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Who said Macs are expensive???

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I like the Diamond Jewelery / Power button idea....
 
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give it 5 years, and it will be obsolete
 
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give it 5 years, and it will be obsolete

Yes, but diamonds last forever.....
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o wow a 128gb hard drive....for a million bux id expect at least a terabyte
 
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Yes, but diamonds last forever.....
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Not unless you loose the piece. Then you can't start up your computer anymore. Imagine openign that thing and being greeted with the beautifully blue beveled interface of Windows XP.
 
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o wow a 128gb hard drive....for a million bux id expect at least a terabyte

Sounds like it's a flash drive though, not a hard drive.
 
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me thinks that this was posted before
 
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Sounds like it's a flash drive though, not a hard drive.

It is, or probably more accurately, several - I don't think anyone has got over 32GB yet.

It looks like a hotel bathroom.
 
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It is, or probably more accurately, several - I don't think anyone has got over 32GB yet.

Samsung, 64 GB!

www.tinyurl.com/38f67t

I wonder if the next generaltion of MacBooks will have solid state disk drives? I'm sure Apple will be one of the first to use them.
 
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I doubt it, just because it's a huge cost increase, probably double the cost of the Macbook. It would be nice if it was an option for those who are less price sensitive, but need a "solid" computer is lightning fast and sips power for insane battery time.
 

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