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diabolusunknownTheSecond
06/10/09

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Other laptop manufacturers: It can boot from the SD card, who gives a sh*t?

Apple: EXTREMELY NEAT TRICK!!!!

Why has this become an extremely neat trick when Apple does it, yet goes unnoticed with other (many other) laptop manufacturers?
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Kaiser-Machead
06/10/09

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: Can you name another brand of laptop that smells like Jobs pheromones? I dare you to try.
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KLanD
06/10/09

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Way-ta-go Apple! Welcome to the world of yesterday.. yet again.

Won't support SDXC?? So what..? Apple programmers are lazy and don't want to make a minor driver update? Oh no wait.. that's right, it'll be a "new feature" on the next MBP.

Why is Apple always years behind everyone with their computers, yet taking the lead in phones/pmps in the US market? I say US, because the Iphone is a joke compared to what is available abroad.
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imTheKing
06/10/09

@KLanD: And the phones that are abroad, are a joke here. Horrible interfaces with solid hardware. What's your point.
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Dara Moghaddam
06/10/09

@imTheKing: Um, what are you talking about? Phone companies like Nokia have come out saying their phones abroad are a lot more sophisticated than in the states, the issue of bringing them here is Americans wouldn't use half the features because they wouldn't take the time to learn how to. If you want to pass off our blatent ignorance as poor software design then do so.
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Kaiser-Machead
06/10/09

@Dara Moghaddam: Hmmm, well if Nokia & Co. say so, then it must be true ;)
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STFU_FPU!
06/10/09

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Hey all, I have a MBP 2008, I do have an SD card reader for the Express Card slot and a 16GB SD Card, anyone know if I could boot from this? Any hacks etc. to get it to work, or only on the NEW MBPs?

Thanks!!
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Kaiser-Machead
06/10/09

@OMGOBGYN: That depends on the Express card. Not all are capable of being used to boot off of, so you'd have to check for your specific model.
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strider_mt2k
06/10/09

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Wow.

Welcome to, uh...the present.
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Ryan Robinson
06/10/09

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Wow, so apple can finally do something my cheap ass asus eeepc 701 could do last year. When I bought it. In january.

Way to be on the ball.
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Diddle my Skittles
06/10/09

@Ryan Robinson: 1/10, only because that troll rhetoric has been choked to death like David Carradine.
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Ryan Robinson
06/10/09

@WWJD with a dSLR: It's not trolling. It's truth.

How can this be thoughtof as a an "extremely cool trick" when its extremely behind the times. My old Acer could do this too and its a few years old. I didn't mention that because that would be rubbing it in their faces.
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jimothy
06/10/09

@Ryan Robinson: Yeah, and it comes with a screen, something my Compaq Portable had in 1983. Lame!
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@jimothy: My mom threw out my Compaq Portable. Between that and my grandfather tossing out my old Apple IIe, my family doesn't appreciate old tech.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/10/09

@Ryan Robinson: I think it's mostly people overreacting to minor news.

Apple: We added a new feature that some other notebooks have. (which they did, so there's nothing wrong with announcing it)

Everyone: OMG THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING STEVE JOBS I WANT YOUR BABIES!!!!
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dingus
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Never forgive, never forget.
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@dingus: My mom threw out my Commodore 64 and both my C64 disk drives too. And all of my tabletop arcade games and Tiger handhelds.

That crap was going to be my legacy to my heirs. Well, Junior's not getting the TurboGrafx 16 or the Sega Master System. Thanks a lot, Mom.
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I'm Sorry, You're Wrong.
06/10/09

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Do the SD cards sit flush with the computer or do they stick out in use?
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xanderbeedle
06/10/09

@I'm Sorry, You're Wrong.: Stick out, no way to get it out otherwise.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
06/10/09

@xanderbeedle: they could be flush and require you to push them in, like a camera.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
06/10/09

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I agree with OMG!Ponies! that I will not be interested until they have a turbo button.
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@SafetyMachete_GitEmSteveDave: Turbo button, dual 5.25" floppy drives, a monochrome (green) display, and DOS 5 and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups pre-installed are requirements for my next MacBook. There should be an VGA port for an external monitor or, failing that, an RCA port for video. I have the RF switcher box from my Atari still hooked up to my 13" B&W Zenith TV.

Also, I want to be able to boot into C64 mode to run GEOS because all of my document files are in GEOS-Write format. And I want HyperCard, which I use for presentations. I also require a PS2 serial port for my mouse. And if they can't build a 9600 baud modem in then they should maek sure to be have a cartridge slot to plug in my modem which is a fancy one from USRobotics. Also, the modem need to be Hayes-compatible because the BBS i go on isn't too new.

Macintosh, please to be shipping some CinemaWare games because I like "Defender of the Crown". I saw it on my buddy's Amiga last month and teh graphics looked cool. I hope that the new MacBook Pros can do those graphics. And VideoToaster. Speaking of toasters, please to put in After Dark 2.0 for MAC.

Does anyone know if the new MacBook Pros are capable of running BASIC?
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Invisible-Echidna
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!:

You forgot racing stripes or flames for extra speed boost.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: They run BASIC, but only if you can properly master Logo Writer first.
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ChowderFacial
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: So, when are they coming out with the Wozniak "Dancing With The Stars" edition? Who wouldn't want a sweaty, bejeweled laptop...
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@ChowderFacial: Oooh. Good idea. Now I want to get a netbook. I got some BeDazzle type decals from the ornaments from my Hannukah bush that I never applied. I've been thinking of BeDazzling a computer.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
06/10/09

@Invisible-Echidna: He may have, but I didn't!

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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: "Does anyone know if the new MacBook Pros are capable of running BASIC?"

I thought it already was.....zing!
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