Posts by ulfoaf

Quote: Originally Posted by sennen I think that for a great many of apple's customers the difference in performance between the mobile chips and the desktop chips really doesn't come into play any longer. It's not such a vast gulf as it...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Even if no apps explicitly take advantage of GC the system will still perform better because GC sits above the kernel and enhances the multitasking of all processes running. A lot of...

I've only read one book on Kindle for Iphone so far: iWoz, by Steve Wozniak. Good insight to the early years of Apple. Kind of inspirational for engineers! He basically says don't let a committee mess up your good ideas! It was a good...

Quote: Originally Posted by Outsider I don't know... Aluminum may be a cheaper material, but the machining process certainly isn't. Carbon fiber, like fiberglass, is a pretty simple process in terms of manufacturing. Working with...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison LOL Sometimes Jobs' cracks me up with his statements. I think Blu-ray is coming but I'd agree that this is likely just rudimentary support for cataloging BD discs. That was a pointed barb...

Quote: Originally Posted by dstranathan How could Apple be affected by this? Lets break it down in big chunks... Solaris: Larry can go head-to-head against MS on the Server OS front (and possibly the workstation too of course) = good...

What a surprise! Any Mac owner knows this! Don't forget resale value! A 4 year old Mac is still worth something ! Just look at eBay. I risked a mere $160 for a G3 iMac (6 years old at the time) in Oct 06 to try a Mac. I still use it...

[\\QUOTE] I'd RATHER work for Apple thanks to their integration of hardware and software to make their products better than the rest And no challenge to make a OS that works with limited hardware? You obviously have had no experience...

Quote: Originally Posted by lamewing I started to use iTunes to buy music about three years ago. Prior to that I purchased most at Best Buy or Target for my domestic and yesasia.com for my imports. Why? 100% for the CONVENIENCE, nothing...

I have an iPhone and love it, but I don't use it for work. There are some things that people miss for business use, as often been repeated: Searching email cut and paste store and email attachments from the phone 3.0 will take...