jim.arrows
Jun 15, 08:46 PM
bloodbone, despite your warning I decided to pre-order at BB today - I was 4th in line to order, they did not give an appointment but said they'd call a day or 2 early to schedule me.
With regards to porting the number I asked you about before, they said they couldn't check the note on the account without our corporate account number - can you confirm that? I gave them the phone number & told them it was on Verizon, but they said they couldn't check it using the phone number and needed the corporate account number. Work says they won't give it to me, and insists they never give it to any employee and that it's never been a problem before. I just feel like I'm going to get caught in the middle on launch day and that they're not going to want to spend anytime working out issues since they'll be dealing with so many customers.
Can you just confirm whether the corporate account number is necessary, or can they check it by just using the phone number? I just want to know who I need to press, work to give me the number or BB to convince them they don't need it.
Thanks again,
Jim
With regards to porting the number I asked you about before, they said they couldn't check the note on the account without our corporate account number - can you confirm that? I gave them the phone number & told them it was on Verizon, but they said they couldn't check it using the phone number and needed the corporate account number. Work says they won't give it to me, and insists they never give it to any employee and that it's never been a problem before. I just feel like I'm going to get caught in the middle on launch day and that they're not going to want to spend anytime working out issues since they'll be dealing with so many customers.
Can you just confirm whether the corporate account number is necessary, or can they check it by just using the phone number? I just want to know who I need to press, work to give me the number or BB to convince them they don't need it.
Thanks again,
Jim
ham_man
Jul 12, 04:09 PM
Bad move...
Obviously, there is huge demand for cheaper Macs. Cheap doesn't equal bad!
Mac minis should start at $399
iMacs should start at $899
MacBooks should start at $799
MacBook Pros should start at $1499
Mac Pros should start at $1499
There is no reason this wouldn't work.
You can't drop the price and maintain the quality, champ...
Obviously, there is huge demand for cheaper Macs. Cheap doesn't equal bad!
Mac minis should start at $399
iMacs should start at $899
MacBooks should start at $799
MacBook Pros should start at $1499
Mac Pros should start at $1499
There is no reason this wouldn't work.
You can't drop the price and maintain the quality, champ...
Rocketman
Apr 6, 10:23 AM
The blendings are silly, but a formal request for warranty service should be made to Steve personally, just to get the mother of all rejection letters.
"No!
SJ"
Rocketman
"No!
SJ"
Rocketman
skunk
May 1, 01:58 PM
You realize he is talking about illegal immigrants...not immigrants don't you?
I didn't see any mention of race either.I think "I'm a second class citizen in my own country" says it all.
I didn't see any mention of race either.I think "I'm a second class citizen in my own country" says it all.
CubusX
Apr 26, 12:19 PM
Not that my opinion matters but I just do not find it appealing (spically with the sensor at the top...
I am curious how many they are going to sell with a refresh anwhere from 3 to 6 months away...
I am curious how many they are going to sell with a refresh anwhere from 3 to 6 months away...
Drodr28
Jan 8, 05:41 PM
The time has once again come for my city's streeets to be clogged with confused geeks sporting their flashy exhibitor passes and jamming the exotic services on craigslist. Oh the joy of MWSF.
I will be there right after I get done "reading" the keynote address.
I will be there right after I get done "reading" the keynote address.
Multimedia
Nov 10, 04:47 AM
Darn guys, do you think it would be smarter for me to buy my core 2 duo macbook after the leopard release?Only if you're gonna wait for the first hardware refresh after Leopard is out, unless $129 is gonna ruin your life then if you buy this hardware now.
i.e. the MacBook C2D hardware is not going to change before Leopard is released next Spring. I think it's highly likely the next MacBook refresh will be several months beyond Leopard's release. Ability to engineer and deploy Santa Rosa improvements won't be possible before late June-July '07.
So unless you are so miserly that you can't afford another $129 then, I think you should buy it in January so you can save another $79 on iLife '07. :)
i.e. the MacBook C2D hardware is not going to change before Leopard is released next Spring. I think it's highly likely the next MacBook refresh will be several months beyond Leopard's release. Ability to engineer and deploy Santa Rosa improvements won't be possible before late June-July '07.
So unless you are so miserly that you can't afford another $129 then, I think you should buy it in January so you can save another $79 on iLife '07. :)
njmac
Sep 10, 09:04 AM
I dont think that the piercing is all that noticeable if you were to talk to me face to face, since it is more on the side of my face and not more forward like a eyebrow or nose piercing. I like it, my friend likes it, boyfriend likes it, and the guys in SF like it, cruised me hard while walking to the train (especially the business men in the financial district, ages 30-50+, and yes there was no mistaking it for anything else, maybe its just Thursday is horney day for business men? )
It was a good day. :D
I like your piercing... I think though what was happening here is you got your piercing, you felt great, you were confident and I bet that really showed. I know women find that sexy, maybe men do too.
If you walked down the street with that same confidence I bet you would get "cruised hard":D (I never thought that was a phrase that would ever use :o ) :D
It was a good day. :D
I like your piercing... I think though what was happening here is you got your piercing, you felt great, you were confident and I bet that really showed. I know women find that sexy, maybe men do too.
If you walked down the street with that same confidence I bet you would get "cruised hard":D (I never thought that was a phrase that would ever use :o ) :D
chrmjenkins
May 2, 11:43 AM
While I do think America's fall from number one as an economic power is inevitable (China disregards its environment and human rights, its easy to expand faster when you ignore those), I don't foresee it as catastrophic as some projections make it out to be.
In our present day, global interdependence and the simple fact that a failing empire isn't invaded solely as a fact of its waning power mean that a steep decline is unlikely. There's no doubt there will be huge growing pains as our oil supplies are starved and we deal with the fact that many nations now educate better workers. The severity of this will simply depend on how willing we are to adapt a new political strategy that sheds our imperialistic ways and focuses on education and the health of its citizens.
In our present day, global interdependence and the simple fact that a failing empire isn't invaded solely as a fact of its waning power mean that a steep decline is unlikely. There's no doubt there will be huge growing pains as our oil supplies are starved and we deal with the fact that many nations now educate better workers. The severity of this will simply depend on how willing we are to adapt a new political strategy that sheds our imperialistic ways and focuses on education and the health of its citizens.
rdowns
Apr 5, 01:46 PM
Almost as bad as those numpty's with the baseball batt :p
You think his fat ass would blend?
Can't believe MacRumors wrote a story on this. Werenn't the 2 or 3 threads on it enough? :rolleyes:
You think his fat ass would blend?
Can't believe MacRumors wrote a story on this. Werenn't the 2 or 3 threads on it enough? :rolleyes:
Chef Medeski
Oct 19, 03:37 PM
iCal has been a disaster for 4 OS X releases now. It is, without a doubt, Apple's worse application. It's missing functionality, basic functionality, that has been in every calendaring program since 1992.
iCal is a sad example of Apple going to far to the extreme of minimization.
All I really wanted in the last 2 OS updates was a decent iCal. It's the only thing on the Mac that continually hurts my productivity.
I've learned that iCal is just the price of being a Mac guy, and I don't hope for greatness. Heck, I don't even hope for mediocrity. iCal is always going to be slow, inconsistent UI and barely usable.
I'm at peace with that fact now.
Such as what things are missing?
iCal is a sad example of Apple going to far to the extreme of minimization.
All I really wanted in the last 2 OS updates was a decent iCal. It's the only thing on the Mac that continually hurts my productivity.
I've learned that iCal is just the price of being a Mac guy, and I don't hope for greatness. Heck, I don't even hope for mediocrity. iCal is always going to be slow, inconsistent UI and barely usable.
I'm at peace with that fact now.
Such as what things are missing?
FoxyKaye
Jul 11, 03:56 PM
Magnesium is also used for underwater and air flares. So, I suppose if you're out at sea and your diving lights go out, you could tinder the ol' iPod as an underwater torch. Or, maybe if you're being chased by heat-seeking missiles you could ignite your iPod and toss it out the window...
I'm sure whatever they do it will be fine, though...
I'm sure whatever they do it will be fine, though...
Kenzembo1
Jan 13, 12:28 AM
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8682/screenshot20110111at220.png (http://img534.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110111at220.png/)
With Menus ;-
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8682/screenshot20110111at220.png (http://img251.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110111at220.png/)
Very cool! One question though- how do you make the dock transparent? I don't see that as an option in system preferences...is there an app that is needed :confused:
With Menus ;-
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8682/screenshot20110111at220.png (http://img251.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110111at220.png/)
Very cool! One question though- how do you make the dock transparent? I don't see that as an option in system preferences...is there an app that is needed :confused:
allbrokeup
Jan 12, 07:48 PM
My January 2011 Desktop:
267256
Taken in New York City, from the Top of the Empire State. I braved the blistering cold (-12C) to take this. Camera: iPhone 4. iPhoto Edits: B&W and 2x Boost. Centred on Display in System Preferences.
I plan to change this Desktop to a New York Photo once a month :D
Note: Image resized from 2560x1440 as it was 7MB >_<.
267256
Taken in New York City, from the Top of the Empire State. I braved the blistering cold (-12C) to take this. Camera: iPhone 4. iPhoto Edits: B&W and 2x Boost. Centred on Display in System Preferences.
I plan to change this Desktop to a New York Photo once a month :D
Note: Image resized from 2560x1440 as it was 7MB >_<.
WolfXL
Apr 30, 03:55 PM
Guess not, if I was selling Fruit on my market stall and someone said, what's your top/best selling item of fruit and I said, oh, Apple's Apples are the No.1 and No.2 best selling pieces of fruit I have, they outsell everything.
Oh, so you sell loads of Apples the guy asks?
No, I don't sell that many Apple's compared to my other fruit.
the bloke leave with a confused look on his face.
Just because someone is confused by math, doesn't make the math wrong.
To use your fruit example. Say your top 2 selling fruits were green and red apples. 30 red, and 20 green each a day. Which would account for 50 apples a day. Now to keep things simple, let's say you also sell 95 other fruits that aren't apples, but you only sell 10 of each of them a day.
Now, in a day, you sell 3 times as many red apples as you do to all non-apple fruits, and you sell 2 times as many green apples as you do to all non-apple fruits. They are your top 2 sellers by far....but they still only account for 5% of your fruit sales.
Oh, so you sell loads of Apples the guy asks?
No, I don't sell that many Apple's compared to my other fruit.
the bloke leave with a confused look on his face.
Just because someone is confused by math, doesn't make the math wrong.
To use your fruit example. Say your top 2 selling fruits were green and red apples. 30 red, and 20 green each a day. Which would account for 50 apples a day. Now to keep things simple, let's say you also sell 95 other fruits that aren't apples, but you only sell 10 of each of them a day.
Now, in a day, you sell 3 times as many red apples as you do to all non-apple fruits, and you sell 2 times as many green apples as you do to all non-apple fruits. They are your top 2 sellers by far....but they still only account for 5% of your fruit sales.
bretm
Dec 2, 09:41 PM
I might repeating the reply because I haven't read the entire thread yet. But you need to install MS Windows Media Player for the Mac.
i love you friend poems. i
i love you friend poems. you
i love you friend poems. i
spotlight07
Apr 22, 02:07 PM
The Wired App is just two stars. For the free edition.
Overall, the app sits at 2.5 stars for all versions.
That's one good reason for Conde to tap on the brakes.
Overall, the app sits at 2.5 stars for all versions.
That's one good reason for Conde to tap on the brakes.
lordonuthin
Aug 26, 08:24 PM
By the way - I feel like a traitor running 3 (legit) copies of windows for a mac team, Ubuntu is still on some of the disks but not running on anything now. At least I have Mac OSX running on the Mac Pro with maybe another Mac Pro coming next year... sometime...
rasmasyean
May 5, 11:34 AM
What does this mean? :confused:
Do you honestly foresee a war so catastrophic that it would wipe out the world's largest trading partner, 5% of the population, and the second oldest written Constitution?
If America has been stubborn enough to survive a civil war continuous social conflict, and the metric system, it isn't going anywhere.
Ah...the metric system. Such a nightmare. :D
I think eventually more and more "American stuff" will use the metric system. At this point on most "large objects" it doesn't really make that much difference. And the "pros" trained in this stuff can use both. In the small scales even Americans use the metric system. Especially when more nanotech products start hitting the markets, ppl will get use to the metric system. I mean, look at the iPod nano! :p
Do you honestly foresee a war so catastrophic that it would wipe out the world's largest trading partner, 5% of the population, and the second oldest written Constitution?
If America has been stubborn enough to survive a civil war continuous social conflict, and the metric system, it isn't going anywhere.
Ah...the metric system. Such a nightmare. :D
I think eventually more and more "American stuff" will use the metric system. At this point on most "large objects" it doesn't really make that much difference. And the "pros" trained in this stuff can use both. In the small scales even Americans use the metric system. Especially when more nanotech products start hitting the markets, ppl will get use to the metric system. I mean, look at the iPod nano! :p
sishaw
Apr 12, 12:50 PM
Why did Apple add iPod / iTunes support to a Motorola phone and then the next year introduce their own phone? Apple has the morals of an alley cat.
Seriously, the ROKR from 2005? That only held 100 songs and was universally panned? Time to let it go.
Seriously, the ROKR from 2005? That only held 100 songs and was universally panned? Time to let it go.
firestarter
Mar 22, 08:49 PM
I've read a little on the subject of Japanese society (The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is good) and visited a few times. I don't have a complete answer, but a couple of points people haven't made yet are:
- Japan is racially and culturally quite pure - with low immigration and a high barrier for immigrants to integrate (the language). Japanese language and culture is not widely spread outside of Japan. This leads to them having a very inward focus, and a high amount of loyalty to their own society. As a Westerner/English speaker, you could disgrace yourself in your own society, yet still find a happy home somewhere culturally similar. For a Japanese person there is no other home - if they disgrace themselves to their fellow Japanese, they risk being ostracised from everything they hold dear. (This is the reasoning given in TCANS for the low surrender rate of Japanese troops in war - a Western army will surrender with 30% dead, for the Japanese 90%+ would have to die, since to surrender would be to disgrace oneself and become ostracised. This is the same reasoning for the Japanese army's poor treatment of prisoners of war in WWII - as the social standing of one who surrenders is very low).
- Having transgressed, Japanese society is happy to throw the book at a suspected criminal - and extends few of the rights arrestees enjoy in the West. Prisoners can be held for 23 days before being charged, the legal system assumes guilt and police have traditionally interrogated in private. When a case reaches trial, there's a >98% conviction rate, and trials have until very recently (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8181225.stm) all be Judge-only trials (no jury). There's evidence that lenient Judges face career setbacks.
So yes, the Japanese people may be educated, moral, disciplined - but there are also very strong societal pressures to conform, and if a person did loot, they'd expect to be treated extremely severely.
- Japan is racially and culturally quite pure - with low immigration and a high barrier for immigrants to integrate (the language). Japanese language and culture is not widely spread outside of Japan. This leads to them having a very inward focus, and a high amount of loyalty to their own society. As a Westerner/English speaker, you could disgrace yourself in your own society, yet still find a happy home somewhere culturally similar. For a Japanese person there is no other home - if they disgrace themselves to their fellow Japanese, they risk being ostracised from everything they hold dear. (This is the reasoning given in TCANS for the low surrender rate of Japanese troops in war - a Western army will surrender with 30% dead, for the Japanese 90%+ would have to die, since to surrender would be to disgrace oneself and become ostracised. This is the same reasoning for the Japanese army's poor treatment of prisoners of war in WWII - as the social standing of one who surrenders is very low).
- Having transgressed, Japanese society is happy to throw the book at a suspected criminal - and extends few of the rights arrestees enjoy in the West. Prisoners can be held for 23 days before being charged, the legal system assumes guilt and police have traditionally interrogated in private. When a case reaches trial, there's a >98% conviction rate, and trials have until very recently (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8181225.stm) all be Judge-only trials (no jury). There's evidence that lenient Judges face career setbacks.
So yes, the Japanese people may be educated, moral, disciplined - but there are also very strong societal pressures to conform, and if a person did loot, they'd expect to be treated extremely severely.
AppleMacFinder
Dec 6, 01:20 PM
@jaw04005: Totally agree with you.
The first-gen devices are always "not-so-perfect";
in fact, they are for the rich people who are impatient.
For example, this Kinect is for those who can afford the 42" HDTV and
has a lot of rooms in their private house (so they can afford to turn one room into "gaming room")
As for me, I don't like M$ and their crappy products;
that's because the quality of their products is usually poor.
Just look at the ridiculously huge amount of xbox returns
(because of hardware problems)
I will wait for competitors (Sony, Nintendo) to come up with something revolutional.
And then for the second or even third gen of this "tech miracle".
The first-gen devices are always "not-so-perfect";
in fact, they are for the rich people who are impatient.
For example, this Kinect is for those who can afford the 42" HDTV and
has a lot of rooms in their private house (so they can afford to turn one room into "gaming room")
As for me, I don't like M$ and their crappy products;
that's because the quality of their products is usually poor.
Just look at the ridiculously huge amount of xbox returns
(because of hardware problems)
I will wait for competitors (Sony, Nintendo) to come up with something revolutional.
And then for the second or even third gen of this "tech miracle".
jonnysods
Apr 27, 09:28 AM
I love Navigon. I just wish I could click on an address in Mail and have it open up navi automatically.
Yes I know, it will never happen.
I would love to see Apple take over the maps app though.
Yes I know, it will never happen.
I would love to see Apple take over the maps app though.
zacman
Apr 29, 09:57 AM
In Stockholm and Frankfurt, I hardly see any iPhones.
Well that really depends with which other guys you're dealing. In Germany the iPhone was known to be hip in the media industry but that changed maybe 1.5 years ago. Now the iPhone is mainly bought by migrants that want some status symbol. It's basically the same group of people that get Vodafone contracts while students etc. are mainly now getting Android phones from o2 or T-Mobile. eplus is mainly non existent in the German smartphone market.
Well that really depends with which other guys you're dealing. In Germany the iPhone was known to be hip in the media industry but that changed maybe 1.5 years ago. Now the iPhone is mainly bought by migrants that want some status symbol. It's basically the same group of people that get Vodafone contracts while students etc. are mainly now getting Android phones from o2 or T-Mobile. eplus is mainly non existent in the German smartphone market.
