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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac When you say 'aggressively priced' what do you mean? Aggressively priced for Apple, of course. They're not out to compete with eMachines. Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac i5 pc systems should co…
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I can very easily see the C2D sticking around in iMacs, for one simple reason: Price. For the first time in a long time, Apple has strong downward pressure on its price brackets. The way the PC market has addressed this for a long time is to simp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by @homenow But you lose the tactile feel and feedback that you get with an actual stylus. I would imagine that accuracy would not be as good either or would take a while to get the hang of since there is not a physical c…
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Snow Leopard just came out, and the mini is not exactly flying off the shelves. Yours was probably shipped before SL came out, and sat in inventory, sealed in its little box, until you took it home.
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It's not merely the cancer he was struggling with. He had the liver transplant because the cancer spread to his original one and he wasn't able to absorb nutrients from his food. It took them a while to figure that out, which is why he's so thin and…
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I have no sources, but given that the 24" iMac is being positioned as a prosumer-to-professional machine I would expect the transition to happen sooner rather than later, possibly this spring. If it means redesigning the machine, they'll redesign th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hobBIT Been there, done that. It's called 'pen grip detection'. And Apple has a patent for it, granted in 2007 I think. [...] http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7339580.html [...] Excellent. I thought it…
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This would have to be highly refined in order to work, but: what if the infrared "palm reader" in the tablet could tell when your hand was in the position it's in when it holds a pen? You could select a tool--a brush, a pencil, a wide nib--and sk…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mcarling I disagree. The emphasis on the MacBook Air design was on the appearance of thin more than on actually thin and not at all on small or lightweight. I would much prefer a MacBook Air that was smaller and ligh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sequitur At least, you could pull the lucite (or whatever) ring on the side; spill its guts out level; make changes or make upgrades; shove the side closed, and you were back in business. Any Mac less expensive than a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by cnocbui So? The Tablet is being touted as a netbook / laptop alternative, ergo, it needs features more akin to a full blown OS than a stripped down subset. Which is why iPhone OS is so compelling: It's OS X, optimi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 I don't think he was arguing that the Pros aren't workhorse machines, Amorph. (Nice to see you back, by the way.) He wasn't. But implicit in his argument was the idea that the old G4 PowerMacs were workhor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The problem we have here is that there are four combinations of hardware and OS to think about. Do you know how many UNIX, Windows and Linux developers would kill to have only four combinations to think abo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Northgate Ahhh, yes. Remember the good old days when the PowerMac was the heart and soul of Apple's business? Good times. Yes, I remember those halcyon days when instead of spending $2400 in 2009 dollars on a Mac …
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Just to pile on here: iPhone OS is OS X. It shares 85% of its code with Snow Leopard. It is not a toy. It is a full multitasking OS optimized for a mobile platform with a touch screen. It is the runaway obvious choice for a tablet. It would take a g…
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Aside from the IP and legal issues, these are the reasons why Apple persists--and should persist--in their approach: If you make a new technology an option or an alternative, it tends to languish. If you want it adopted, make it standard across h…
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Nice to pop in occasionally, Kasper. Thanks for the welcome back. Okay. Now that I've had a chance to use the OTA optical drive "borrowing" feature that the MBA has, why not release an updated AirPort Extreme with the MBA's custom USB circuit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Haggar Why does everybody keep talking about flat tablets with no keyboards? Wouldn't a convertible laptop with a touchscreen running full Mac OS X be far more useful than an oversized iPhone? Something that would …
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Quote: Still, both features have been characterized as significant announcements in their own right, leading some industry-watchers polled by AppleInsider to wonder whether the former of the two will finally see the Cupertino-based company embrace …
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I believe that an updated version of the iPhone OS will be what runs on the tablet, for these reasons: 1) iPhone OS is not limited to its present form. A tablet-appropriate update with additional capabilities is a no-brainer; 2) Contrary to po…