Sherlock did not rip off Watson. The ideas and interfaces were similar, but the execution was very different. Panther did not rip off LiteSwitch. Aside from the idea being by no m…

I got a Torx set at Home Depot that had the sizes necessary to dismantle my PowerBook G4.

Great info.. since I want to change the backlit of the original iBook and I need to know which tools fit the best.

Personally, I hate Konfabulator. I don't think it's a ripoff. By looking the WWDC webcast, Dashboard looks and acts better than Konfabulator.

Wincent puts it well As he points out, part and parcel of being a shareware developer is that other people pinch your ideas. That is why you shouldn't put your weight behind one…

Konfab Home Page Have you seen it today? Hahhaha! Damn that calendar and calcultator on Apple's site is hideous.

Get Craftsman part number 745736. It's a mini screwdriver set and it's great. And, Craftsman has a no-questions-asked unconditional replacement policy on all their hand tools.

PowerBooks (especially older ones) use all sorts of tiny Torx and Philips screws. Sears sells a set of precision screwdrivers that has all the ones you're likely to encounter on …

T8, T10, T15, and T20 are used, I believe

Its all up to the Konfabulator authors now, they have the advantage in that they've seen what Apple has planned, and have months and months to innovate Konfabulator to make it bett…

The original 'widgets:'

I don't see the problem here. Arlo created something that people liked. Apple saw it, also liked it, and decided to improve upon it. That's what happens with software. If you reall…

I'm buying a Torx screwdriver set for my work repairing Macs. What range of sizes should I get to make sure I can fix the maximum number of different types of Macs?

Someone in the other forum said: "One of Arlo Rose's early claims to fame, long before Konfabulator, was an extension to Mac OS 7.x called "Aaron". What Aaron did was copy the def…

When I saw the nVidia 6800, thought you were takking the plunge on a 30". You should just go with the stock card and only have a 1 month wait.

That's depressing. I have a long two months ahead of me... Ah well, at least it's only one month longer than the wait for your average 2.5GHz machine.

On or before 08/31/2004.... this is in any configuration, the card is the holdup I wish they would not announce crap till it is at least CLOSE to being ready to ship

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: Fixed lol, True, they'll be hitting the home run by end of this year, but release could be anything up to next April.

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: Fixed Don't you think it's more likely that it'll be nearer a year? If they were going to bring it out at the beginning of…

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: Lets hope Apple's version doesn't hog the CPU or memory. The CPU thing isn't so bad these days. I've got 3 widgets going on …

Quote: Originally posted by vertex: They've got a half a year to get things honed in, Fixed

Quote: Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo: The difference between Konfabulator and Dashboard is that Dashboard actually looks useful. So good for Apple. …

Quote: Originally posted by cszar2001: And by showing what they have in the works the users can give them hints as to what the finished product should look like. Changin…

Quote: Originally posted by vertex: So long as widgets can be manip[ulated, ie. changing the colours, I'l be happy. Thing is, all of this is very early stuff, just conc…

Quote: Originally posted by cszar2001: Is it possible to get a patent for software?-or for ideas? That way you could sue someone who is ripping you off. I like the demo …