Posted on 07/01/2009 11:36:55 AM PDT by Blue Highway
The new MacBook Pro family has a breakthrough battery that runs for up to 7 hours on a single charge (8 hours on the 17-inch MacBook Pro).1 And thanks to advanced chemistry and an innovative new charging method, it can be recharged up to 1000 times — nearly three times the lifespan of typical notebook batteries.2 All in a notebook that’s as thin and light as ever....
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Yeah my friend disassembled an old 540mb Compaq drive from an old old old desktop system probably a 386sx and the magnets are great!
You said — Please explain. Are you suggesting there will be an aftermarket company that will buy this 2 year old useless laptop for scrap? How much will they pay for this once $3000 laptop? $50? $100 tops?
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It’s much, much simpler than that.
It’s not a boat anchor, because you simply replace the battery... LOL... (after five years, if you still have it, and/or the 1,000 full recharge cycles). As I said, there is a vibrant after-market network of suppliers out there.
Oh...., and one more thing you may not be aware of, the Apple computers last a lot longer than what one would normally think of, for the life of a product such as a computer (desktop or laptop). And because of that, you’ll find that people who do decide to sell theirs, get a lot higher price than one might think was possible on the “other side of the fence”... :-)
Let me give you a clue as to how some people sell their laptops, and for some real premium prices, too. They will get a two year extension on a warranty on their computer. And, of course, they care for their computer as one should (i.e., don’t beat it up, considering the resale value). And then, when they do sell it, after two years, they command some premium prices and that computer comes with a *full warranty* still intact, so that the buyer can be assured that he (or she) will have coverage for quite a while afterwards.
Now, you can keep trading up and trading up, barely losing any money on your laptop and do *quite well* getting a new product every two years. It’s a *fantastic way to go* actually...
Of course, this same technique would be *absolutely impossible* for the PC-type computers, because they are trash after a couple of years... (and so, according to your own experience you’re *perfectly right*).
Good point, but from a hackers point of view, why target a few million macs when you can target several hundred million- a billion PCs?
A billion Windows-using PCs? Not even Microsoft is claiming that they’ve sold 1 billion Windows licenses. Let’s stay within the realm of reason.
As for the “hacker’s point of view,” I already addressed that with my rhetorical question about sieging the fortress versus pillaging the defenseless villagers. Why would a hacker go to the trouble of breaking OS X—which is built on UNIX—if the motivation is to profit in some manner? It’s not worth the effort when this same hypothetical hacker can just go write up a quick Windows script and get a zombie network operating within minutes. The alternative motive is fame and infamy, but ask yourself: why is it that after almost a decade, none of these fame-seeking hackers have legitimately exploited OS X? Since the Intel transition 3 years ago, Apple has been a high-visibility target, and yet… nothing. Surely some hypothetical hacker would have exploited OS X by now just to shut up the hypothetical legions of brainwashed Apple fanboys, right?
So let’s be honest here, OS X has not been exploited not for a lack of effort, but because it has no gaping holes in its defense. There are very likely holes, but after 10 years of OS X’s existence and another 30 years of UNIX’s existence, I’m starting to doubt they’ll be found.
I’m about 100% sure Microsoft knows damn well exactly how many copies of Windows have been sold, given that they make it. What no one knows is how many pirated copies have been used over the years.
Linux also runs on Macs, so what?
I also forgot to add the PC users with illegitimate versions of Windows. Worldwide, there may be more hacked/pirated version of Windows running than total Mac systems. I am not stating this as a fact as I do not know, but in third world countries where piracy is rampant you know there is a huge segment running Windows illegally. Millions upon millions.
By definition, pirated versions are not counted on sales charts, inasmuch as pirated versions have not been sold. That’s why they’re pirated. Again, I ask you, so what? Whether or not your install base figure is accurate has nothing to do with whether or not OS X is somehow as insecure as Windows.
If you were on a deserted island, with only a handful of people alive after a nuclear holocaust, would you feel the need to have an ADT alarm system? Kind of how I look at Mac users not needing to have an anti-virus prog installed.
My netbook battery runs 7 hours and should it need replaced I can buy a new one for 50 bucks and snap it on.
Oh it's also half the size of a Macbook (like, really, the size of a book that you'd carry around) and it'll run BSD with or without OS-X wrapped around it.
I'm a PC and I'm 51 years old.
I am agreeing with you that the nature of the OS built from UNIX is MORE stable and secure than any iteration of Windows. I never argued that. That the Windows OS is patched shows there are many vulnerabilities. I am not saying the only reason Macs are immune to attacks is because Hackers aren’t targeting them, I will admit the OSX is a more secure OS than Windows.
I do get to claim both. Who are you to make the rules where both cannot be applicable? That’s pretty bold on your part.
Adherence to informed analysis is not bold, just smart.
You made an uninformed statement, got called on it, and came up short. That’s been happening to you quite a bit tonight.
Adherence to what analysis? That Windows has a much much larger (read 90%+ more) base than Apple? I asserted that was a big reason why Windows were more targeted. I also agreed with you that the UNIX built OSX was more secure from the ground up. Why am I not able to make both of these statements? How is what I am saying here uninformed? I don’t appreciate the innuendos of me being “uninformed” and “coming up short”. Again typical Apple snarkiness here. THAT is what I called out in this thread and you just displayed that ever presently, thank you.
>Compare that with the many hellish hours on the phone with Mujibar in Bombay mulishly reading a totally irrelevant script to me as my blood pressure spikes into the stratosphere... no comparison. <
Chuckle. Been there, done that many times because of a Linksys POS router that’s now gathering dust on a shelf.
Swordmaker skewered me? You’ve got to be kidding me... He’s the biggest Apple shill here on FR. He claims “his research” shows that in a 9 to 1 ratio, PC users attack Mac users in threads here on FR. You think anyone would take that statement at face value and actually believe it? And you are calling me uninformed?
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