Posts by Kolchak

This brings back the memories of how my old Powermac G5 liked to go crazy, ramping the fans up to a full speed howl for no reason and not letting up until the system was restarted. As I recall, I wasn't the only person this happened to.

Heating water directly by having a windmill directly drive paddles immersed in a tank of water is actually an old idea and fairly well-known in the wind energy field. It's not as inefficient as the naysayers think.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland  It does many more devices, the battery is way larger, it requires no extra cables; they are built in and retractable, and pop also comes with a whole lot of ugly.   And...

Apple should be moving away from rotating fans anyway. Ancient technology. I like GE's dual piezo cooling jet. Less noise, smaller size, higher reliability, lower power consumption.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy  HUH...   Perhaps a smaller iPad was the "perfect size" all along. Unfortunately, it's not the first time one of Steve's strongest beliefs (or at least public...

What about Macs? Was "replacing a Mac" one of the options in the poll? I wonder if anybody is doing that. Wouldn't make sense to me, but I suppose some people really don't need a real computer, like elderly technophobes and anybody...

Quote: Originally Posted by MACTSW  How does this differ from the Dyson fan? Presumably there must be something, in order to get a patent.   The Dyson fan does actually have blades. They're just hidden...

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider  Following the announcement that 3 million units were sold over the launch weekend for the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad, market watchers reacted positively and said the...

On the one hand, there's the problem that this would eliminate Bootcamp and virtualization options. That's not a small loss for many users. On the other hand, this would also eliminate the possibility of Hackintoshes, but those don't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan  Oh so you've used these headphones and know they suck more than cheaper ones? Where did you get your hands on a pair?   Go ahead and keep defending them. I'll be back to...