Posts by alandail

At work we need two new 21" iMacs.  We delayed the purchase slightly because the new models were being released.  It's almost 3 weeks now since they were announced and you still can't even preorder them anywhere, which is...

Quote: Originally Posted by zunx  No way. A full x86 compatibility is a must. Besides power. Intel power. No toy-like ARM power.   a must for who?   100 million people get plenty done with ARM based...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross  I love it when people say "just recompile". Sure. So you have gone and found Apple technologies and listed them, wonderful. Have you ever programmed on a serious level? If you...

Quote: Originally Posted by jwsmiths  The problem with making ARM based "Macintoshes" is that unless it can utilize a translation technology like "Rosetta" people won't be able to run their old software and the user...

why is the 9.7 inch iPad called a 10" tablet while the 7.9" iPad is called a 7" tablet?

Quote: Originally Posted by ClemyNX  I don't see the need to restrict this for Mac only on the website. That's stupid.     They didn't.  You can watch on a Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or...

This whole thing is bizarre.  The new Maps app is my favorite feature of the new OS.  We just went out of town for the weekend and used it all of the time to find and get where we needed to go without the slightest hitch....

Quote: Originally Posted by gregquinn  Yeah, this kind of teardown is so helpful for consumers (very sophisticated analysis), but I'm guessing Apple hates it. The telecommunications industry for years and years and years...

Quote: Originally Posted by yvo84  Samsung has every right to sue. That's life people.   what gives them the right to sue someone for using parts where the manufacturer already paid to license the patents?...

shouldn't it be illegal to license your patents to a chip supplier then sue companies for using those very chips? The patents have already been licensed.