The Apple thread

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:55 pm 0

So - iPhone, will it be a DS or PSP ?

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:59 pm 0

OK, I have a question. The Mrs' iBook G4 doesn't remember the time and date when the battery is drained. Is it easy/cheap enough to replace the internal battery or should I send it back to Lewis's before the warranty runs out?

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:03 pm 0

John Lewis are good. I'd take it back to them for a fix if it's still under warranty.

Simon

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:15 pm 0

tufty wrote:John Lewis are good. I'd take it back to them for a fix if it's still under warranty.

Simon

2nd'd - Lewis have the best customer service on the planet

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:46 am 0

Another report from a member of the public who's played with the iPhone.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=317396

adam · Post by **adam** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:53 am 0

the onion have done a thing on the iphone
http://theonion.com/content/infograph/apples_new_iphone

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:31 pm 0

From MacForums -

"iTunes Continues Its Climb: 3rd Largest Music Retailer

As reported on iLounge, iTunes is now the US's 3rd largest music retailer with 9.8% of music purchases covering the first quarter of 2007. Apple still trails behemoth Walmart (sitting at #1) and Best Buy. The top 5 stands as follows:

1. Walmart (15.8%)
2. Best Buy (13.8%)
3. Apple iTunes (9.8%)
4. Amazon.com (6.7%)
5. Target (6.6%)

Since its inception in early 2003, iTunes quickly became the leading digital music store. In November of 2005, Apple breached the top 10 US music retailers (for both physical and digital sales). "

Wonder what its worldwide% is ?

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:17 pm 0

From Mac Forums again -

"In addition to the recently leaked ZFS Read/Write beta, AppleInsider has found hidden Leopard features.

Quicktime player has reportedly been updated to include support for full-screen movie playback without the need for a QuickTime Pro key.

DVD Player is also reported to be set for Blu-Ray and HD DVD disk support as well as the opportunity to add DVD cover art and change movie region support on the fly. The site had previously reported that DVD Player would a fair amount of attention in Leopard. The site does not make it clear, however, whether this support is in the current build, or is rumored for future builds.

Leopard's version of iChat now supports Google's GTalk (a report confirmed by MacRumors sources as well). If more protocol support is desired, Apple has built in the ability to set the default IM client so users can use a 3rd party program (such as Adium). AppleInsider reports that this configurability extends even into Dictionary.app, which can now use either the built-in Oxford dictionary or Wikipedia. "

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:37 pm 0

Deckard wrote:AppleInsider reports that this configurability extends even into Dictionary.app, which can now use either the built-in Oxford dictionary or Wikipedia. "

Oh, hooray. Now we can look up erroneous crap from Dictionary.app. Super.

ravuya · Post by **ravuya** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:04 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:OK, I have a question. The Mrs' iBook G4 doesn't remember the time and date when the battery is drained. Is it easy/cheap enough to replace the internal battery or should I send it back to Lewis's before the warranty runs out?

If it's like the G3 "white" iBooks, there is no internal battery.

Another one of the stupid design decisions made on that model. I can't believe Apple managed to keep the iBook line alive as long as it did considering the ridiculous failure rates.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:31 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Quicktime player has reportedly been updated to include support for full-screen movie playback without the need for a QuickTime Pro key.

Jesus, only about 20 years too late

. Nice to see this, hopefully will prevent me having to fall back to VLC / Mplayer to watch something in full screen... Not that my mac will run Leopard or anything

Do I hear a macbook pro calling...

Cheers

Bubba

adam · Post by **adam** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:13 pm 0

i remember reading that some of quicktimes "pro" features were built into osx as standard but disabled unless the $30 was paid

skab · Post by **skab** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:53 am 0

For fullscreen viewing just get NicePlayer. It's just that, quite nice, and uses QT, just like the QT Player.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:52 am 0

Deckard wrote:Quicktime player has reportedly been updated to include support for full-screen movie playback without the need for a QuickTime Pro key.

Always felt like that was a dick shoved right up your ass. "Thank you for buying your new $2,000 laptop! BTW, if you want to view full-screen Quicktime files, or use Save As, that'll be another $30. Yeah, we know it's a simple variable change in our software, and every other program out there does it for free. But, um, er, $30!" Cunts.

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:01 am 0

After my Powerbook decided to call it a day just before I went on holiday, my return on Saturday saw me buy a MacBook Pro. And it's lush. That is all.

Except for the special mention to the moment where I turned out the lights and the keyboard started to glow.