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Quote: Originally Posted by samab There is not enough competition in France --- 3 national carriers (all French owned) and they were found guilty of price fixing. Thanks for all your posts on this thread, they improved the s/n ratio dramatical…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha Hold down the Cmd- button while dragging and dropping ... In the Terminal: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true Reboot. Actually, it's the Finder, not Spotlight, and yes…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Christ, I hate the fucking internet. http://xkcd.com/386/
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM That's my point, the run of the mill patent troll tries to file from that district because it increases their likelihood of a favorable ruling. Right, I'm in complete agreement, just adding another reference …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM If the plaintiff feels they have to file in the Eastern District of Texas, I really don't think they have much credibility. Doesn't mean they won't get a favorable ruling. Can't anything be done about this? W…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheMadMilkman Having worked retail myself, you would be very surprised how little of a price break is needed to grab people's interest. 32" TV for under $200? Did you read the pre-sale price, which was only $220? Ye…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bokuwaomar Simply because there is no room for the full connector on any of the laptops. ... I think more people will prefer the easy access to the hard drive, battery, and RAM this time around more than having a ful…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dogcow Agreed.. Could someone post a comparison of Full DVI, Displayport, and Mini Displayport? The mini port is less than half the size of the regular port, still not sure why the size reduction is so critical..…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cubert You must be shrooming. Huh? Maybe you think I'm talking about an iPod dock connector? To be clear, I'm asking why Apple hasn't added a connector to dock the laptop. Monitors, periphrials, wired ethernet, etc.
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider New, however, are reports that Apple has done away with some traditional I/O ports and altered others as it strives to marginally reduce the overall footprint of its next-gen notebooks. I would be fine …
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Quote: Originally Posted by arlomedia I have a 60 GB iPod Video that's 90% full. If Apple had increased the iPod Touch capacity to 64 MB, I would have bought one this month. I'd love to be able to browse the web and check email from my iPod, and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross You're getting into the externals vs the internals. He was talking about the externals, which is what most of us are referring to when we talk about redesigns. We had this debate on another thread a short w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nagromme The reason Mac, iPod and iPhone sales are still tanking is the lack of support for Ogg Theora. . . .Everything should be open source. Apple will realize this I think, and the Ogg Theora support we love and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM These component prices are completely unverifiable, making an effort to price them down to the penny is a pretty pointless one. Not as pointless as the first iSuppli report.... before they even had a 3G iPhon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DimMok On another note.......Dudes, whats up with this guys dirty ass fingernails...DISGUSTING LOL Hit the first link and go to iFixit. See his comments "(Sorry about the dirty fingernails-- we've been waiting in l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gabberattack Does anybody know if the monitors are included into the offer too (or just the computers) ? I might need one soon. If 2007 is any indication, no. Here's the 2007 back to school promo page, still availab…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Wasn't Touch introduced after the promo ended? Yes, around the same time the promo ended. The AI writeup made something of the idea that ** gasp ** the touch might be included in this year's promo. That was j…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Achiever No, not necessarily. Last year, I utilized the back to school deal to pick up a new Aluminum iMac, which was not released until August. I purchased in September, shortly before the deal ended. Got my free i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by satchmo I'm suspicious...looks like a Photoshop job to me. BTW, the Back to School is a great time to pick up a Mac, but would be better if a new MacBook came out before the promo is over. Correct me if I'm wrong, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider promised that this year's promo would be the biggest "ever" for Apple. While it's unclear exactly what that means, speculation among those familiar with past promotions believe there's a possibility th…