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Weird how this story spread with so many misconceptions (not all in this article and comments). eBay doesn't run stores. eBay customers can set up stores. It's not at all unusual to sell through eBay at a fixed price, rather than an auction. It's …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Exactly. I believe there was actually a report on this some time ago - and the number of people who ever upgrade their computers is actually quite small. So why make all the compromises necessar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Evilution I can't wait for the new 27" to be released.......so I can pick up the previous version for a good price. If you can find one. I bought my 27" from a dealer just after a speed bump and it wa…
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Making it thinner is great, but is it still a massive disassembly job to change the hard drive? My 27" had to go in for the 1TB recall program and I would have been way happier if I Could have just popped the case myself and put in the replacement d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I quite like the Zune 2.0 UI. I think WinPh7 UI was great. I love that were able to make the WinNT kernel work on x86, x86_64 and ARM, even at the core of WinPh8. These are not reasons to pooh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky ???? ?? ?? ????? ???? ?????? I suppose you think anyone can speak Aramaic?
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BB is huge in South Africa (unlike Apple) and their big outage was a massive PR disaster. Most other large-scale services have had the odd outage. Google has had a few as has Skype. Anything this big has to fall over occasionally. The big wonder is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy It's safe to assume MOST of these sales are from the Mini, as I doubt many ran out to buy the new iPad. Off to an amazing start, as expected, and naturally all this 'noone wants a mini', 'weak demand'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram They have never reported how many they have sold. Period. Good point. A few months back I tried to find Samsung numbers and couldn't. If they are out there, they aren't anywhere eas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy IMHO Apple declining to state weekend sales for the Mini is probably an indication there just weren't very many to sell (rather than no one wanted them). Not Apple-like to avoid announcing product …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky There was another factor at work in the early home computer wars, and that was the education market. Apple was successful there and it gave Apple a profitable and wide base. This time …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon or Google eventually offers some tablet for $10.00. I'm sure that they'll eventually make it all up in volume or something. Lose money on every one made…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tychicum Holy Cow sunspot42 ... you actually know what you are talking about. Of course you are spot on. And you must be as old as I am and involved in the business to remember all of the names. But I di…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ [...] As for the Red Cross, sorry, I don't donate to any "non-profit" charities where the CEO makes over a million bucks a year. What's your source for this? This article says you…
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Great they are doing this. Don't forget also countries like Haiti that, in terms of ability to provide their own relief, were hit much harder.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy He was asked specifically about the Surface, he didn't bring it up on his own accord. He said he hasn't used one, but has read that its a compromise and confusing- which is exactly what many re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by enzos >Cook also panned 7-inch tablets. "We don't think they're good products, and we would never make one." Inches schminches, it's a 20cm iPad. Apple has gone metric: 25 & 20cm iPads and a 10cm i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by flabber I heard that in theory, a 5400rpm disk can be as fast (or faster) than a 7200rpm disk depending on the amount of platters it uses. A 5400rpm disk with less platters could (unless I've been misinform…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Evilution For the first time ever, I feel let down by Apple. I liked the fact that when you were an early adopter to an iPhone or iPad you knew you had a year+ until the next one was released. This…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rodent But the apple map app will still suck! Yes, suck profits from the competition. When does Apple get big enough to be subject to anti-trust? Maybe they will let Microsoft live just so they …