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  • i am using a Synology NAS and running iTunes Media server.  It costs a few bucks, but is really great (and has a number of other benefits).  Also, if your mac's/pc's etc are just used at home, there's no need to have duplicates - just stream everyth…
  • If it was an update of the existing form factor, a silent update and slipping it onto the store unnoticed might make sense.   But given the preview we got a couple of months ago, and a number of unanswered questions (the specs etc), some kind …
  • also, depends a bit on the extra hardware that's available at the time MP '13 is released.  if there's a decent raid disk array and functional/aesthetically well designed display/keyboard etc and the price point makes sense, the new model will wor…
  • Can't wait to buy one of these solar-powered hovercrafts.   Only questions I have are:  (1)  can i get 2 matching retina screens (with built in camera, usb hub, speakers etc), keyboard and mouse?;  (2)  who can offer a bomb-proof external thun…
  • ash471 wrote: » I understand that iWork probably can't break into the enterprise market.  However, since Apple is making a product, why don't they make it suitable for business.  It just seems odd to me that Apple would purposely keep selling an i…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Lemon Bon Bon. The 'desktop' is changing. Just not in the direction you want. The MacPro is becoming an embarrassment - 500+ days without any refresh/redesign. When does Apple throw in the towel and pull it from t…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Lemon Bon Bon. While I'd like a bigger 'mini'...(I'd buy a Cube tomorrow...) I don't see Apple doing that. (I'm not sure what it can give me that an iMac can't.) Otherwise it wouldn't be a mini. The iMac isn't goin…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Allison Sorry - forgot to add that we tried bypassing the wireless firewall issue by plugging in. No difference. Sigh. Could be a bandwidth problem. Here are a few things to check: (1) Do you both have good q…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by [email protected] I do believe you are the only one with a brain in this thread! Everone else here must use their Macs solely for gaming and web-surfing for this not to be incredibly obvious!! Aperture for Video
  • Quote: Originally Posted by PBG4 Dude MS has already stated the next version of MS Office won't have VBA included. For me, that is the death knell of Office for Mac. Now I'll have to use the Windows version of Excel to program VBA macros as it'll …
  • Quote: just curious if it is possible to run Aperture on my new MacBook. i have the 2.0GHz, 2.0GB, 80GB BlackBook. Apple released Aperture 1.5 which now officially runs on Macbooks and Minis
  • Quote: I have never used it once, nevertheless iChat. Why do they bother with a camera - do people now still really video conference? My experience is an unequivocal antithesis of this - I have half dozen or so family members/friends and we …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Toadie Aperture runs on the Macbook. It is not a pleasant experience, but it runs. While I was "in between" my Powermac and my new Mac Pro, I used it a few times to access my library. Everything worked fine, but was …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by untsig just curious if it is possible to run Aperture on my new MacBook. i have the 2.0GHz, 2.0GB, 80GB BlackBook. i have read online which models its compatable with but it doesnt seem to even list MacBook (even in …
  • The release of a phone would explain what Jon Ive & his industrial design team has been doing, because he certainly hasn't been working on Mac hardware recently
  • Quote: Originally posted by jdcfsu And GSM is more of a world standard. They would be able to sell to the the European market without any changes to the design. ++ GSM and 3G are the only options if you are serious about global telephony.…
  • Quote: Originally posted by iPeon What are you talking about? A 20" Apple display costs $799.00 and is much better quality then Dell. I think he was quoting Singapore dollars, in which case it is SGD$1,388
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Dirk That's not bad... But I think MacBook nano probably captures what the laptop will be--tiny, rather than fast, per se. Nano works for the iPod... I'd go with MacBook Light (or perhaps Lite)
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman You make it sound like Intel has a gun to Apple's head saying "You WILL update your CPUs..!" This is actually the benefit of switching to Intel. Apple pretty much joins everyone else on Intel's pricing and …
  • The Quadra Tower (from the mid 90's), with modular drive bays was a good and very practical design. It allowed a lot of choice as to what you wanted installed - tape drives, optical, hard drives etc etc in one case, without the attendent cable mess…