Posts by dr_lha

As Jobs has publicly stated that the Kindle is a piece of crap and people "don't read books anymore" - I predict this is the Apple iKindle.

Quote: Originally Posted by Timon Not me, I want to see the GPS chip. Combine that with a good car mount, i.e., AMPS compatible, and good routing with traffic avoidance and I can dump my GPS Can you put a car charger on that wish list...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cubert Once someone downloads the SP and installs it, can you post on the speed of Office 2008? I have stuck with 2004 because of how dog slow 2008 is on both Power PC's and Intel Macs. Many owners of Intel...

Only Microsoft would release a press release saying Office 2008 SP1 is released before its actually released. WTF? Did they not expect that people might think such a press release might actually mean that the patch was downloadable now?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland That's the telltale, shiny, silver chamfer right there. It's most likely a form of baked, white powder-coating. Those images look very plausible to me. Also, they could be just playing with different...

Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips It would be nice if QT were the platform of choice by google for sure. There's no QT for linux though is there? There is Flash though. Also what about stuff like the Wii, the PS3 etc, you can't...

Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE BlackBerry still don't have 3G?!!! LOL Thats what how many years?! Apple iPhone is less than 8 months old and people are very upset about not releasing a 3G yet!! This is funny. To be fair, the...

Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius ... brings you to $608...which still makes the Mac Mini cost over 50% more than the clone. Yes, but with the mini you are not just paying for a low end machine, you're paying for the form factor....

Its not just students, its faculty too. In my department we've gone in 4 years from being Windows/Linux based to almost 100% Mac for all new computer purchases. The Mac is becoming the defacto research machine in my field (astrophysics)...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kasper There's no way Apple is going to give Android-based 3G handsets a six-month head start when they are already ahead of the game right now =P I don't get this. How about Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm...