Posts by Captain J

I have upgraded two of my three eligible computers to Lion. I don't have any problems with the OS, but downloading it on my home broadband takes 8 hours. This is why I didn't like the whole concept to begin with. The USB stick version...

Quote: Originally Posted by GQB Apple neither raised nor lowered ANYONE's expectations over the past 1.5 years. People who live on rumor lists did. Blame them, not Apple. Not blaming anyone. However, when as a company you are...

IMO if this phone had been released on schedule in July there would be a lot less negativity. I think the delayed release raised expectations.

Why is anyone surprised? Because of "leaks" This was obvious and it is Apple's pattern. Every other year is a design upgrade with a internal component upgrade on the opposite years. They're not trying to get IP4 owners...

Apple is a profit, not market share driven company. They don't care one iota about numbers like this.

and how long will this take to download?????

Just wondering how long it will take to donwload Lion for example. It takes an hour or so to get the iOS updates. I see this as a huge issue for people. With slower connections one could be tied up for hours downloading major software...

Just to pose the devil's advocate question, the magazine companies have my info (address etc) if I subscribe to their magazine as they have to send it to me. Of course if buy it at the newsstand at cover price, they don't have it. If...

Quote: How Apple Almost Got Microsoft’s Kinect Game Controller Share By Leander Kahney (4:30 am, Nov. 05, 2010) In June 2008, on a flight home from Europe to San Francisco, I was given a fascinating demo of some jaw-dropping...

A few salient points: 1) As has been pointed out numerous times (and ignored by many in the Kool-Aid crowd) the 3G was sold right up until June of this year. That means it is a current phone, not a two year old obsolete phone. 2) Do I...