Tag Archives: Apple

5% of Nothing

Makes me laugh and cry a little.
This alert is likely meant to warn that a whole lot of data is being added, modified or deleted as part of a sync. It’s an “oh crap, likely either you are doing some … Continue reading 

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Apple “Tax”, Being Able to Get Things Done

Is buying computers a strange game of screen size and hardware numbers? Or is it about looking for a solution in hardware and software that helps you get things done?
I’ve given up waiting for the next Vista update to finally … Continue reading 

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Only “Estimated Total”

Only Apple can get away with not telling you how much you actually paid:

The “Order Acknowledgment” email you receive later includes the taxes paid. Not a big deal when purchasing an “APPLE WIRELESS KEYBOARD-USA”, but I would think it would … Continue reading 

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Apple is the Leader in Consumer Computing!

Jason Chen, “To recap on what [Steve Jobs] talked about today.”

Time Capsule, the wireless backup utility.
iPhone update and iPod Touch update.
AppleTV + iTunes movie rentals.
MacBook Air.

January 16th update: here is The Steve Jobs 90 Minute Keynote (in … Continue reading 

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“Support them well”

The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.
Writes Steve Jobs in … Continue reading 

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Flushing Blue Toilet Cleaner of Death!

Microsoft, after finding that the blue screen of death wasn’t having the same amount of market “penetration”, and since the hourglass cursor had never been as successful as Apple Mac OS X’s Spinning Beach Ball of Death , for Windows … Continue reading 

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