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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Bloor.Redding Does the new aim app for the iPhone have push ability while not directly in the application [?] From what has been previewed, it is probably not quite ready to replace SMS. When the Apple Push Notif…
    in Visual preview of top 10 free iPhone applications Comment by phlake July 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by the_steve This grammar is so mangled I can't even understand the point of your post. Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon, translated The Mini is way out of date and the price of its hardware is a big …
    in Mini Wisdom Comment by phlake July 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Y-Guy I would totally go for that! Costco here did have some non-Intel macs for a short while. I was hopefully they would keep carrying them, sadly once they were gone that was all. I've found the clerks at Costco…
    in Challenges ahead as Apple and Best Buy expand Mac program Comment by phlake July 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by sambamac You are right! The risk and the price is to high! Though in my case it increased the performance. My computer runs now smoothly. BTW I work with large Video files on a separate disk, even so I will avoid to…
    in Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.4 update Comment by phlake July 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by tdhockeyfan424 this just basically seems like an update to leopard, why not just do this as like 10.5.5 or instead of os x, when not os 11 if this will be faster and the Intel era with no power p.c. support Frankly…
    in First shots of Mac OS X Snow Leopard show desktop web apps Comment by phlake June 2008
  • If your trackpad was not multitouch out of the factory, it cannot be upgraded. You MacBook Pro is missing a chip that handles the multitouch. Sorry.
    in MacBook Pro trackpad multi-touch upgrade... Comment by phlake June 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by iJasonY I bought Apple stock the day they announced the switch to Intel Processors back in June of 2005. I knew very little about Mac's at the time other than I couldn't stand Mac snobs. Now that I am pretty much a M…
    in Why do you own Apple stock? Comment by phlake June 2008
  • Frankly, I would leave the files alone. If I'm not mistaken, LAME is an MP3 encoder, so by changing the format you are inheriting the weaknesses of MP3, the weaknesses of AAC, and forcing the new file to take up more space. If you cannot tell a …
    in Converting VBR audio to CBR. Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Splinemodel Steve Jobs is a prick. It doesn't stop me from liking the mac I have. Someone also mentioned that most of us also own and/or use PCs: how true. I have a Dell Latitude running on a side table to my le…
    in I Use a PC Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Wow, I wish I could see a copy of tarl's reply. That must have been epic. This thread has been amazing, guys, truly amazing.
    in Is My iPod Toast? Comment by phlake May 2008
  • The thing that I dislike most about Microsoft's solution is the apparent disconnect between the actual touches and what happens onscreen. For example, on the iPhone, try enlarging an image. Your fingers will stay in about the same place in the…
    in Windows 7 starts race with Apple to full multi-touch desktop OS Comment by phlake May 2008
  • And dragging tabs in and out of the tab bar in Safari.
    in Slow motion stacks bug??!! Comment by phlake May 2008
  • I had a similar problem, where my Dock lost the reflectivity. The surface still existed, but it was transparent, not reflective. In fact it looked a lot better. As for a fix, I just ran a "killall Dock" in terminal to restart the dock, and it s…
    in Dissapearing Dock! Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot Original iMac?... With the G3 CPU, and the ATI chip with 4MB of video RAM? I'm not sure the X1600 was even a wet dream yet when the original iMac stunned the world. No.... no.... make it go away.…
    in Why is it? On Board GMA for mini and macbooks? Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Akac A few things to remember. Closing applications is simply not as necessary. OS X will automatically remove an app from memory if its been idle and unused for awhile. This is called paging, but it doesn't really mat…
    in How to manage open applications Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Lorre Not always... a lot of programs do really quit, like iPhoto or iMovie. Very true, but there's not really a lot that you can do with those applications once the window is closed since all of the information is …
    in How to manage open applications Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by GavinScrimgeour I can just see Steve Jobs now, ?Introducing the new iphone, with a built in Superdrive!?. That would be one huge-ass phone, don't you think?
    in Online Apple Stores run dry of iPhones Comment by phlake May 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by tdhockeyfan424 ?any one with othe rcomments please replay and post them Just for future reference, the next time you use UNNECESSARILY LARGE TEXT, you might want to consider proofreading.
    in Get Imac Now Or Wait Till Updates?? Comment by phlake April 2008
  • Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac I did an archive and install from Tiger to Leopard. I waited until .1 before upgrading to Leopard. Initially Leopard felt more responsive than Tiger. Now I'm not sure that's the case. Its just an impressi…
    in Apple plants two more Mac OS X 10.5.3 seeds Comment by phlake April 2008