifi
[00:14]<djzvydnz>anyone else's stream to away?
[00:14]<djzvydnz>go*
[00:14]<mycntxnc>It's gotten choppy in the last 2 minutes.
[00:15]<djzvydnz>got to the Xserve and just froze, and then lost it
[00:15]<mycntxnc>Y'all quit hording *my* stream!!!!! :)
[00:15]<smgm1>Hahah the Steve and Phil hand slap was so lame
[00:16]<dza|zdvnz>looks like the stream is a little busy :)
[00:16]<nwp>who is phil, btw?
[00:16]<rzudgzdrg>i had the stream for 10 minutes but then lost it
[00:16]<mycntxnc>I love the neew internal design of the MacPro.
[00:16]<axuacw>laptop thief http://www.boind.com/fs.php?url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2061842890783782238
[00:16]<smgm1>e1f: C'mon.
[00:16]<smgm1>Phil Schiller
[00:16]<smgm1>Or however you spell his last name
[00:16]<nwp>i dunno who that is
[00:16]<drvvwnsvd>stream is working fine for me
[00:17]<smgm1>e1f: Bad memory?
[00:17]<nwp>dod i miss something?
[00:17]<nwp>no. really. who is he?
[00:17]<smgm1>e1f: Google
[00:18]<dza|zdvnz>MikeTheC: thnx, it started working
[00:18]<zjzw>e1f: vp of worldwide marketing, has been for years.
[00:18]<ugrznrvyvn>how do you go to the top and bottom of a page in firefox (w/the keyboard).. Neither home nor command+home seem to work :-\
[00:18]<vxg_pzufcggzvjz>is the keynote video up?
[00:18]<smgm1>Yes
[00:18]<djzvydnz>yes
[00:18]<mycntxnc>mac|gyver: NP.
[00:18]<smgm1>http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/aug_2006/event/index.html
[00:18]<nwp>rorx: ah, i didn't know that
[00:18]<djzvydnz>tho some of us are getting streaming issues

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