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  1. It Looks Too Much Like A Laptop Power Brick... by DLWormwood · · Score: 1 · on Apple Rolls Out AirPort Express, AirTunes
    Am I the only one thinking that these things could get easily stolen or damaged because of how small they are and how much they resemble these? They even use the same swap out part for converting the built-in plug into a cord.

    It's not like you're supposed keep these in your pocket with a protective cover like an iPod...

  2. Apple working on this, too by PatSmarty · · Score: 1 · on Archos Announces Portable Mediabox

    Word on the street is that Apple is working on a similar device: Video, Windows Compatibility on Tap for iPod

  3. One possible design... by jonesvery · · Score: 1 · on Flat-panel iMacs in Apple's Future?

    Last summer (the last time it was rumored that this new iMac would be introduced at the upcoming expo), one person did a mockup of what a flatscreen Imac might look like.

    They'd be kind of like the old "pizza box" performas, the way this guy envisioned them. :)

    As far as I know, there's no real information anywhere about what the form factor would be. Apple's gotten pretty touchy about unauthorized relase of info, so there probably won't be any dependable info until the actual expo rolls around...

  4. Re:Mac Users and Star Wars Episode One DVD Beware. by BoarderPhreak · · Score: 2 · on Star Wars: AOTC Trailer on Monster Inc
    Here's the story on Go2Mac.


    Very strange though. This isn't the story I was looking for - there was another with actual details, and the reply(s) from the company producing the DVD. I've searched "Macsurfer" and although "star wars" brings up a bunch of hits, not the ones I had read a week or two ago. Were they erased? Were they moved? Got me. :-/

  5. The new device by PatSmarty · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Ten Years of Apple PowerBooks

    I know this is a little offtopic, but other big news are: Today, Apple will bring out a new device that is not a Mac and that it calls "ground-braking". Every Mac Newssite is talking about it: MacOSRumors, Go2Mac, MacEdition, MacNN.

    I would be very interested what Slashdot readers' guesses would be what it is.

  6. I thought Apple had this award by kootch · · Score: 2 · on Dell Notebooks Catch On Fire!
    I didn't think that after the Apple adventure any other company would make laptops (or notebooks) that could catch on fire.

    Well, it was a first for Apple... sadly of course.

  7. Re:What are you complaining by GORDOOM · · Score: 1 · on Apple Sues Freetype - NOT (updated)

    Actually, for the record, Apple lost over $200 million last quarter. The reasons for this loss are manifold... but you can find info on those on any Mac info site, if you're interested. One place to look might be in the archives on Go2Mac.com.

    Still, don't delude yourselves... Apple isn't going to just roll over and die that easily. That doesn't mean they're immortal, but they're nowhere near dead yet.

  8. Will the Mac users at ZDNet please stand up? by imac.usr · · Score: 2 · on Linux Distributions Are Too Big

    sigh...

    Macintosh users have no right to gloat either--using the Mac OS isn't much easier than using Windows. The Finder and Chooser may sound intuitive, but just try to find a running Mac application after minimizing it, or choose to eject a CD from the CD-ROM drive by pressing the Eject button (silly me).

    First of all, there's no such thing as minimizing an application in Mac OS. You can windowshade individual windows, and you can hide applications. Running apps show up in the Applications menu under Mac OS 7-9, and in the Dock in Mac OS X. Not exactly rocket science.

    Second, what Eject button? Only the most recent Macs have a keyboard eject button for the CD. Older models let you simply highlight the disk and select Eject from the Special menu (and no, it no longer leaves the ghosted icon on the desktop, and hasn't for at least two years). Again, not the world's toughest job.

    Yes, there are flaws in how Mac OS has become more complicated and less differentiated from its x86-based bastard twin, but ZDNet really ought to investigate these things a little before posting rude and inaccurate comments on them. (Oh, who am I kidding. Ever since Jason O'Grady went to work for the big Z last January his PowerPage site has gone from a once-valuable PowerBook resource to a constantly-broken, never-informative, ad-driven puff piece and is the only Mac site running on Windows. But I digress.)

    As for whether Linux is too bloated, I think companies whose operating systems barely fit on a 1.1GB Virtual PC partition with an office suite shouldn't throw stones.


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  9. Pictures, Pictures by disarray · · Score: 4 · on Apple Punishes ATI For Leaking The Cube?

    For what it's worth, here's a picture of the Cube's innards, with the Rage 128 card exposed:

    http://www.go2mac.com/image.cfm?image=images/shows /MWNY2k/wednesday_2/cube_guts2.jpg

    Can it be swapped for a Radeon? There's no point in me engaging in idle speculation--just judge for yourself. Eventually, Apple will post developer specifications and clarify exactly how the card's connected to the motherboard.