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Quote: Originally Posted by bravedeer It's obvious that Apple TV is a device for a niche market. It offers no competition to Netflix/DVD because the iTunes store only has 500 movies or so, they are not for rent but for sale and it takes awhile to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Charel I have used a TomTom GO 700 GPS with a LCD touch screen with full on screen keyboard for several years now and find the remarks about dirty and scratched screens over the top. If you insist on using touch screen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BlackSummerNight You can't even load Safai 2 on Panther. Like Chucker said, Apple has a deliberate policy of constantly moving the ball forwards. As hardware gets older, you can expect the newer OSes to eventually …
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Quote: Originally Posted by BlackSummerNight Go buy a copy of OSX and Apple will tell you that it can only be installed on Apple hardware. What's the difference. That's not too different from PCs. If you buy a Dell, and want to build your ow…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chucker No, I'm not speaking of Boot Camp. To develop great software, you have to make compromises, and throwing away compatibility for legacy machines is very frequently one of them. No, I wasn't talking about …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chucker You will not be able to use all of OS X Leopard's features on any machine from early 2004. I believe that you are thinking about the issue of Intel vs. PowerMac. I think I remember there being some features…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Louzer I wasn't discounting the speed bumps, just saying that they never come with price cuts, they're done in lieu of price cuts. I by 'fabled', I did not mean 'make-believe'. What I meant was the never-ending comp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Louzer Keep in mind that few of apple's new releases include what I would consider 'new tech' (sorry, chip bumps don't count). As such, its not this that causes the higher prices. And macs aren't much lower in pri…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kresh In other consumer electronics companies the argument may be made that as costs fall so will the selling price. That's just not Apple. They rarely reduce prices on existing technology. Apple is much more abou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign Which interview? Please provide a link otherwise we've no idea what you're talking about. CNBC did an interview with Steve Jobs later in the afternoon after the keynote. I've heard it mentioned that …
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Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign Please cite, otherwise I'll just assume you're being shitty. Sorry, assume what you wish. Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign I'm in the UK so I'm not likely to have seen CNBC. I generally …
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Quote: Originally Posted by BRussell Maybe you ought to provide some links to back up what you say then. I've been to dozens of websites in the last week, these interviews (or accounts of them) are not hard to find. Like I said, CNBC did a wi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign While I'm sure you're right about more devices coming, including the iPhone forming the basis of the next iPod, I don't think I've read anywhere that Jobs has stated that at all and he did not say so during…
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Quote: Originally Posted by debohun First they take Newton off the market, don't open source it, and now they are intentionally handicapping the one thing that could easily be its successor. That's just irrational. If people want PDA functionalit…
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I really think it's too early to declare either victory or failure here. Apple is not on a Christmas season schedule with this one, they're waiting for the 802.11n protocol to get an initial release before committing to larger files on a wider basi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by emig647 LMAO I'd buy one if it had that name Just to prove that marketing, not features, is everything!
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Quote: Originally Posted by 1984 So will these new Airport Unleaded base stations have any new features? Oooooo! Aiorport Unleaded! Now THERE'S a good name for the new Airport!
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Quote: Originally Posted by ajprice OK, question. If I went out and got a Mac mini with Frontrow and an Elgato box plugged into a TV, would the iTV add anything to this setup or is it unnecessary because its functions are already taken by the Mac …
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[QUOTE=onlooker]I agree with that, and also don't see why Apple isn't including the Hard Drive for set top PVR. Even if a person gets his shows broadcast in HD to their HD capable PVR, getting that show to the appropriate size by morning, commercial…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pt123 Why stream the superbowl via ITS when it is live? I just don't see the value. Seems like taking a step backwards. Watching American Idol via ITS is watching a re-run. Good if you are into that. Me, I will take it …