Posts by bettieblue

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil HOW? Is that physically possible? And isn't there a file-consistency check at the end of the download that would red-flag any bits out of place? Oh I guess they hack the certficate used for...

Quote: Originally Posted by 80025 It's important to keep in mind that the App Store approach to downloading application and OS software is an integrated approach (information, selection, billing, delivery), whereas the MS download...

Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I can imagine quite a few disasters during the process as numerous pop ups tell users they need to click here and there to update this and that and that this has failed and that this was unable...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Except for being an internet-based option that is pretty much the opposite of simple. MS is following Apple lead here, as usual. Seriously that is your answer? You are fooking brainwashed! So...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Redmond start your photocopiers I hate the burst your bubble but Microsoft had this option when Windows 7 came out...BEFORE...Lion. Notice the download option on the...

Wow is there even a single review of this 1.0 product?

Quote: Originally Posted by patrickf The Fire and Nook tablets will take a bunch of share from Apple. I'm considering one, since I use my iPad primarily for reading. Yeah, I have a keyboard and all that for the iPad, but mostly I just...

Has there even been any real reviews of the Fire? Like a hands on test for a week of normal usage? You would have to be a total idiot to pre-order a version 1 product like that, even if it was from Apple.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mac: an Endangered Species As a longtime Creative Pro, I have bought nearly EVERY new »»»OPEN««« Mac model, beginning with the Macintosh IIx, my first Mac. (If Jean Louis Gassée did anything right, he...

Quote: Originally Posted by Magic_Al I've never read about anybody connected with game development saying Apple consistently supported the gaming industry or made gaming a priority. I've read the opposite. When I think of games I don't...