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Quote: Originally Posted by nikon133 Commodores, Ataris... died not because they were working on razor-thin margins, but because they could not compete with emerging PC standard. They remained expensive and were overtaken by PCs on…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ktappe No, their "worst nightmare" would have been if Apple had been able to price the low-end model at $199. Then competitors would be run right out of business. $329 leaves room for them in the market. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Under Ballmer, MS has lost every key tech battle (outside of game consoles) and has been confined to Windows + Office. Not true. They lost the console war to Nintendo, and it cos…
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Pin drop...
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I don't think we'll ever see ARM-powered Macs. We might, however, see iOS, ARM-powered ultrabooks based off the iPad. And if those take off we could then see iOS devices from Apple slowly supplant the Mac on the desktop. It wouldn't take a…
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Used the turn by turn directions over the weekend - they're awesome! Only problem I had - the voice is waaaaay too loud when you're playing music. It mutes the music - which is great - but then screams at you at full volume, "TURN RIGHT IN 2 MIL…
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Only problem I have with iOS 6 is battery life, which seems substantially degraded on my 4S. Haven't figured out yet if a setting was changed by the upgrade or what. Maps work fine for me. No worse than Google's maps, which were buggy as h…
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Meg just wants to make a phone one of her illegal alien domestics can afford...
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If Apple truly thought they had supply constraints going into this launch, they wouldn't have launched in so many countries at once. They would have staggered the iPhone 5 rollout as they've done with models in the past, likely concentrating on c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FruityCyclops That has got to be the most uninformed opinion I've read in a while - why so much hate? The new Nokia phones are quite impressive and best the iPhone 5 in many respects based on specs alone. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by aaarrrgggh Here is to hoping for better thermal management without a DVD drive. Love the low noise, but I keep worrying that mine is going to have life-cycle heat related problems. The new Ivy Bridge …
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Quote: Originally Posted by brianld Why oh why are they moving the headphone jack to the bottom of the device?? Am I the only person who thinks this is odd? Honestly can't see the reasoning for that one. Someone please explain! …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zedd There was never going to be a retina iMac, not even in the next 3 years. The panel build cost alone would add $2000 to the machine build price. I doubt that. Manufacturers are already making …
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"We're really excited about the new logo" This simple statement demonstrates everything that's gone wrong in Redmond.
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Megabucks Whitless has worked her magic at HP, I see. A worthy successor to Carly Failorina...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cpsro Too bad iMessage is unreliable! (Yes, unreliable. I've been notified a week+ after the fact that an iMessage was not delivered) I've had the same thing happen with SMS messages on Verizon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dunks There are 17 contacts on the new pin. 8 gold contacts are repeated on each side, with the metal housing (which does not need to be duplicated) forming an additional contact. Of course the pin it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac_128 Is it just me, or is the whole "i"Device nomenclature getting a bit long in the tooth? I was thinking the same thing the other day. The iMac came out going on 15 years ago now (hard to believ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ahmlco The new docking port will probably be reversible. The 8-pin to 30-pin ADAPTOR, however, probably will not be, as I suspect it will use the audio plug connections to support the current audio, m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by newcode I saw a drawing somewhere of a dock that used both the new connector and the headphone jack to support the device. If that was the case, the headphone jack would be the same distance from the new doc…