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I could easily explain the piracy argument, but it would be against forum rules. Seriously. However, I never mentioned piracy. My position includes the possibility that someone legally obtains OS X and somehow gets it to run on an x86 machine. Now that may or may not be "legal" according...

I agree that there is a very good chance of OS X on 86 being cracked, but I think the end result will be shaky. All the unsupported hardware (video cards) and other technology will make running OS X on 86 as much fun as running, well, Windows. It will be very interesting. There's good...

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Sleep. I have never shut down my iBook in over a year. (Restarted a few times for software updates, of course.) There is no particular reason to shut down your laptop (or desktop for that matter) other than maintenance or avoiding lightning and that sort of thing. Admittedly, this is my...

Wow, a 4" screen! Call all your friends to gather around and watch this year's superbowl. And just where does one go for content? And is it as easy to obtain as ITMS? And is it a fun, seamless integration into the computer experience or just a hacked on connection? And, once again, who the...

Can I set a widget to stay open on top of applications without having all widgets open? I've got a stopwatch widget that I use for timing scripts and it would be nice to have it open on top of my script without graying out the script. There are plenty of other freeware stopwatchs, indeed...

Without question Apple are and should push this iPod thing as far as it will go. But, make no mistake about it, Apple are fully aware that the Mac is the epicenter of it all. I mentioned in another thread a while back, but I'll repeat…I met with a tech consultant recently (looking to be a...

The PSP is clearly aimed at the gaming market, as it should be. It looks like a great gaming device. Looks like a good movie player too, presuming the screen looks good. I still maintain the PSP really won't encroach on the ipod because people listening to portable music simply don't want to...

I agree with most people here that they are too different, mostly in terms of audience and purpose than actual technology. Yes, the PSD can play music, but you can't really go jogging with it. And people like my mom aren't going to drag one around on the train into Chicago just to listen to...

(From earlier)—Hype over a product and murder do not go hand in hand. I am not buying into this argument. I would make an educated guess that every single one of us on this board would not murder someone over an iPod even though all of us are in the same hype vortex as everyone else...

Lt Major Burns, "Quicktime" does NOT necessarily load an entire movie. QT can be properly served using server side software (free with OS X server). I thnk there are even free third party solutions for QT serving, but I'm really not sure about that. Alternatively, many QT movies are...

It is a current trend in the tech world to sue at whim over questionable patents. I find the practice highly disturbing and can only hope it gets rectified. I remember finding a site that claimed to be a software developer, when in fact the only content on their site was a list of patent...

Anyone using Suitcase and CS2? Since CS2, Suitcase no longer automatically activates fonts, but they DO appear in CS2 apps when I manually activate them. Do I have to manually install an activator plugin or something?

The answer to this thread's question is easy: Appleworks. Appleworks is more of a true word processor, where Pages is more of a page layout app. Yes, there is overlap, but each one is better than the other in those areas. My limited use of Pages tells me it's really just a niche...

1. No More Virex. My response: who cares? Pointless. 2. Viability of .Mac. .Mac isn't for everyone, but it is for me. In our small office, it's a great sync-center for all our contacts and calendars. Also, its simple web publishing tools are so easy. I posted a client's tradeshow photos with...

I continue to be entertained by those of us who pretend we can actually run a multi-billion dollar company better than the current staff. It's not exactly as if Apple have been floundering since Steve's return. I trust the chosen one. I haven't seen this much ill-informed mis-hype since Y2K...

A few times spotlight has proven itself invaluable and reallyhelped me find something that otherwise would have taken a lot longer to dig up. So for that I am grateful and think it's really powerful and useful. However, in general, for me spotlight is too much. It finds too much. I typically...

Ignore it. It's annoying onscreen, but it won't print that way, nor will it rasterize in Photoshop with the lines. I've been dealing with that for years now and so far it has only manifested itself on screen.

I don't know whether it's real or not, but I can't believe it would run well if it's true. OS X is currently very nitpicky, which is a blessing and a curse. Apple users typically get a "it just works" experience, which is great, but you also get a more limited set of options (say, video cards...

I think we can all learn a lesson about hype. I have long been an uber Mac fan, like most of you. But 2-3 years ago (pre-G5) when the MHZ gap was at its worst, I started becoming very pragmatic about analyzing speeds between the platforms. I ran numerous tests performing identical operations...