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Quote: Originally Posted by mrgadget ...- Built-in 3G sucks. Trust me, I wanted to like it. But I have to pay $50-70/mo. to have yet another battery-sucking mini-PCI card in the machine, and a fragile antenna poking out somewhere. When I need a c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rtdunham I agree. This is the single greatest hardware addition that could come on rev 2. It would solve so many problems. Or, to say it more positively, it's a single addition that would most dramatically increase…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That is one of the few valid issues, IMO, of the MBA. Perhaps the reason Apple didn't include this option was because of the relatively few users of cellular broadband in notebooks and/or the fractured 3G pro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kenstee ... 5. And one for you. How are you planning on starting an Air up if you have a problem and are on the road? I just can't believe this this is mentioned in almost any list of critical comments to the MBA. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by eyce9000 My question -if you plug in an unpowered USB hub will it have enough power to run the DVD drive as well as one or two other peripherals? Except for the lack of a second USB port (usually need 1 for a USB…
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Quote: Originally Posted by aplnub You can't forget about .Mac users. I don't think Apple is going to leave them out on their UP. The stinking disk image for iDisk is 30 GB. I am thinking the minimum they can go with is 64 GB at this point. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 The other thing to consider is that Apple could just solder the "DRIVE" into the mother board with flash. That is very doable and frankly makes a lot of sense for Apple volumes. It would be much different …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland I don't know how Steve is going to bullshit his way into getting people to believe this is an ultra-portable - I suppose we'll have to wait and see. I personally don't expect "the" 11" Mac touch until around…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea Except that, to date, the X3100 has underperformed its paper specs due to bad drivers that are noteworthy even for Intel. 15.6.1 was a big performance step backwards from 15.6 for some folks. I believe TnL is st…
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Of there isn't any other way, but you're missing my whole point. I just say it's not a consistent view on consumers to say (1) you're too dumb to grasp the meaning of two buttons; but (2) you're certainly smart enough to look up in Help and acti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lundy Look - anyone who is unaware of the double-tap didn't look at the Trackpad Preference Pane, the Help documentation, or any of the Mac online magazines. How do you expect Apple to "tell" people about these thin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lundy I never use 3 fingers on my MBP. I have no idea what you are referring to. Two finger tap brings up the CM, and one more tap selects the menu item. It was my belief that you had to put two fingers on the touch…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lundy Not according to the extensive usability studies Apple did before releasing the original Mac. For you maybe, but studies show that the vast majority of new Windows users do not know how to use the right mouse …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core Excuse me, but why is this post directed towards me? Wans't directed specifically to you but to the mouse button discussion where, as far as I remember, your's was the last post. Quote: Originally Po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe ...A question for anyone who can answer it, In screen sharing mode, can the other user poke about in ALL your folders? seems theres a few documents and files one wouldn't want looked at, how is sensitiv…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core I was just about to give you some help. However, considering that most of your posts are outright whining, forget it. As for Apple basically deciding how dark the room has to be before you use it, look …
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I really liked all the AI articles on the new Leopard features, but this one was definitely the least interestin one. Even though there was only 1 out of three pages on Safari 3, they filled half of it with Safari 1+2. It's of course not AI's fault…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lookingglass Crazy little nob thingy, AKA the Nubbin, AKA the, well, it's a little risque so it's best left to the reader's imagination. LOL Again, the whole keyboard shortcut versus mouse stuff (buttons or click ac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Invite participants to the event, and your attachments are sent to the meeting recipients. To add attendees, simply click the attendees link and start typing names; iCal immediately looks up contacts from y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kim kap sol I've said this before and I'll say it again...I don't know why I do considering I understand everyone's got their own way of organizing things but... ...why is everyone fighting it? Why is everyone wasti…