very honest attitude --- but why can't apple just officially just say it ? why the backdoor way ?
we masses On Thursday, Jan 23, 2003, at 02:07 Australia/Melbourne, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:46 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > >> Did anybody notice that apple changed the 17' Power Book apple >> specs?? >> >> in Particular the DVD will on record DVD-R at times 1 not times 2 as >> was the case before. >> >> Nasty? you bet ya! I was enticed by the fact it could write faster. >> Now >> I have to wait for further updates. >> >> If anyone does not believe me I have a copy of the spec's in PDF I >> printed the day they came out. > > i'd hesitate to call it 'nasty', honestly. after all, nothing is set in > stone until the product ships. > > many remember the 500MHz fiasco with the PowerMac towers. Apple shipped > the 500MHz G4's and subsequently had to rev them down to 450MHz, after > they'd already shipped the 500MHz. > > there's two ways of going about some problems: > "Ship! Ship! We'll iron out the bugs after people have them in their > hands..." > > or > > "Oh crap, the 2x burner isn't up to snuff. Let's go back to 1x and work > on the 2x some more." > > Which would you prefer? > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
