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  • I'm not a "Steve basher" or an "Amelio supporter" per se, I'm just trying to take a sober look at the facts. If you had read on down to the final paragraph, you'd see that I gave Jobs credit for saving the company. The problem is that here is a c…
    in GUARANTEES about Apple Computer, Inc. Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • I'll float another idea in regards to why the cash reserve has ballooned from $1 bil. under Amelio to $4 bil. during Steve Jobs's tenure as CEO: poor management. Mr. Peabody, set the Wayback Machine for 1997. SJ comes back to the company. Sure, i…
    in GUARANTEES about Apple Computer, Inc. Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • Actually, having $4.2 billion in cash is probably a negative rather than a positive. It's one thing to have a rainy-day reserve, but $4.2 billion seems a bit excessive. If they don't have any projects to spend that money on, they should either have …
    in GUARANTEES about Apple Computer, Inc. Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • [quote]It doesn't necessarily follow that a great film entertainment company would also be a great software development company. That's essentially true; however, Pixar has two things going for them. First, they have a very strong brand name in r…
    in Apple Buying Frenzy Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • I think that a prudent and viable move for Apple would be to make a sizable investment in Pixar, establish a commercial software division, and have Pixar start cranking out exclusive Mac-only 3D apps. I would also produce a consumer-level app that i…
    in Apple Buying Frenzy Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • [quote]Waiting till the week before Christmas is risky, because MS and Nintendo are sure to have thought ahead and built-up stockpiles for those people. Risky, yes, but that's why I bought from Best Buy instead of online. I have 30 days to return…
    in Xbox? Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • I bought one from Best Buy the day it was released. Haven't opened it yet, though. I'm waiting until just before X-Mas, then I'm selling it on fleaBay with overnight shipping. Hopefully, MS won't have caught up with demand by then. :cool: Las…
    in Xbox? Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • What's really strange about Apple doing a tribute to George Harrison is all the legal battles they went through. In the mid-80's, someone advised Harrison that he could sue Apple Computer because of a) advances in digital audio and b) similarity to …
    in Apple.com George Harrison Picture Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • Microsoft does a great job of stealing other companies' ideas and making them their own; I think that Apple's problem is that they don't steal enough ideas, themselves. Some stolen MS ideas: MS Word - On the Mac first, v.1.0 was a shameless co…
    in Jobs comments on the Microsoft settlement Comment by mr.potatohead December 2001
  • The short answer, Yes you can. Forget the c\ paradigm of the PC world; with a Mac, you can boot off of anything that's handy that has an OS on it -- another partition, an external drive, a CD, a Zip disk, even an iPod. If you had a burrito with a Fi…
    in Multiboot? Comment by mr.potatohead April 2002
  • G4Dude, yer gettin a Dell! (had to say it...)
    in Building a gaming PC; need advice!!! Comment by mr.potatohead April 2002
  • [quote]Ok, maybe I over-reacted. I was stressing the fact that I believe that JFK was assassinated by means of an elaborate conspiracy involving CIA, Mobsters, Cubans, and the Vice President (LBJ). You forgot about the significant role the Roswel…
    in JFK Comment by mr.potatohead January 2002
  • Haven't seen DWMX, but I hear from an official beta tester that DW and DW UltraDev are no longer two separate products... UltraDev is now a standard part of DW.
    in DreamWeaver MX experiences Comment by mr.potatohead March 2002
  • Entourage v.X is da bomb!!! I got tired of all the bugs in Mail.app, and Outlook Express didn't run reliably for me in Classic mode.
    in what email app do you use? Comment by mr.potatohead March 2002
  • Only certain functions within Photoshop that stand to gain a substantial boost are Altivec optimized.
    in OSX graphics optimized for Altivec? Comment by mr.potatohead March 2002
  • The best way to organize your applications is this: Create folders for each of your apps, as you described, but instead of putting the actual apps in there, put aliases of the apps. Then create a folder named "Applications", put all of your subfolde…
    in Can I do this in MacOS X ?? Comment by mr.potatohead February 2002
  • 10.1.4
    in What's next after 10.1.3 ? Comment by mr.potatohead February 2002
  • 384 MB is fairly generous for what you're doing. More RAM is always nice, but not always necessary. RAM prices are cheap, which would make a good argument for upgrading if you think you'll ever do more than AOL and the occasional game.
    in Upgrading RAM for OS-X Comment by mr.potatohead February 2002
  • [quote]It downloaded, but the SWUpdate app "unexpectedly quit" when it began installing and the computer froze, so I had to reboot. To my surprise, when I reboot I checked and it said I have 10.1.3, but I would like to get it again because it clearl…
    in How can I re-download 10.1.3? Comment by mr.potatohead February 2002
  • Limewire is a great thing, isn't it?
    in Photoshop for X on Monday Comment by mr.potatohead February 2002