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Quote: Originally Posted by modz Hmm..I guess most of what I see and hear in Japan is anecdotal - I have no access to facts and figures. But: my Vodafone unit hasn't had any signal coverage issues in the last couple years, and plenty of people in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by modz I assume you're referring to SoftBank as the pretender company. I would have thought they'd be the most likely partner for Apple in Japan because they're on a drive for growth, they're the most Western-friendly co…
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Dealing with a phonetically identical name is not Apple's biggest hurdle in Japan by a longshot. Nobody cares about the company 'aiphone' in Japan anyway. Apple's biggest issue in Japan is dealing the monopolistic monoliths that run Japan's 3 maj…
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Look, Apple doesn't need this nonsense to deliver an ultraportable notebook. The tech is already there to do so. Just look at all the sub-1.5kg or so notebooks by Windoze makers on the market (Panasonic, Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba to name a few - heck …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple on Tuesday updated its MacBook Pro line of notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, memory up to 4GB, LED backlit displays, and high-speed graphics in a lightweight, aluminum enclosure …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tonezorz So all you guys are scaring me! I've Just graduated from high school and have been looking for a light weight, very portable laptop for school next year. My research eventually lead me to a macbook, and to t…
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If Apple would price the current iteration of the Mini appropriately - it would be a huge seller. The original PowerPC minis were a couple hundred cheaper, IIRC. The Intel Mini's are too steep and don't come with enough RAM to justify purchasing…
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Ehh?! Five years? Do you really think that this archaic GSM standard will be around in 5 years? I hope not for the sake of US customers. It's been obsolete for nearly 5 years already. I assume this won't extend to other countries, as it means …
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Speed bumps and memory bumps - good. FIVE POUND anchor status BAD. 1-inch thin is NOT a feature. It's a joke. Get with the program, Apple. Every Windoze laptop maker and their mothers are releasing LIGHT (4 pounds or less), THIN, and FAST …
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Apple's Japan sales are gonna continue to tank if they keep delaying an ultraportable. Nobody here wants to drag around a 5 lb MacBrick, err... MacBook, on the train to work 300 days per year when there are plenty of light, powerful Windoze lapt…
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Ehhh?? If Apple doesn't release something soon - it's ridiculous. Pretty soon, Joe Average is gonna realize that the emperor has no clothes, other than the iTunes interface. There are plenty of players out there with superior sound quality and scree…
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Wasn't the iPhone announced with a 2007 projected introduction overseas? "Quick follow-up"?? Please. This is too slow. By the time Apple gets its act together, the copy cats will have had time to get their rev 2 or rev 3 iPhone clones out the doo…
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I've been hammering on this point for the last... YEAR on my blog and other places for a long time. We need this in Japan - desperately. But I have to wonder what took so freaking long? Japan is the number 2 consumer market in the world, and Appl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BenRoethig That's because you've been listening to only the high end, large budget people around here. A new ultra portable isn't going to lure sales and users away from Dell and HP. A consumer 15" model will. Act…
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Apple needs to GET SMALLER with its laptops or it will continue to have lackluster sales in the #2 consumer market in the world - Japan. These overweight machines, while fast, just don't cut it here, with so many fast and small Windoze laptops o…
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Unless they also made these things 20% lighter, they aren't worth my time.
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Nice to see speed bumps, but frankly none of the Intel MacBooks are light enough for me to warrant a purchase, from what I can tell. Still waiting for something the weight of my 12"G4 PB - about 4 lbs. Good specs on processors and other features,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jabohn The Airport update doesn't appear to apply to all macs. It wouldn't run on my G5. I got that too - is it for Airport or Airport Extreme? And the Security updated installed fine on my G5 iMac, but is stallin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple Computer tops the news when it comes to analyzing recent operating system usage market share numbers, but one market research firm says its data indicates overall Mac OS usage has suddenly hit a sligh…
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Quote: Originally posted by kim kap sol How about cleaning *your* hands before you use the mouse. Why should I have to clean my hand any more with a mighty mouse than any other mouse?