On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 1:13 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030603057.html
I do not understand why developers of software do not make the
system requirements a prominent feature on their websites. The
website where this browser can b
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>I do not understand why developers of software do not make the
>>system requirements a prominent feature on their websites.
>
> Well the first sentence of the write up says it is based on IE code and
> IE only runs on Windows. So that is promin
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:56 PM, mike wrote:
> I'm not saying the assumption is correct, but it is understandable. World
> wide market share for os x is hovering around 3% so assuming a user who
> comes to your site is running windows is correct 97% of the time.
Perhaps so, but still...
Ste
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>I figured the browser was for Windows, but there could have been
>>versions for other platforms, is that not correct?
>
> Well, no. If the browser is built on MS's IE code base it is going to be
> Windows only.
Well, fine. However, and back
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>Well, fine. However, and back to my main point, I still think it
>>would be helpful for developers to make it readily apparent on their
>>sites what machines can use their products.
>
> Developers often don't know and do everyone a disservice
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> Latest crop of MS TV ads are less sad sack than the previous ones and the
> ones before those, but they still can't get around their ultimate
> inferiority complex. Their primary point is that you should get a Windows
> PC because it is cheap.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:45 PM, betty wrote:
> I looked at the video. Lauren didn't go into the Apple Store at all. She
> walked to the door, turned around and walked away. Same guy is walking past
> in both scenes.
An astute observation. You are absolutely correct. The ad agency
did some e
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM, mike wrote:
> She's an actress...it's...um...fake. It's not real. It's just an advert
> :) It's kinda like justin long isn't *really* a mac...he's actually a human
> being POSING as a mac.
Well, in the ad she says she went into the store and looked at the
M
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:05 AM, mike wrote:
> Blah...the bald guy was just wandering around out front...took me about 22
> seconds last time I was in an apple store to see I didn't want to spend 2k
> on a laptop
Sure. There are plenty of folks who would NEVER spend more than
$399,99 for any
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
> What you can't dance around, and what not a single one of you have been able
> to admit, is that if you want a 17" notebook and all you have is a thousand
> bucks, you can choose between dozens of Windows laptops or zero Macs.
Macintos
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Matthew Taylor
wrote:
> You can pay a little more up front to save big in the long run, or you can
> pay less up front at a long term cost.
It is likely that for the most part Macintosh machines are of higher
quality in terms of component parts than are far le
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> Then you have played right into their hands. I regualrly use
> sub-$1,000 laptops that are extemely well built and reliable.
Fine. Well built and reliable. Better built and more reliable than
a similarly outfitted Macintosh? Far less w
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:11 PM, mike wrote:
> I don't see any advantage, but I'm no expert.
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:57 AM, db wrote:
>
>> Is CD and DVD - R or + R media advantageous for burning data on a new iMac?
DVD-R is compatible with a wider range of DVD equipment.
Steve
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> Of course, they have ~90x more users. When I go into an Apple store
> [shudder], the *cough* Geniuses all seem to be very busy with Apple
> owners having problems.
You are right, and most of those troubles are with iPods and
iPhones, not t
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:30 PM, mike wrote:
> well if apple made heavier laptops i would have bought one...
Over 90% of the defendants who appear on the "Judge Judy Show" are
Windows users! I'll be checking the stats for the "Jerry Springer
Show" shortly.
Steve
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
> Actually, MS is in no way touting their operating system in this commercial,
> which is aimed at an audience which is indifferent to operating systems
> (hard to believe for this newsgroup there are so many of them out there) and
> are ju
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
wrote:
> That is called branding.
>
> When was the last time you watched a Movie? I mean really closely.
>
> Notice how many different brands are noticeable either with the characters
> using them or the Logo being front and center. (Bond M
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:56 AM, db wrote:
> Not true IMHO.
> A set of Pro-Logic Dolby Surround speakers (a left and a right and a
> woofer unit) by Altec Lansing or other manufacturers will rival serious
> audiophile systems.
That depends upon what the meaning of "serious" is.
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Just saw another new Windows ad on TV. No Lauren. A guy this time.
He says that Macs are all about esthetics, not computing power. He
wants a Windows machine because he is "picky." He is an elitist.
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> Mike, the reason you don't understand his thinking is because you
> aren't thinking lilke a MFB. He obviously gets brand new Macs,
> complete with the latest hardware, for free.
>
> Either that, or elves magically upgrade his old computers to
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> Wait, I keep forgetting, is competition and choice good or bad with
> you? My money is on bad.
In the Windows world, the competition is between the makers of the
machines that run the OS. Apple makes its machines, so there is no
competitio
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:50 PM, mike wrote:
> Macs are sexy and have fantastic aesthetics...and I don't say that
> sarcastically at all. He is making two points, A: they are sexy and B: they
> have little computing power. I took this as little computing power for the
> price...which is true.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> I use Windows because it's what I have used the most over time and it
> does what I need it to do. I've used Macs and they have some definite
> advantages over PCs, but none that are compelling to me. I roll my
> own at home and buy for my .or
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> Definitely. A significant percentage of Windows buyers are motivated by low
> self esteem. This is a well-known phenomenon.
In some cases perhaps.
When I speak of what type of computer one wants, I am speaking of
personal use. A fair nu
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
> A zombie! Lock and load, gentlemen.
>
> Actually they weren't that great at their height, it
> seems pointless.
I pretty much agree with you. I found their employees to be
relatively unknowledgeable about the products they sold.
Ste
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> Microsoft says that, for February, Live Search and Google had roughly
> equal share, at around 48 percent apiece, with little search traffic
> going to Yahoo or any of the other search players.
If Google doesn't stop informing me that they
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Richard P. wrote:
> It looks like the AntiVirus companies are attempting to profit from
> Conficker worm. Both Webroot and Zone Alarm are telling me that I'm
> not protected from Conficker and that only they can save me.
On April 2, the day after Conficker was
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Reid Katan wrote:
> You'd think if Apple was all that upset about people installing OSX on
> crappy PC hardware, they'd put more of an effort into shutting down those
> hackintosh sites.
>
> I think they secretly like the unwashed masses using their OS.
Sure.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> And yet, millions of professional companies, including many in the
> Fortune 500 range, manage to get their work done and accomplish their
> goals using Windows.
These are the same companies that totally screwed up our economy,
are they no
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM, mike wrote:
> We still have them running the economy so lets keep em on the same
> computers...why not?
Hey, they'll never switch just like they'll never change any of
their ways of doing business.
Steve
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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
wrote:
> My brother has a BS in engineering. Has worked IT for many many, years and
> uses Windows. He has also used proprietary systems from the airline
> industries. He still uses windows at work and at home.
Ditto my brother. He wor
Digital camera folks! Which manner of "viewfinding" do you use
and/or prefer? Camera held out in front of you at arms length as you
stand or walk about looking like a zombie, or to use the actual
viewfinder if your camera has one?
I'm a viewfinder person myself if for no other reason than an
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> We know the about caps and metered usage plans that the cable companies
> are trying to institute. This story goes a little further to speculate
> why.
I have a cap because I use HughesNet. The cap is about 480 or so
megabytes per day as I
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:13 PM, mike wrote:
> What kind of speed do you get with that?
I just checked my speed. Down is 1.42 Mbps, up is 134 Kbps. These
figures change from time to time. I guess it is about the same as DSL
for the most part.
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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> My daily average is about double your cap so I'm happy to be downtown.
Thus far I have not exceeded the cap on any day. They will
"penalize" me by inducing slowness for 24 hours following any cap
infraction. FWIW, the only really good thi
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
> I am neither technophobic nor a Luddite, but I am underwhelmed by some of
> these "advances" in technology.
Total agreement with you here. More crap available to distract and
misdirect what we should be looking at.
Steve
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
wrote:
> Apple has always aspired to satisfy a demanding clientele; so I don't
> think elitist is appropriate.
I agree completely. Why would McIntosh, that's the high-end audio
amplifier maker, not the computer maker, want to put a low-
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
wrote:
> A similar question was asked of Paul Kliptsch who made only high end
> speakers. (Came out with a bookshelf model named heresy)
>
> Because that is where the market is.
A portion of the market.
> If Apple wants to show us it is
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:22 AM, mike wrote:
> Would it be possible for him to purchase an inexpensive monitor and
> keyboard/mouse combo for his laptop. Couple hundered bux could help him
> take care of some of that wear and tear he is getting from the cramped
> keyboard/monitor of the laptop.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
wrote:
> My company provides most employees with laptops. We are pressed to take
> them home, 'tho I usually leave mine behind unless I need to take it
> home. We all attach one or two LCD screens in the office. Tell your
> brother to b
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM, wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Allen Firstenberg wrote:
>
>> They've solved all the problems I've had, although it often took some
>> work to find the right person who could solve it.
>
> So what kind of problems were they?
My best friend has a Tracfon
Saw the new MS "Laptop Hunters" ad last night on the TV. Besides
the norm of making the point the WIndows computers are cheap, I was
struck by what is obvious, yet to me questionable about the
correlation about being concerned about price while still spending an
awful lot on a kid. In the ad, t
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Robert Carroll
wrote:
> b_s-wilk wrote:
>>
>> > The two converter boxes that I bought have a "feature" that it turns
>> itself off after one hour of use (the box, not the TV). What this means is
>> that you can't use a VCR to record a program later because the b
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
>> In the ad, the mom is out with her son, shopping
>> for a gaming computer for what appears to be maybe
>> a thirteen/fourteen year old. Her budget is $1,500.
>> Is this the norm these days for expenditures on the
>> whims of children?
>
>
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Last night, one of the local TV stations informed viewers by way of
scrolling text across the screen that in June, after the digital
transition, their current digital channel will change. Their advice
was to rescan all channels in order to find their new one. If you had
any questions, their adv
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:56 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
> Another thing to remember is that the power levels are expected to change
> after the switch over and the signals should get stronger.
I don not know if the output power levels are expected to change,
but moving from UHF to VHF should
Here is an older story from about about a year ago, but it is
related directy to the current story about how the private "snooping"
company has been found to be essentially running a portion of Great
Britain's internet spying operation. Phorm is apparently also working
with the government of the
The brother of a good friend of mine wants to purchase his very
first computer. This fellow just had his 48th birthday. I was asked
to look into the question of what he should get, primarily just for
e-mail, but who knows what he will eventually want to use it for over
time. Being a Mac user,
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:55 PM, John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
> Didn't Amazon just announce that they would no longer accept Phorm cookies
> in GB?
I don't know about Amazon, but Wikipedia says they will not deal with
Phorm at all. Wikipedia views it as an integrity issue.
Steve
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> When spammers, Phormis, etc. abuse the system we all lose.
It is governments as well. The EU is demanding answers from the
British government as to why they have entered into this spying
arrangement with Phorm in order to establish a monstr
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> FWIW, my experience is polar opposite of yours. I recommend Dell to those
> who ask and often I'm asked about Macs. I tell them to use what they're
> comfortable with; a computer is a tool, not a fashion statement or position
> on culture. N
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:17 PM, chrper...@aol.com wrote:
> We have also tried replacing our home-made antenna (a la the YouTube
> instructions) with an RCA "super" antenna. Same results whichever antenna we
> used, so the RCA antenna, with booster, goes back to Walmart tomorrow. No
> real need to
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:24 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> Is the choice of antenna something we'll just have to wait to see what the
> signals will be like in June when analog signals are turned off? Channels
> will move. Frequencies and power will change. A box or antenna that is so-so
> now could be ju
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> I have it and much regret the purchase. Poor sensitivity. Crummy remote.
> Slow to change channels. Poor display of program info. Suspect they paid
> for good reviews or the other boxes must be really bad. The RCA box we
> have works much bette
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> Take him to an Apple store. Check the schedule for the free classes they
> hold there. Get info on the one-on-one training (see posts here on that).
> Show him the Genius bar. Ask one of the store staff to explain Apple's
> support program. Sh
2009/5/8 John Mealey III :
> My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer.
>
> I am at a loss at the moment having just tanked on the CCNA exam and
> could use a good suggestion to get this purchased and off my
> 'honey do' list for this weekend.
>
> It does not have to be fre
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:16 AM, chrper...@aol.com wrote:
> A friend recently posed the following question. Since I know nothing about
> this subject, I'm hoping for an answer from some of our forum "geeks" and
> "guru's." - TIA!
>
> Question: Blank (writeable) CDs can be purchased either as DATA,
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:48 PM, John Mealey III
wrote:
> So we have:
>
> GIMP
> Picasa
> Corel Paint Shop Pro
> Adobe Elements
> Nikon Software with her camera
We do not know what OS is involved in this query about photo editing
software. For the Mac, there is Graphic Converter. It is sharew
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Tony B wrote:
> I think you're confusing the topic by introducing talk of serious
> commercial audio formats. Most people are quite happy with .mp3's.
The masses have been conditioned to accept lower standards both in
the sonic quality of recorded music as wel
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
> Graphicconverter is great. And it doesn't take a half minute to open.
> I'm still using it in nonpaid mode and it only takes about 10-15secs. to
> open. Due to Graphic Converter I've pretty much stopped using Photoshop,
> which does take
I just cannot stand out-of-sync audio and video. It drives me nuts.
I have written, yet again, to the leader of the pack of out-of-sync
broadcasters in the Washington DC area, WETA television. I had asked
them about this problem nearly a year ago, and their answer to me was
basically a brush-o
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
> I'm not familiar with GraphicConverter, and I don't see a copy of the
> shareware license on the GC site, but my *hunch* is that this "nonpaid mode"
> is actually a violation of the license agreement after a certain allowable
> trial period.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:44 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
> There is an add on called X-Marks formerly Foxmarks that will back up your
> bookmarks to the cloud and allow you to share them between machines. It
> looks like they use the bookmark information in the aggregate to determine
> website p
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
>> I have run across a number of shareware apps over
>> time that are actually fully functional and completely
>> unrestricted in any way even if a fee is not paid.
>
> Right, but even if the software is fully functional, the user could still
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:16 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
> The failure of audio sync is due to the separate processing of audio and
> video. Apparently there is nothing to tie the two streams together.
Come now. Surely there must be something to tie them together.
Other broadcasters can do i
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:36 AM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
> When I started with my first LCD TV & a receiver, I read of complaints about
> audio/video being out of sync. One solution that seems to work is to ensure
> that both the audio and video signals go through the AV receiver that then
> feeds the
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
>> I have an image processing app that was a trial demo, and when it
>> opens it tells me that images saved will be watermarked. However, I
>> have discovered that only the JPG saves get watermarked, not the TIFF
>> saves. I use TIFF anyw
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Richard P. wrote:
> There is equipment that they can use to manually synch up the signals.
> It requires the signals to be monitored by a person and adjusted as
> needed. Because of the human cost, they will probably never do this.
I understand what you have p
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> I have found that I can sometimes fix this by powering my digital
> converter box off and on.
I have never found that to be the case. I have three different
converter brands, a Zenith, an Apex and for my computer, EyeTV, which
uses an LG
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Rich Schinnell
wrote:
> No you are not a criminal, just a free loader.
Eh, not exactly. This is an older application and I never even ran
across it until the original author had apparently sold the rights to
the app to another party that no longer supports it.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> I can bet you that if someone were able to make money off of
> widespread use of solar, they would have done it by now.
Up until sometime in the 70s or 80s, and perhaps even later, a
number of natural gas utilities, including the one that s
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Richard P. wrote:
> There is a standardized approach but they have chosen not to implement
> it throughout the production line due to costs.
In their reply to me onthis issue, WETA says that there is no
standardized approach to the problem of audio and video no
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>I too have noticed this over the past month. Don't know if there's
>>been a change in Google or Firefox which is causing this.
>
> Me too. Quite annoying. Firefox Mac and Windows.
I do not see these messages when accessing Gmail? Where ar
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Roger D. Parish
wrote:
> Another data point: I was watching WETA this afternoon on DirecTV, and the
> video lagged the audio by nearly a second. They are obviously feeding
> DirecTV with their digital signal.
Now, WETA says that there is really nothing that can
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
wrote:
> Who makes them? If only a few models out there, we could google the
> instructions and send to WETA?
I firmly believe that the issue is that unless there is some FCC
requirement, or stations begin to lose revenue because viewer
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
> I think this whole question is real simple. When others did this to OUR
> servicemen, we thought it was torture. What else really needs to be said?
Those who support physically abusive interrogation techniques, AKA
"torture" when done to
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:00 PM, mike wrote:
> Anyone out there on a politics list? Do they ever break out into computer
> subjects?
Absolutely. Let me say this about computers and politics and why
they are linked. The old Mac versus Windows/DOS/PC "flame wars" have
always been, in great pa
May 18, 2009, at 3:27 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> The old Mac versus Windows/DOS/PC "flame wars" have
>> always been, in great part, about conservatives and liberals. The
>> conservatives, politically, have always been perceived to be Mr. "I'm
>
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
>> If you still think "Like Mac" = Liberal then you have not been paying
>> attention on this forum.
>
> Well, if this were actually true, MS's 90% market share (or whatever it is)
> would mean that ~90% of the electorate is conservative, whic
Anyone ever notice how every so often a DTV channel assignment will
shift from displaying the channel number to displaying the channel
frequency instead? For instance, yesterday DTV Channel 4 in the
Washington DC metro area would not come up as Channel 4, but rather as
Channel 48, which is actua
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
> All I'm getting at is that I don't believe we can say "Liberals use Macs and
> conservatives use PCs." That perception may be a side effect of the image
> created by Apple's marketing (cool people are always liberal, of course),
> but I'd be
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
> The old channel numbers are now just a label. That label will stick with
> the stations; although, the transmission channel used may be something
> else. 4 is in the low section of the VHF band and will not be used for
> Digital TV afte
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> How are you seeing this? When I press "4" on my DTV converter's remote I
> get NBC in DC. Do you have to press "48" to see NBC? When you press the
> next and previus channel buttons do you not get the stations in the usual
> order?
>
> I'm no
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Vicky Staubly wrote:
> As I understand it, the "label" is a piece of data carried inside the
> digital TV signal. If your TV sees this label data, it will display it.
> Presumably, the data may have been missing or corrupted at times, and
> so your TV just display
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Alvin Auerbach
wrote:
> I think that for now I'm better off using NeoOffice 3.0 rather than
> OpenOffice 2.4, and that when I get an iMac Intel, evaluate switching from
> NeoOffice X.Y to OpenOffice X.(Y+1). Opinions?
Use what will work for you now. It'll like
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Julie Kubal wrote:
> ah, didn't think of that. Any recommendations on where to buy?
See if Apple has any refurbished units available. I have had very
good luck and results with their refurbed units. Same warranty as a
new machine and they get inspected and c
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> Crucial makes their own memory, which is Micron, the parent company. I've
> bought it for desktops, laptops and servers.
Micron has a plant located in Manassas, VA. A truly HUGE operation
that covers many acres, and they make these tiny l
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Julie Kubal wrote:
> Originally, I was considering a 15" MBP plus a separate large monitor for my
> photo work, but I began leaning towards the 17" because I do a lot of photo
> slideshow presentations at clients' homes where a bigger, portable screen
> would enha
Seen yesterday on the rear of an SUV I was following. License
plate: MACMAVN (Mac Maven). On rear window a couple of Apple logo
stickers.
Steve
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM, mike wrote:
> I read a couple of articles after listening to said podcast. Netbooks it
> seems are not falling in sales, but the half dozen articles from different
> sources did seem to list a high return rate...of the linux based laptops.
Time will tell if sa
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> I take this as a tacit admission that you won't be buying any more Macs.
I have been using Macs ever since the Mac Plus with System 7, and
with a couple of Atari ST machines thrown in. I have never had a
failure with any of the Macs I have
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>Reminder from the MPAA: DRM trumps your fair use rights
>
> Before I respond I have to know if this is "computers" or "politics."
It can be classified under "Compolitics" or perhaps "Computics," or
anything else that you might come up with.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
wrote:
> Products that are fads tend to die out after a year or two.
I am not saying that netbooks are nothing but a fad. However, it is
quite likely that if manufacturers slightly redesign them and slap a
different name on them, netbook
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> OMG you are right.
>
> I just pressed the "4" button on my remote and the screen displayed "no
> signal." I had to press "48" to get WRC-HD.
>
> Thanks to your heads up I knew what to do.
It does appear as though some aspects of this move t
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>Reminder from the MPAA: DRM trumps your fair use rights
>
> Hopefull they will go after the MPAA after they finish with the credit
> card cartel.
I fear not. Hollywood has long seemed to have a stranglehold over
Washington DC regardless of
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