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Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93021]

Sat, 24 November 2007 20:03

Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005

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m sure there are USB to Firewire adaptors available too.

Adding adaptors is second best I guess...

Ted

"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>
>Jamie,
>
>There's plenty of r

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93022 is a reply to message #93021]

Sat, 24 November 2007 21:20

Gantt Kushner

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Registered: June 2006
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland, ...

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oom for FW and ethernet, and those should not be considered
>luxury items. They're necessities on any computer these days. Why apple
didn't
>include them is beyond me.
>
>TCB
>
>Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>
>>Yeah, it's a lightened sub-notebook. No room for all that stuff. Great

>>for the market they're aiming it at, presuma

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93028 is a reply to message #93022]

Sat, 24 November 2007 23:09

steve the artguy
Messages: 308
Registered: June 2005

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>
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore. woa/wa/RSLID?nplm=MB442Z/A#overview
>
>I'm sure there are USB to Firewire adaptors available too.
>
>Adding adaptors is second best I guess...
>
>Ted
>
>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>
>>Jamie,
>>
>>There's plenty of room for FW and ethernet, and those should not be considered
>>luxury items. They're necessities on any computer these days. Why apple
>didn't
>>include them is beyond me.
>>
>>TCB
>>
>>Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Yeah, it's a lightened sub-notebook. No room for all that stuff. Great
>
>>>for the market they're aiming it at, presumably. But not what I need
>>>right now.
>>>
>>>However the Air's optional external USB optical drive is interesting to
>>
>>>me. Maybe I could take the internal DVDR out of my next MacBook Pro
>>>laptop and put in a second hard drive, that would be useful. And use the
>>
>>>external DVDR that was just announced today for few times I'd need it

>>>with the laptop. Hmm.
>>>
>

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93032 is a reply to message #93028]

Sun, 25 November 2007 02:58

Kim W
Messages: 165
Registered: July 2006

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as long as the hardware
>>>specs
>>>>>>> aren't
>>>>>>>>> too horrible and they don't have massive hardware issues out of
>the
>>>>> chute.
>>>>>>>> HD is only 80GB (or 64GB if you want to spring for the solid state
>>>drive
>>>>>>>> option). If that's enough space to add Debial and XP, bootcamp should
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> support 'em. Or use one of the virtual machine setups if you want
>>to
>>>
>>>>>>>> switch between OSs on the fly. CPU is 1.8GHZ I think. Slower than
>>the
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bigger/heavier laptops but still very capable.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> -Jamie
>>>>>>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TCB
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> New thin MacBook Air just announced. www.Apple.com
>>>>>>>>>> The track pad is multitouch now. Optional solid state drive. A
>bit
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> slower CPU than the other MacBooks but not bad.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It looks pretty cool for something that light. But right now I
>need
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> heavy lifter 17" HD res box, so it's not for me.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also at MacWorld: Software updates to iPhone/iTouch, mov

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93033 is a reply to message #93021]

Sun, 25 November 2007 06:01

John [1]
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ie rentals,
>>>>>> a

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93040 is a reply to message #93032]

Sun, 25 November 2007 12:45

steve the artguy
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Registered: June 2005

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connect-ability so it's not a deal killer for users like us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, by doing so, they are driving the market (wireless) and
>>>>>> therefore
>>>>> have
>>>>>> a leg up
>>>>>> on the competition by establishing tech standards. I believe they
>>>>>> were
>>> the

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93042 is a reply to message #93021]

Sun, 25 November 2007 18:10

scott h

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Location: Detroit

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;>>>>>> chose to exclude it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TCB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ted Gerber" <tedgerber@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sorry - it's $29, plus the cost of a hub if you need other inputs
> simultaneously.
>>>>>>&

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93043 is a reply to message #93021]

Sun, 25 November 2007 17:15

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

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gt;>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Ted Gerber" <tedgerber@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Here's a USB2 to Ethernet adaptor that Apple is supplying for $20.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93067 is a reply to message #93043]

Mon, 26 November 2007 05:24

Don Nafe

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the Big DAWS.. Nice work.I should have looked through the online walkthrough before my last post - it
gets even better:

12 assignable soft keys below the touch screen
24 soft keys in the screen, configured in pages, customizable for each app.

Nice. Really nice.

"Dedric Terry" <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote in message news:478ea1d0$1@linux...
> It does look like a serious winner. Hating that I'll be waing for PC
> support, but it
> will be worth it. Another really sweet feature is having it auto switch
> between
> apps depending on what's in focus, and have the custom switchs, setups
> follow.
>
> Still curious as to whether the soft switches can be configured into
> different sets or
> group, to be recalled depending on workflow within a single app (e.g. and
> "edit" bank,
> a "midi edit" bank, "global" bank, etc) s

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93079 is a reply to message #93067]

Mon, 26 November 2007 14:16

steve the artguy
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Registered: June 2005

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ork going? No need for details, just want you to know
I'm supportive.

Peace,

Ted

"Doug Wellington" <doug@parisfaqs.com> wrote:
>"LaMont" <jjdpro@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok.. I just went over to the Euphonix site, and I saw the new artist
>> series
>> MC/MC-Mix.. I'm very impressed.
>>
>> http://euphon221.securesites.net/artist/products/artist_syst ems/overview.php
>
>Nice. That's sort of what I've been trying to build with my C-16
>replacement... (Sigh...)
>
>Doug (no, the other Doug...)
>
>P.S. Hi everybody! Happy New Year...
>
>Another indicator that this was a bad move is Apple's stock price, it's dropped
$35.00 to 40.00 a share. Hopefully they get the message.

"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I was disappointed when they dumped the FW on the iPods. Most of the Macs
>I own have USB 1.1 which is really slow, and doesn't work as well as FW.
> They left out all the people that have external FW drives with this lap
>top. There answer is for us to spend another $300 to $500, and un-securely
>back up over the air. Some times they are just too whiz-bang, consumer
oriented,
>they need to think prosumer.
>
>I wish Apple would stop building obsolescence in to their products. They
>hav

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Re: Revelations...the end of days is upon us [message #93107 is a reply to message #93079]

Tue, 27 November 2007 02:20

Erling

Messages: 156
Registered: October 2008

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is the price WITH
> the flash drive option. Yet Apple actually charges less than street price
> to add that drive.
>
> If price is the issue, it's too soon to buy a 54GB solid state drive on
> ANY laptop, not just Apple's. Also, he adds the SSD to the MacBook Air and
> then compares that configuration to laptops without an SSD. If that's the
> comparison, then he should compare the $1700 non-SSD version of the Air to
> the other subnotebooks. And at that point he has little point.
>
> He could have complained about the lack of firewire or groused about the
> need for an adapter to use ethernet, but he didn't.
>
>
>
> "The movie studios like this, I like it! However, Wall Street didn�t seem
> to like it at all. Apple shares were down $9.74 to

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