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  • Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac It would be nice if the developers with the beta would chime in. I guess they're covered by NDA but would general statements like 'I think finder is much better(or worse)' violate the NDA? I don't expect the…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by a-thinker Has anyone used the AE(n) with both a USB drive and USB printer? Yes. I use a 4 port USB hub attached to the AEXB. I have a 250 gig WD hard drive and a Canon S600 printer attached to the hub. It has worke…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Go Banana .... That's what's going to happen with iPhone. The focus will shift to the iPhone and they will totally build it up into a miniture computer that does everything. Apple will no longer make Macs anymore and A…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by EdRed You are both lucky. My XP system at work crashes at least once a week. On the Mac side I've had about 6 kernel panics in the 5+ year life of my mac. The last time caused by a faulty PCI card I use XP SP2 an…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by guinness Safari for Windows is OK, but like most Apple software, it's always better on Mac. It's not very Windows-like, like iTunes, it uses some Mac conventions, and is a RAM hog, but seeing as a lot of PC's have …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Nah. This is typical... buy (pump up the stock) on the rumors, sell on the news. Nothing new here. Another big factor is June AAPL Option expirations this friday. If the Hedge funds have a big position…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Slewis It's similar in concept, but it's more like a cross between the Toolbar and some Ribbon elements. Word 2007 Word 2008 The idea behind the Ribbon was to make the UI simple, Office 2008 successfully screws…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Ok! Here we go!!! As I was saying: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ith-wimax.html Mel, If Clearwire has so much upside potential, why did AT&T sell the 2.5 GHz specctrum for the paltry s…
  • Thanks much Marvin for a very articulate well informed response to my question.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin The Crossover program is about 80MB and a default bottle uses about 30MB. I use Crossover very rarely. I did play Half-Life 2 with it and completed it and parts of Episode 1. Counter Strike Source plays quite sm…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Slewis Um... Office 2008 isn't going to have the ribbon. Sebastian Um... yes it will except its called Elements Gallery on the Mac. The 2 products will not be exactly identical but Mac 2008 will have a new task c…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me As surprising as it may seem, I am a Mac user. One of the wonderful things about using the Mac is that I don't have to look for ways to hand over money to Microsoft. I'm an avid Mac user as well. You don't h…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by m01ety Nonsense. I'm a Mac user, and I love Office 2007. I also agree that it is virtually the best thing ever to come out of Redmond. They took risks, and instead of yet another stagnating and boring Office update, th…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me It is my understanding that your enthusiasm for Microsoft's newest office suite is not shared by the general Windows-using public. Reports are that its sales are disappointing. Reports are also that users of ear…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by jarlag Does anyone have an update on when the new version Office for Mac 2008 will be released? I just recently purchased my first Mac (and love it) and need to decide whether to purchase Office for Mac 2004 or wait f…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by vinea The technology is Novell's if it isn't under GPL. Contrary to what the FSF wants you to think not EVERYTHING is GPL in open source. And Novell doesn't owe the community anything except complicance with the lice…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by petermac I must admit, as a unsophisticated investor, I never understood the reasons for a split. It fools nobody, does it? You are right. It does not fool anyone who matters. One share at $100 is exactly the same …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by trailmaster308 This thread makes me chuckle. People saying that M$ is dead, and their reasoning is bringing up a gaming console; than either they are 1) very young 2) don't understand the depths of M$ in corpor…
  • Vinea, You give us non sequitor blah,blah,blah. I give you numbers. First look at the NPD Group FY 2006 data for the $12.5 bln video gaming industry: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=4525&Itemid=2 Not only is there fierce…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by vinea In 2002 Sony's game division was 30% of its profits (hampered by poundings in its movie division...this year is the opposite). In 2006 SCE generated $8.5B in sales. That's not miniscule. There's a reason tha…