Posts by Big Mac

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin That's probably going to be the biggest problem next year if they continue to sell the old one. That's one thing that distinguishes the other products from iOS products is that Apple doesn't...

It's nice to see that Apple is still giving some of its attention to Mac widgets, but it's a feature on life support until Apple relaunches the feature on the developer side. The current Apple site for distributing widgets doesn't allow...

Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Isn't this a wonderful thread. A fellow who has completed his job, is number 3 or 4 or maybe even 5 at Apple decides, while Steve is still at the helm, to leave Apple so that he can become...

Quote: Originally Posted by DustinX I was under the impression that the Chinese authorities encouraged intellectual property theft from American companies. hm.. I don't think IP theft is actively encouraged in China as much as it's...

I think it's very much premature to declare an end to Moore's Law because of a realtively subpar bump to the 13" MacBook (so-called Pros). The real MBPs, the 15" and 17" models, received pretty impressive upgrades and are...

Is it time to have an iOS forum to go along with the Mac OS X forum? I'm trying to figure out where to post a specific thread about an aspect of iOS, and it occurred to me that I don't think there's currently a proper venue for it.

If this patent becomes a product, I have no problem with it as long as it extends the Mac experience, rather than replace the Mac/Mac OS X. The iOS is a great OS for touch applications, but it's certainly not a replacement for a full,...

I think your imagination has gotten a bit ahead of you, bro. That's a Photoshop alteration of an iPhone, not an iPod touch 4G.

I'm surprised I'm the only one to be thinking about the xMac upon hearing this news. Give us an xMac already, Apple. It isn't too hard.

I agree in large part. The loss of Firewire on the MacBooks is a more substantial omission than the loss of the optical drive would be. However, it is true that the MB target demographic would react more harshly to the removal of the...