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Cool, thx for the review. I've been thinking... 1,481 Views / 4 Replies  
Cool, thx for the review. I've been thinking about getting these as I get a discount on the sony website. But even with $40 off, it's still pricy at $359. And you're right, they did trick me into...
Posted by cmoney, on Dec 29, 2012 at 03:26 PM, in Mac News
That sounds like a final fantasy to me! 600 Views / 3 Replies  
That sounds like a final fantasy to me!
Posted by cmoney, on Dec 10, 2012 at 05:47 AM, in Mac News
Was there anything gained by making it superthin... 2,379 Views / 17 Replies  
Was there anything gained by making it superthin at the edges? Apart from the esoteric, "I can barely see it now," you lose the optical drive which fine, no big but you also lose easy access to the...
Posted by cmoney, on Dec 2, 2012 at 10:37 AM, in Tech News
I'd say the Surface is actually a pretty good... 395 Views / 8 Replies  
I'd say the Surface is actually a pretty good amalgam of a tablet and a laptop. In tablet mode, it is a pretty decent tablet. Touch use and gestures are every bit as easy to use as on the iPad. In...
Posted by cmoney, on Nov 10, 2012 at 10:04 AM, in Tech News
I actually really liked the Touch Cover! I was... 395 Views / 8 Replies  
I actually really liked the Touch Cover! I was touch typing more or less within 5 minutes of using it in store. It makes a huge difference to be able to rest your fingers on the surface of the...
Posted by cmoney, on Nov 9, 2012 at 12:11 PM, in Tech News
Verizon had to because of their agreement they... 2,048 Views / 18 Replies  
Verizon had to because of their agreement they had to sign in order to get the spectrum for LTE. It's also what forced them to allow Google wallet to work on Android devices. AT&T currently blocks...
Posted by cmoney, on Aug 17, 2012 at 03:47 PM, in Tech News
Are you jailbroken? They're actively blocking... 412 Views / 3 Replies  
Are you jailbroken? They're actively blocking that.
Posted by cmoney, on Aug 2, 2012 at 07:41 AM, in Tech News
Think you misread that. I'm leaving iTunes... 327 Views / 4 Replies  
Think you misread that. I'm leaving iTunes behind, I'm sure it'll do just fine without me. I just prefer to support cross-platform systems that don't lock me into a single ecosystem, which is...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 31, 2012 at 09:16 PM, in Tech News
Bye bye iTunes. Finally a cross platform cloud... 327 Views / 4 Replies  
Bye bye iTunes. Finally a cross platform cloud service. iTunes Match was just about the only thing keeping me in Apple's walled garden. Thank you Amazon.

The Premium subcription also supports 10x...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 31, 2012 at 01:41 PM, in Tech News
There has to be a joke somewhere in there about... 946 Views / 9 Replies  
There has to be a joke somewhere in there about how Apple doesn't do revenue sharing but forces all developers and content subscriptions to do just that.
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 30, 2012 at 11:59 AM, in Tech News
Nope. At least iFuntastic works fine after update... 2,943 Views / 48 Replies  
Nope. At least iFuntastic works fine after update and I've got my ringtones back. It was a little more inconvenient for hacked iPhones as the majority (though apparently not all) had to do a full...
Posted by cmoney, on Aug 1, 2007 at 12:30 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Methinks his sources were probably appleinsider... 14,410 Views / 218 Replies  
Methinks his sources were probably appleinsider and think secret. :)
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 30, 2007 at 04:46 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Poll: Eh, I've had it on previous phones but without an... 3,519 Views / 26 Replies  
Eh, I've had it on previous phones but without an assistant of my own, I don't see the point. Not opposed to it since I can see how it would help those with admins, but until my firm switches to...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 29, 2007 at 01:27 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
iPhone Ringtones! 822 Views / 2 Replies  
Have you guys seen this? The thread on Engadget has comments saying it actually works. I'm at work right now so I can't try it out. Windows only unfortunately.

Efiko Software: iPhoneRingToneMaker...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 25, 2007 at 01:05 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Yeah those screen videos have mostly been... 14,410 Views / 218 Replies  
Yeah those screen videos have mostly been debunked. Look frame by frame for:

ipodnp.mp4: battery level going up when going from menu selection to now playing
ipodwc.mp4: time in addis ababa...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 21, 2007 at 10:42 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Actually it was the Cisco iPhone that caused all... 1,174 Views / 22 Replies  
Actually it was the Cisco iPhone that caused all the problems! :)
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 20, 2007 at 10:28 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
If you have files to re-encode, start queueing... 955 Views / 21 Replies  
If you have files to re-encode, start queueing them up now! Roxio Crunch works fine if you already have DiVX or other files not already in the correct format. Look for Handbrake if you need to rip...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 16, 2007 at 11:14 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
1. I didn't think AppleTV could use an external... 955 Views / 21 Replies  
1. I didn't think AppleTV could use an external drive? Is that what you're referring to? In any case, you can now get a 160gb drive for AppleTV. Should be plenty of space.

2. Haven't used...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 16, 2007 at 04:48 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Poll: Not only would I buy it again, I truly doubt I... 3,911 Views / 46 Replies  
Not only would I buy it again, I truly doubt I will ever buy any other phone again. Unless the next Motorola/Nokia/Sony Ericsson phone can do all the exact same stuff while being as seamlessly...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 16, 2007 at 11:34 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
How much EDGE data have you used? 1,028 Views / 16 Replies  
Just thought it would be an interesting comparison. Got mine June 30th at 2am.

Sent 12.4 MB
Received 70.2 MB
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 13, 2007 at 01:21 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Sorry I've got the same exact headset and haven't... 1,611 Views / 1 Replies  
Sorry I've got the same exact headset and haven't had a problem with it at all. Is there a kink in the cable? Maybe something is wrong with the headset so it produces a signal similar to what the...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 10, 2007 at 12:35 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
That's an interesting way to look at it. In fact,... 4,256 Views / 83 Replies  
That's an interesting way to look at it. In fact, IIRC in one of the reviews last week, it was stated that Apple changed the way they're accounting for revenues on the iPhone. They'll be stretched...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 3, 2007 at 01:18 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Some things to think about: In the US, with... 4,256 Views / 83 Replies  
Some things to think about:

In the US, with only two major national GSM carriers, offering an unlocked iPhone would appease only T-Mobile customers. It does no good for Sprint or Verizon...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 3, 2007 at 01:10 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Crash Reporter 428 Views / 0 Replies  
Has anybody run into this yet? Last night when I synced my iPhone, iTunes popped up a notice that it was gonna send feedback to Apple and it lets you see what's getting sent back. Turns out it's a...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 1, 2007 at 12:11 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Java: Jobs said iPhone won't be getting Java. I... 526 Views / 1 Replies  
Java: Jobs said iPhone won't be getting Java. I think he said this around the time iPhone was introduced.

YouTube: YouTube said they're re-encoding all their videos for iPhone and AppleTV. I think...
Posted by cmoney, on Jul 1, 2007 at 04:15 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I'm starting to think the reason lots of features... 3,269 Views / 70 Replies  
I'm starting to think the reason lots of features were left out is because of limited resources. They even pushed back Leopard because of iPhone development. Think about it, they probably dedicated...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 29, 2007 at 12:05 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Looked into that 6 bit display issue mentioned... 4,808 Views / 65 Replies  
Looked into that 6 bit display issue mentioned above... more info here:

6 bit? - Mac Forums (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=278322)

Looks like it's not just a MBP issue so it's...
Posted by cmoney, on Feb 28, 2007 at 12:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Sorry I don't see how the Pismo was innovative at... 4,808 Views / 65 Replies  
Sorry I don't see how the Pismo was innovative at all! I had a Lombard and when the Pismo came out, I didn't feel at all like upgrading to it. There was nothing really special about it. And the...
Posted by cmoney, on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:37 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Just switched from a MacBook to a MacBook Pro.... 888 Views / 12 Replies  
Just switched from a MacBook to a MacBook Pro. The size difference is minimal. Really doesn't make much of a difference at all, especially compared to my 12" PowerBook, both are monsters compared to...
Posted by cmoney, on Sep 3, 2006 at 11:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
When I went to buy my MBP, I had already used a... 900 Views / 5 Replies  
When I went to buy my MBP, I had already used a MacBook which has the glossy screen and so I was sold on it. In fact I wasn't gonna buy it unless they had the glossy screen available in the store....
Posted by cmoney, on Sep 3, 2006 at 11:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah except it does say the logic board failure... 1,306 Views / 5 Replies  
Yeah except it does say the logic board failure could result in lines showing up on the screen.

Also to the OP: on the iBook, there were problems with the cabling between the screen and the...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 30, 2006 at 02:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You may want to check this out. Not sure if... 1,306 Views / 5 Replies  
You may want to check this out. Not sure if you're computer falls into it, but the FAQ does list the appearance of lines on the screen as a symptom.

http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 30, 2006 at 02:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: Yeah, people are still having problems with their... 1,445 Views / 17 Replies  
Yeah, people are still having problems with their MBPs and they've been out for what, 7 months? I really love my MacBook, warts and all. (The grey palm rest lifts up a little bit a few places, the...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 25, 2006 at 09:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: Mostly size. I had a 12" PowerBook and was hoping... 1,445 Views / 17 Replies  
Mostly size. I had a 12" PowerBook and was hoping for something as small. The MacBook was as close as possible. Performance-wise, you get probably 90%+ of the MBP performance for nearly half the...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 25, 2006 at 08:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Sorry, don't know about shipping to UK, but... 1,165 Views / 8 Replies  
Sorry, don't know about shipping to UK, but here's another enclosure:

http://www.cooldrives.com/almiposa25in.html

except it's out of stock.

And here's an interesting cable, USB to SATA:
...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 2, 2006 at 03:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No I meant if you had the external case you could... 1,165 Views / 8 Replies  
No I meant if you had the external case you could put the 60 in there and install the 100 then boot from the external 60.

There's a case on newegg for $50. And if you don't wanna keep it, check...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 1, 2006 at 10:36 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Or spend some bux and get an external SATA... 1,165 Views / 8 Replies  
Or spend some bux and get an external SATA USB/Firewire case. Plop the 100GB in there and back up to it. Then switch the 100 and 60 and you've now got an extra portable 60GB drive.

Or you can even...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 1, 2006 at 10:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Though it would be cool if it rendered Apple's... 1,088 Views / 9 Replies  
Though it would be cool if it rendered Apple's support MUTE! :)

I hesitated about getting the MacBook because of the integrated graphics. Who knows if the next version of Mac OS X will fully...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 1, 2006 at 09:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
If you don't notice the dead pixel on a regular... 1,316 Views / 20 Replies  
If you don't notice the dead pixel on a regular basis, I may hold off on exchanging it, but only because right now, it seems there's terrible inconsistency in the quality of Macbooks. It's a shame...
Posted by cmoney, on Jun 1, 2006 at 09:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmm, I think it's kind of foolish and... 1,369 Views / 22 Replies  
Hmm, I think it's kind of foolish and self-righteous to call them examples of over the top consumerism or obsessive behavior. Sure some of them may be, but the fact is, people do pay a premium to buy...
Posted by cmoney, on May 25, 2006 at 03:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmm, I think it's kind of foolish and... 1,369 Views / 22 Replies  
Hmm, I think it's kind of foolish and self-righteous to call them examples of over the top consumerism or obsessive behavior. Sure some of them may be, but the fact is, people do pay a premium to buy...
Posted by cmoney, on May 24, 2006 at 11:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well the PowerMate has a Preference Panel right?... 4,591 Views / 15 Replies  
Well the PowerMate has a Preference Panel right? I think Apple said Rosetta won't run emulated Pref Panels so that's out for now.

Now I'm wondering myself about things like my Microsoft keyboard...
Posted by cmoney, on Jan 16, 2006 at 05:51 AM, in Mac Desktops
Argh I got home and looks like Retrospect gave a... 723 Views / 3 Replies  
Argh I got home and looks like Retrospect gave a Cyclic Redunancy error about 20 minutes after I started the back up and left for work. Guess there really is corruption then.
Posted by cmoney, on Jan 11, 2006 at 07:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
Disk Utility says no errors but Diskwarrior disagrees 723 Views / 3 Replies  
Need some advice. I ran Disk Utility yesterday to verify my drives before upgrading to 10.4.4 on my Dual 2GHz. It came up with some errors but said it couldn't fix them. Went to Diskwarrior which...
Posted by cmoney, on Jan 11, 2006 at 12:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
Not only that, but we need to remember that... 25,463 Views / 149 Replies  
Not only that, but we need to remember that what's faster for the set of web pages that you regularly visit may not be the same for the set of web pages that I regularly visit. Thus we can get highly...
Posted by cmoney, on May 15, 2005 at 10:30 PM, in Applications
By next year all the current hardware will play... 1,647 Views / 17 Replies  
By next year all the current hardware will play H.264 just fine...my prediction at least. Remember MPEG 2 decoder cards? Yeah they don't really sell anymore! I remember the first DVD kit for the Wall...
Posted by cmoney, on May 15, 2005 at 09:47 PM, in Mac Desktops
The browser to end all browser wars! 25,463 Views / 149 Replies  
Ha I'm hijacking this thread and want to re-introduce CYBERDOG! Yeah, we should all stop the insanity, spin up our Classic environment and switch to CyberDog! I actually used this for a little bit as...
Posted by cmoney, on May 15, 2005 at 03:04 PM, in Applications
One thing about Firefox popup blocking: because... 25,463 Views / 149 Replies  
One thing about Firefox popup blocking: because of the popularity of Firefox, it seems lots of web developers have targeted that browser to get around its built-in pop up blocking. In the past 2-3...
Posted by cmoney, on May 15, 2005 at 03:00 PM, in Applications
Yeah I stopped using Safari 1.x because those... 25,463 Views / 149 Replies  
Yeah I stopped using Safari 1.x because those damned smileys brought typing to a halt. Happily in 2.0 everything is fine. I'm hovering at 15-20% in Safari as I type this.

One thing I noticed about...
Posted by cmoney, on May 15, 2005 at 02:58 PM, in Applications
good point, when horizontal scrolling was... 25,463 Views / 149 Replies  
good point, when horizontal scrolling was enabled, firefox doesn't honor the settings, instead it goes back and forth in your history. how annoying!
Posted by cmoney, on May 12, 2005 at 07:59 PM, in Applications
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