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Quote: Originally Posted by bairhanz Alright, besides the obvious pro of paying less money, what would be the pro/cons of getting a refurbed 15" 2.66ghz MBP vs the latest 15" with a 2.2ghz? I was thinking this as the refurb: http://store.app…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot Support your claims or shut up. (rude enough? ) I guess you didn't read about this. I have always waited for .1 or .2 releases for OSX major upgrades since Tiger except for SL. I got that one …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MatthewGavin Thanks for being rude in your response. Ignore that guy. Its almost always a good idea to wait for .1 or .2 of an OSX release. Just be patient.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil . The DuoDock was awesome. . I don't know if I've ever met anyone, Apple aficionados anyway, who didn't think that. I kinda surprised they haven't made an updated version of this. I think it would …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe However it should be noted that Windows 8 will run natively on ARM architecture, which lends itself to all sorts of possibilities. That's a fair point... but many users run Windows on a Mac so that th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gustav Rosetta and the 68K emulator on PowerMacs were quite good actually. I don't know how you can say they "sucked pretty hard." Did you use Virtual pc for Mac back in the PPC days? I'm assuming you did given your…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil You're implying there won't be X86 emulators for ARM processors in 2016 when they exist now. Emulators in the past have sucked pretty hard. Don't know how it would work this time around but I would be …
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Maybe its just me but that chart in the article really doesn't support the claims in the article. The play book has a lower BOM than any of the current iPads and only slightly higher than the original iPad. The HP touchpad (which is the best for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by accessoriesguy Hey everyone, I really like the new air, I was thinking of going from my 15in pro to the new 13in air, I like almost everything about it. The biggest change however will be going from a 15in to a 13…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I hope they're heading to a back and forth kind of system. My idea for this is named uOS, Universal Operating System. It would come with everything. But when installing on a device, it would load only the p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cloudgazer If you have a touch screen you don't want a mouse, and if you have a mouse you don't want a touch interface. They're such different paradigms that any software that works naturally with one is going to be b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I don't what's going to happen, but we're in for an interesting several years ahead. We've often spoken about Apples' naming conventions for the Mac OS. Now, we've reached the pinnacle of catdom, the Lion. …
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I think Apple are going to simplify their Mac offerings over time. I expect to see the MB go and then the Mac Pro. Macs are slowly contributing a smaller share of Apple's sales revenue. The iPhone and iPad already contribute more to Apple's income t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I agree that Windows won't lose its unit share dominance, but MS and Windows-based vendors do need to worry about the move to OS-agnostic computing in the Enterprise. Web browsers are the most used app and th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by svnipp I'm simply saying that it is going to take EITHER the ability to natively run Windows software on Mac OS, OR the massive movement of Windows developers to the Mac platform. Additionally, even if there was massi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by robert.dalmeida Looking for forums to discuss/Troubleshoot MacOS development, any suggestions ?. .. The Arstechnica forums have a forum for developers. There are many iOS and Mac OS developers there and threads abo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Again may factors come into play. However when you express happiness by replacing a two year old computer with a new one that runs at the same speed (more or less) I'd say you have very low standards. T…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Akac I don't think anyone has to worry about Java. OS X may not ship with Java anymore but Apple moved its Java stuff to someone else to handle it. They already handle it for other platforms. Have you heard of this?…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 *Multicamera editing (though there is a workaround, and Apple states it's working on it) *Can't assign audio tracks (there is a workaround, though it looks cumbersome) *No support for RED or some other …
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Quote: Originally Posted by PBRSTREETG Its not about making smartphones. Its the integrated ecosystem of hardware and software that gives customers a good user experience when using Apple devices. You won't get that with just the iPhone alone. …