searchable/sortable metadata. I'm not talking about Spotlight; just being able to search for files based on what's in the "comments" field, or by its label; or to be able to sort a detail view by comment or by label. God I miss that here at work...
any ideas on how to search nationwide for other areas that have been censored? by looking for what's hidden/obscured, you may stumble across something that you would otherwise ever hear about...
It dies about twice a year. He changes machines every 2-3 years (generally IBM), and it's never the same problem twice (unlike my brother, who has a Dell and in three years has replaced the mobo 3 times and the HDD 3 times...)
His docs/data are backed up via the office network; it's reinstalling all the apps that we're trying to get around.
Firewire/USB 2.0 is a potential solution. But it's not quite as neat/clean.
Network could be tricky, as we're talking about mirroring the whole thing - he wants to back up applications (which are a paain in the neck to reinstall) as well as data. That's a lot of data. If he were running OS X, I'd tell him to just install his apps into/User/Applications and back up/User, but this is WIndows and it's just not that simple...
I can imagine the Apple DJ, built on the Macintosh's text-reading ability. You could ask the iPod shuffle to "read" the song title, artist, and album at the beginning of each track, like a virtual DJ. And maybe you could even choose which voice to use...
I live in France, and I sent my 700MHz iBook in for logic board replacement when it exhibited the symptoms last month. I called Apple on Monday morning; UPS came by on Tuesday morning; I had the computer back in my hands Thursday afternoon. And the European repair center is in Holland!
I do have a question, though...they reinstalled Panther (10.3.2) and gave me specific Panther CD's (again, 10.3.2) because the new logic board is apparently incompatible with anything lower. Also, the "Details" section of the repair certificate says "Diagnostic, PCBA, MLB, 700Mhz, OASIS, iBook,,A12". I interpret the first two acronyms to be Printed Circuit Board Assembly and Main Logic Board; does the A12 at the end refer to the 12" aluminum G4 PB? Is this motherboard, which only supports 10.3.2 and may be common with a PB mobo, perhaps upgraded or faster than the original? (sounds too good to be true...it probably is) Is there any way I can tell?
An article in the New York Times today talks about how Sun is moving in a disconnect-your-hardware-from-your-software direction--although not as far as breaking up the company...I wonder how closely Apple is watching this
"Sun is increasingly separating Solaris from its own hardware. A version of Solaris now runs on Intel-compatible microprocessors, and Sun is beginning to promote aggressively Solaris-on-Intel--a significant departure from the company's tradition of regarding software as a way to sell its proprietary hardware."
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searchable/sortable metadata. I'm not talking about Spotlight; just being able to search for files based on what's in the "comments" field, or by its label; or to be able to sort a detail view by comment or by label. God I miss that here at work...
any ideas on how to search nationwide for other areas that have been censored? by looking for what's hidden/obscured, you may stumble across something that you would otherwise ever hear about...
His docs/data are backed up via the office network; it's reinstalling all the apps that we're trying to get around.
Firewire/USB 2.0 is a potential solution. But it's not quite as neat/clean. Network could be tricky, as we're talking about mirroring the whole thing - he wants to back up applications (which are a paain in the neck to reinstall) as well as data. That's a lot of data. If he were running OS X, I'd tell him to just install his apps into /User/Applications and back up /User, but this is WIndows and it's just not that simple...
it's to a 5GB solution. Mentioned in the post, and rejected as too small -OP
old iPod photo 40GB (incl. all above acc.) = $380
as long as you want the accessories, with the new ones you get 33% less storage for 13% more $$. Oh, it is 10% thinner and 10% lighter.
[ordering my clearance 40GB now]
I can imagine the Apple DJ, built on the Macintosh's text-reading ability. You could ask the iPod shuffle to "read" the song title, artist, and album at the beginning of each track, like a virtual DJ. And maybe you could even choose which voice to use...
I do have a question, though...they reinstalled Panther (10.3.2) and gave me specific Panther CD's (again, 10.3.2) because the new logic board is apparently incompatible with anything lower. Also, the "Details" section of the repair certificate says "Diagnostic, PCBA, MLB, 700Mhz, OASIS, iBook,,A12". I interpret the first two acronyms to be Printed Circuit Board Assembly and Main Logic Board; does the A12 at the end refer to the 12" aluminum G4 PB? Is this motherboard, which only supports 10.3.2 and may be common with a PB mobo, perhaps upgraded or faster than the original? (sounds too good to be true...it probably is) Is there any way I can tell?