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  • In some ways yep... ESRI really needs a serious competitor, they can get away with releasing crap software because there are no alternatives. Unfortunatly most governments (especially local) are in ESRI's pocket because they get free software throu…
    in A true apple for the masses Comment by mike d January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Bigc: Still using AI and map publisher and MacDEM. Any sites talking about GRASS use? I use ArgGIS on a windoze box and Freehand with map publisher on a mac. Grass is just kind of a new toy for me but it has grea…
    in A true apple for the masses Comment by mike d January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by mmicist: I don't think this is a market that will interest Apple too much, the margin is too low. From another standpoint, it would make much more sense for such a machine to be developed and built in the country of u…
    in A true apple for the masses Comment by mike d January 2002
  • ahh... but that method depends on two things. A government willing to invest in the education of its people and people who have the luxury of going to school. Many places in world have neither of those things. Often people in third worl…
    in A true apple for the masses Comment by mike d January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by vvedge: not bad... but you're getting waht you pay for... And you're not paying for a lot! Steve: We're dipping down into the pig through, and we're selling our new mac for 5 easy payements of 49.99! y…
    in A true apple for the masses Comment by mike d January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Bigc: Have you used the Unix Grass version on OS X? Yeah but it still runs in an x window system.. I am hoping that the recent port of tcl/tk to darwin will help in compiling tcltk grass on osx without the middleman.
    in A true apple for the masses Comment by mike d January 2002
  • Nice ideas, I think the lower end model will probably have the cdrw/dvd combo instead of the super drive. I also am betting this model will undercut the high end iMac by a couple hundred dollars, $1600 sounds like a good entry point for pro machine…
    in Informed speculation on the new PowerMacs Comment by mike d January 2002
  • Its like the parable of the white farmer and the native man. Farmer asks the man what the winter will be like "should be a rough one" he says. So the farmer and his friends go out a cut extra firewood for winter. A few days later he see…
    in New G5 sighting Comment by mike d January 2002
  • I wouldn't count on the price drop on lcd's being so dramatic. Much of the price drop lately has been due to the massive oversupply that arose when too many new plants came on line at once. Apple might actually be helping the majors to slow th…
    in LCD iMac rev b, c, and ... Comment by mike d January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by KAMMAC: we are getting to a point where we are running the 'BMW and Mercedes' type of machines with Hyundai engine. You say this as though the main separation between Merc and BMW engines and Hundai engines is the spe…
    in Concern For Apple - G5 Comment by mike d January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Willoughby: Look closely. The article is going to appear in "TIME". Its US not Canadian. But I think 1800 is great for a freakin superdrive!!!!! I can't wait to find out the mhz. yer probably right, accordin…
    in HERE IT IS!!! Comment by mike d January 2002
  • she could be the newton? who else has jobs spoken ill of lately?
    in I have burned an HDTV broadcast to DVD and lived to tell about it Comment by mike d January 2002
  • Apple releasing an iMac that is a reconfigured cube would be corporate suicide. After all the hoopla leading up to this Macworld the press would eat them alive if this was the big supprise. The fact is in the cube was a good idea that didn't find …
    in That's it...I'm OFFICIALLY on record: new iMac will be two-piece unit Comment by mike d December 2001
  • 10 million broadband users leaves around 350 million who don't have broadband. Modems will be around for a while. the entry level computer users that buy the majority of iMacs will always need modem access.
    in Do we need a 56K modem in the new iMac? Comment by mike d December 2001
  • here is the french translation courtesy the fish: C.est what our anonymous advisor has just sent to us a few minutes ago. APPLE would have thus to decide d.annoncer two new PowerBook, which would be characterized only by l.integration out of stan…
    in Earlier MWSF keynote = more new hardware Comment by mike d December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by Al02: I'm new here - Be nice. I like it!
    in TAM a indication of what could be? Comment by mike d December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by river-wind:
    in TAM a indication of what could be? Comment by mike d December 2001
  • of course Apple has managed to improve their packaging and components have gotten much smaller since TAM. The first iMac was powerbook guts stuck inside a cool case with a monitor stuck on top. There is no reason to think that they won't continue …
    in TAM a indication of what could be? Comment by mike d December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by Anders: Ask those who have watched a whole DVD with their Ti on their lab. You could propably heat up a small flat with a G4 iPod If apple wanted to offer video on an ipod like device they would probably use …
    in Poll: What do YOU want in the next iPod??? Comment by mike d December 2001
  • well I thought I'd post a little info on what we might expect realisticlly. from the portal player
    in Poll: What do YOU want in the next iPod??? Comment by mike d December 2001