Posts by Mr. Me

The title of this thread is misleading and false. The facts as stated imply that Apple has [i]un[/i]officially dropped the 17" MacBook Pro. To officially drop the its top-of-the-line laptop, Apple would have to announce that it was...

I think that Apple is messing with you. Liquidmetal.com is the Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. website. It is devoted to information about its alloy. There is no hint that Liquidmetal Technologies has business interests unrelated to the...

The Apple Store is back up. No new products. The change is that it is targeting those who want to purchase gifts for Father's Day. This may be a new direction for the Apple Store. I don't recall a past pitch quite like this.

My experience downloading Lion from the Mac App Store was completely unremarkable. It required no more than a few minutes and did not require a retry. 

Quote: Originally Posted by Bregalad  ... Does everyone out there really own multiple Macs that they routinely switch between? ...   Absolutely!

Quote: Originally Posted by infinitespecter  Here's something no one has mentioned...    No, it is something that no one has reposted that diagram. It is a visual representation of the fact that...

Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008  Correct me but it doesn't resize on the fly, or at least it needs a "seed" of several bitmaps as of different sizes per icon. Fonts on the other hand are very flexible, it's the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Relic  Does Apple make money with their Airport Extreme routers? With so many better units at much better prices I'm still amazed it's even still on the...

Whining about Apple's markup clouds the issue. Whether from Apple or some other company, SSDs are substantially more expensive that HDDs of similar capacity.

You draw conclusions totally unsupported by evidence. There is simply no reason to assume that an iMac with standard SSD will provide a bigger return than standard HDD. Including both as standard equipment makes no sense at all. Doing...