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they didn't have to pay before google released... 2,748 Views / 50 Replies  
they didn't have to pay before google released android. now, they have to pay apple, and all the other manufacturers using android are seeing this and thinking "well, why don't they pay me too?"
Posted by jamesa, on Nov 16, 2010 at 04:46 PM, in MacNN Lounge
because google makes money off advertising. it's... 2,748 Views / 50 Replies  
because google makes money off advertising. it's easy to negotiate with one party (apple) to determine the default services that ship; it's a lot harder to negotiated with an immensely fragmented...
Posted by jamesa, on Nov 16, 2010 at 04:35 PM, in MacNN Lounge
there's also an assumption that android winning... 2,748 Views / 50 Replies  
there's also an assumption that android winning would be a good thing for google. post over at harvard business review suggesting that android winning might actually be bad for google, and they...
Posted by jamesa, on Nov 16, 2010 at 03:03 PM, in MacNN Lounge
best 3g usb microsim modem for mac 1,692 Views / 0 Replies  
hey guys

so - long story, but basically i managed to get on at&t's $29.95 a month all you can eat iPad plan, but don't have my iPad any more (gave it away, not using it). however, i kept the SIM...
Posted by jamesa, on Sep 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
i'm also beginning to think that this behaviour... 7,271 Views / 13 Replies  
i'm also beginning to think that this behaviour is intended rather than a bug. which is annoying - because it's annoying the :censor: out of me, too

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 20, 2010 at 10:19 AM, in macOS
thanks for the response! it's not the one... 559 Views / 2 Replies  
thanks for the response!

it's not the one i'm after. i'm trying to remember what it looks like

it's relatively recent (say, last 3 years), it had a picture of jobs with all the exec team in a...
Posted by jamesa, on Dec 13, 2009 at 12:29 AM, in MacNN Lounge
help - finding article that had photo of jobs and the exec team 559 Views / 2 Replies  
guys

huge favor - i am trying to track down an article on apple. i think it was in a time or a businessweek. the lead photo had jobs and the exec team in a cool looking room on the cupertino...
Posted by jamesa, on Dec 7, 2009 at 05:59 PM, in MacNN Lounge
all windows - every single app, including the... 7,271 Views / 13 Replies  
all windows - every single app, including the finder!
Posted by jamesa, on Nov 25, 2009 at 01:32 AM, in macOS
command-tilde window shifting getting very weird behavior 7,271 Views / 13 Replies  
hey guys

got one i'm stumped with.

i'm a long time user of command-tilde to cycle through windows. however, since i've upgraded to snow leopard, i'm getting this weird behavior (bug?)
...
Posted by jamesa, on Nov 25, 2009 at 12:40 AM, in macOS
thanks for the replies, guys i'm after... 119,639 Views / 107 Replies  
thanks for the replies, guys



i'm after more than 2 drives in the enclosure



out of my budget - $1200 with no drives in it!!!
Posted by jamesa, on Aug 19, 2009 at 05:26 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I'm interested in resurrecting this thread - I... 119,639 Views / 107 Replies  
I'm interested in resurrecting this thread - I need some specific advice.

Can't decide between NAS and DAS. Looking at three solutions...

NAS:
LaCie 5Big Network...
Posted by jamesa, on Aug 19, 2009 at 12:39 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
why would an external HD read even when i'm not doing anything? 717 Views / 2 Replies  
hey guys

i'm stumped

have an external HD (FW800), and I have an encrypted disk image on it which takes up the entire space (I mount the image to store/access date).

ever since this morning,...
Posted by jamesa, on Mar 31, 2009 at 12:48 AM, in macOS
sweet. thanks for the response! 1,464 Views / 12 Replies  
sweet. thanks for the response!
Posted by jamesa, on Aug 11, 2008 at 01:06 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
recommendations for an all-in-one printer/scanner for college use 1,464 Views / 12 Replies  
hey guys

looking to get a relatively cheap (under $200) all in one device that does good printing and scanning. don't really need to worry about photo quality but good software for scanning and...
Posted by jamesa, on Aug 6, 2008 at 11:14 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
What the iPod touch should have been 981 Views / 8 Replies  
- same form factor as iPhone
- 160GB hard drive
- speaker and microphone
- bluetooth
- all functionality except for, literally, the ability to connect to a voice network

I'm thinking that the...
Posted by jamesa, on Sep 6, 2007 at 01:50 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
it's a deal breaker for me. don't understand why... 6,677 Views / 52 Replies  
it's a deal breaker for me. don't understand why the hell they didn't do it - if you're going to give us a browser, give us a damn mail client also! :brick:
Posted by jamesa, on Sep 5, 2007 at 11:59 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
well, i called my reseller. they called apple. ... 3,162 Views / 58 Replies  
well, i called my reseller. they called apple.

next day, it's shipping :)

should be here any time now!

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 31, 2007 at 12:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
still waiting.... this is getting absurd... a... 3,162 Views / 58 Replies  
still waiting.... this is getting absurd... a month and a half.
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 29, 2007 at 08:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i got this stand after reading this thread. it... 2,832 Views / 23 Replies  
i got this stand after reading this thread. it really, really rocks

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 29, 2007 at 08:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks
ok, i've been waiting now for - a month. one... 3,162 Views / 58 Replies  
ok, i've been waiting now for - a month. one whole month.

15" 7200 ordered 12 june
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 13, 2007 at 05:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
ordered mine through a reseller. back on the 12th... 1,371 Views / 27 Replies  
ordered mine through a reseller. back on the 12th of June

still not here...

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 7, 2007 at 02:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks
anyone have any success yet? -- james 3,162 Views / 58 Replies  
anyone have any success yet?

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 7, 2007 at 02:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
came here for exact same reason - i ordered mine... 3,162 Views / 58 Replies  
came here for exact same reason - i ordered mine (15" 7200) on the 12th june. still nada according to online order tracking :(

i hope i don't hit a month!!

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 3, 2007 at 08:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks for the reply, but if anyone can confirm... 5,598 Views / 28 Replies  
thanks for the reply, but if anyone can confirm it would be most appreciated :)

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jun 30, 2007 at 07:18 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
does the iphone support bluetooth car kits 5,598 Views / 28 Replies  
hi guys

quick question - does the iphone support bluetooth car kits?

thanks

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jun 30, 2007 at 04:50 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
quake 4 and no sound 737 Views / 0 Replies  
hi all

Just installed quake 4 v1.2

now telling me under the advanced audio options "warning: your computer (or is it soundcard... can't remember) does not support openAL"

no sound gets...
Posted by jamesa, on May 28, 2006 at 01:31 AM, in Gaming
thanks for the suggestion... unfortunately no... 554 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks for the suggestion... unfortunately no joy.

how can I get around this without doing a reinstall? oh, and also, I've tried repairing permissions

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 13, 2005 at 09:04 AM, in macOS
thanks for the response! that works -... 554 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks for the response!

that works - somewhat. If I open up the Installer, I can then select the package I'm after. However, if I associate the packages with the Installer, and I double click the...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 12, 2005 at 06:04 PM, in macOS
help! can't open os x packages 554 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi everyone

Had a hard drive crash recently... did a reinstall (pulled back preferences using the upgrade utility from an old backup). Had no problems, until I tried to install the latest version...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 12, 2005 at 10:16 AM, in macOS
xserve g4 - which version came with fw800? 421 Views / 1 Replies  
hey all,

i'm looking into the old xserve g4s, and am wondering which processor revision came with fw800? I know it was round the 1.33ghz mark; did all 1.33ghz G4 xserves come with fw800?
...
Posted by jamesa, on Jul 11, 2005 at 09:38 AM, in Mac Desktops
umm ... 741 Views / 9 Replies  
umm

http://www.apple.com/ca/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html

that's not what apple are saying!

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jun 26, 2005 at 05:53 PM, in macOS
spotlight help 741 Views / 9 Replies  
hi there,

I've just got a big dump of documents from work, and need to go back through them searching for very specific things. I thought spotlight would be great for this, but so far... :hmm:
...
Posted by jamesa, on Jun 26, 2005 at 11:42 AM, in macOS
thank you both - two separate problems, one was... 663 Views / 5 Replies  
thank you both - two separate problems, one was the scripting additions, the other was the local copy of my idisk...

cheers

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Jun 10, 2005 at 07:38 PM, in macOS
open dialogue causes long hangs; other weird behaviour 663 Views / 5 Replies  
hi all

ever since I upgraded to Tiger I've experienced some very annoying behaviour from some apps.

on lots of third party apps, when I user the open dialogue box (command-o) the app just goes...
Posted by jamesa, on Jun 10, 2005 at 09:35 AM, in macOS
encrypting external hard drives - suggestions 485 Views / 2 Replies  
hi there,

i've got a fair few external hard drives, and for various reasons I've decided I need to encrypt the contents.

however, having assessed the need actually doing it is something I'm...
Posted by jamesa, on Dec 25, 2004 at 09:58 AM, in macOS
You didn't happen to buy it in the US, did you? ... 3,043 Views / 49 Replies  
You didn't happen to buy it in the US, did you?

If so, ring them and whinge bitterly.

If it's a local EU purchase, find the details for Apple Europe. If they are unhelpful, threaten with...
Posted by jamesa, on Nov 3, 2004 at 09:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks
go 12". I have a 12" powerbook and it rocks. ... 1,601 Views / 25 Replies  
go 12". I have a 12" powerbook and it rocks.

you're buying it for portability... most any text that you need to be made bigger can be done in OS X apps; zoom in or raise the text size. The size...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 31, 2004 at 08:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Simon, my advice to you is to raise merry hell.... 3,043 Views / 49 Replies  
Simon, my advice to you is to raise merry hell. The case is Apple's fault - not yours. After a week I'd have insisted they provide me a replacement computer in the mean time, and let them fix the...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 30, 2004 at 05:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Bluetooth doesn't need to be fast - we're talking... 6,158 Views / 77 Replies  
Bluetooth doesn't need to be fast - we're talking about a remote control here. The most important factor is low battery consumption - something which 802.11g does not have. They may find a way around...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 29, 2004 at 02:08 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
:thumbsup: that brings back good memories... 859 Views / 10 Replies  
:thumbsup:

that brings back good memories :)

curse microsoft :mad:

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 26, 2004 at 01:19 AM, in Gaming
the situation would improve a lot if the games... 859 Views / 10 Replies  
the situation would improve a lot if the games that were release were all mac-pc compatible.

I think Apple needs to come down off their high-horse of "not letting consumer macs have decent...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 25, 2004 at 03:48 AM, in Gaming
FWIW, I think glass looks great but has three... 9,572 Views / 62 Replies  
FWIW, I think glass looks great but has three main problems:
1. you can see the cords running down the back
2. glass is cold, so when your hands/arms are on it (especially in winter) it can be...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 23, 2004 at 11:20 AM, in Mac Desktops
that sounds like the kind of bug I need when... 668 Views / 8 Replies  
that sounds like the kind of bug I need when playing against the computer ;)

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 23, 2004 at 04:20 AM, in Gaming
woah :eek: ... 273,785 Views / 1,576 Replies  
woah :eek:

http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18263

woah :eek: :eek:

http://homepage.mac.com/matsushida_oni/305.jpg

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 22, 2004 at 09:28 AM, in Mac Desktops
You'd think with 30" displays around they could... 273,785 Views / 1,576 Replies  
You'd think with 30" displays around they could get a decent desk or take the time to clean their desk up ;)

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 22, 2004 at 09:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
:thumbsup: ditto. -- james 13,977 Views / 286 Replies  
:thumbsup: ditto.

-- james
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 18, 2004 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Desktops
iTunes connects to comindico.com.au on launch 483 Views / 0 Replies  
Hey there,

I'm an Aussie mac user. I've been using the trial service of Little Snitch, and something very interesting happened on launch of the application (it hasn't happened since); iTunes...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 18, 2004 at 01:47 AM, in Applications
Re: Re: Re: Re: Power Mac is made in the USA! 3,902 Views / 36 Replies  
You guessed this, I take it?

[b]

I don't care where my call is answered, as long as the person is easily understandable, helpful and knowledgeable. It could get re-routed to Santa Claus for all...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 17, 2004 at 03:45 AM, in Mac Desktops
due to the weight and the bulk, it's probably... 3,902 Views / 36 Replies  
due to the weight and the bulk, it's probably cheaper to assemble the machine closer to the final market than assemble it in taiwan/china and ship it. i know that Apple are airfreighting every new...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 16, 2004 at 08:34 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Re: Re: ATI shows Radeon X800 on Power Mac G5 1,485 Views / 19 Replies  
this assertion is based on what exactly?

every problem that seems to be cropping up under OS X and graphics seems to be nVidia related. Whether it was command and conquer generals running at 1fps...
Posted by jamesa, on Oct 16, 2004 at 01:03 AM, in Mac Desktops
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