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  • ordered a 12.1" with a superdrive and the extra 512k or ram from the apple store, plus i went for applecare on the book too ... can never be too careful especially with first revision machines ram seemed fairly priced compared to prices the same …
    in Have you purchased your PowerBook? Comment by jobes January 2003
  • w00t! have new alu 12" and first impressions are that it is a very nice piece of kit ... the packaging is better than ever ... the shell and keyboard are so solid .... anyway, i'll sure there'll be loads of reviews from new owners over the next f…
    in 12"PB a poor performer...? Comment by jobes January 2003
  • i will xbench this biatch as soon as i get my superdrive enabled 12" tomorrow, just for the record.... oh, and quit whining you lot out there! This machine has a great and well deliniated market and will sell well. Real world example: i wa…
    in 12"PB a poor performer...? Comment by jobes January 2003
  • well, i'm irish, so it's gotta be a wee PB (Powerbook). it sounds good on the tongue. although i'll probably just grin and call it my wee mobile studio when i get mine with a superdrive from apple oh, and yes, lapzilla is good for the 17" ..…
    in Name those Books NOW Comment by jobes January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by spooky: ACtually I have a 9500/200 at home among others!! Most of the G4s at work are 400s although we have a few QS boxes. If I double click on an app it appears to launch faster while on the G4 the icon is still bo…
    in all Tower Duals reveal a desperate move Comment by jobes August 2002
  • converting to an ATX case requires a fair amount of work ... but I know it can be done, at least for a B&W G3 or higher. A friend of mine did it last year, and I have seen several articles online (possibly xlr8yourmac) I wouldn't bother with …
    in Construction Comment by jobes May 2002
  • why?
    in Color eMac Comment by jobes May 2002
  • no one seems to have tackled one issue apple must be concerned about if/when they release a 970 based powermac. the large jump in clock speed and performance will take its toll on the perceived power of apple's other products. true, the xserve m…
    in Don't get too excited... Comment by jobes March 2003
  • <semantic> afaik there was no declaration of war. sure, military action was authorised by congress, but only to liberate Kuwait. there was no political will to start seeing allied body bags pile up by pushing heavily into Iraq. The lib…
    in What will we see on the 27th?? Comment by jobes January 2003
  • props to robo seems irony isn't a prerequisite for AI membership though ... there's a dull swooshing sound in the air ... the noise of stuff going over people's heads ...
    in iPhone press photo leaked Comment by jobes January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Matsu: Wireless keyboards and mice? Pointless particularly since Apple manages their cords so well. i've always liked the keyboard and mouse from the Mystic/Trinity days from an aesthetic point of view; but i dispu…
    in 11anouncements at SF saysMacBidouille Comment by jobes January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by discstickers: I believe there is an iPhone coming (or something resembling it). Why? Because I was at an Apple info session on campus, and during the Q&A, one of the students asked if voice recognition will be …
    in What happened to the iPhone rumors Comment by jobes November 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Leonis: Now the question is: What we are going to see in Spring 2003? There gotta be something to come before the PPC 970 comes out of door Moto's PPC 7500 at 1.5Ghz top? Maybe....... [ 10-13-2002: Message ed…
    in CONFIRMED IBM Power PC 970 Comment by jobes October 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Barto: I've recieved some cryptic info in my In-Box this morning... I'll post it here. hmm, sounds like someone is pretending to have a classical or pseudo classical education to keep this story going. most classics…
    in Riddles of the past.. Comment by jobes December 2002
  • i have no major issues with the lack of an input jack on macs these days ... you can always buy a Griffin iMic for about $30 and it provides good analogue input via USB. Better than the original input on my old clone and my Yosemite ... Apple used t…
    in Audio in and Logic Comment by jobes July 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by DevNull: Personally, I don't think its optimistic. Here's why:We all know and expect the new PowerMacs to have a new logic board. The Xserve has a new one. Of course it had a new logic board: it is a 1U rackmount serv…
    in PowerMac G4 Specs 07/17/2002 Comment by jobes June 2002
  • you mean you missed
    in After the Macintosh Comment by jobes June 2002
  • i've used cinema 4d for several years ... a great piece of 3d software. i think it comes from a unix background, so when they implemented distributed platform-agnostic rendering a couple of years ago I was impressed but not overly surprised. I tried…
    in Project "Wolf" and "Presley" in July? Comment by jobes June 2002
  • paging doctor ghul-e-bhull ... paging doctor ghul-e-bhull pseudo-female damsels-in-distress trolls .... like it, shows creativity
    in Help Please!! Flashing Disk!! Comment by jobes June 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak: p.p.s. phre erin, brit pygs. this is a corruption of the the phrase " Free Erin [or Eireaan". don't cast aspersions on politics, especially if you don't know jack about them. jumping too hard on a poli…
    in Apple exec predicts branded handheld bombshell (sort of!) Comment by jobes June 2002