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<DIV> Gary, thanks for poppin' in!
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<DIV>In fact, the lack of a FW port is not the "main" reason for me to gave up upon new models. If you take a closer look to the Tech Specs you'll notice the following:
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<DIV>Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory (3)
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<DIV>(3) Memory avalable to Mac OS X may vary depending on graphics needs. Minimum graphics memory usage is 256MB.
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<DIV>I've never liked the idea of sharing the GPU memory with the computer memory. Don't ask why, but I always get the feeling that users may lose computing performances with VRAM shared.
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<DIV>Anyway, I appreciate the precious hint!
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<DIV>LM<br><br>
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<DIV>>>>On Thu, 5 de Mar de 2009 at 14:27, Gary Lauterback <garylauterback@earthlink.net> wrote:<br><br>>LM,<br><br>>A cable exits that is FW 400 on one end, and the FW 800 on the other.  <br>>You don't have to loose the FW 400 devices in order to have one of the <br>>new iMacs.  We sell these cables in the store where I work.<br>>I've used such cable many times to connect the newer iMacs to older <br>>platforms for Data Migration.  Works great.<br>><br>>Thought I'd share ...<br>><br>>Gary<br> </DIV>
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