New Apple Lust Objects

i'm gonna wait till safari 3 isn't beta is what I'm gonna do.

yeah ditto

i'm pretty irritated that my bookmarks are scattered across three different browsers as it is

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del.icio.us is my friend. that google browser sync thing also ain't half bad, if you use firefox everywhere

Foxmarks is great.

Is that better now? It used to make FF on Mac crawl like fuck on some text entry fields. xp

The extension for firefox that lets you use del.icio.us basically like bookmarks is v. v. handy indeed.

where/how can i test how contenteditable support has changed?

(never mind, if i spoof as netscape the wordpress RichText editor works a treat now, and that's good enough for me.)

A few weeks or months ago Jon linked to a site that gauged best time to buy Macs based on expected revision dates. I can't remember the name of the site, can JW or anyone else repost link plz?

http://mactactic.com/

Though bear in mind they've had the iMac at 100% replacement likelihood for quite some time. I think http://buyersguide.macrumors.com is better, as it gives you more information on cycle history.

took my mother to get a new MBP at the Apple Store today - they're nice. Screen (matte, in this case) appears to be a serious improvement over the last generation.

Thanks, Alba.

Hmm, I'm thinking it may be time to go ahead with the new Mac Pro. I was going to wait for Leopard, but why should I?

The only drawback to the Mac Pro are RAM costs, which have gotten more reasonable since I bought mine (from $400+ to ~$250 for 2GB) but are still high. Dunno if Intel has made any chip advances that would make Apple update soon.

Speaking of brushed metal, ever see this or this?

Okay, I R impulsive. I just ordered the Mac Pro. I'm thinking another 8GB of RAM on top of the 1GB onboard. You guys recommend Crucial, OWC, or someone else?

Crucial is overpriced. Prior to this MP I always bought my Mac RAM from OWC (they didn't have it in stock when I ordered this stuff from somewhere else long forgotten) and never had a problem.

"8GB of RAM on top of the 1GB"

that's seriously overboard. wtf u do with all that?

more and better shit than you

8GB of RAM on top of the 1GB

You could give some of it to ILX! That's 4.5 times what it has!

You think 5 (4 + 1) would be plenty? I tend to have Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat all running at once, plus Word, Firefox, Mail, Thunderbird, SSX, iTunes and a couple of other little things. Also, I don't know what kind of hog Leopard is going to be when I move up to it.

Finally, a reasonable subversion client (say folks in on the alphas)
http://www.versionsapp.com/

Fuck it, this is a work investment. Why shouldn't I have 9GB?

What does it come with, 2x512MB still? If so, I would say 2x2GB to fill all four channels without the latency of multiple sticks.

An entire CS2 suite+Word through Rosetta will eat up a shit-ton of memory, so you might find yourself wanting more in the future, but I'd start out with that.

latency of more sticks, I mean.

CS3, but still.

Hmmm.

No point having more than 4GB until leopard ships, IIRC.

I don't know any serious coders who use a GUI front end for any version control. I don't think this is because the GUIs are shit either.

Version control's not just for coders! I know a little team of writers who will be delighted by this.

I like a visual client for merge conflicts and browsing the history. For most stuff I use the command line.

I really want an IPhone. Anyone know how much they're going to retail for?

$599, I think

Aren't there two versions (or some shit)?

4GB and 8GB. I think $599 is the cheaper one.

i lobbied unsuccessfully for my old ad firm to use version control for copywriting

awww shit, too rich for my blood.

if you think of it as a wifi "macbook nano" it's really not too bad

I wish they would just bring out a flash-memory MacBook.

it's $499 for the 4gig model and $599 for the 8 gig.

The voice/data monthly fees are actually very competitive, although the EDGE network SHOULD be cheaper since it sux.

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wow, the iphone adds instant lame-osity to all your posts!

i bet you're stoked though

I wish the rumours would settle down a bit - latest claim is an announcement on Monday of a 3G model in Europe, presumably also to be in the US by the end of the year. I do find it hard to believe they'd try to scupper their first week sales like that, though.

They're going to be sold out of their whole stock today, though. haha

I wonder how the browser's going to handle mouseovers. Those webpage menus that popup when you mouse over them often do different things when you click.

No one should design *requiring* mouseovers. I worked at a touch screen company for a few years and learned this. ;)

i don't think sanskrit has one

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