* Posts by Dave

11 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Nov 2008

Apple takes Snow Leopard for walk

Dave

@ty

well he could have got it if he was an Apple developer, but then from his post that looks unlikely.

Windows 7 to ship October 22

Dave

@Jimbo

"OSX is 2x more expensive"

so Windows 7 will cost £41.50?

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC094Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA&mco=MzgxMTQxMA

Microsoft uncloaks invisible XBox controller

Dave

emacs

so it's the emacs psychologists with a fancy wrapper then?

Apple raises retail stakes against Microsoft

Dave

old

"The Apple notebooks are a generation back in terms of features, in most cases."

yeah, I had a PC with one of them Core 2 Duos back in 2000 dude!

Apple releases OS X 10.5.7 update

Dave

updates

I've never had a problem with updates in 7 years of Macs, but I always see people here or on other sites complaining that they have. As it's the same updates & operating system for everyone it makes me wonder what they've been doing.

Apple power brick sparks lawsuit

Dave

Wear

I've never seen this on a Mac, I have seen it on a Dell though. The cable frayed and sparked on my girlfriends old Dell laptop power supply. I didn't sue though because it was wear from her picking it up by the cable repeatedly for 2 years.

Firefox devs ask navels when to curtail Mac OS support

Dave

@Pete

"...whinging Apple fanbois..."

hardly. if they were proper fanboys they'd have 10.5 anyway

Apple muffles PC noisemakers

Dave

sounds

the noises on the mac pale into insignificance compared to all the irritating sounds coming from the windows machines at work

Students Union reps vote to ban cheap booze for students

Dave

lego man

He looks like a lego man.

National Express to 'ban' trainspotting

Dave

Reading?

maybe people should learn to read. the article says that they are PLANNING TO REMOVE this facility, not that it has been removed.

Space robot research station to land in Oxfordshire

Dave

Didcot vs Manchester

You really would rather live in Harwell or Didcot than Manchester? Are you joking or just really boring?