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I think generally AT&T's prepaid/monthly plans have really mediocre data options. You're probably looking at $25/500MB at best, and that's on top of voice.

T-Mobile has historically had much better rates on that sort of thing, but their 3g network isn't supported by current iPhones.

mh, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 14:08 (fifteen years ago)

thankig you for that list of siracusa's reviews, mh

markers, Friday, 17 June 2011 19:12 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.cultofmac.com/os-x-lion-to-launch-july-19th-alongside-new-macbook-airs/102860
http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-might-be-preparing-to-kill-off-the-white-macbook/102887

^ I keep seeing speculative stuff like this that reinforces my expectation that the Air is slowly devolving into an ipad with a keyboard. Apple really does seem to be gearing up for a simultaneous release of Lion and the new Air, the latter of which I reckon will be Apple's biggest push yet into the mass laptop market.

'er indoors is going bonkers with our horribly outdated and clunky Dell Inspiron running Ubuntu 11.04 (Unity is still weird enough and buggy enough to be a problem for her), and we just got a hefty tax return, so I'm thinking about grabbing her one of these new Airs. They need to not be $1200 though. I'm hoping that the new one does turn out to be an upsized ipad of sorts and slides in well under a grand.

Leee Marcello's Putting Challenge (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 23:05 (fifteen years ago)

why does "apple are releasing a new air" = "air is devolving into ipad with keybaord"?

caek, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 23:30 (fifteen years ago)

maybe if you let er outdoors once in a while she would stop going bonkers

☂ (max), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 23:34 (fifteen years ago)

she hated computers until she discovered facebook

Leee Marcello's Putting Challenge (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 23:35 (fifteen years ago)

Steve Jobs takes a shower? iPad with a keyboard any day now.

mh, Thursday, 30 June 2011 13:37 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/07/aluminum-keyboard-disguises-ipad-as-macbook-air/

Let's pool our cash to buy one for AA!

mh, Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

FWIW, I started this thread: Mac OS X Lion 10.7

Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:58 (fifteen years ago)

oh yeah lion was supposed to be out wednesday wasn't it? the internet lies :(

Once Were Moderators (DG), Friday, 8 July 2011 07:05 (fifteen years ago)

Dudes is there a Mac-to-Mac Skype alternative that older Macs can run? Just about out of patience with Skype, which appears to have become a giant sack of shit.

iChat? Or is there something better?

40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 July 2011 09:24 (fifteen years ago)

(Facetime not an option because of my mom's old OS... I think she's on 10.5)

40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 July 2011 09:28 (fifteen years ago)

have you tried skype 2.x? it still works and is much lighter.

caek, Friday, 8 July 2011 10:13 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/2-8/

caek, Friday, 8 July 2011 10:13 (fifteen years ago)

My complaint w/nu-Skype isn't so much its interface or RAM requirements, but video quality has become terrible - unsynced audio, big lags, dropouts, camera not working

40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 July 2011 10:21 (fifteen years ago)

old one is worth a try

caek, Friday, 8 July 2011 10:21 (fifteen years ago)

iChat works pretty great for that.

stet, Friday, 8 July 2011 10:30 (fifteen years ago)

what's the problem with skype on a mac? I have 5.0 and it seemed fine the few times I used it.

akm, Friday, 8 July 2011 18:14 (fifteen years ago)

dont dis Skype! software engineers made it!

coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:28 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.cultofmac.com/os-x-lion-to-hit-uk-mac-app-store-at-1am-tonight

Once Were Moderators (DG), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

App Store prices adjusted in half a dozen countries. Aus ~15% better off, UK ~15% worse off. Speculation that prices of this week's new hardware could follow suit.

invite ← VERB (Schlafsack), Thursday, 14 July 2011 00:09 (fifteen years ago)

So, for real, Lion tomorrow.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 05:30 (fifteen years ago)

what's the problem with skype on a mac? I have 5.0 and it seemed fine the few times I used it.

i don't know, it just gets out of sync for me all the time now, and never did before. and the video's choppy. i have an older computer, though. maybe it's not an issue if you've got a newer one.

40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:56 (fifteen years ago)

RIP Macbook 2006-2011

Once Were Moderators (DG), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:42 (fifteen years ago)

good

Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:46 (fifteen years ago)

ugh no macbooks under $1,000 here, that's disappointing.

Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:50 (fifteen years ago)

how much better is this new sandybridge processor? what exactly were you doing on a macbook air before that this new proc will help significantly?

dayo, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:53 (fifteen years ago)

The Mini is $599 or £529, a $254 (42 per cent) mark-up in the UK.

Can't wait for Gruber to ignore this one.

James Mitchell, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:36 (fifteen years ago)

It's a lot better than the old £699 or whatever. Previous-but-1 mini was £499, so it's sort of back in line.

stet, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:51 (fifteen years ago)

want 13" air

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

fuck this heavy ass bullshit macbook pro

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

i mean 'pro' come on b serious

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

i need 'air'

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

i know cpr

40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:56 (fifteen years ago)

i listen to npr

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:59 (fifteen years ago)

getting new top of the line macbook air [via work] aw yeah

caek, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 14:50 (fifteen years ago)

i just woke up so forgive me but

holy shit rip white macbook -- *hugs own white macbook* -- all of my friends who have a mac have one rip miss u see u

markers, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:56 (fifteen years ago)

trying to score a MBA for cheap since everybody's tryna unload for the new ones, but everybody got the 2GB version wtf RAM is good dudes

dayo, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:10 (fifteen years ago)

whoa is it true u cant upgrade the ram on macbook airs??? weak

max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:12 (fifteen years ago)

i've got like 5gb back after lion install, thank u apple for not making all this new useless shit i'll never use take up more space

Once Were Moderators (DG), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:13 (fifteen years ago)

they do an 8gb build-to-order option but it's basically hermetically sealed to end users i think

caek, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:14 (fifteen years ago)

whoa is it true u cant upgrade the ram on macbook airs??? weak

― max, Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:12 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yah it's soldered directly onto the board iirc

dayo, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:14 (fifteen years ago)

did they even update the airs? what's new?

maurice flitcoz (cozen), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:30 (fifteen years ago)

Thunderbolt, i5/i7 (2x faster), backlit keyboard

stet, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:31 (fifteen years ago)

oooh i5, just noticed that... OK I'm in

should I 11 or 13?!

maurice flitcoz (cozen), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:31 (fifteen years ago)

11 is awesome; 13 might be too big to take everywhere? 11 + monitor killer imo

stet, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:40 (fifteen years ago)

was thinking that, too

g++ (gbx), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:41 (fifteen years ago)

i need 'air'

― ice cr?m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKnpyoFEBo

markers, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:53 (fifteen years ago)

although i was also thinking that since i'm gonna be getting my new stuff w/an educational loan and discount, i might just pop for the lowest-end Air and the higher-end 21.5" iMac. the difference between that and a high-end 11" and a 27" display is only 250 bucks!

g++ (gbx), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:57 (fifteen years ago)


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