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Here is the deal: - 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU - 2GB of RAM - 320GB HD (no ssd afaik) - HDMI out (finally) - SD-slot (which is also very "un-mac") In terms of

by morphir 16y ago

Here is the deal: - 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU - 2GB of RAM - 320GB HD (no ssd afaik) - HDMI out (finally) - SD-slot (which is also very "un-mac") In terms of computing power, its overprized. But as a product that sits in your livingroom, problably not making any noise and runs under 10W, then I will actually call this a fair deal. May I add that its ridiculously small.

pclark 16y ago
How is the SD-slot"un-mac"? It's on almost every machine, and iPhoto comes bundled on all computers?
- morphir 16y ago
  because the way I see apples products is not with a bunch of outputs and memory card slots of all kind. They are very conservative in adding anything in which they don't support all over their product-line. Apple got a very holistic product profile so of speak.
  - cstross 16y ago
    Apple intro'd built-in SD card slots with the last round of unibody Macbook Pros. The secret sauce is that the SD card is bootable -- you can install OS/X onto an 8Gb card, add some stuff like Techtool Pro, and use it as an emergency boot device. Use case: your laptop's hard drive fails so you yank it, shove in a new one, boot off the SD card, and use your Time Machine backup -- you've got one, right? You're one of the Saved, right? -- to restore onto the new drive. Total elapsed downtime from hard disk crash to up-and-running again: 1-2 hours plus however long it takes to source a replacement drive. (The fact that you can get photos off your digital camera is an accidental bonus. Because, hey, your camera is an iPhone in Apple-land ...)
    - masklinn 16y ago
      > Apple intro'd built-in SD card slots with the last round of unibody Macbook Pros. Previous, not last (last is mid 2010, SD slot appeared on mid 2009 machines)
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