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Quote: Originally Posted by kaioslider My guess is that Apple sees the mini as a means to gain market share. Apple really seems to do it's homework when it comes to market research (though it doesn't keep them from trying unknowns ie Cube). I c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Download Darwin, install GRUB2 and run your own snapshots of kernel builds as they update. I could careless about ZFS snapshots for Kernels. Sun won't have squat to say about the fate of ZFS very shor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison http://www.macworld.com/article/1413...?lsrc=rss_main A full NAS with 8 drives takes up a palty 34w. Nice, but overkill considering my basic needs.
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More reasons not to invest in Blu-Ray. What's infuriating is how aggressively they're pushing it in retail stores. 1/3 of the movie disk space seems to be devoted to Blu-Ray. That's space that IMO should be devoted to DVDs. Quote: Originally…
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1) Once bandwidth and/or video compression issues are resolved, the preferred medium for HD video will be video downloads, probably (but not limited to) iTunes since it's the only cross-platform DRM'd content provider. 2) Can't rip or make backup c…
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You're talking out of your ass: Rogers: $60 CAD/month: 250 minutes voice 1Gb data 3 year term $75 CAD/month: 400 minutes voice 2Gb data 3 year term Bell (Palm Treo): 0, 1, 2, or 3 year contracts $45 CAD/month: 1 Gb/month AT&…
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I refuse to sign up for a 3 year, $100/month contract with Rogers or Fido. It's an absolute ripoff. I'm with Telus now, which is CDMA. However, it's been confirmed that they will be switching to GSM. This means they'll be able to carry the iPh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Sorry, but I have built custom kernels on Debian for the past 9 years and managing Experimental and Sid systems all the way through. Apt-Get Installing is not a godsend. You do realize that I said "a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Yes, but for how much longer? Seeing Federighi on-stage was a breath of fresh air as I used to work with him. When he left and EOF floundered it was obvious they were going from ObjC to Java in WOF back in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Glad to see you're satisfied and you may now realize that by having to roll their own Java integration with OS X that it takes a bit longer to roll in updates and test them thoroughly before a simple apt-g…
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I was very critical of Apple for leaving this vulnerability unpatched. Now, I want to congratulate them for doing the right thing. Better late than never! But there's more good news. Apple has updated Java *to the most recent version put ou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me What do you mean by "AOL internet"? Do you mean AOL Desktop, AOL's latest MacOS X client, or do you mean AOL Connect which allows the Mac user to setup his/her computer to access the Internet through AOL? AOL…
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1) Apt-get-like installer or (OS X app store if you want to call it that) to allow users to easily search for, view the properties of, install, update, or delete software, including open-source software. 2) Linux emulation to allow popular Linux GU…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me That's a total misrepresentation of "security through obscurity." "Security through obscurity" is not an Apple claim; it is a Microsoft excuse. At the Turn of the Millennium, Microsoft asserted that Windows had …
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Any idea why the white MacBook still has firewire 400? I thought firewire 400 was banished from every other Mac.