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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Eduardo (I am assuming the above comment comes from someone NOT driving a BMW.) Correct. The above comment comes from somebody who used to modify and test them for BMW... before they started hitting the lows.…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Macintosh_Next I have heard many "switchers" (such as myself, although I haven't complained about this) complain that Mac doesn't have a good web browser, and that Safari is the best one available (although isn't that …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple Inc. on Thursday issued a security update that stomps out four critical flaws within its Mac OS X operating system, all of which were first revealed last month as part of the "Month of Apple Bugs" pr…
  • Wow... I'm surprised at the answers to this one. I didn't know so many people here are so misinformed about operating systems!
  • Quote: Originally Posted by soulcrusher I got into MIT. That's great. Congrats. Have you picked any profs at the schools you got into whose research interests you?
  • I see BMW is continuing to hit new lows!
  • Quote: Originally Posted by jgbx I guess my question is do you think a MacBook or a MBP with the new Intel chipset is comparable to the G5 I have now? Not really. The MacBook and MBP are faster.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by BRussell I've seen a number of grad student flounder and end up nowhere because they just kind of did their own thing. It's also a great benefit to the professors, because they get people to work with who want to suck…
  • Congrats. Graduate school is a great experience. Lot's of time to hone yourself... have great parties... work a lot and party a lot! A word of advice... don't go for the school. Go for a professor and a research group you want to work with. Tha…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider A forthcoming update to Apple's MacBook Pro line will usher in a generation of more vibrant and uniformly-colored notebook displays thanks to some new underlying backlight technology, AppleInsider has lear…
  • Porn industry chose HD-DVD: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ce...hddvd_blu_ray/ HD-DVD wins. End of story.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Jemster Ok, that's confused me so much I've even registered after lurking for waaaaay too long Even the Wikipedia page you link to states: "Xvid - MPEG-4 part 2 codec, compatible with DivX. " I understand th…
  • Patent is only on paper unless it stands up to a challenge in court.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H The iPod is also technically capable of playing back DivX, Xvid, WMV etc etc., but Apple have shown no desire to support any of these. In addition, on OS X, their support is provided by third parties, not Apple t…
  • Quote: Asking for technical support with pirated software How do you know it's pirated?
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TKN One can only hope, because Cingular really does bite in Brooklyn anyway. I am a bit more disappointed that there was no iChat client, but maybe I can put on a portable version of Adium or something... 3G is the onl…
  • Considering that Apple is already violating the trademark rights of with iPhone.... who knows?
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha No, I just meant that they're copying Apple's business model, not their technology: Sell the whole experience, from hardware, to OS, to applications, and media distribution. Different products, same philosophy…
  • What kind of a man are you if you can't control your woman? Shorten that chain!