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So dont update right away. Apple needs to start behaving like a service provider of mission/life critical services. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=516811 http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1139 No official word from Apple yet.

Instant messaging? When did Apple announce this?

Initially it was during the SDK announcement. A quick Google search brings up this link. Recently, there have been sightings of the IM client as well.

Ask yourself, why would Apple allow 3rd party instant messaging apps when they have a very good one themselves that they could easily port to the iPhone.

Oh, I don't know, to sell more iPhones? More people will buy them if they are more useful. Then AT&T is getting an extra $20 or $30 per month (depending on 3G) rather than the $5/$10 per month for unlimited SMS on existing phones.

Instant messaging? When did Apple announce this?

Initially it was during the SDK announcement. A quick Google search brings up this link. Recently, there have been sightings of the IM client as well.

Ask yourself, why would Apple allow 3rd party instant messaging apps when they have a very good one themselves that they could easily port to the iPhone.

Oh, I don't know, to sell more iPhones? More people will buy them if they are more useful. Then AT&T is getting an extra $20 or $30 per month (depending on 3G) rather than the $5/$10 per month for unlimited SMS on existing phones.

You have a link on that? Amit Singh's has dtraced all of Apple's system software and says this is wrong, and the latest Mac Pro's don't even have a TPM.
Typed on a TPM-free Mac Pro, confirmed in ioreg(8).

The resolution:
You can safely ignore these messages. They are accurate but not a cause for concern.

Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1 Screenshot on some forum. Here is a Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1 Screenshot direct link.

These two links are technically also from a weblog, albeit a different one, and you might deride that with the same argument as last time ("it's on a weblog" - which seems to be about as logical as placing every newspaper in the world, reputable or not, on equal footing simply because they're published in ways that are technically similar), but they also refer to two distinct Apple earnings conference calls, in which "Calendar 2008" and "10 million" are mentioned.

If you're still skeptical, you should easily be able to find what you regard as more reputable sources transcribing the same calls to confirm or deny.

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/01/17/apple-posts-1-billion-in-profit-1q-2007-and-financial-call-notes/
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/22/apple-4q-2007-results-conference-call-6-22-billion-revenue-904-million-prof/

These two links are technically also from a weblog, albeit a different one, and you might deride that with the same argument as last time ("it's on a weblog" - which seems to be about as logical as placing every newspaper in the world, reputable or not, on equal footing simply because they're published in ways that are technically similar), but they also refer to two distinct Apple earnings conference calls, in which "Calendar 2008" and "10 million" are mentioned.

If you're still skeptical, you should easily be able to find what you regard as more reputable sources transcribing the same calls to confirm or deny.

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/01/17/apple-posts-1-billion-in-profit-1q-2007-and-financial-call-notes/
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/22/apple-4q-2007-results-conference-call-6-22-billion-revenue-904-million-prof/

Concrete example:

10.5.3 combo update: 536 MB
10.5.2 -> 10.5.3 update: 420 MB
10.5.2 -> 10.5.3 delta update: 198 MB

It was demoed yesterday at All Things Digital.

Well, given today's rather loose definition of "virus":
http://www.macrumors.com/2006/02/16/the-first-mac-os-x-virus-a-new-os-x-trojan/

So yes, there's ONE virus (when using the broad meaning of the word). I guess an AV program for OSX is easy to write :-)

Which is why people should just use http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ live with it and stop complaining. Just wait until it updates and buy. Sure it sucks that Apple don't adjust prices, but there is nothing to do about it.

On my MacBook Pro in my Bootcamp partition, installing SP3 made my mouse constantly jerk (freeze for 1/4second every second) and caused similar disruptions to my audio.

Anyone else experience that?

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=481457

Would you rather hear it from from the Wall Street Journal's principal tech columnist Walt Mossberg? (Listen to the first part of Mossberg's comments on the video: http://www.macrumors.com/2008/04/05/mossberg-3g-iphone-in-60-days/ )

I also seem to remember something quite a while back here on slashdot about some annual internet usage survey, which also kind of highlighted that the US is leading the pack in technology, but that Europe/Far East are leading in technology adoption.

Having the 'might' of the US IT industry doesn't necessarily mean that joe bloggs automatically has the highest possible speed/quality internet connectivity there is. You will probably still be able to find very good offerings of this technology in the US - but it might not be quite as widespread as in some other nations.

I have a Kill-A-Watt and love it. It's a great gadget. People who just throw around wild guesses about power consumption (w/o actually measuring, esp. of their own devices help spread misinformation.

From http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=296699, the Apple TV seems to draw 17-22 watts. http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4408276#4408276 says that it's 13.8 to 19 watts.

Why ask someone to spend money and run benchmarks when he can just click a link?
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/01/macbook-air-1-6ghz-hdd-vs-1-8gh-sdd-benchmarks/

Apple wants no interpreted code so there is no way any software can get onto the iPhone that they haven't approved -- and they aren't going to approve a lot of the types of software that regular people are going to want (IM that works when they're on a phone call or surfing the net, for example).

I'm a programmer and I just tried it [using the iPhone SDK] and you can keep your app running in the background in the normal way ApolloIM and iFob do it. I.e. overriding applicationSuspend.

Apple is now apparently denying that there is a done deal for the Beatles' catalog.

Ironically, Woz also relates how his comments on Apple may get taken out of context:

[Jobs] calls me and he says he doesn't like something that I was reputed to have said. But he gets it out of context. A reporter's seized on a comment and strung along with that. I'm very positive on Apple, but I'll also point out things that could be better, or aren't the way I'd like them to be. To that point, several journalists have picked up this story with a very negative slant:

- Wozniak slams iPhone, MacBook Air
- Woz finds flaws in Apple's latest offerings
- Wozniak 'disappointed' by Apple iPhone
- Former Apple founder vents over iPhone's pitfalls

Woz also states in the same interview that he's tired of reporters taking his comments out of context and making him look like an Apple-hater.

Quote: "[Jobs] calls me and he says he doesn't like something that I was reputed to have said. But he gets it out of context. A reporter's seized on a comment and strung along with that. I'm very positive on Apple, but I'll also point out things that could be better, or aren't the way I'd like them to be."

Ah, also want to comment on the 4200 PATA option, yes that is lame. I believe this is a smaller-than-normal form factor, and also I feel this was designed with the SSD in mind, and that someone in Marketing said: Give me a $2k option and we'll move forward. A Middleground would be nice, but check this article:

    http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/30/maximum-macbook-air-drive-80gb-for-now/

Apparently, that 80G 4200rpm drive is also a single platter, which might affect its' performance *positively*. No other drive can fit in the space of the SSD. So, maybe I'm wrong, and they thought of this - I imagine the SSD and HD manufacturers more or less know who they are competing with in that space, and that their products will have to fit in the same design as each other.

With education discount, I've got a nice model priced at $2909 with 1.6Ghz, SSD, SuperDrive, Ethernet, and AppleCare. I spent about this much on my 12" MBP and don't recall heavily using any features it had that this won't. I also think that the external drive will be nice because it might be possible to *type* while burning, which is a real problem using a portable with integrated burner as main computer.

Really? You've talked to Steve Jobs about it already?

Or are you basing everything on rumors that first said they'll be gatekeepers to all applications? But later, the same rumor sites say developers won't need special approval, unless they want to sell it via iTunes?

I wish people would just wait a week until until the actual SDK release is made.

Really? You've talked to Steve Jobs about it already?

Or are you basing everything on rumors that first said they'll be gatekeepers to all applications? But later, the same rumor sites say developers won't need special approval, unless they want to sell it via iTunes?

I wish people would just wait a week until until the actual SDK release is made.

> This leaves me scratching my head, because I don't really see any significant performance improvement of Safari over Firefox. Sorry Safari fans.

Which version of Safari are you running?

"Safari 3.0 WIPES THE FLOOR with Firefox 2.0.11. It is SO much faster on my Mac than Firefox that it's not even funny. In fact, it's almost as fast as Firefox is on my AMD 5600+ (on either XP or Linux)!"
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=429183&page=8

Umm, I think you mean the ThinkPad weighs more (3.17lbs) and is much slower (1.2 vs 1.6Ghz). Check your facts please.

Full comparison here:
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/13/mossberg-previews-lenovo-thinkpad-x300-pits-against-macbook-air/

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4943779 Really, FE has worked great since it came out in the mid 10.4s, so I blame 10.5.2 for this. Thought I'd save some headaches for those who can't believe FE would be a problem.. :)

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPhone

http://www.google.com/search?q=iphone+16gb+february

the SDK is being released in Feb and is believed to coincide with a 16GB iPhone. the 3G model was also announced for this year though not necessarily this update.

It's "uniquely american", my bad.

Broadly speaking, people who punch a clock for 40 hours a week go nowhere fast. It is very American of me, but then there's a reason Americans are rich: we work. A lot.

I think anyone who punches any clock is going nowhere fast - be it 40 hours or 60 hours or 80 hours. I think 40 is the magic number because it's the least hours you can work and become full time and get the benefits. Anything more is just part time and with small benefits.

Good luck to you and stay sane and healthy.

But all the stories I saw the day before, from multiple sources, all predicted that Apple would announce a system with no hard disk. Not clear to me whether they were talking about a simple flash-based system or a serious SSD-computer (not sure any of them knew the difference) but most versions basically said it would be something that would be an adjunct to your main computer. In other words, an Apple version of the Palm Foleo! Yeah, right.

But all the stories I saw the day before, from multiple sources, all predicted that Apple would announce a system with no hard disk. Not clear to me whether they were talking about a simple flash-based system or a serious SSD-computer (not sure any of them knew the difference) but most versions basically said it would be something that would be an adjunct to your main computer. In other words, an Apple version of the Palm Foleo! Yeah, right.

Also announced were updates (& a price drop) to the AppleTV, a wireless basestation/NAS companion to Time Machine, and the long-anticipated iPhone SDK. Summary is too summary...

Also announced were updates (& a price drop) to the AppleTV, a wireless basestation/NAS companion to Time Machine, and the long-anticipated iPhone SDK. Summary is too summary...

First of all, I agree with you completely. Personally I don't understand where Apple thinks there is a market for this thing. Unless they really are working on an iMac style docking station for this thing:

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/03/apple-creating-imac-like-docking-station/

This a new Apple product. You could probably hold your breath during the wait for Griffin, Belkin, Kensington or somebody to release an external battery pack that connects to the magsafe port and gives you a bunch of additional battery life. Then it'll be about another 15-minutes until there's a Chinese knockoff of that product on ebay.

You'd better hurry and order the laptop and the extra battery soon though, Apple will probably release an even better laptop in a few days.

Seriously though, the Macbook Pro is due for an update anytime now.

This has been pretty obvious for a while now...

Many thought the company was crazy-doomed when that little gadget first launched. (Even the die-hards.) And yeah, the price was criticized.

I agree with a number of posters who say when folks trash Kindle, they're really trashing ebooks in general. What I think Amazon pulled off with Kindle was a way of grabbing mainstream book-buyers--Romance, Scifi and Horror readers have been into ebooks for a while.

I'm not a total fanboy; like my Kindle, hate the case. I'll only add that, when taking the wife to malls, I've gone back to bringing the Sony with me, partly because I'm not finished a couple of Talbot Mundy books, partly because, with its slightly smaller size, the Sony fits into my jacket pocket, while the Kindle doesn't.

But, as to all Kindle lovers being cultists:

"all criticism is autobiography"

Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray

Just as an aside... don't forget that the incessant Apple tablet rumors appear to be coming to fruition soon.

Just in case you'd rather not have a pos for an operating system. :)

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Metagovernment - Government of, by, and for ALL the people.

And you just proved khuffie's point to a T.
Flaws in MS OS = "basic design flaws that may or may not be fixed when a service pack rolls out a year or so later"

Flaws is OS X = ""Mail.app's spam filter gives false negatives in this corner case because we accidentally used an int instead of a float in this function", and most of them are usually fixed when a service pack rolls out a few weeks later"

Funny, all those MS fixes that roll out the first Tuesday of every month must have all just been a product of my wild imagination.

P.S. All of you "there has never been a trojan or virus in the wild for OS X" can all all shut up now.

I have several macs, and while I updated one right away (a MacMini, as it happens) I have held off on updating the other macs in my household. I put together a write-up about why on my website, but the nuts and bolts of it is this: I use some software that is not yet supported, and I dislike the look and feel of the new unified theme.

"Block all incoming connections" simply does not work, period. I've posted my test results here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=4425082&postcount=199
(tests performed on a different machine)

The problem is that even if they come up with a fix, I will never trust this "firewall" if they can't even get the most basic thing right.

Doesn't look like they got the GM. Their dock is on the side and isn't sporting the revised look.

It won't install normally, but you can hack it- http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&goto=lastpost&threadid=371302

Is the iPhone's platform closed? And if it is, will it be open to developers in the future? Jobs says it's a security issue, but Apple is working to find a way to allow developers to build applications for it. Jobs says he doesn't want the iPhone to be "one of those phones that crashes a few times a day." He adds: "We would like to solve this problem and if you could just be a little more patient with us, we'll do it."

EDU customers can still get Leopard for the traditional $69 price point. However, they have to purchase it from their INSTITUTION now, rather than flashing an EDU ID at Apple Stores.

At least this is according to the MacRumors Article on Leopard Pricing options.

just not waiting as long

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/05/10/patent-multisided-and-touch-screen-ipod/

and the actual patent

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20070103454&OS=20070103454&RS=20070103454

Whoops, I linked to the wrong reference. Here's the actual exploit for the flaw.