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Quote: Originally Posted by Azathoth Tar on PCBs is not particularly dangerous. Neither is human sh*t, semen, urine, or phlegm, but I would not expect an Apple service tech to have to clean those off either. But dangerous to what? If it ca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hezekiahb I will say though, Apple should refund them the cost of AppleCare since they neglected to warn customers that smoking will void the agreement. Except that it doesn't void the agreement. The agreement is t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by oxygenhose Considering your argument consists of a lame citing of Child Labor laws and obscure mining equipment regulations to support your "government knows best and solves all" argument, you appear to have a very wea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud Cigarette smoke[huh?] and dust adhere to many things just not cigarette smoke and by lumping all together it gives that impression. I've seen inside a lot of computers, both those used by smokers and those …
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud What does dust and cat hair have to do with smoking? Cigarette smoke leaves a residue that causes things like dust and cat hair to adhere to inside of the computer. Also, the other poster was alluding to t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by oxygenhose Where did you get Ron Paul? Because your parroting all of his don't-regulate-business, free-market-solves-everything crap. Quote: Originally Posted by oxygenhose Try again, your pseudo-intellectual …
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Quote: Originally Posted by oxygenhose Dunno about that, there have been some pretty awesome smokers in our history. Yeah, and some awesome pedophiles, wife beaters, rapists, and murderers, too, right? Quote: Originally Posted by oxygenhos…
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Let me pose a hypothetical to the anti-Apple/pro-smoker side: Suppose you service computers for a living. I schedule an appointment for next week to have my PC serviced. When I bring it in, you discover that I have just defecated inside the case …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider the Mac maker is expected to exceed Wall Street expectations So Wall Street expects that Apple will make more than they expect them to?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maximara Why? Openoffice already is free and currently has more to offer than the iWork suite. You are quite wrong. For example, Keynote is widely regarded as the best presentation package available. While OpenOf…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTripper The Intel/Apple merger is already in the works, it's obvious as day. I don't believe it's likely. These rumors have been going on for years. Here's one from Bob Cringely in 2005: http://www.pbs.org/c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit What I envision for OS X... In another post, you claimed that the value of something was determined by the price at which it was offered. We will keep that in mind while reading your free advice to App…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit Um no, actually it would be Ferrari suing you because you disregarded your contract, and you telling Ferrari the contract doesn't say what Ferrari thinks it says. Um, no, actually I am completely correc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kresh Wow, talk about a leap in logic You should try some logic sometime. You might find it refreshing. Quote: Originally Posted by kresh It is not like Psystar is not paying Apple the full retail price for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit My point is, I wouldn't mind seeing a full license version of OS X for $299 or so, rather than "Upgrade" versions. That's great, but it is Apple's property and they have the right to stipulate the terms…
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Quote: Originally Posted by canucklehead I can only assume that you are not in a position where your income depends on the value of YOUR intellectual property. Tying his income to the value of his intellectual output would be like paying a bli…
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Quote: Originally Posted by imGayForSteveJobs Here comes the "But I don't want cheap hardware" argument. Apple PC's use the same hardware, intel processors, nvidia graphics.. You're mistaking the markings on a few of the major VLSI chips as so…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Geez that's a nice system. Thanks. I'm really happy with it. The 8800GT graphics card is pretty darned quick for gaming, too. I was lucky because I was in California on business and happened to find it…
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About nine months ago, I purchased the previous generation Mac Mini for $599 to find out if I wanted to switch to the Mac after almost three decades of using Microsoft operating systems (MS-DOS and Windows). I did. And I quickly decided that I w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by foljs ZFS on a Mac means your data is protected and you would never run out of disk space. So no need for a Drobo on a Mac! No, it really doesn't. Yes, it really does, provided that you intelligently upgrade your…