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  • Quote: Originally posted by Eugene It doesn't mean you were ripped off. State sales tax is a minimum, but counties can tack extra fees onto that. I meant that they (the store) might have charged me a higher rate of tax than they were suppose…
    in prices in Apple Retail Store Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by shetline I live in NH like Fran441... it's one of the few (if not only?) states in the US without sales tax. And don't forget the state-owned drive-through booze emporiums! Right off the interstate! (Y'all…
    in prices in Apple Retail Store Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by HOM Unless it's changed recently, the sales tax in NYC is 8.25%. 4% goes the the ****ing bastards in Albany, 4% goes to NYC, and .25% goes to the MTA so our subway fares don't go up. I've got receipts stating 8.…
    in prices in Apple Retail Store Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Eugene Sales tax applies to everybody, so you have to pay a little bit extra. I don't remember what sales tax is like in NYC. 8.625% sales tax, I believe. And if you live in NYC, then there's CITY income tax to…
    in prices in Apple Retail Store Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha Holy. Crap. ~4.4x faster. I'm in geek heaven. The computer Chess and GO geeks are going to be all over this. Just you wait and see.
    in XGrid? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by psgamer0921 Personally, I think it rocks! You all should be glad that Apple had an idea so good that everyone wants to copy it. On the one hand, I do see your point. But on the other, I think this is totally ty…
    in WinExpose` Is Out And I'm Mad! Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kali Mellel seems to be a very good product, except for equations and graphics. There is no graphics layer or graphics options in Mellel. There is a very good garphics layer in Nisus, and I'm talking about a very o…
    in Technical Word processor with maths ? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Here's what I find a little odd: Why the screensaver approach? OS X seems to handle 'nice' processes with little performance lag. When I used to run the distributed.net clients, I never noticed a substantial impact on everyday, non-demanding pe…
    in XGrid? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by @homenow As far as I know IBM is not shipping these blades yet, so they need to do something with all the processors coming of the production line, and they can't control what Apple puts them in once they sell the chip…
    in what does the G5 xserve tell us? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me I am not "most." I didn't say that you were. Given the products mentioned by Kali in the original post, I thought it was worth mentioning that FrameMaker is in an entirely different league in price (and fea…
    in Technical Word processor with maths ? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me That's a very disappointing list. I anxiously await the MacOS X 10.x port of FrameMaker. My favorite MacOS word processor is the late and lamented FullWrite 2.x. If only someone would raise it from the grave onc…
    in Technical Word processor with maths ? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by iMacfan Isn't that a French Television channel? No no... you just aren't under the influence of sacthmo's SDF (Spelling Distortion Field)!
    in Official! New iPods!!!! Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kali Can you paste equations in Mellel, that get aligned with the text ? How ? One thing you might want to check: When pasting something into Mellel, it will be inserted with the paragraph style from wherever …
    in Equations in Mellel ? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • A fairly good list of what's out there can be found here: http://www.macscience.net/
    in Technical Word processor with maths ? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • I can't answer this for you myself, but you're best off asking on the Mellel list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redlex/ Good luck! FYI, Mellel 1.7 was annouced today. Might not do anything for your problem, but then again...
    in Equations in Mellel ? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Curufinwe If it does half of what they say it does then it is the most important thing they released today. Tie your existing mac computer labs into a supercomputer with a plug and play solution. . .. kick ass. Got…
    in XGrid? Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • They've also introduced a Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics: http://www.apple.com/xserve/cluster/wgcluster.html I imagine this will be very popular.
    in Xserve G5 ; single and dual 2 ghz and the node for cluster Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Ebby Am I correct to assume this is a row of 7 fans in front of the processor? No: eight! Quote: Intelligent Heat Dissipation Built with silicon-on-insultator transistors and copper interconnects, the G5 proc…
    in Xserve G5 ; single and dual 2 ghz and the node for cluster Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • Did everyone see this? Xgrid
    in Xserve G5 ; single and dual 2 ghz and the node for cluster Comment by jginsbu January 2004
  • $229 for education. Don't forget how much of the market is students.
    in Official! New iPods!!!! Comment by jginsbu January 2004