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Subject: Re: Apple G5 looks nice.

Author: Keith Evans

Date: 07:36:26 06/24/03

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On June 24, 2003 at 02:34:42, Hristo wrote:

>On June 24, 2003 at 02:03:12, Keith Evans wrote:
>
>>On June 24, 2003 at 01:34:11, Hristo wrote:
>>
>>>First:
>>>I love the new platform!
>>>I was ready to buy one, dual 2 GHz + 2 GRam, today!!! But they wouldn't sell me
>>>one! Bastards.
>>>I was in the San Jose, Valley Fair mall Apple store this morning with the
>>>plastic at hand ... but, noooo. :-/ Perhaps this is better though, I can wait
>>>for the 3 GHz next year!
>>>
>>>Second:
>>>The benchmarks were misleading (!) and in some cases bordered with fraud. ;(
>>>I'm with you on how nasty it feels to be lied to ... !
>>>
>>>Third:
>>>OSX 10.3 is super nice and the developer tools make it worth the money (for the
>>>entire new mac) ...
>>>
>>>....
>>>
>>>I would love to run my chess move generator (altivec only) on one of those noise
>>>makers! :)
>>>... 9 fans all going on/off at will. That would be interesting to experience.
>>>
>>>Technically it is the first 64 bit DESKTOP in the world, the others were
>>>Workstations. This is of course a matter of semantics and I dislike that Apple
>>>(S.J.) is using it in such way.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Hristo
>>>
>>
>>Wow - another CCC person in the San Jose area. I work right at the corner of
>>Camden and Bascom.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Keith
>
>Duhhh ...
>I live right near Hamilton and Bascom, near EBay. :)
>On a good day I might be able to tee-off into their windows! :)
>
>Cheers,
>Hristo

I used to work in that complex before EBay was the big thing (bet on the wrong
horse), and still go to that Noah's bagels every now and then. That's a nice
location with easy access to the Los Gatos creek trail. I actually live pretty
close to Bascom/Camden - just a couple of blocks south.

Regards,
Keith



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