Posts by McDave

Quote: Originally Posted by pooman625 They say that vertical realestate is really important in modern computers yet they add a huge ribbon interface. prbably optomised for touch. How? Does it come with a pencil sharpener for your...

Quote: Originally Posted by lilgto64 I think for there to be patent infringement - the target of your claim should with have code that executes in exactly the same way or an interface that works in exactly the same way - for your claim...

Sounds more like disk image restore than permissions/disk repair but surely there's prior art for both. It would be funny if these clowns thought they were going to walk away with a bag of royalty cash but instead got their patent...

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Never gonna happen. Apple isn't going to build a factory in Turkey. They'll be lucky to get an Apple store. Why not? Apple's (and everyone else's) Asia-only manufacturing strategy is an IP...

Ahh. That's so sweet. May be they can produce a scroll wheel overlay for Blackberries. Maybe they can stream funeral music as the clods of earth finally lay them to rest. McD

Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I agree 100%. I see Apple using more not less NAND in the coming years. If anything the ability to spill data off to the cloud would drive most local storage requirements into the sub 256GB...

I get that the carrier tie-in is more percentage-profitable for Apple but to rob themselves of such a larger customer base? I think Apple have got this very wrong. They'd be neck & neck with Android with a more conventional sales...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dickprinter If you ask me, the obsolescence is dictated by the rapid change and progression of technology and by human nature wanting the next big thing. For something to be obsolete, by definition, the...

Whilst Apple have their cheque book out they should buy Samsung's semiconductor business for a special 'dont sue us so hard' price. That'd provide the end-to-end integration they're after with no supply dependencies or IP concerns. McD

"Thunderbolt will likely see more rapid adoption in the high-end video market." No kidding! Given it takes an SSD or multiple, striped HDDs which push the cost per GB way up it's never really going to be a consumer...