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Quote: Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist The HD in my MBP crashed too, last week. It ran under OSX.5.8. Got it replaced under Apple Care. Restored my Time Machine backup to it. Ran Software Update. And then the new HD turned out to have Snow …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Online privacy is poised to become a very big issue. Up to this point, most people haven't even been aware to the extent their privacy has been routinely violated -- how companies are engaged in widespread, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse And, I think there's a big opportunity for Apple here: an opportunity for them to get very serious about protecting personal information and championing privacy, and an opportunity to gain a big competitive …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 It's obvious from those videos that when it comes to Sony, Apple has absolutely nothing to worry about. Given that mobile gaming is one of Apple's marketing points, I'd say anything that comes along to ta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me dfiler is giving you great advice, not trying to trick you into spending money unnecessarily. This thread is already filled with links to elgato's EyeTV 3, the most popular, if not the only, TV tuner software av…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler Without a doubt, only consider a solution from Elgato. Technically, i think they just rebadge tuners from other manufacturers. But their EyeTV tuner software is second to none. It is worth buying from elgato …
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I don't buy Apple equipment because it is cool! I buy to because it is awesome. Who on earth would be shallow or stupid enough to buy anything based on what anyone else thinks about it? Your statement s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I don?t think it?s that hard, but I understand where you are coming from. Usually, the coolest items are not the most commonly bought because they tend to be very expensive. Take, jets, yacht, cars, etc. But …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse No, I'm discrediting the categories because it's utterly stupid to categorize portable computers by screen size, which, for example, causes them to put the 13" MBA and 13" MBP into the same category as each …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Actually, I think their entire methodology for rating everything is fundamentally flawed. We just happen to be discussing that here in the context of portable computers, where they categorized them by screen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Some of the purposes are the same or similar, but not all and certainly not the ones important to those that would buy an ultralight notebook with a viable computing power, good display, and full-sized keyboa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Same purpose, how? Being a laptop? No, they don’t have the same utility because the either MBA will far outperform any Atom-based netbook in raw computing power. That’s even before we get into the shrun…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Ultraportable notebook and netbook should be 2 different categories. Why? They both have the same purpose and utility.
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Quote: No, my point was that you can't have one set of criteria for all types of computers. Not even all kinds of laptops. My secondary point was that criticizing a device for something it was not intended for is somewhat pointless. There has to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro You think the notion of a significantly more powerful low priced feature phone is saying the people of India shouldn't have phones? That's some seriously twisted logic. It's about as wacky as accusing Santa Claus…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Hey look, it's the "Nokia is actually a charitable foundation committed to making no money so shut up about profits" argument! Didn't expect to ever see it again! I'm not really seeing where anyone is deman…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro it's much simpler than that. if you aren't using the smartphone features it's not out. If you think using a phones features, features you paid for, is flashing it in someone's face I don't know how you could ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage So why do they have BP at number 17? C. Purchase the full report and find out?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage I am not sure if Newsweek is a credible environmentalist organisation. But then I am not sure if Greenpeace is either. C. Newsweek's at least looks fairly in depth. But I probably wouldn't truely be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Let's assume the alternative to an all-in-one is to buy a desktop tower, with a separate monitor and a separate speaker package. This means three lots of casing. Three individual power supply units. - eac…