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  • The Apple-used G3/G4/G5 tags are just "brands" to much more different chips. So the initial question was more "how do they call their new chips" than "what chips are they using". The marketing problem is that the G3 seems (and is) quite outdated …
    in The future of CPU's in Macs Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Locomotive Sounds to me that Apple is backing off regarding previous promises to increase Mac market share. When asked how to nourish the hungry commoners, a famous lady once said 'Let them eat BMWs' -- or some such. …
    in G5 Powerbook not until end of next year - Steve Jobs Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by spirou ...Plus, what would I have said?. "My iMage iPod screen always flickers and I can't see whole movies on it! Can you help me with that?" Then, guess what the support guy would have said!...
    in "iMage iPod" program?,... Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Proxy From this article at The Register: ... UK reseller may have inadvertently pre-announced ... 500mhz!!..Somehow I can't believe that one. Then don't! 500MHz is a crappy hoax! Maybe the number was only a sec…
    in G4 iBook specs leaked? Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • WTF is all the buzz about "Powerbook about 80% thinner than Winbooks" !?!?! That suggests that PBs are only 20% as thick as Winbooks, but mathematically, it means that PBs are a bit more than half the thickness (100% thinner = half the thickness)…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by DMBand0026 I know that some of the firewalls out there aren't as good or secure as others Wrong. There is no better or worse firewall but there are better configured and worse configured firewalls. So don't spend …
    in OS X's firewall Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Something more: All this tablet discussion has focussed on pen-based TEXT input. But the pen does allow a lot more: It is a quite good replacement for a mouse/trackball/trackpad (remember how long it took until you were used to your laptops' trackpa…
    in A sign! A sign of the Tablet! (Yeah, right...) Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • There's an interesting and quite futuristic article about how we could use computers in the future, written by Mark Weiser, former Xerox PARC director. Read it here. Although the article is very long, it's fun to read it and it shows that pen-based …
    in A sign! A sign of the Tablet! (Yeah, right...) Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by DMBand0026 ... panning over the keyboard, the Z and Y keys have switched places? Everything else seems to be in order, except for those two. Have you ever heard that non-english keyboards (german, french, ...) u…
    in G5 Cube Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by pyr3 How do I copy-paste without all the font/font size/text color staying there? Only a workaround: Have a simple text-editor (e.g., BBEdit of www.barebones.com) open, paste it there, copy again an paste it to iCh…
    in Copy-Paste WITHOUT the text formatting Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by philby You forgot one market I'd sort of be interested in, and where Apple historically is quite prominent: iTMS/Switzerland 8) True! If Apple's world-wide market share would be as big as Apple CH, we all would b…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by swizzmac September 2003
  • For all the daydreamer let´s recap the Paris news: * New PowerBooks They will show (12/17 speed bumped G4, new Alu-15 G4). Even when in january or february the PW G5 will appear, that does not mean that from then on all PB will be G5. Rather the…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by swizzmac September 2003