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  • Quote: Originally Posted by details I'm sorry for what I did. Please accept my apologies. Thank you. I would also like to thank all the sarcastic members of the board (Chucker). I LOVE APPLEINSIDER sooo much it is so much better then your ar…
    in I'm Sorry Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac Interesting perspective. How old are you? When did you graduate from high school? 23, I graduated in '01
    in Home Shooling? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • I've gone to public schools in Phoenix all my life. Phoenix has a high-school dropout rate of about 50%. The other 50% are rubber-stamped through the system. Home schooled kids are almost ALWAYS more literate and more knowledgable. Think of…
    in Home Shooling? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Speilberg is a genius. He's the highest grossing director of all time. He has never made a movie that lost money. That is what it's all about, right? If you want some really impressive movies, you'll almost always have to turn to indy films…
    in Steven Spielberg - genius or outdated? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by RBF817 My Harddrive is a seagate(250gb) and the optical is a Sony not pioneer.... Oh wow, mine too Code: SONY DVD RW DW-D150A: ModeltSONY DVD RW DW-D150A Revisiont1.MD Serial Numbert Detachabl…
    in Mac Pro: what's in yours? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • I got the stock mac pro from an apple retail store. I added 2 gigs of 3rd party RAM with custom heat sinks, two 300GB hard drives (for a RAID-0), and a 500GB seagate HD. That's a total of 1.35TB, for those keeping score. I should point out…
    in Mac Pro: what's in yours? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I disagree about PS. ditto With the aquisition of macromedia, PS is about to get a huge feature boost. Personally, I think it's going to kick ass--maybe we'll be able to save as .swf Direct from ill…
    in Apple the favorite amongst European post production pros Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by deckard Quite right! Assume that Microsoft take a loss of $100 per unit sold and they sell 1 million units - that's a loss of $100,000,000.00...! Even assuming that they take a loss of $50 per unit, it's still a loss…
    in Firm offers teardown analysis of all three new nano models Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Woody56292 user replacable battery. perfect. Doubtful! Apple NEEDS iPods to breakdown for future sales. One part about iPod sales, they're self-reinforcing. You buy an iPod, buy some iTMS DRM'ed music/video…
    in Clues to the spec of the true iPod Video Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker I hope you don't see that on a computer near you anytime soon. THen you'll start hearing reports of people getting mugged, and having their eyeball popped out so the burglars could gain access to their computer…
    in Why you will NEVER see a fingerprint scanner built in Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by AjayBot Thats a relief, but any word on the other computers? I know the iMacs are mainly just RAM and HD, as well as graphics card for the 24" model, But what about the Mac Mini, Macbooks and Macbook Pros? Also, Amor…
    in Intel Macs upgradable? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac If you're that damn anal retentive, what makes you think you'll be any happier with a pc? Have you looked at them? Real sweet design there...... Dude.... Is it unreasonable to expect local retail outlet…
    in iMac out of the box - going back before turning it on Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H I'm not sure what you mean by "usable", but both Formac and Hauppauge have their own OS X TV software, and I believe there are open-source drivers floating around that work with OS X. Usable means that it doesn…
    in tv tuner Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Note: they still had to get a fingerprint...
    in Why you will NEVER see a fingerprint scanner built in Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H You can't use the TV tuner you linked to in a MacBook because it doesn't have an ExpressCard slot. However, EyeTV 2, which looks like a good bit of software (haven't used it myself) supports a range of USB TV adap…
    in tv tuner Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by meelash I like it, but it kinda looks sort of OS 9-y to me, no? Not Aqua at all.... YES! BRING BACK OS 9! Geneva 9 was the best font evar... besides maybe chicago. For the record, I liked OS 10.1 because it l…
    in What do you think of iTunes 7 interface elements, will Leopard adopt the same look? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by dr_lha Hang about, Windows 98 has a lower market share than Mac OS X? I find that extremely hard to believe. I still know plenty of people who are stuck on Win98. Yes, but they don't use the internet.
    in Overall Mac OS usage market share declining? Comment by slughead September 2006
  • wow! other people have messy desks too! we should start a support group OK this is as clean as my little studio Apt. gets Mac Pro, 2x20" monitors and a 17" server drawer monitor (not hooked up yet).
    in Show us your desk! Comment by slughead September 2006
  • Quote: Originally Posted by k_munic in video, there's no such thing as dpi... EVERY screen, 40"plasma or 7" b/w, has a res of 720x480 (in the NTSC world)... due to format specifications, a NTSC DVD uses 640x480, which will get "stretched" to fit 4…
    in Clues to the spec of the true iPod Video Comment by slughead September 2006