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  • Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Can we please have a damn thread without the xMac debate? This one is about Leopard. Besides, I bet the "minitower is a niche" thing was just a poke you folks fell for anyway. I wish it were possible, but …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by mrpiddly ipod but that wasnt on the list I second that. It's getting near Holiday buying season and Apple is going to have some new ipods for us to hang from trees or spin with our dreidels.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker MWSF is my bet. But it could chime in around Leopards release. If not expect a brand new Mac Pro at MWSF. Yep, that's what got my vote. Would love it if my next box came out in October or November, but real…
  • The only way I see an Apple-Adobe merger making any sense is if Apple decides that it wants to play Microsoft's pool as well. Experience writing apps for Windows is the biggest skill set that Adobe would provide for Apple. And that is something t…
  • I guess it all depends on whether most developers agree with the "it's very buggy" appraisal. My guess is that AI and other sites hear more from the dissatisified users than they do from the ones who have no problems, or only minor problems. H…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Gamrin I think you misunderstood, donebylee. Pages will *export* flawlessly to Word .doc format via Pages' export function (all formatting will be translated, as will changes and comments information). However, using t…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski That's not unrealistic for an announcement, but then they'd say "Shipping by Christmas" or "Shipping next month" for the Mac Pro. I could live with that. I would, of course, prefer an earlier ship dat…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski All I know is that like the Merom/Conroe/Woodcrest launch, it'll be Xeons first. Specifically Harpertown Quad-core Xeons. My guess is that we might get the Mac Pro at Paris. Failing that, it'll probab…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Gamrin A bit more of an update: Word *will not* open regular Pages documents, though, as far as I've tested, Word will open any Pages document I've exported to .doc format without flaw. You can copy text from Pages …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Gamrin I've been using Pages for the last six hours, bringing over Word documents and seeing what Pages could handle. So far, every Word document opened without flaw and with the correct formatting. In about 30 min…
  • Has anyone heard anything about the release of the Penryn Xeons? The last I heard/read was 4th quarter, but Intel has been beating its shipping estimates lately and there were rumors of a roll out whenever AMD ships Barcelona. Anybody got any…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by xsmi And Aliens are a little more expensive. Not to mention they all come with those nasty anal probes and have the disturbing tendency to rearrange your dirty laundry into circles while you sleep.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Messiah Mac Pro = function over form. I have to disagree with that statement. Granted a workstation is primarily focused on function, but in comparison to other workstations, I think the Mac Pro is very attractive. …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by melgross ...It's like boxing. When the champion fights a challenger, unless he wins by a knockdown, the champion gets the benefit of the doubt. The odds are stacked in his favor, and the challenger must do better than …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Heh...Sun must be thrilled. IBM and HP likely don't care much since they're replacing AIX and HPUX with Linux anyway. Had Sun stuck with OpenStep and dumped the HP CDE monstrosity (along with CORBA in favor of …
  • utomi, when you say that you are switching your secondary monitor resolution to 1360x768 are you using the properties dialog box that pops up when you right click on the windows desktop? I have two identical monitors on my XP machine and I can…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by European guy Hi ! Welcome ! Prepare to be plea-amazed ! Just because your first post was right on target... The Apple event is all about Mac... iMac or whatever Apple will call this next thing. Quote: Originall…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by melgross While I'm not sure about new Mac Pros soon either, we may see Penyrn for mobile, and Wolfdale (2 core), and Kentsfield (4 core) for the desktop sooner than you might think. Intel has already, ahead of sched…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by donebylee ...No Penryn MBs and Xeons, no new Mac Pros. I haven't seen anything that indicated that Intel is about to roll these out in the near future.... Mmmmk, just found this over at MacNN. If true then maybe we …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by superlatic_uk so basically hes saying new imacs, mac pros, macbooks, mini or mini replacement and ipods between now and sept 31st. reading between the lines though it sounded like the imacs will be the last to be up…