Converting OS X AddressBook to KAddress?

[Robert Brandtjen]

On Tuesday 20 August 2002 07:07 pm, Timothy A. Seufert wrote:
> It says "Mac" where on that page?  You try to make it sound as though
> Apple is the only company in the world shipping a GeForce 4MX card.
> They are not.  Nor is it the top of the line Mac video card.

Umm, that's the click through from the mac link in the products - the new=
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for the mac has only been available a short time, and you know it.  The P=
C=20
version has been available for nearly a year from various manufactureers =
and=20
currently can be had for around 150.00 less then Apple's version- see=20
newegg.com As per what it can and cant do on the Mac versus the PC, sugge=
st=20
you consult your friend Mike at xlr8yourmac.com - in the heady days of th=
e=20
voodoo2 being availble for Macs, Mike used to run speed tests between mac=
s=20
and pcs - he no longer does, hasn't for a while, you can't even come clos=
e=20
matching mhz to mhz. He also noted when first reviewing the Nvidia cards =
for=20
macs that the mac's couldn't perform several of the functions that the PC=
=20
version could, you will also note on his site that he states clearly not =
to=20
attempt to flash the rom on cards meant for PC's.

Scroll to the bottom of this page:=20
http://nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=3Dsupport_faqs

and you will see this:

"Macintosh Products

I currently own a PowerMac and would like to purchase an NVIDIA-based gra=
phics=20
card for my system. Where can I purchase one?
Currently all Mac NVIDIA-based graphics cards are made and sold by Apple.=
=2E."

clearly, assuming they aren't lying, the Mac cards are proprietary.=20
But from Mike Breedon's xlryourmac pages a search returns these amongst=20
others:
"Nvidia:  This is a question that you should address to Apple. NVIDIA is=20
selling them GPUs and they are taking care of producing the boards. The=20
GeForce2 MX GPU does support TwinView, how Apple decides to use the chips=
 is=20
up to them."

this link:=20
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/geforce4_ti/geforce4_titanium_Mac.htm=
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Produces this:
Related Links: For design details of the Nvidia GeForce Ti (although some=
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features it mentions are only available with PC drivers currently) see=20
Nvidia's GeForce4 Ti product page.

What I find interesting about this page is this mac users experience, or=20
rather lack thereof in seeing a real speed boost from his $400.00 GFti 46=
00,=20
I have both a GF3ti 400 and a GFti 4400 which I only spent 160.00 on and =
very=20
nearly trippled my speed in terms of rame rates.

>Just say no to being an idiot.  That's all I ask, Robert.  It's not=20
>too hard to figure out the difference between the 4MX and the 4 Ti.=20
>Do it, before you embarrass yourself again.
>Do you plan on foisting this load of ignorance and bile on us on a=20
>regular basis?  If so, I'll make sure and write the standard response=20
>up on a web page so that next time all I have to do is post a URL,=20
>minimizing your attempts to disrupt this mailing list.

MY GOD your a pompous asshole, and I suspect as is the case with most peo=
ple=20
such as yourself, You have absolutley no reason to be in the real world, =
most=20
often people such as your self are nothing more then weasles in the real=20
world, who spend their time trying to pretend to be someone "special" in=20
cyberspace.

The truth about you and this email list is you spend most of your time te=
lling=20
people, in various ways, to use that POS OSX and drop linux, when in fact=
,=20
Linux, even YDL, runs circles around OSX. And it's free. Which I know is=20
something else you dislike, seeing your posts vis-avis Richard Stallman=20
elsewhere.

"just say no to reality distortion"
--=20
 Robert Brandtjen
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