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Apple upgrades its iBook laptop line
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| 4/19/2004
Posted on 04/19/2004 8:42:35 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Bush2000; antiRepublicrat; LasVegasMac; Action-America; eno_; N3WBI3; zeugma; TechJunkYard; ...
New Mac iBooks... faster...
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Swordmaker
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posted on
04/19/2004 8:44:47 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Swordmaker
iBook Bump.
A great machine. I'm on my second one. Now using the 800 Mhz G4. Now that Apple has bumped up the max RAM on these machines to 1.25 GB they are an even more attractive alternative to the Powerbooks.
I strongly recommend the 12 inch iBook to any Freepers out there looking for a durable, fast, lightweight notebook. You can't go wrong with the iBook and OS X.
To: Swordmaker
We're holding out for G5 iBooks for the wife and daughter, since they have about 18 months left on AppleCare.
The son (younger of two kids) may luck out and be the first recipient of a G5, since he has no computer of his own (poor baby).
To: litany_of_lies
The son (younger of two kids) may luck out and be the first recipient of a G5, since he has no computer of his own (poor baby). Litany... younger kids are already used to "hand-me-downs"... give him YOUR G4 and get the G5 for your self! That's the way these things work.
DON'T SPOIL IT FOR THE REST OF US!!!
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posted on
04/19/2004 9:24:29 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Swordmaker
If you bothered to read
Free Republic's posting policy, you'd know that advertising is prohibited:
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If we wanted to be inundated by Apple marketing crap, we'd go to their site.
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posted on
04/19/2004 10:26:10 PM PDT
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
If we wanted to be inundated by Apple marketing crap, we'd go to their site.As opposed to the dire threats to civilization posed by the (cough cough) Redmond Malfeasance.
Frankly, this was news to me.
Is the good news from Apple getting under your skin a wee little bit?
Hmm?
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posted on
04/19/2004 11:04:11 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(Proud member of the Half Vast Right Wing Conspiracy)
To: Bush2000
This is a product announcement. I removed the links to any purchase information.
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posted on
04/19/2004 11:12:08 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Admin Moderator
another Apple ad
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posted on
04/19/2004 11:13:22 PM PDT
by
Don W
(If Mecca and Medina were vapourized, would radical Islamists "Get The Message"?)
To: Don W; Swordmaker
You'd think they'd PAY if they want to advertise here.
There are a goodly number of FReepers that support the site. I DON'T want to support somebody's company's ads. In fact, if this stuff is going to be posted, they ought to pay FR.
To: Swordmaker
Product announcement my Aunt Fanny. I wonder what Apple would say if they got a bill for the advertising your palming off here, you FReeloader?
In fact, I wonder what Apple would say if they got some complaints by email?
To: Judith Anne
Sorry for offending you. You may not like it but many Freepers use Macintoshes. This is an announcement of upgrades in a very popular line of laptops that even many PC users buy.
However, I have emailed the Admin moderator informing of the situation and if they find it unacceptable, asking them to remove what you find so objectionable.
Swordmaker
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posted on
04/19/2004 11:37:16 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Admin Moderator
Would Free Republic be interested in running certain ads on its website to defray its operating costs? It might be possible to have Freepers patronize certain shops or products and in exchange FR gets a share of the revenue. If we're going to be reviewing products here, we might as well get our share of the pie. Just a thought.
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posted on
04/19/2004 11:41:35 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Swordmaker
You didn't offend me, you made me angry. This isn't breaking news, if you want to talk about your MAC put it in chat. If you're a MAC salesman, you ought to know better.
To: Judith Anne
I placed it under "announcements" not breaking news. I am not a Mac salesman. Why should you be angry. If you don't want to read a thread, ignore it.
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posted on
04/19/2004 11:44:57 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Swordmaker
This site accepts no advertising. Whatever YOU call it, this is an ad.
To: Judith Anne
Fine, That is your interpretation of it. I got it from an Apple News press release. I posted in the interests of an announcement for people who would be interested... Macintosh users. You are obviously not. So ignore it.
One of the nice things about Free Republic is that we can agree to disgree. I am certain that you and I will be on other threads and find we have a lot in common and in agreement. So, Judith Anne, it is nice to meet you.
As I mentioned, I have notified the Admin Moderator (which I think is Jim Robinson tonite, in fact, I just got an email from him on another matter) and asked if they had a problem with it, to remove it. That was a half hour or so ago and the thread is still here.
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posted on
04/20/2004 12:00:41 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: Swordmaker
I'm an Apple junkie of Mac II vintage, and I think this is going a little far. I mean, consider the consequences; in retaliation, Redmond archimandrites will post Office 2004, er 2005, I mean 2006 product announcements (Uses four times as much disk space as Office 2001! Slower and more bloated than ever! Make your 4 GHz Pentium XIII chip behave like an 80286!)
Let's restrict ourselves to real news, which will usually be yet another Windoze security hole.
To: Swordmaker
Hand-me-down approach every time a new one is bought guarantees the computer he gets only lasts 18 months. I prefer that everyone be "stuck" with their computer for 3 years, and then make the next leap.
Also, the son is in to heavy-duty gaming (admittedly not a high priority) and is getting into music bigtime (really important). If I handed down my 400 mhz PBG3 to him instead of giving it away to the in-laws, he could have done neither on it (WarCraft requires 500 mhz but preferably a gig, and GarageBand requires 667mhz.
To: Bush2000
Oh Please. Consider it a tech update and get a life.
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