Category — Hardware

Apple Computer

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newton’s fruit says:
You are serious. You need power. You are a Pro. You NEED a Mac Pro.

an amazon.com reviewer says:

The 8-core Mac Pro is easily the best computer you can buy for any amount of money. I’m running Leopard on mine with Spaces configured for 6 desktops, and with 2 Dell 1920 by 1200 LCD displays connected that gives me effectively 12 desktops, each running a program or two completely independently of the others.

I’m able to run a number of RAM and CPU greedy applications at the same time because OS X does a very, very effective job of spreading the various threads run by programs among the 8 CPUs.

I took mine up to 1.5 Terabytes of HD with 4 Seagate 750gb hard drives, and 8GB of Ram. It’s not cheap, but the best seldom is. I can not imagine anyone regretting buying a Mac Pro. Everything about this computer just screams Work of Art! Even the massive aluminum side panel that you can remove without any tools is beautifully cast. To add hard drives you just slide a carrier out of it’s slot and use the four pre-attached screws. No cables are required, the carrier slides perfectly into place, and your new hard drive connects directly to the motherboard.

To add RAM you simply slide a RAM carrier card out of it’s slot, pop in your memory, and slide the card back in, easy peasy. If I could give the Mac Pro 30 stars I would.

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The sleek, easy-to-use AirPort Extreme Base Station is the perfect wireless access point for home, school, or small business. Get up to five times the performance and up to twice the range of conventional 802.11g routers. Quickly set up your wireless network with AirPort Utility, available for both Mac OS X and Windows, to your DSL or cable modem. Within minutes, you and up to 50 other users can stream videos, share photos and more without wires. Next-generation 802.11n wireless technology features multiple antennas to deliver maximum speed and range. You can even connect a printer to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and it will instantly become available to everyone on your wireless or wired network. AirPort Extreme offers a built-in firewall and supports industry-standard encryption to prevent unauthorized intrusion into your wireless network. WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP let authorized users to connect to it easily with simple setup utility and powerful access controls.

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Lacie

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Newton’s Fruit says: If you’ve got Mac OS X Leopard, you’ve got TimeMachine and you’ve got no excuse not to be backing up your Mac. This great little half a terrabyte drive is a great deal at just over a hundred bucks. So get one of these and start backing up!

Designed by the world-famous Porsche Design Agency GmbH, the LaCie Hard Drive exhibits world-class style and elite performance. The result of decades of architectural expertise, these drives feature state-of-the-art design and awesome performance. The LaCie Hard Drive offers fast data transfer rates up to 480Mbits/s using Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection that are required for substantial jobs like downloading digital photos, saving MP3s or transferring home videos from a camcorder. With room to store up to 500GB, you can back up your entire system or add extra storage space when your internal hard drive is full. Built to be lightweight and durable, these drives can be easily moved for sharing and exchanging of files. These drives offer setup that is nearly effortless, and are ready to use minutes after removing it from the box. Secured rubber feet allow drives to be stacked, so you can get the most out of limited desktop space. Seek time - Less than 11ms Simple setup, easy to use External AC power adapter LaCie Utilities CD-ROM including Silverlining and SilverKeeper software System Requirements - Intel Pentium II 350 MHz-compatible processor or greater, iMac, Power Mac G3 and greater, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows XP, Mac OS 9.1 or Mac OS 10.2.1 and greater, minimum 32MB RAM, built-in Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Dimensions - Height 1.4 x Width 4.4 x Length 7.4 inch, 35 x 112 x 188mm Weight - 900 gram, 31.7 ounces

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