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Yeah, I'm in the process of adding versioning to my CMS. I'm ashamed to say that it isn't yet versioned. : I'll...
M$ Loses To Open Document Format ODF
Derek Currie Apple is one of the backers of Microsoft's format, so I don't know that Mac fans should be...
M$ Loses To Open Document Format ODF &A#JD1Tg!d8
Actually, you can get the complete current ODF native version of OpenOffice running on your Mac...
After Getting butt Kicked. Creative Now Sore loser
Bryan Henry said the following on 17-05-2006 12:48 am: All the entertainment manufacturers had been riding along happily on the gravy train, putting out crap for donkey's years and carefully sewing up all the...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2911
I don't see mbutt migration to Macs, no matter what Apple do, or how easy they try to make it. Market share does have the potential to increase to a degree, but many of...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share
Well, no -- because that isn't what has happened, not in any way, not at all. Apple has not given up on Mac OS and thrown in with Windows and the ret...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2913
I don't have a problem with the Mini being sold without ancillaries, nor to any great degree, its pricing of the current models, but what I do have...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2914
Well my somewhat smaller sample market research - i.e. the word of people I've spoken to - suggests otherwise. Number 1 reason expressed by people I know why they've...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2915
I see these dirt cheap PCs advocated regularly in newsgroups, but how many people actually buy them? Apparently the average price of a personal...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2916
Requote from previous thread: Joe Schmoe goes into computer store. He doesn't know exactly what he wants, other than he wants a PC. He goes up and down the isles...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2917
You mean the perception that they're excessively expensive computers for graphic designers? Not sure that's a perception worth clinging to. Note I never actually suggested a $300 Mac. I suggested there needs to...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2918
I'm not suggesting that at all. Reacquaint yourself with the purpose of this thread; How much will Apple's changes effect their market share? The circles I move in are of everyday folk - quite...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2919
Actually, it is. Intel is still Intel and PPC is still PPC. Intel has always been faster, rigged "bake offs" and...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2920
But we are talking about Joe Schmoes here. And just so long as they *perceive* expandability to be an issue, then it's an issue, whether reality...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2921
My observations are slightly different. Yes, I agree that the internal expandability of the big box...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2922
I do go into this a bit on a page on my site if you fancy having a read. But in summary, I'm thinking people with a certain level of computer interest. Someone who...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share 2923
Not if they keep their high prices for Macs. Even though the Mac is a PC now, nobody is going to shell out the extra $$$ just to...
How much will Apple's changes affect their market share &A#JD1Tg!d8
Don't forget about virtualization! Except for CPU intensive games there is not much reason to boot into Windows. If you have any Core Duo Mac it has hardware enabled virtualization (VT-x) built into...
114,000 viruses Guess Again
Here's a little education for Maccies who believe Apple's anti-Windows FUD: There are more MS-DOS...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2926
Well, you haven't established that is what Apple is doing -- we're still working on whether the fact is wrong at all, Edwin. And those companies ARE the experts...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2927
Mitch Wrong! The risk is much lower than you stated! The situation is the same, but the perceived risk is greatly reduced! To a much more realistic level! My real PC is as clean...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2928
Fine -- all I wrote was that writing about the matter does not change the risk. Fine. We each have ONE example out...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2929
I did some setup aid for a friend running Windows XP a year back. He...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2930
When you are talking about the number of different threats, then it is important to count. When you are talking about the ways in which protection matters...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2931
In what way? I agree. It's just marketing. There are firms that state even higher numbers...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2932
Snit: As a Teacher (claimed) I am surprised that you would countenance constructing a sentence such...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2933
Where did I imply that? I did state that you supported a statement that makes absolutely no sense...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2934
Nopes, never lie. Michael Objective Troll Criteria Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 X Obfuscation 2 Antagonizing threads 3 Ignoring evidence 4 Antagonizing through other media...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2935
Uh, gluehead? You, saying you have no "reason to distrust them", is not the same thing as providing evidence they are right. Leave it to you to be unable to differentiate between things...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2936
Yeah, Apple did the advertising, using Sophos number. You want to claim that Sophos number is incorrect, but you have yet to show...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2937
No, it didn't -- it bulldozed the number it gave (at least 100,000) and gave two...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2938
Why not? They are both significant threats of the same general type (undesirable software). They are...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2939
Indeed - but that doesn't mean that Apples statement is wrong. You may want to call it misleading at worst, claiming that Apple *should* be talking about...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2940
Incorrect Michael Objective Troll Criteria Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 X Obfuscation 2 Antagonizing threads 3 Ignoring evidence 4 Antagonizing through other media 5 Quote...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2941
I am asking YOU to substantiate YOUR comment -- the article cannot do that for either of us. You...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2942
Okay: Chess says that today there are 180 viruses in the wild. Wildlist reports 667 found by more than two members (there are only 80 members) and...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. &A#JD1Tg!d8
Edwin, what was the point of your post? I personally don't know of where the figure '114,000' came from. But I Center. So Apple are guilty of...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2944
Derek Currie Derek, how is it you go on to discuss my point, after pretending you didn't know what it was? You should have read...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2945
Mitch I haven't seen Microsoft touting bogus numbers. Because in every Microsoft ad I've seen...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2946
Right -- we agree on the topic that Apple may be touting exaggerated numbers. We don't yet agree on that, but it is the topic. Hmm. Last year a high-profile campaign gave MS...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2947
And what if Edwin is right? What if the number is way below 114,000 viruses for the PC? Wouldn't that make Apple's ad false advertising? I should have know that when more...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2948
You seem to very low threshold for establishing 'facts.' I would expect companies to work a lot...
114,000 viruses Guess Again
Did you read that report that was part of the thread Thursday? You can argue the relative term 'horrible' but in my judgment, viruses...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2950
When an MS ad contains suspect information, it's because MS paid to have a study done that provided just the...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2951
Sandman I have pointed out numerous times to you that Apple makes no claim of using...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2952
Do you have a problem following a link? I ask as I've posted the following link before, where you will find the following. "Numbers from Sophos, a world leader in integrated...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2953
If you spent more time following threads and less time following posters you wouldn’t need to ask that Snit. It seems pointless that you ask questions of me...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2954
LOL! Still haven't figured out how to use google yet, gluehead? Wally didn't put these quotes together... the OP did that... they...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2955
No need to read 'every' post Snit just the ones that deal with the specifics surrounding your involvement.........practice it...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2956
quotes'? I have previously offered you the chance of indicating just one and you failed miserably as expected so how do you propose to back up your claim of "quotes...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2957
As I said.... Precisely! a direct quote from you!.......show otherwise Linking to post of yours stating otherwise is proof of nothing other than your delusions. All you need do is...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2958
Well done Snit you prove in no uncertain terms that you simply can't respond to anyone in an honest way. I have put to you...
114,000 viruses Guess Again. 2959
You just can't hide the pain can you Snit? Look at what you are doing... 1) you claim that...
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