Posts by jowie74

My guess is that it requests the latest sales data from the server every five minutes. Updating in real-time could significantly slow things down for people actually purchasing apps. Then, the way the data is time-distributed on the Mac...

I may do the fanboi thing for the first time ever, and go into a store on the opening morning... I qualify for an immediate upgrade. (yay) Anyone know if UK O2 stores are opening early on the Friday?

I've already got an Alpine iPod adapter for my car. I'm really hoping that this will work with the TomTom software and allow the voice feedback to work over the same connection... It'd be a shame to have to use FM instead.

Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder I don't even see why they'd have to be synchronized, if one screen was even minutes ahead of another, how could anyone tell? They probably weren't. Run the same software on 20 Macs, and just...

Quote: Originally Posted by resnyc the big video-screen in Apple's Mac-debut commercial, where dozens of drone workers stood, mesmerized at the great leader's (aka Microsoft) broadcast I think you mean IBM

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleSucks Apple Sucks You're amazing!

I bought a DVD recorder for £99 from Curry's about three years ago. Connecting it to the VHS was a doddle. Editing them mostly using MPEG Streamclip, one of the best free applications you can download.

Quote: Originally Posted by zoetmb 1.5:1 makes no sense to me Except the fact that the iPhone and iPod touch use this ratio?

Quote: Originally Posted by BHoughton Would you also like for me to prove that gravity is real, as well? *sigh*... this is just getting childish. I think I will bow out of this silly conversation. I apologise for taking the bait.

Quote: Originally Posted by BHoughton Give me just one example that proves that theory wrong. I would love to see it. Tell you what, since you threw the first punch by saying these people have a chance to change things and have free...