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  • munkery
    Apr 8, 09:24 PM
    Apps not owned by system are vulnerable but without privilege escalation can not install rootkits or keyloggers. Even apps owned by system run with user privileges and require privilege escalation to install dangerous payloads.

    Playing around with a Mac OS X Leopard system and noticed that default apps can be modified without authentication by admins unlike Snow Leopard where authentication is required.

    Therefore, the default apps are more vulnerable in Leopard. Privilege escalation would still be required to install payloads such as rootkits but it does leave open a vector that is not present in Snow Leopard.

    Anybody else notice who has write privileges to Safari, Mail, etc in Mac OS X Leopard?





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  • ArcaneDevice
    Mar 23, 04:40 PM
    Besides...who the h*ll is the government to tell Apple what they can and cannot do with their business? Regulations are one thing...such as safety regs and such...those are needed, but Christ...this is over the line.

    The government tells Apple what they can and can't do all the time. That's why Jobs gets deposed, the FCC regulate their cell phones and Apple can't knock down your house to build an Apple Store on top of it or irradiate small Chinese kids to make the products for it.

    If thousands can ask Apple to take down an anti-gay app then why not a few officials asking them to take down an app that gives drunken dicks an advantage?

    If it was just 150,000 regular people asking Apple to take it down (MADD for example) would you have a problem with it?





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  • buffalo
    Sep 16, 07:28 AM
    I'll believe it when I see it. These phone rumors are getting old.





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  • profets
    May 3, 11:08 AM
    It's pretty nice that those dell 30 inchers are almost exactly the same size as the iMac.

    Imagine a 30" chinless iMac? :eek:





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  • Bernard SG
    Apr 28, 09:09 PM
    That can be viewed another way. Apple is too cheap to bother risking anything that is not a sure bet.

    MS willing to risk R&D and a lot of R&D on things that might be a dead end.
    MS R&D is more like a university Research compared to Apple R&D that is only about profit.
    Guess which one adds more better for the people. Correct answer is not Apple

    Man, if those success stories were sure bets, how come nobody went for it long before Apple?





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  • wwworry
    Sep 9, 06:25 AM
    I am curious about the iMovie benchmarks. One might think the mac pro would be over twice as fast but it's not. Is that because of software limitations in iMovie?

    I am about to make a purchase of either an iMac or a 2.0Ghz. MacPro for monthly workouts in Final Cut. Hard to decide.





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  • cube
    Apr 24, 07:48 AM
    I did say next gen.

    I don't think Bobcat+. I would say Stars+ this year or Bulldozer+ next year.





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  • spencers
    Apr 12, 11:15 AM
    Don't pretend you actually care about 'open'. To you, 'open' simply means 'free'. I'm going to make a stab in the dark and make the logical assumption that all your '720p and 1080p media' is torrented videos. Please, correct me if I'm wrong

    To me, it just sounds like yet another person wanting everything but willing to pay nothing. What a sustainable model that is...

    Nah, I really don't care about open. No, I do not Torrent.
    I just want the technology available without having to buy more junk. I prefer the "one piece of hardware that does it all" approach. :p





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  • praetorian909
    Sep 13, 07:30 AM
    can someone tell me how to do that quick scroll thingee? i get it sorta randomly.

    I just tried it, it seems to trigger when I make 2 or 3 revolutions on the scroll week. I'm already liking it a lot, a very welcomed new feature :)





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  • bassfingers
    Apr 17, 01:29 PM
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    You can source any of that whenever you're ready. No hurry.

    Published in USA today. An article titled "Are Lives Really an Acceptable Price for Fuel Efficiency?"

    DDT's effects on malaria are well established, and the consequences of banning DDT in 1972 are also pretty widely accepted. People disagree, however, on whether it was a good thing or not.

    and SuperCachetes, I was under the impression that US jobs were going out of the country bc we can't afford Union price tags. But if you "think" making labor more expensive will spur hiring, then keep "thinking" that with your "brain" ;)

    Meanwhile, I'll be earning my degree from a top 25 university so that I can get a job that affords healthcare for my children





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  • FFTT
    Sep 10, 05:12 AM
    If my memory serves me correctly Conroe will not be pin compatible with Merom, is that right? I just can't remember what's what anymore. Old age.





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  • manu chao
    Apr 11, 11:44 AM
    This makes no sense. Not everyone needs or desires an Airport Express. I never asked Apple for free hardware.

    And not everybody needs the free WiFi router you got from your ISP.


    Do they license Airplay technology to software developers? I don't think so.
    Show me an app on the Mac App Store (or wherever) that acts like an Airport Express and i'll buy it at once.

    As said 100 times already, Airfoil Speakers. Yes, you need the Airfoil app but to me that is close enough to acting like an Airport Express unless you want to stream music from your iPad to your iPhone.



    What you should think about is: How hard is for a Mac to act like an Airport Express with the proper software? It shouldn't.
    Why it there no software like this? Apple does not want to.

    Again, what scenario cannot be solved with either the remote app, plugging in your or some guest's iOS device or iPod or connecting to guest's iTunes library via Home Sharing?
    Let's see, a guest's iOS device or iPod would have to 'controlled' from your Mac and not from the device itself, ditto for a laptop (though the trial version of Airfoil should transmit a song or two without problems for free wirelessly from anybody's computer to your computer).





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  • Multimedia
    Sep 9, 01:56 PM
    Yeah it is interesting but in the context of a desktop machine you are not getting a lot for the wait. A new front side bus and a Merom to go with it. AND 64 Bit support which can be very important for some.

    I guess what I'[m saying is that if you are willing to wait for this upgrade then you really don't need a new computer even with this rather significant update to the iMac. Maybe that is where our paths diverge as I see this as a significant upgrade. Sure it is a stop gap measure for 64 bit support but it does offer significant performance advantages and should adapt well to Apples move to 64 bit.

    I do know that with Core 2 Intel has the potential for significant upside on clock rates. It looks like we could see both a core race and a clock rate race again.

    What I'm wondering is where the optimal number of cores is for the average desktop user. I know that dual has some pretty amazing results on the desktop so how far do we go for core wise. 4, 8, 12 or more? Especially on i86, it is to bad the PPC guys never got their acts together.

    DaveWell I am 100% certian four is not enough. But I have read there may be diminishing returns beyond 16 perhaps even beyond 8 - I have no idea. But Clovertown can't come soon enough for me. Would be great if the speed will rise rapidly as well next year. Hope you're right. With both up a lot, what I am doing could be done in a few minutes insead of hours. That's my dream.





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  • aegisdesign
    Sep 10, 08:34 AM
    I mean people are saying that Conroe is too hot for the iMac as it is (I don't think they are) but Kentsfield is two Conroe dies on one package. Meaning almost double the power consumption and heat generation.


    The thermal requirements for Yonah and Merom are 35W. Conroe is 65W. The old G5 at 2Ghz was 39W so roughly the same as Yonah/Merom although the power management wasn't as good with it not being a laptop chip.

    The Core 2 Extreme version of Conroe has a 75W rating. Kentsfield is being introduced as a Core 2 Extreme chip first so I'd guess it also has a 75W rating.

    Chances of seeing a Conroe Quad in an iMac - non-existent.





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  • kirk26
    Oct 27, 11:31 AM
    Good for Apple. Get those tree hugging hippies out of there. Everytime Greenpeace complains Steve Jobs kills a baby seal.





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  • Jilted John
    May 4, 08:01 AM
    Just pulled the trigger on a new base 21 (500GB/TB/MTP)... then spotted the last-gen base 27 on sale on the refurb page for a similar price (1TB/Mini Display Port/MM). I was happy enough with the 21, but now I'm getting buyers remorse. Processor aside, the old base 27 looks the equal of, or superior to, the new base 21.

    Is having the new processor and TB worth more than the bigger HD and screen? Any thoughts?





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  • jwp1964
    Sep 14, 08:51 AM
    :eek: I just literally finished ordering a new battery and 1gb memory upgrade so my ibook would last a little longer. If they release a tablet (which is what I'm holding on for) I'll cry!

    I updated my battery and added a 1gig stick a month ago...hoping for that iTablet!!!!!!!!!!!!:D





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  • Edot
    Mar 30, 12:02 PM
    I'm not sure why there is so much argument about the term "app". The trademark is for "App Store" not for "app". It would be like arguing that "Burger King" is not a valid trademark because "burger" is a generic term.





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  • jofarmer
    Sep 12, 03:43 PM
    Well Folks, you all seem to be concerned about if your iPod 5G is outdated..
    ever thought about that?
    If I got Steve right, no iPod that was sold prior to this very day will be able to play videos from the iTMS sold from this day on - not if Apple hasn't been lying VERY much about the H.264 decoding capabilities of the "old" iPod 5G.

    I'd love to be corrected, though...You're wrong. Older 5g iPods can play the new tv shows and movies from the iTunes store. Lets not get ridiculous here.

    Ahem. I was told that the iPod 5G can play H.264 with a resolution up to 320x240 and 768 kbps. Now the resolution gets quadrupled, and you suggest that it is ridiculous to assume that this does make a difference?





    mrbrown
    Mar 23, 07:17 PM
    If you're drunk enough that you shouldn't be driving, no app is going to save you. It's as simple as that.





    whatever
    Aug 23, 10:34 PM
    Not really. Creative was going broke. This was the best possible outcome for them.

    To Apple it could have made all the sense of a business deal.

    Imagine the lawyers:

    "Ride it out and you may win or you may lose and it'll cost you $200-250 million.

    Pay up now, get Creative on board, don't appear to be the bad guy and close any issues with patents - now and in the future - for $100 million."
    Actually there are two other reasons why Apple settled.

    What if Creative was bought by Microsoft, then without a settlement they could have continued the suit.

    Now that Creative has money they can sue others (Microsoft) who also planning on infridging on their patents.





    odedia
    Apr 25, 06:06 PM
    Well they arent going to get worse are they!!

    It got worse with the Intel 3000 GPU instead of the Nvidia 320 in the 13".





    AAPLaday
    Apr 30, 04:06 PM
    Hoping for a matte iMac option :D





    hoonu
    May 4, 10:07 AM
    So I read that if a monitor, such as an imac in target display mode, is part of a thunderbolt chain of devices, it must be the last in the chain and is not hot-swappable. Correct me if I'm wring but that is what I remember reading about it here on MR I believe.

    This reminds me of the days of scsi. So if I want to use a thunderbolt monitor, I need to turn the computer off and back on at the start and end of the session in order to connect and later disconnect the monitor.

    Are devices connected to a hub in the chain ending with the monitor still hor swappable?

    I'm looking forward to thunderbolt drives. The monitor thing doesn't look too appealing for portable macs at least. For a mac mini or tower it isn't as much of a problem.

    Too bad the mac mini that works with this iMac doesn't exist. Nor does that tower you're speaking of.



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