Posts by s.metcalf

Quote:Originally Posted by mstone I never keep towers on the floor because when the housekeepers come in with their vacuum cleaner they are both blowing dust right into the intake fans as well as bumping into the computer. Also, in...

Great, just what I need is Apple to tempt me with big performance gains (well thanks to Intel) just when I need a 13" MacBook Air as well. Judging by the gains seen in mobile Sandy Bridge a 16 core Mac Pro could easily hit twice the...

Laughable. Apart from buying NeXT, which they needed to do to get a modern OS, Apple never spends/risks sizeable chunks of its reserves on acquiring large well established companies, preferring instead to carefully select smaller and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shaun, UK  "Mysterious black box" - I love the run up to an Apple Keynote.   I wonder if the secret engineers all had iPods with the Mission Impossible theme playing while...

Quote: Originally Posted by MacTac  It is a mid range desktop computer. It isn't supposed to be anything remarkable. We just want one that isn't an all in one. One that is easy to open and has internal expansion room....

  Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  Sales taxes. Apple sells well over $100 B in products a year. Let's assume that the average sales tax rate is 5% (obviously, it's zero in some places, but as high as 17% or...

  Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich  Why Apple finds it necessary to defend themselves publicly against these socialist mouthpieces (Mike Daisey, NY Times) is beyond me. They should just call them...

Give me retina IPS MacBook Air or give me death!

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me This is the definition of a smart TV. Smart TVs have been on the market for a while now. Really? News to me! I bet the apps aren't as good as iOS ones though...

The statue is clearly End Of Life (EOL)! Did I just say that? :O