Posts by s.metcalf

Quote:Originally Posted by asdasd Apple can charge the refund back to the developer.  I'm pretty sure they can't. The issue is to do with Apple's iOS security and purchasing requirements.

Quote:Originally Posted by digitalclips Of course you are correct. I had hoped / convinced myself a 2010 MBP i7 fully loaded would at least be a third or even half as fast as a 2008 8 Core MacPro. I really wanted portability as I...

Quote:Originally Posted by AppleInsider federal agents first obtained the iPhone in the course of a warranted search, then secured another warrant before scanning the phone. Yeah right! Who believes for a second that they didn't...

Well liney, Tim did promise one this year.   As with most financial analysts, I reckon random predictions would do better than this guy's effort!   His predictions look very Q3 heavy.  Apple tends to spread out...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy  Marketing is marketing. I'm personally convinced a less-expensive plastic-encased iPhone is gonna happen. There's as much smoke rising from this rumor as there was for the iPad...

Ironically, the plastic version to be tougher and more scratch resistant than aluminium... :P

I absolutely try to buy locally as much as possible.  Not because of some kind of xenophobia but because the quality and value is usually much better.  You don't have to pay for shipping from half way around the world (and...

Quote:Originally Posted by wizard69  Blu Ray is 25GB per layer of 50 GB for a long movie with lots of extras. To put it simply a 300GB file is a joke. The price of Blu Ray disc have come down because it is a market failure plain...

Quote:Originally Posted by Junkyard Dawg There is still a signifcant quality difference between streaming media and optical media.  Certainly for BD versus iTunes streams.  And AAC versus CD, those studies showing that people cannot...

Great thread...   Getting a bit OT, but as much as I wish Blu-Ray and DRM would die a painful death I think it still offers something that is unavailable (or at least very difficult to find) elsewhere.  That is, the very...