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  1. Re:Do I forsee... on MS Unveils Office 2007, Multiple Versions · · Score: 1

    Unfortunatly, you CAN NOT open Word files in Works. The program that they give on "low end".

  2. Re:It won't help on MS Upgrades To Be Smaller And More Frequent · · Score: 1

    The revisions happen on a semi-yearly basis. The updates usually contain more then just new features, it includes security updates and api changes as well (the latest version had a few developers go back and make a new release). The latest version took 18 months to be created. I would say that this a good thing because you get the feeling that the company is being proactive in improving the OS instead of waiting for the latest trend or competitor.

    The decision to buy a mac just because Steve says it's great isn't the only motivation. The hardware itself is a salute to the art of computing and anyone who dismisses it as a toy is not taking in all the positives of using such a machine... but I'll stop right there because I don't want to get into that discussion

  3. Re:Viruses Come With Switch To Intel Chips on Ready For the Big Mac Virus? · · Score: 1

    What?!

    I don't know what your talking about, and without an example I can only go out on a limb and assume your talking about different distros and configurations.
    Yes, it's possible that your configuration can be insecure by default, but it's becoming more and more a rarity.

  4. Re:This is bull on GTA Sex Game Leads to ESRB Fracas · · Score: 1

    I think this is kind of ironic coming from a member whose name "snuf23" contains slang for a certain kind of porn. All that aside, I have to agree with some of the other poster when I say people should be more concerned with the violence in the game over wether or not it contains some mini game about a guy pleasing a woman. *looks at girlfriend* After all shouldn't that be the point in the real world as well?

  5. Re:Fanboys? on From Alien to The Matrix · · Score: 1

    If anything, it'll get even more of them.

  6. Re:The Numbers Game: on Apple Making a Spreadsheet? · · Score: 1

    I have trouble seeing why you would want to do this. Are you really doing that many presentations? If so wouldn't you want to use a template? I'd really like a test case where you would autogenerate a whole presentation in this manner.

  7. Re:Sounds reasonable. on Apple's First Flops · · Score: 1

    During a conference when I was working at Apple a fellow intern asked why we didn't have a version of OS X for x86. The reason given is that we were primarily a hardware vendor and the OS and all associated programs were used to help promote the hardware.

    Plus if you really wanted OS X on something else I'm pretty sure there's a couple places out there on the internet discussing Mac Clones.