zuzu on 10 Oct 2007 19:28:24 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac OS X question

  • From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac OS X question
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:28:18 -0400
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On 10/10/07, gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> wrote:
> At 2007-10-10 04:37 -0400, zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't think the official Apple specifications are the issue so much
> > as the lack of available 4GB SO-DIMMs.  I'd give at least 50/50 odds
> > that the Santa Rosa MacBook Pro can address more than 4GB (as it is a
> > truly 64-bit system, unlike previously when the C2D was dropped inside
> > a Core Duo intended motherboard -- compatible but unaware of the
> > 64-bit addressing instructions of the Core 2 Duo).
>
> You're entitled to your opinion, and when you show me the white
> papers with the supporting evidence that SO-DIMMs that large fit
> within the power and space constraints of the MacBook, I will agree
> with you.

the foremost constraint is a lack of 4GB SO-DIMMs with which to test.
I'll take empirical results over white papers anyday.

> > try Firefox -- especially Firefox rather than Camino -- with 200+ tabs,
>
> I was presenting an example. I've no interest in a size comparison.
>
> It does sound like your memory needs are rather great, but I do not
> think that they are those of the average user, even a power user.

again, I'd like to see hard data on this phenomenon.  I suspect I'm
not as rare as you and a few others have implied.

> > ok, thought so.  I was being too lazy to google.
>
> Aha. It's good that you admit it.

sure, you "caught" me.  good job.
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