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Quote: Originally Posted by ikenfixit.com I have no doubt as to the theft of the adapter LED if the man in question was contacted by Apple corp. I own www.ikenfixit.com and had been contacted by apple in 2004 regarding my view on Apples notebooks…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider For the the study, the firm brought in a total of 20 participants who said they sent text messages at least 15 times per week -- ten of the participants owned a phone with a QWERTY keypad, and ten of the p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ginjg How can this guy have received a patent for this in 2004 when apple's power adaptors have had the status light at least since the Ti Book was first released? WTF is USPTO doing? Just signing off on every app…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Right then; a revision to my previous statement: Simple solution: use a competently engineered backlight. Flat gray-on-black is already best case for a backlit "white-on-black" keyboard. Worst case is it go…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Basically, that only helps if your backlight is really strong. In anything twilight-to-normal lighting levels, a normal backlight causes the keys to look grey instead of white. So instead of white on black, y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Simple solution: make it backlit. Been there, done that. Made it worse.
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Quote: Originally Posted by waytogobuddy Why they are white instead of the dark mockups seen in AI..only steve knows Because black keyboards are much harder to read, maybe? Both for people with poor eyesight and under less-than-ideal lighting …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plus So ... sorry all you folks who do numeric data entry ... you'll just have to stick with your aircraft-carrier-style keyboards, numeric keypad and all. But for the *rest* of us, this new keyboard looks great! …
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Apple's release of Boot Camp finally explains the disagreement Apple and Microsoft were previously rumored to have had over the way Windows should be supported on Intel Macs. I don't get it. Explain slower, please.
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross What people forget is that if it wasn't for MetroWorks, Apple might not be here today. And then, after they think they don't need them anymore, Apple tells people to leave them. That's not right either. And…
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Had Apple made this transition five years ago, making Classic work on Intel would probably have been a priority. Don't be misled; it's possible. With enough knowledge (which Apple has since lost some of, no doubt) and enough motivation (which Apple …
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Quote: Originally posted by Splinemodel The thing we know is that Apple is going Intel because it's a better total package, including a wider range of products, and better fab, and, most of all, a much more heavily funded and talented long-term r…
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"The first PowerBook to sport an Intel processor is not expected until July 2006 at the earliest." This should read: "The first PowerBook to sport an Intel processor is expected between January and July 2006."
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Quote: Originally posted by bdj1 I can't get this to work. I can't download it. I can't even get past Jobs walking out before quicktime freezes and quit/crashes. Is the streaming causing problems for you guys too? Yeah, I get a crash abo…
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Quote: Originally posted by Booga There's no point in Intel doing this. Intel works purely on economy of scale. They've already said they'll only work with Apple if it makes economic sense. Making PowerPC chips for Apple never seems to make an…
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Quote: Originally posted by Buran Why not? If something is broken, you'd throw it away or stash it somewhere and never pull it out again. Then years from now when you clean out your closet or whatever you throw it in the 'trash' box without givin…
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I wouldn't bother thanking the activists -- even if you're suggesting the right thing, if you piss people off by suggesting it the wrong way you make them loathe to do it. Besides -- what makes this a sell is the 10% discount. I can't imagine tur…
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You know, I've got absolutely no problem with either the publisher or Apple. Ultimately, Apple controls what products are available in an Apple Store, and is free to use whatever criteria they want. Meanwhile, consumers are still free to pick up the…