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Originally Posted by besson3c
I agree. I bet there are more Mac users using Open or NeoOffice than iWork, simply because I don't see the logic in paying that kind of brea…
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Originally Posted by production_coordinator
I couldn't disagree more. As Eugh Wanker indicated... VERY few people are using OpenOffice or NeoOffice in the real world. I w…
http://www.dabbledb.com/
This is a hosted app that combines spreadsheet and more functional database features. I've just watched the 7 minute demo video and was pretty impressed.…
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Originally Posted by voodoo
Keynote is quite good, but Pages is just mediocre. Let's see what happens when these get upgraded and Charts gets added.
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No way its am…
IMHO, Pages is NOT a Microsoft Word replacement. I think Word has numerous features Pages doesn't, and vice versa. It's nearly impossible to make a Word look like a Pages document …
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
Yes Keynote is pretty good, but it still needs work. Pages does layout well, but needs work too before it can more viable as a mainstream …
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Originally Posted by ThinkSecret
Font and styles settings will include a WYSIWYG font menu, greatly expediting font browsing and selection compared to the current "Show F…
Those who don't understand how to use spreadsheets will die broke or were born rich and lucky. (Materialism keeps people from starving.) Those who like pretty fonts instead of con…
I just purchased both a new macbook and a new ipod. (old ipod died; overdue for a new computer). I had the Genius at the Apple store move my music files from my old PC to the new…
You have to play one of your iTMS songs first on your new MacBook. It will ask you to authorize the MacBook for your iTMS account, and then any iPods connected to it will also work…
So, M$ in its infinite wisdom and foresight decided they need to do it right themselves because none of the WMP playing devices could compete with the iPod.
http://www.bloomberg.c…
This might be something to worry about, if they plan on having on-device song sales and they're building up an end-to-end music store that integrates with it. I agree, though, that…
The really interesting thing is what Engadget learned from a supposedly reliable source: that Microsoft will give iTMS users new versions of all the tracks they've already purchase…
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The really interesting thing is what Engadget learned from a supposedly reliable source: that Microsoft will give iTMS users new version…
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Originally Posted by Simon
Good point.
But what incentive would users have to go through that hassle? Only a clearly superior device would offer them the slightest reaso…
IF MS does the song exchange that could be considered a monopolistic practice like giving IE away for free back in the day. Using their monopoly in one market to take over another …
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But yeah, according to the Engadget story, Microsoft is going to foot the bill for users' getting the rights (again) to the songs they b…
M$ is going to lose on this one. Talk about POP UP ads. This thing is going to SUCK.
One is that the device will contain a sensor that picks up advertisements from an "Ad-Node" …
Besides, if anyone had a chance of killing the iPod, don't you think Sony's PSP would have done it? You can play movies, music, and games on one device. Better yet, you can put y…
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Originally Posted by slugslugslug
according to the Engadget story, Microsoft is going to foot the bill for users' getting the rights (again) to the songs they bought, in …
Are they only going to offer a rental service? That does of course suck. No serious match for Apple's ownership scheme.
Side thought: Although, in principle, since Apple can chang…
I'm pretty sure the speculation is that it'll be a pay-based store--otherwise the whole free downloading of purchased iTunes tracks scheme wouldn't make any sense.