I found this video from Yuga. Nice parody, but lame in humor.
The thought that crossed my mind as I watched the video was this: Is that Lenovo’s best selling point?
Right now I am traveling out of the country, lugging around my Macbook Pro. Inside is my USB cable to connect my digicam, a portable disk, my iPod and its USB cable. If I had a Macbook Air, I would still be carrying this stuff. And, guess what, if I had a Lenovo, I would still be carrying this stuff.
Probably the big difference between a Lenovo and the Macbook Air highlighted in the parody is the optical drive, which I rarely use except to rip DVDs.
And since Software Upgrade doesn’t work, you will lose out on the patches and new features—unless of course, Psystar provides a hacked version of those updates as well.
I have ripped several region 1 DVDs and the time has come to rip a couple of local region 3 DVDs. And whatever I do, I can’t seem to bypass the region code checking.
Mac the Ripper pops the following messages:
VLC gives me the following error message:
Handbrake can’t open the file.
I’ve also been giving Fairmount a try, which claims that it will replace the original DVD on the desktop by a decrypted disc image of this DVD. It still doesn’t work.
There is also a program somewhere called Region X, but according to the Macworld forums, it is no longer supported and has some problems with Leopard.
Looks like if I truly want to rip Region 3 DVDs, I have to purchase a new DVD drive.
Leopard OS trounced Vista in all-important tasks such as boot-up, shutdown and program-launch times. We even tested Vista on the Macs using Apple’s platform-switching Boot Camp software—and found that both Apple computers ran Vista faster than our PCs did.
But where are the clones? What I’d like to see is people actually receiving the machine and providing feedback about it. One blogger has placed an order and already started chronicling the experience.
I had just purchased a Smart Bro pre-paid kit. One good thing about the package is that they also have an installation kit for Mac users. The installation was simple and straight-forward. Install the software. Insert sim into modem. Plug modem into USB port. Click connect. And you are connected!
Loading the sim card is as simple as going to a convenience store (e.g., 7-11) or any kiosk that does e-loading.
And how fast is the bandwidth? Quite fast. I uploaded an 11MB file to Flickr and it took me less than 5 minutes.
Cost is at P10 for every 30-minute block. And one has to be careful on how he connects because if he logs off after just 5 minutes of usage, it can be considered as a 30-minute block.
The other problem I have is that the supplied Mac software does not have the SMS capability as that of the Windows version.
But, all in all, at least now I can connect to the internet wherever there is a Smart signal.
This I found via Macrumors. Psystar Corporation releases an Apple Mac clone, dubbed the Open Computer, which supposedly can run Leopard on a hardware platform that costs just $399.
So here’s the thing. Man’s Macbook Pro sustains water damage. Man contacts Apple for repairs. Man does not get an acceptable response. Man emails Steve Jobs.
And Steve Jobs responds.
Ok, so maybe it isn’t Steve Jobs.
The story was from Boy Genius’ website. And what was the response of “Steve Jobs?”
This is what happens when your MacBook Pro sustains water damage. They are pro machines and they don’t like water. It sounds like you’re just looking for someone to get mad at other than yourself.
Comical? Definitely!
Is this the way customers should be treated? I say emphatically: “Yes.”
Some people may have found it insulting. I don’t. What did he expect to hear from customer service?Some sugar-coated statement that they can fix it? Wouldn’t you rather hear the truth that your MBP is toast?
The response from Apple customer service seems quite honest. They offered no guarantees. If the machine is water-damaged, then all bets are off. Be prepared to fork out the full cost.
