Apple passes Microsoft to become biggest Tech Company

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Why would you? :P An iMac is one of the least limited products by Apple. Their iPods/iPhones are the main offenders, and MacBooks can be if you considered the mini-DVI port a limitation (which to me it is, it's not like a normal DVI port is large anyway).

Just got bored and measured my laptop, which is 2.5cm height and has a normal DVI port. The MacBook is 2.75cm and has a mini-DVI port. You'd think they would just use a normal DVI port to save on unnecessary hassle, but that is of course gnit-picking :P

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From my perspective if you're rich enough to spend 2 grand on a computer, you can fork over 30 smackers to get your DVI converter.

But it's so pointless and unethical, making you fork out for something that doesn't have any divine purpose :(

I feel we should be calling each other troll and being rude to each other, what happened? :P

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

But it's so pointless and unethical, making you fork out for something that doesn't have any divine purpose :(

I feel we should be calling each other troll and being rude to each other, what happened? :P

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We matured, is what!

We can always avoid buying the adapter if we buy the 10x more expensive Apple monitors :)

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

From my perspective if you're rich enough to spend 2 grand on a computer, you can fork over 30 smackers to get your DVI converter.

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I bought a MacBook, it doesn't mean I then had the money to fork out for a VGA/DVI cable that should have come as standard, in fact, I have yet to buy the thing.

It also isn't very consumer friendly, I was at a conference once, and the woman had a Mac, when they tried to plug it into the projector, oh no, wrong type of connection, they had to bring out a WINDOWS computer because 98% of the world's projectors and monitors still use VGA and DVI, I don't know why Apple think they can change the way the world works so easily.

Ha, yeahh.. Microsoft still owns a significant amount of Apple due to the case for the right to use Windows. That case lead to Microsoft owning a solid 30% of Apple, yet apple getting granted the use of Windows and Windows programs in their computers and so forth.

As well as Microsoft having significant market ownership of 100's of different companies; Microsoft is worth more, in key economic terms.

LG, DELL, nVidia = Microsoft ;)
And think of the Xbox.. the biggest online community and the only system to have paid membership..

Microsoft > Apple

...and yes, I'm a PC fanboy; WHAT OF IT!

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Why would you? :P An iMac is one of the least limited products by Apple. Their iPods/iPhones are the main offenders, and MacBooks can be if you considered the mini-DVI port a limitation (which to me it is, it's not like a normal DVI port is large anyway).

Just got bored and measured my laptop, which is 2.5cm height and has a normal DVI port. The MacBook is 2.75cm and has a mini-DVI port. You'd think they would just use a normal DVI port to save on unnecessary hassle, but that is of course gnit-picking :P

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Just want to point out that Apple doesn't use DVI, mini-DVI or micro-DVI. They instead use Mini DisplayPort, capable of providing much higher resolution. Both HP and Toshiba have begun adopting it in their notebooks.

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Originally Posted by Barmi

Just want to point out that Apple doesn't use DVI, mini-DVI or micro-DVI. They instead use Mini DisplayPort, capable of providing much higher resolution. Both HP and Toshiba have begun adopting it in their notebooks.

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January 09 MacBooks use mini-DVI, I know that for sure.

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Originally Posted by Hardstylerz

Ha, yeahh.. Microsoft still owns a significant amount of Apple due to the case for the right to use Windows. That case lead to Microsoft owning a solid 30% of Apple, yet apple getting granted the use of Windows and Windows programs in their computers and so forth.

As well as Microsoft having significant market ownership of 100's of different companies; Microsoft is worth more, in key economic terms.

LG, DELL, nVidia = Microsoft ;)
And think of the Xbox.. the biggest online community and the only system to have paid membership..

Microsoft > Apple

...and yes, I'm a PC fanboy; WHAT OF IT!

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You're completely uninformed. Microsoft sold the stake it had in Apple, and it was only 0.04% of a stake of non-voting shares, which means they had no say. But they sold them on to make a profit, so now Microsoft owns NOTHING of Apple.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

January 09 MacBooks use mini-DVI, I know that for sure.

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Are you sure you didn't buy a refurb? The unibody MacBooks (October 2008) were the start of the transition to mini DisplayPort.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mpie/2948297072/

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Originally Posted by Barmi

Are you sure you didn't buy a refurb? The unibody MacBooks (October 2008) were the start of the transition to mini DisplayPort.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mpie/2948297072/

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He's right. But even if it was January 2009 it's still irrelevant because it's not like that now. It's like me judging Windows purely on the basis of Vista in 2008.