New Apple Lust Objects

get a cheap single link cable, dual link is for huge displays 30" etc and digital is digital.

Be careful with which mini-DVI to DVI cable you get. They make particular ones for each laptop (e.g. the MacBook one is different from the Titanium version, which is different from the old PowerBook ones).

I got the run around from apple as to which cable I needed and how to actually go with an apple shop with my laptop to find the right one.

But in terms of that hook up question I have no clue.

Hmmm... Apple don't seem to sell one that actually says it's for a MacBook. I assumed the one that says it's for Intel iMac and 12" Powerbook was OK since no other is available.

I ordered mine from Apple store with the Macbook, so they do at least sell something that does the job. I know the iBook mini->VGA they sell doesn't work, though.

(the UK store, that is. The US one seems to sell what I assume is the same thing but it says it's for Intel iMac, 12" Powerbook and MacBook.)

xpost - can you link the one you bought, just so I can be sure?

What rumors are flying through the air right now at Moscone?

I've heard something about a new Finder. Appears to be called "Mighty Finder" this is from "a reliable source" but I think it's just a crazy rumor. I don't have any inside information!

I hope there is some kind of sub notebook/tablet/wee mac device. Not holding out much hope though as the iPhone is still the wee device du jour.

i'm sort of hoping for the tablet, too, but i think chances are very slim indeed.

Steve Jobs has bought controlling share in Nintendo

Opera for Wii to be replaced by Safari; Big Brain Academy for iPhone due in November

Serious question: If I own and like the Treo 750, is there a compelling reason to look at an iPhone?

No

here we go

http://www.macrumorslive.com/

Assuming they don't make a tit of themselves like they did on the Final Cut launch.

<I>Serious question: If I own and like the Treo 750, is there a compelling reason to look at an iPhone?</I>

how about if one owns but is getting slightly tired of an HTC Wizard, and is moving to the US next week (so has no phone contract)? i guess a lot of my decision may come down to the contract pricing.

Anyone out there have experience buying refurbished Macs? I'm thinking of picking up a MacBook (or possibly a G4 Powerbook if the price is right) the next time one pops up on their site... Pros? Cons? Am I just asking for trouble?

("asking for trouble" after buying a first-gen G4 iBook and replacing 2 motherboards... now the HD has gone)

A couple of guys here bought them, were very happy. They get fixed and cleaned up, you just don't get a nice box.

3D Dock? Stacks? ooo

apple store is down, so they're gonna be flogging something new at least ...

i don't have a clear mental image of these stacks, but anything that helps me keep organised will be a good thing...

It's hard to picture from the descriptions, but sounds handy

Jobs also noted that a new folder has been added to the dock called Downloads. By and large, users clutter their desktops by adding downloaded files to them -- this helps clear the average desktop of much of its clutter.

uh, it took them this long to do this?

Either this stuff is complicated, or the writing on macrumors is pish, but I've no idea what "back to my mac" is supposed to do.

it took me about 30seconds to come up with that

"back to my mac" let's you remote access files from a local computer, unlike .mac storage which is a network storage thingy

still not enough to get me to renew my recently expired .mac

no chance. Plus you'd be leaving your mac on all the time, and my upload speed is bollocks.

supposedly there was some google/.mac hybrid to be announced, we shall see

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Any chance Leopard goes up for pre-orders today?

I wouldn't buy until 10.5.1 anyway

If Steve brought out a big pot of Kool Aid andd told everyone at WWDC to drink, would they?

Safari on Windows .. let's see!

Is Safari functionally superior to Firefox in any way?

I use Safari, but only because it's what I've used ever since I got a Mac.

It is on the Mac. Apple are claiming it's faster than FF, but there's no proper extensions for it either.

"One more thing..."

OMG SAFARI ON WINDOWS
^ zzzzzzzzzzz

In some respects, it's way worse -- like rich text controls. Google Talk doesn't work with it either.

bah, not if you know how to configure ff properly, or just dl FasterFox

It is on the Mac on newer hardware. For a lot of stuff, Firefox is faster on everything other than startup speed on older mac hardware.

xxpost

BTW, both the newer version of Firefox and the newer Safari have greatly improved text rendering and other assorted stuff.

They're gonna bundle it with iTunes I bet. that's bullshit.

yeah the google talk not working on safari thing is ridiculous

xpost

It already is, in effect, how do you think the iTunes store works on windows?

surely there's something more than the iPhone to talk about

They don't have to bundle, they just make it an option on that Apple Software Update they rolled out to everyone who installs iTunes or Quicktime now.

Yeh, but not as an end-user app. There was mumping about not being able to dl standalone Quicktime easily when they bundled it with iTunes, adding Safari would just have made it worse (if it was happening, which it looks like it isn't)
xpost

In some respects, it's way worse -- like rich text controls. Google Talk doesn't work with it either.

HAVE YOU TRIED WEBKIT?

Freestanding quicktime has always been there, just not very obviously.

I expected that on the iPhone front. Widgets, essentially.