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Umm, well Merc, on some Mac computers the max RW saturation might be that slow, but typically on the PC side, you're over 30+MB/s. FW800 on MacbookPro's is of course faster still, and with a drive supplying it's own power, the ExpressCard slot options will get you ~150MB/s (it's on...

Depends on what kind of work you do to generate higher profits. Until the faster, larger capacity SSD's become available, I assure you LM, *professionals* that you seem to be unaware of, use MacBookPro 17in notebooks on a regular basis, ain't no kiddie book to them, it's serious business...

Listed in stock here: Got $320? http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MS8U5500SB8/ Or $279? http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/HM500JIMU2/ ZipZoomfly has it out of stock and listed @$299. the Hitachi 7k320 is also now available for those who want...

Well I hate flash photography in general, as it's abused much like over-sharpening and HDR bracketing technique, both in some circumstances producing surreal, or visually unpleasant images to my eye. For situations where you have lots of setup time, and want to go through the trouble of using...

Does this image look over sharpened to you? http://www.dailydigitalphoto.com/cgi-bin/potd/potd.pl

Framing rate is often, irrelevant and moot, to many types of photography. You and Tannin crack me up sometimes with your innate objectivity (snarky subjectivity), lol. "LCD display, live view and dust reduction are not important either...(to me)." :D Speak for yourself LM, there are 1,000's...

anyone seen it yet, boring, yawn, or helpful? http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1214319836.html

http://www.bogenimaging.us/TripodWebinar/ FREE Webinar Course: Selecting the Right Tripod & Head Webinar...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/06/19/2008-06-19_fat_chance_australia_us_is_still_most_ob.html

Safari is still faster :p. 3.1.2 just released for Windoze. Safari bests Firefox, IE at JavaScript rendering http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/20/safari.beats.firefox.ie/ Though on dial-up the difference isn't much.

Lots of modified old Vdub Bugs annually raced the Baja 1000. Mesa, currently one degree hotter than Palm Springs...but PS peaked @121F and had a 'higher' low temp of 82F. http://www.accuweather.com/us/ca/palm-springs/92262/city-weather-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&u=1&traveler=1...

Well the HP is designed for professional movie/video makers/editors, not what LM or Tannin do. We will need 4k res monitors in the near future I'm sure, what with a 3k res palmcorder coming out next year from Red One for an estimated $3k (called the Scarlet...get the pun), less than a D700 ;)...

I take it LM & Tannin have read this 13pg thread, so what's your opinion about the topics discussed? I did a search of this thread on the thread title below but got no hits, so I assume it hasn't been discussed in this thread, nor any others? (this thread before HP announced their new $3.5k...

Well moving right along, so both LM & Tannin can :rolleyes:, LM cause he'll have to sell his D300, and Tannin, cause you know that if the FPS is up to snuff, this *will* be a Canon 1D MkIII killer :p....12MP is enough...still waiting to see how much the Sony A900 will cost @24MP. Ah, there, the...

Define *your* idea of 'normal' LM??? dd just bought the 450D and IIRC he's ~6ft 2"...but maybe he has little Asian hands and fingers, and conversely LM is a orangutan like Tea :rotfl: or Clinton, lol. I have US standard 'medium sized' hands and the Rebels are too big, too thick, too fat, too...

Seen her without her makeup yet? Uh oh, dude you're in trouble :roflmao: Find someone better than the Blockbuster grrrrl.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/10/hp.dreamcolor.lcd/ $3,499...ouch. http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/18/nec.ea261wm.display/ not so good, only 92% NTSC, but only $680 and it pivots! http://www.necdisplay.com/Products/Product/?product=b2824707-0c2c-4c7a-83e7-c4dfb2e4b742

FF3 (not beta) has been released today.

Thread jack alert! ;) Sorry for the jack :p Don't know how it would relate to the thread title as it hasn't aired on the west coast yet. Some of you might be interested in viewing it (I got an error message 1st time I used the link below): PBS Frontline...

Yeah, I pretty much agree with Fushigi's analysis, and almost completely disagree with jtr's very warped reality distortion field, what can I say, but it's true :D. Yep, lived all my life in the largest 'suburbia' of them all Los Angeles. Now before I was born, go back to pre-1940's era LA...

Get the newer version, once the beta process is done. http://www.ptgui.com/beta.html http://www.ptgui.com/support.html When the new Samsung 256GB SSD's come out...late this year??? Get a couple of those 200MBs STR SSD's, probably cost your more than 5 15k rpm SAS drives and associated raid...

I am, therefore I exist? When a tree falls in the forest...what makes you think you have any control over your multiple personalities, you may only *think* you have control :p. [*Edit], wavemaker, etc 'tis a trolls life ;) btw, I doubt you're invisible to Handy, specially if he looks at the...

And maybe this could be what improves the IQ on the 2x crop factor Oly dSLR's, which don't have the greatest IQ at present due to using smaller sensors...think they could do a 24MP sensor in the present Oly format, that would almost be as sucky as a PnS 12MP is now??? A distinct possibility...

What do you mean by that? If what you are referring to is that after you log out, on the main forum page where it shows current/active users, your username is still shown at the bottom of the page, this is common for many forum software pkgs, not just vBul. SR's forum software reports the same...

Kind of makes you wonder, why did they do front illumination in the first place as it seems bassackwards to me! Sony develops back-illuminated CMOS image sensor, realizing high picture quality, nearly twofold sensitivity(*1) and low noise...

^^^it's not really you Merc, figment of our imagination. Then again, with the usual disingenuous FS, anything is possible :) even black pres.

Answer: "No" (trying to gain respect of Tannin for being the model of concise and brief replies, lol) Ubuntu runs on Mac lappy's too, many use it, nice geeky OS. 1.6Ghz, is what, very 1st gen Intel core duo, with integrated GPU? LOL, some people don't look at those things as being important...

Or *you* could click on the link in the OP and read the article...*if* you wanted, lol

Canon has announced the rumored XSi Lite, ie. really dumbed down version of the XSi/450D....yawn. Now WTF is the 5D replacement/upgrade already, damn it! http://www.dpreview.com/previews/Canon_1000D/page2.asp

Think you meant 'faster' CPU? ^^^all above is subjective. So for the most part, that's you decision, which we cannot make for/tell you :(. Grey for the background color, but that's a nitpick as none will save appreciable amounts of battery power. I see you have a 160 SATA, could go into a...

Yes, it is well settled that SF members as a whole are: Thanks for nothing CNET! (LG voyager vs. iPhone) http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=478328 Verizon's 'iPhone Killer', the LG Voyager, Disappoints? http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=390756 you are all referring to...

You mean you did not read all of the reviews ;) ? http://www.steves-digicams.com/2008_reviews/canon_rebel_xsi_pg4.html http://www.steves-digicams.com/2008_reviews/canon_rebel_xsi.html *Edit: 14bit vs. 12bit might also factor in a little.

Got an email from jtr this morning. Think he is suffering the worst of all SF members (probably almost as bad for Handy). He did a run of CPF parts past couple of weeks which have his carpel tunnel syndrome kicking in with lots of pain...like Gilbo, jtr, I'm for some reason genetically...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3326&p=1 Sort of disappointing there are no power savings, will have to wait until 2010 for 32nm process to see an significant power reduction. What with notebooks overtaking desktops in sales, power saving becomes critical. Takes...

18-55 is too bulky/long to be considered compact by my standards---doesn't have any 'real' reach either, it's good for an inexpensive 2 zoom lens setup. If there was a mythical OM2 dSLR, and a more compact Oly lens like the Nikon 18-200 VR, that would be the 'one' lens travel setup I would use...

WTF, diesel is still $4.99 at the local station, but regular gas just went up yesterday, another 10 cents to $4.45! That's 24cents in just 7days!!! At this rate we would see $7/gal gas before the November presidential election. So what's Obama going to do about that, lol? Nothing, but idiot...

Cause you weren't here when dd made his instantaneous decision...tis the breaks Tannin, how dd's personality works. Me on the other hand, I tear apart all of my buying decisions until virtually no stone is unturned, lol. Well except wines, those are lust/impulse buying decisions sometimes :p...

I know you wanted something lighter weight, but for comparison did you try the 40D VF vs 450D, and then try a 5D? Once you get a look at the size of a FF VF like on the 5D, you'll think the rest are puny! If it weren't for the excessive bulk and various other flaws in construction compared to...

Almost forgot a potential deal breaker for you on the 450D, is that it has been 'dumbed' down yet again, as have all of the Rebel series, with a limited ISO1600 max. No Hi gain mode, no hack that I'm aware of that can get you 3200. Recall both Handy & you were using ISO3200 recently. With longer...

I don't believe either Tannin or LM have all three, ie the 450D (maybe older models the 450D replaced, but not the 450D as it has only been on the market for a few short months) Q90 system, this is a sweet tripod (though expensive)...

why? why oh, why couldn't you have started this thread at least 24hrs before making your decision? Given more time, I could link you to the pluses and minuses of the 450D vs 40D equation, but not on such short notice. If you like the 20D, then go for the 40D, IMHO you'll not notice the 10MP vs...

LOL, speaking of 'deserved' category, it seems we have grown a generation of youth that does not understand the world before cell phones. Even the Hispanic maids waiting for the bus I see all the time, talking on their cell phones, cell phone use is epidemic on buses now. Seems like *all*...

Is the e before 6400 to designate an educational only version, as I could not find that via quick Google search? http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050490,39176124p,00.htm At any rate, PC2-5300 (assuming it's a 667Mhz bus) @1GB is rather inexpensive right now, just get one of them, pop...

F'n'A...local gas station that was $4.21 last week, today I did my short range shopping to local supermkts, it's up to $4.35/gal, while diesel at the same place dropped from $5.10 back down to $4.99. Highest prices on the west side of LA include Beverly Hills of course, but another place in...

$249, but probably will not perform at the Travelstar level, as is usually the case. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=477

probably just weekend upgrade/maintenance, considering they had been doing more regular drive testing...but hell, with Eugene you never get a clue what's on his mind. Maybe Chewy509 knows something, only briefly hit that site when I'm looking to see if they've done any new lappy drive testing...

Yeah, and it would use biometric control, analyse your eye movement when you look through the VF, for auto focus pin-point accuracy, lol. Would be 15mm thick an fit in your pocket, have infinitely adjustable DOF, Do HD video too.

You done ranting Tannin? :p DxOPro v5 http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/dxo/optics-pro.htm (review of prior version) http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/dxo_optics_pro4.html http://www.dxo.com/intl/photo/dxo_optics_pro/exclusive_features/overview 15 day demo to d/l:

nanotech news: http://nanotech.physorg.com/ New potential solar energy advancements, computers, etc. Before the Memorial Day weekend here in the USA, petro/gasoline was $4.09/gal at the local station. During the weekend, they raised he price to $4.15/gal, today just one week later I noticed...

Fully aware of stacking technique. Royal PITA, IMHO...there are software solutions on the PC side, but not on Mac OS X that I'm aware of (there is reduction of DOF software, but I don't care about that). Already have the TS 24/3.5 that I needed, just don't have the body to use it on. TS are...