Posts by mcarling

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Whilst random access of an SSD is much faster than that of an HDD, sequential I/O is slower. So reading/writing large files from/to SSD is slower. It is my understanding that SSDs currently also have...

Quote: Originally Posted by MusLtngBlue No. It ain't gonna happen. Try word processing with the iPhone's multitouch keyboard, and then tell me you want to keep doing that. All the keyboard on a portable's interface (such as this) is...

Quote: Originally Posted by hypoluxa Oh please god let there be an option to make the finder bar opaque as I can't stand this ridiculous transparency eyecandy!!! Argghhh. Trying to make it like Vista hmm? Cmon Appple be original and...

Right after a speedbump is always the best time to buy -- if you need a computer and it meets your requirements. The MBP will not be updated again before the release of Leopard.

iPhone runs MacOS X. It's just a matter of time (perhaps a long time) before one's iPhone carries all of one's computing environment and it simply connects to a monitor and keyboard as needed.

Quote: Originally Posted by shadow Apple will talk about resolution independence during the sessions: http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/sessions/ You will find 161: Making Your Custom Controls, Icons, and Artwork Resolution...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich I wonder when these other 290 magical features will be revealed. I think it's a little late for Microsoftie to steal 'em for Vista. Whether Leopard features are revealed now or in October might...

Do we have any idea how many popular apps will be ready for resolution independence when Leopard ships? Camino? NeoOffice?

It seems like many people here expect the next speedbump at MWSF 08. I would have expected one earlier. What is the history of MBP speedbumps?

I expect the next MBP speedbump to coincide with the release of Leopard and to include higher resolution displays and slightly faster processors. 800MHz DDR3 memory would be nice if Intel adds support for it to Santa Rosa (disabled at...