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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism There was no room on the last design which meant something had to go, which meant the obsolescing FW400 port. The MBPs still had FW800 and the MB never had FW800. They have removed the latched battery/HDD bay…
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can we pleeeeeeeeeease re-start this thread ??? please !!!??? just to close it quickly again now that APPLE HAS DONE A BACK TRACK ON FIREWIRE brilliant !! PS now how much is an alu 13" macbook without firewire worth \
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would it change anything if you were reminded that the French Government owns around 30% of France Telecom (ie Orange) so by telling Orange to play fair in the mobile market (something it's been told a number of times) the French government is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by lfmorrison This is not about consumer rights. This is a case of one business complaining that another business has (what they consider to be) an unfair competitive advantage. more info here i agree that this is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmjoe I didn't know. This table says it's locked to the carrier. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937 Is the issue really that you can only buy an iPhone directly from Orange (in other words, it has nothing to do wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by robb01 How were sales on it? no idea
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmjoe So, doesn't that just mean they'll need to offer a higher priced unlocked model, like they do in other countries with better consumer protection laws? they already offer a higher priced unlocked model in france
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Quote: Originally Posted by stottm Apple could just say "Screw France" and take their toys and go home. No French Apple Stores, No online presence in France, No Apple iPhones, ipods or anything else. Mail all the Apple customers in France a ni…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ronbo You had to type in a serial number when you updated OS X? Please pay attention before you scoff at legitimate concerns being raised. if your major concern is really about OSX having serial numbers then i will …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone People who don't want to play by the rules always ruin the fun for those of us that do. Now are we going back to proprietary firmware, product serial numbers, activation and so forth? errr don't we already ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism If it's a design issue then the problem should be with all or most of poly-carb MBs, but it isn't. Sounds like you got a bad machine. Don't think that the only issue to come from the new, thinner MB is the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Your argument is that the MB doesn't have FW and that the MBP is too costly. Yet there is a MB with FW400, and I haven't read one post by you talking about the pros of the unibody MB added components, so the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism This thread is about Jobs responding to emails about the loss of FW400 from the unibody MBs. But you are failing to see that it was the FW400 that was removed from both the MB and MB, you have completely igno…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Of course I'm using the term FW400, because that is what was removed from the MB and MBP. FW800 still remains on the MBP and FW800 was never on the MB. Neither the MB or MBP replaced the FW400 port with USB o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Interesting how the article kept it all in context. Saying that the camera manufacturers are working out the bugs. You attempt to take this out of that context and make it sound like a bigger problem. can y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot Yes I am. And If you could only understand the salient facts, that you yourself keep repeating, you might even agree with me! Here I rewrote the sentence for you ".... just because the market share isn't big en…
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and check this article at law.com effectively the market share limit for the tying charge is around 30% Quote: U.S. law on product tying evolved from common law and strongly suggests that, unless a seller has a 30 percent market share, there are …
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot Exactly! Apple has nowhere near the market share of Windows... so why the hell do you keep on about antitrust? because it's a position which goes against anti-trust laws and they'll slip under the radar jus…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism A judge already threw out Psystar's anti-trust and monopoly claims that mirror your own words. Apple does offer HW that others don't have, but you have at the whole machine, not just the parts that can be fou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kim kap sol Not the same thing. care to explain why you think that preventing hardware suppliers competing by using software locks isn't anti-trust ? people choose their computers as much on the OS as on the hard…