the RDF
frgough | 08/10/09
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keep fooling yourself
nothingness | 08/10/09
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There's a difference between Valid Criticism and...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Oh please. RDF is just a term for the reality of Apple's Monopolistic....
xuniL_z | 08/10/09
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"It was Steve Jobs that killed BeOS."
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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I believe that Steve Jobs holds the responsibility for it more than anyone.
xuniL_z | 08/11/09
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Psystar
xXSpeedzXx | 08/10/09
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Re: Psystar
rtk | 08/10/09
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If Psystar had become a licensed vendor, you'd have a point.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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If Apple didn't sell it at retail, to the public, you'd have a point.
rtk | 08/10/09
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@vulpine: licensed vendors simply get the OS cheaper
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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EULA Invalid.
xuniL_z | 08/11/09
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And Commodore wasn't in Atari's market either, how far do you want to spin?
HypnoToad72 | 08/15/09
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Actually it was MS who killed BeOS
LazLong | 08/10/09
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Sorry, but Apple first destroyed BeOS. And OEMs don't install....
xuniL_z | 08/11/09
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Here's your Sign !
Jkirk3279 | 08/18/09
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Origins of the RDF
djchandler | 08/10/09
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you related to Jobs?
nothingness | 08/11/09
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"... you would know the reboot routine is a common occurrence..."
vulpine@... | 08/11/09
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Gee, it sounds like you are locked in!
NonZealot | 08/11/09
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I never said it was 'difficult,' Zealot...
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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That's goofy
stano360 | 08/12/09
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Wise Up!
robertmro | 08/10/09
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The RDF is strong with you. (nt)
ye | 08/10/09
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Wow, good job vulpine!!
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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Is he sleeping with the editors!
eqpc | 08/11/09
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Yeah, I thought I noticed some posts were missing
djchandler | 08/11/09
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Yes, the spell is lifting
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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'Cool' is as Cool does... it's not the nonexistent RDF...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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nonsense
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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Wrong again, eggmanbubbagee...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Holy Mary, Mother of GOD!
Lunatic59 | 08/10/09
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As for speed, I think you've had enough. Try Valium.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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At least set the RDF to 5
Lunatic59 | 08/10/09
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Reality is when you have the evidence in front of you.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Non sequitur
Lunatic59 | 08/10/09
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@lunatic: You proved it yourself.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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hmm
Badgered | 08/10/09
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Anecdote != evidence
Lunatic59 | 08/10/09
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@vulpine, The RDF is multidimensional
Lunatic59 | 08/10/09
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Your history seems to be failing you, @lunatic...
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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NewSpeak
Jkirk3279 | 08/18/09
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You're making stuff up.
Lester Young | 08/12/09
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Maybe you should read what I said again.
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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Correction?
Jkirk3279 | 08/18/09
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Nicely done!!
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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You don't want to be... brain.. washed.
Maarek | 08/10/09
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Graphic design is not just for Macs any more.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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"Apple is the Volkswagen of the computer era"
djchandler | 08/10/09
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Think about what you said here...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Get a sense of humor!
djchandler | 08/11/09
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A sense of humor is one thing...
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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RDF...
bmonsterman | 08/10/09
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Reality. No Distortion.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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OH.
bmonsterman | 08/10/09
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I agree it's personal choice.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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One thing that's pretty cool.
bmonsterman | 08/10/09
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Booting from VHD even works on the Mac
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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Pretty Cool NZ
bmonsterman | 08/10/09
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NZ. One of these things is not like the others....
xuniL_z | 08/12/09
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@xunil: having OS X is good for one thing
NonZealot | 08/12/09
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What if this were 1983 and a Commodore 64 user wanted to run Apple 2 OS?
HypnoToad72 | 08/15/09
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Yes, but given how sloppy Windows has become, I wanted to get away from it.
HypnoToad72 | 08/15/09
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Why should they care?
pdskep | 08/10/09
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future
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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In part, you're right...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Yeah, that's all
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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You poor soul! Macs use same 'generic' parts as PCs
kvkalidindi | 08/15/09
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Ugh. The usual "Apple uses the same hardware" trope need a history lesson:
HypnoToad72 | 08/15/09
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RDF - what a childish tech-journalist invention
croberts | 08/10/09
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re: Bandwagon
Badgered | 08/10/09
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Not at all
croberts | 08/10/09
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Re: Not at all
rtk | 08/10/09
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Proof?
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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re: proof
rtk | 08/10/09
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EPIC PWNAGE!!
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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@NonZealot
eqpc | 08/11/09
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@NZ...what is going on with the pro-Apple thread deletions on here???
Scrat | 08/11/09
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Got one problem with your 'proof.'
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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Problem for Vupine
daengbo | 08/15/09
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Apple RDF Level 10
thx-1138_@... | 08/10/09
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there is an RDF
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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Are you saying that Steve Jobs has been lying all these years?
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Gates learned from Henry Ford, Jobs from P. T. Barnum. nt
djchandler | 08/10/09
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So Henry Ford stole the Model 'T'...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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The licensing of IBM architecture....
Lester Young | 08/12/09
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That is NOT what I said.
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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Gates to Ford
cricket2 | 08/12/09
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Apple to Microsoft...
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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Both companies
daengbo | 08/15/09
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I agree ...
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | 08/10/09
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Go watch the keynote again Adrian
Piot | 08/10/09
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RFD FUD
Boot_Agnostic | 08/10/09
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I agree--but...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field
karnok.d@... | 08/10/09
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Apple Never Really had a spell on most of us.
condelirios | 08/10/09
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"... the biggest weakness they have had is... "
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Umm...
condelirios | 08/10/09
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One office in the midwest does not the Fortune 500 make.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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the buy one, get one free promotion
rtk | 08/10/09
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I stand corrected
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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No, you were right.
msalzberg | 08/10/09
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Sorry, you're incorrect...
msalzberg | 08/10/09
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I stand corrected
rtk | 08/10/09
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@condelirios. You could make a decent argument...
Piot | 08/10/09
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Jason Calacanis has really hit the nail on the head, hard!
Scrat | 08/10/09
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"Closed" is Key
sandbenders | 08/10/09
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But that doesn't answer
NStalnecker | 08/10/09
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RDF is alive and well
| 08/10/09
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true, but . .
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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Linux can be better--but isn't.
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Well, Talk about RDF....................... I guess we each have our own?
LazLong | 08/10/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?
shollomon | 08/10/09
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Considering...
zkiwi | 08/10/09
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You actually make an excellent point
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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And yet...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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And yet...
zkiwi | 08/10/09
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And yet, Apple is a monopoly......
xuniL_z | 08/12/09
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Apple lockdowns new?
msdamico@... | 08/10/09
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I think you got your history backwards...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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My favorite this the "better hardware" lie
Johnny Vegas | 08/10/09
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How is Better Hardware a lie?
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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Quality of Mac products vs. PC quality
Rafale555 | 08/10/09
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Odd? My year old HP Pavilion supports VT!
Ambivi | 08/10/09
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Exactly, 100% right
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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Examine the following case
Rafale555 | 08/11/09
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Blame Intel for that insanity.
djchandler | 08/11/09
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Just an observation...
RicD_ | 08/10/09
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What a great rational article
Neil422 | 08/10/09
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RDF in action.
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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No, the next big thing
honeymonster | 08/10/09
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iPhone already has multi-tasking
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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More nonsense from NonZealot
matthew_maurice | 08/10/09
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So you disagree with the courts that fined MS then?
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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Haha, well done!!!
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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RDF in action...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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lol
rtk | 08/10/09
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He didn't...
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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huh?
Badgered | 08/10/09
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lol
rtk | 08/10/09
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yea, who needs cut and paste on a computer?
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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Don't forget the commercial about adding video.
pmcgrath@... | 08/11/09
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I'll disagree with one point here...
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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So what has Apple done?
Ken_z | 08/10/09
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RDF
eMJayy | 08/10/09
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The iPhone SMS vulnerability made the news here
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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For how long?
vulpine@... | 08/10/09
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You TOTALLY missed the point
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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Totally Valid Point
any_os | 08/10/09
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I agree, Apple has been forced to do things they didn't want to do
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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So when Apple dropped the price of the iMac...
msalzberg | 08/10/09
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LOL
NonZealot | 08/10/09
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An event cannot be "pretty much" unprecedented.
msalzberg | 08/11/09
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You are so good at being wrong!
NonZealot | 08/11/09
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I respectfully disagree.
msalzberg | 08/11/09
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Got a problem for you, Zealot...
vulpine@... | 08/14/09
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You got a problem, alright.
rtk | 08/14/09
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FUD Alert: Security updates are available to ALL PCs
kvkalidindi | 08/16/09
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Iphone is a phone silly Mac freaks
Randalllind | 08/10/09
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People make money to write crap like this?
non-sequitur | 08/10/09
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So how much did you get paid?
James T. Kirk | 08/10/09
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Hey !
Jkirk3279 | 08/18/09
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Stop!
robertmro | 08/10/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?
Mabrick | 08/10/09
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I had to laugh at this one......
dave95. | 08/10/09
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what is YOUR argument against it?
pupkin_z | 08/10/09
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Re: what is YOUR argument against it?
dave95. | 08/10/09
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What's there to argue against?
oncall | 08/10/09
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Beware
Mashman | 08/21/09
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Nice opinion piece, Adrian.
James T. Kirk | 08/10/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?
jaygenuine | 08/10/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field
Andrew Sheppard | 08/10/09
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Apple's problem isn't Apple
odcchaz | 08/10/09
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Except that ...
Lunatic59 | 08/10/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?
Richard B | 08/10/09
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What lovely rage inflamining story... yet another for ZDNET
xXSpeedzXx | 08/10/09
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Well said!! Even microsoft's car stereo SYNC utility is not ipod friendly
HypnoToad72 | 08/15/09
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How is Apple suffering?
matthew_maurice | 08/10/09
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Apple does not own high end computing, LOL
eggmanbubbagee@... | 08/10/09
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Apple own the high end computer market?????
Mac_444 | 08/13/09
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Hehe, "RDF" that's awesome
User 13 | 08/10/09
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Indeed there was an RDF
amywohl | 08/12/09
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RE: Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?
bb_apptix | 08/13/09
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Example of RDF
Texasglide@... | 08/13/09
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A quick search...
Jkirk3279 | 08/18/09
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