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Yes, years after they applied for it, it was recently accepted. The dock is a Mac thing, and that's patent infringement. Should be interesting to see if Apple defends it's patent.
The crazy thing is: unless you're into gaming, a 5 year old PC likely still has plenty of life left in it. I recently took my 7 year-old 1.8 ghz PIV machine, upgraded the RAM to 1 gig, swapped in a used 2.4 ghz CPU (my 400mhz FSB made finding a faster, cheaper replacement chip impossible) and threw in a zippy 160mb HD. I put fresh installation of XP on the drive, re-loaded the software I really wanted to keep on the machine and copied my files off the old HD.
And you know what? The old girl feels like a brand new machine. Boots up quickly, chugs along nicely and gives me few if any problems. I thoroughly recommend doing a fresh OS install every few years --cleaning out all the cobwebs and starting fresh.
Sure the $150.00 I spent on this could have gone a long way to building a Core2 Duo machine that would leave mine in the dust, but do I really need that? I'm not a hardcore gamer. I'm perfectly happy with Unreal Tournament 2003, which this machine runs perfectly, and everything else is fine and dandy too. Plus I don't have to worry about disposing of an old computer.
Sure my next upgrade will probably have to involve a motherboard swap, but at the rate she's running now I can hold on for a couple more years at least.
12/01/08
12/01/08
Yes, years after they applied for it, it was recently accepted. The dock is a Mac thing, and that's patent infringement. Should be interesting to see if Apple defends it's patent.
12/02/08
11/14/08
11/14/08
I'm in the process of putting one in my car along with a 7" touchscreen
11/14/08
And you know what? The old girl feels like a brand new machine. Boots up quickly, chugs along nicely and gives me few if any problems. I thoroughly recommend doing a fresh OS install every few years --cleaning out all the cobwebs and starting fresh.
Sure the $150.00 I spent on this could have gone a long way to building a Core2 Duo machine that would leave mine in the dust, but do I really need that? I'm not a hardcore gamer. I'm perfectly happy with Unreal Tournament 2003, which this machine runs perfectly, and everything else is fine and dandy too. Plus I don't have to worry about disposing of an old computer.
Sure my next upgrade will probably have to involve a motherboard swap, but at the rate she's running now I can hold on for a couple more years at least.