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  • There is a specialty solvent that you can immerse most electronics in that will clean off the mud. Ask at electronic repair shops if nobody comes up with the answer here first. Super Jeopardy Bonus Question name that solvent!
    in Some Macs just won't die... (with pictures) Comment by sailfish March 2004
  • Another thing to remember is that they said "worldwide" there are many populous countries like china etc., who are just getting into computers, skewing the results. Of course they can't afford the luxury of the Macintosh platform, so they are buy…
    in Apple at all-time low market share Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by ThunderPoit IIRC, IBM didnt open up their machines, somone reverse engineered their bios and used a legal loophole so that ibm couldnt stop them Thanks for the clarification. You guy's seen My Precious al…
    in Why Apple Isn't Popular... Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Well remember your Mac history, IBM saw the potential in the personal computer market, used it's extensive established business connections, threw big bucks into it and flooded the market and opened their machines to everybody to clone. They had the…
    in Why Apple Isn't Popular... Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by InactionMan I'd actually say that is one of the gayest things I've heard in a while. "Beefy looking head sinks on the up and down." Sure I changed the word order but man that's gay. And what's up with Remmington…
    in Are there still Mac haters out there? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by johnq One can buy a GameCube -and- an XBOX -and- a PS2, with money to spare to buy a ton of games for the price of one so called gaming PC. Exactly, that's why all these game software stores no longer carry any…
    in Are there still Mac haters out there? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Quote: But Macs should never be compared to home built computers, they should be compared to upscale PCs like alianware. I agree, it's like comparing apples to oranges, the only thing is the same is that their both fruit.
    in Are there still Mac haters out there? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • I think a lot of the hate has to do with the two mindsets of each platform, when I was reading the Build Your Own PC magazine, I was suddenly feeling myself being drawn into (as I can best describe) a addictive suffering mood. (I think the stockh…
    in Are there still Mac haters out there? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Yes I meant to say: "Plus building a serious gaming PC is NOT cheap" Thanks guys.
    in Are there still Mac haters out there? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • The Mac hate is alive and well, example: MaximumPC shows you how to... BUILD THE PERFECT PC Right on the 26 page they say in reference to these (ugly) mini-systems: Before... "If you wanted a computer that was slim, stylish, and portable, y…
    in Are there still Mac haters out there? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Question is will it have enough room to grow with your collection?
    in Might get an iPod.... Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Febuary 24 update from Mark at Apple: Quote: Mail based subscriptions - enabled We are still working on vote refreshes and some remaining speed issues. Thank you for your patience, Apple Discusssions Staff Mark Administration …
    in Apple support forums S L O W Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Apple also has been piling on and upgrading their servers check this out http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.apple.com
    in Apple support forums S L O W Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • How about the supercomputer title of the world? I think VT is obliging him that request. They should be done pretty soon here.
    in Happy Birthday Steve Jobs... Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • There's been a lot of 56K dial-up compression software going around by dial-up ISP's, getting our speeds up to 5x faster. I think eventually when computers get faster, that we will see a reemergence of 56K dial-up as normal. It's absolutely in…
    in dropping the modem Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Ok this the word from Gayle at Apple: "We are currently experiencing longer than expected access times. We have disabled searching, vote refresh/levelling and email subscriptions for the moment to narrow down the issues. We hope to have all issu…
    in Apple support forums S L O W Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • There has been some security issues with Jaguar. Sign up to a local 56K ISP for a few weeks and see if is the cable modem. Since everybody shares a cable modem line, this causes problems. I have a friend who has a phone via cable, he gets…
    in Internet causing Jaguar Crash? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • People have been burned on eBay, people sell stolen computers on ebay. It could be THE COPS!, RUN! Ok, just kidding. Ask for his name and run it by Apple, say your concerned that someone is passing themselves off as a ACT, if it checks out the…
    in ok to tell someone serial number? Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • I say do it, because think of all those people buying pepsi products that don't even have a computer. Now Pepsi probably new about this "cheating" from running previous promotions, they just want a sudden increase in pepsi sales and the benefit o…
    in You can totally tell if the bottle is a winner... Comment by sailfish February 2004
  • Hey if they screwed up its our duty to take advantage of it! Now if they would just come down here!
    in Free Pepsi/iTunes in your area yet or not? Comment by sailfish February 2004