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  • scem0
    May 30, 03:12 AM
    Originally posted by iJon
    yeah i think so. i am 17 and i buy my own computers. its called a job and i have one. luckily, i have a job that is easy, fun, and pays well. i find most of my friends who dont have jobs are just lazy.

    iJon

    What I am saying is - if SJ wants to sell his computer to the sub 20-year-old community, he better get his prices down. Because even though I could work my tail off at work, and earn enough money to buy a mac, a mac still might not be worth it. For example, if apple sold a dual 1.5 GHz 970 in addition to the current line-up for $10,000, it still wouldn't be worth $10,000 for me because that equates to ~1,170 hours of work for me. If I was a extremely well off person, and money wasn't an issue, the computer would be worth the money.

    So, basically what I am saying is Apple needs to get down their prices in order to sell their high end systems to people who want them but don't have the highest paycheck.





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  • AnonMac50
    Apr 16, 12:26 PM
    Ugh. lol. Sorry.



    I never get these!


    Neither do I, weird.





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  • dethmaShine
    Apr 12, 03:05 PM
    Pages and Number are TRASH compared to Word and Excel(especially excel)

    Keynote is actually pretty good!

    Dont be a uninformed fanboy. k? Thanks

    lol

    You too.





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  • cupcakes2000
    Mar 28, 06:04 PM
    A EF-s 50 mm lens is 50 mm on a 1.6 camera. A 50mm EF lens on that same camera is similar in image to a 80mm EF-S lens. The reason for the difference comes into play by the amount of the lens the camera is using to record the image and the proximity of the rear element to the camera sensor.



    I have a Sigma 10-20mm (EF-s equivalent) for my 7d. It's Focal lenth is 10-20mm. It's field of view is 16-32mm.
    If you could fit it on a full frame (which you can't because of the mirror reflex as explained earlier by someone) but if you could,
    it would still have a 10-20mm focal length. However it would have an increased depth of field (over the crop) of 10-20mm.

    I dont even think you can get that wide on a full frame. I mean you can get a 8-15mm fish eye, but you would have a circular picture at the widest end.





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  • inkhead
    Sep 1, 06:01 PM
    I already took it up with Developer Relations aka dev support, they said sorry soon. I actually got the disc anyway from my co-worker who went to WWDC, but I'm annoyed because I work with other select developers on a project, and I'd like to start checking out documentation on core animation, and some of the new features for a new application we want to build

    Why are you asking here? Why not call Apple developer relations and ask them?

    I'm not going to say Microsoft is better than Apple as far as development, because XCode rocks, however MS is like Dell.... You can compare retail price of a Dell and a Mac and the mac will be cheeper however Dell always has some discount coupon. MS does the same sort of thing, if you are a Student you can get full on access to beta builds from day one, like you were Adobe. MS always has some discount, or deal you can get for their premium tools. Granted I don't think that's a good strategy for an OS, (great way to have features stolen) but being an Apple select developer (i assume you are too) the login is Underwhelming compared to what you get with MS. I wish Apple had more mailing lists, forums, private stuff for people who paid. For example anyone can have access to the cocoa-dev mailing list, which is a good thing, but if say I wanted to discuss core-animation with other developers, and Apple programmers, I'm not allowed to do this, and there is no private lists for select developers to discuss with each other.

    I think in general apple needs to provide more ways for the paying developers to communicate with each other. I've learned everything I know about XCode and programming from the mailing lists, I'd love apple to have private web based discussion forums for paying developers.

    Microsoft is also more than happy to charge through the teeth for decent developer tools too.





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  • bullrat
    Sep 14, 09:16 AM
    I'm a potential "switcher" that wants to buy an iMac now but I keep reading all the posts on the various Mac boards about how even the latest 17 inch iMac looks "choppy" or "jerky" when resizing or moving windows and how much slower browsing the Web is than bad old MS on Wintel.

    I'm so bored reading all the MHz doesn't matter blather. It does matter. When a brand new $2000 computer looks choppy using a brand new OS, then something is not right. It should be blazing on all basic functions. Flame away if you like, I see a lot of that on the Mac boards whenever someone happens to disagree with the party line but I'd wager I speak for a lot of potential switchers.

    I guess what really blows me away is that Apple appears to be *purposely* cripppling their systems. From what I understand it's possible for Apple to upgrade the processor, bus, memory and other components without any technical difficulties.

    Okay, you can flame away now -- but all I'm saying is there are a lot of potential switchers waiting to plunk down their hard earned cash if Apple would get it together. I see more and more Apple folks waking up, no longer satisfied to let Apple off the hook for getting further and further behind the rest of the computer world.

    The best OS deserves the best hardware or at least a lot better hardware than being currently used. You want premium prices? Then give us premium hardware. Geez, drop Motorola if they can't deliver the goods and go with IBM (don't go with Intel or AMD to keep that Apple distinction). But pul-leeze do it soon. I want to buy!

    -bullrat





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  • bocomo
    Apr 5, 09:13 AM
    CR is, IMO, the best starting point to find out if a product is reliable or has a known defect. From there, I expand my research with more detailed reviews.

    this!

    CR can be useful but certainly shouldn't be the end of your research. my parents and some friends of theirs bought vizio tvs based on CR alone and the tvs have really crappy picture quality. maybe they scored highly in reliability or something...





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  • CaoCao
    Apr 9, 05:25 AM
    How much can we trust Abby Johnson's word? (http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/earth-shaking-abortion-never-happened)

    Considering we have evidence to suggest PP workers aiding and abetting pimps and child prostitutes (fake) in acquiring abortion I don't see how lying and doctoring documents is above them. A lie from the physician and the paperwork for that abortion getting "misplaced" are all it takes.

    Also I'm very surprised at only one website "exposing" her and a couple sites commenting on it. Abby Johnson lying would come out as a bang not a whimper.





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  • BeamWalker
    Mar 17, 05:03 AM
    I could only dream about the "high" US Prices here in Germany. We pay about 1,50 € (2,09 $)/ Liter 98. That is around 5,70 € (7,95 $) / US Gallon. 3 weeks ago it was almost 10cent/liter higher though, so I call myself lucky.





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  • JGowan
    Apr 14, 08:56 PM
    He definitely made a good move. Going from Yahoo to Microsoft and now to Apple... excellent career thus far! Congrats, sir (if you're listening)!





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  • AvSRoCkCO1067
    Aug 14, 01:41 PM
    Not because of these commercials.

    Honestly, neither of us is a marketing guru. However, we both do know a few things:

    1) Apple's market share has been increasing recently (simultaneously with its Intel transition and introduction of new ads)

    2) Apple recently claimed that it believes market share has been increasing partially because of these ads at its recent quarterly report.

    3) Apple has committed millions of dollars to both developing these ads and paying for them to be seen on both popular television programming and internet websites.

    I'm sure Apple and its marketing team knows better than we do - they wouldn't keep showing these ads if they believed they had a negative effect on the marketplace.

    Then by what? Thes ads certainly arent hurting Apple.

    Exactly - enlighten us. How do you know why its marketshare has increased as of late? Neither me nor freeny claim that its SOLELY because of the ads - but how can you prove that the ads haven't convinced 1 single switcher...?





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  • Flying Llama
    May 27, 11:26 PM
    Wow, I absolutely love this widget, just a little positive criticizing. ;)

    Where you click the three dots on the bottom to expand it, you have to go down to the bottom of the widget to close it back. Anyway of keeping it were it is, so you can quickly click, look, close back. This functionality would be similar to the weather widget.

    And for the actual design, I know you stated that you didn't like it and are planning to change it, make sure you make it nice and "aquafied", like the apple widgets. If you don't think you're too good at that there are always design pros here that i'm sure would be willing to help. :)

    But nevertheless I love this, I know this is just the early beta stage, but I have confidence this will be one of my favorite widgets. Also, have you thought of making a modified version which can join any team, and then submit it to Dashboard Widgets.com (http://www.dashboardwidgets.com/) , you could win a Mac mini! :D (by the way I am in no way associated with these guys)

    EDIT: Woops was just reading MacBytes and noticed that voting has started and the contest is over at dashboardwidgets.com .... :o





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  • macguy78
    Mar 25, 12:32 AM
    Does anyone know if Target is price matching or is expected to be following suit with their own reduced prices? I have a hefty credit with Target that I would very much enjoy using on purchasing the original ipad at the new verizon price.





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  • kiljoy616
    Apr 6, 02:17 AM
    yeah I can see his point.
    However there will be efforts to make it like a pc through accessorizing the device

    Well said and that is a good thing, but at least not when it comes to UI. That is where to me Windows fails every time. :rolleyes:





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  • THX1139
    Sep 22, 03:20 AM
    How did they verify your educational status? I've ordered 3 personal computers from Apple over the years, but I don't ever remember having to verify my educational status as a teacher.

    I had to verify because I applied for a Student Developer membership. I was required to fax a copy of my current class schedule along with my student ID and drivers license. Once the membership was verified they processed my hardware order. If you are going for the regular educational discount, they don't always ask for verification. However, because they give a hefty developer discount, I'm sure they want to make sure you're a legitimate student.





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  • Koodauw
    Jan 19, 09:59 PM
    Does this help?

    http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16527





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  • porovaara
    Sep 14, 08:28 PM
    Originally posted by gopher
    When your stage is 3 times longer, you have to go three times as fast to catch up.


    What? That isn't even remotely how pipelines work. The problem with large pipelines with many stages is when there is a miss in branch prediction. At that point everything already in the pipeline is wasted. Branch prediction failure is a very very bad thing. Fortunately both AMD and Intel have gotten really good at it as they have ramped up the stages. This can also be mitigated some with damn good compilers (of which Intel is good at making, but no one really uses).

    Macs are awesome integrated platforms. However the G4 CPU is now an old dog.

    edit: typos





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  • jav6454
    Apr 5, 05:12 PM
    Now we are playing with power.

    Same thing I was thinking. The ramifications of this.

    However, one question that intrigues me is Europe's mini-USB adoption with cell devices. How will this factor in?





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  • wpotere
    Apr 12, 01:06 PM
    WTF? Why does the MS Office updater force me to quit chrome ????

    Probably a shared library or plugin that is being updated.





    Stridder44
    Sep 27, 12:32 PM
    No, not THIS discussion AGAIN. This got a lot of talk at 10.3.9...


    Yes, if anyone starts that @#% up again I will punch a room full of children.





    AppliedVisual
    Nov 14, 11:48 AM
    OK, now that we'll have iPod integration on flights from major airlines... And there's talk of broadband access in-flight at some point in the near future. Hmmm... I can see it now. Steve's plan is to have the iPod integration in place so that the next time I'm on a 14 hour flight, I have nothing to do but play with my iPod and shop the iTunes store. ...World domination, one small step at a time.





    KnightWRX
    Apr 22, 07:08 PM
    It's a fake, that is clearly a Simson or maybe a Schwalbe, but definitely not an MZ.
    I have to ask GGJstudios though, he claims to know mopeds.

    :confused: You're only making it sad.





    gkarris
    Mar 30, 08:45 PM
    ^^^^ Yes, I just tried the one at Target, and the lighting and not to mention the fact I have to bend way over to play the unit (at kids' level) makes it hard on the eyes...

    I basically stuck a card on the counter and the game made some boxes appear on my counter. It then started doing things like making the counter look like it was warping and then made a dragon pop out which I was supposed to kill. I was surprised how well the gyroscope works - much better than the iPhone's. I also thought Face Raiders would be dumb and it was but it was also kinda fun, watching my kitchen wall explode into fragments.

    Are you sure it was the 3DS? ;)

    LOL...





    marksman
    Apr 1, 12:03 PM
    I'm always amazed at how much work studios go to to keep people from watching their shows.

    This is the weird reality. TV Networks spend millions and even billions of dollars trying to get as many people to watch their shows for free, and then they also spend a great deal of time and money trying to stop people from watching their tv shows for free.

    Imagine if they spend that energy just trying to properly record viewers for those outlets instead of weirdly begging people to watch their shows for free and then on the other hand demand they don't watch their shows for free.



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