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  1. Comment - New MacBooks drop ExpressCard and removable battery

    (Jun 10, 2009 - 7:38 PM)

    sumone
    Jun 9, 2009 - 3:21 AM

    Exactly. Remove ExpressCard? That's the fastest available I/O for a laptop when running in PCI Express mode. My lowest-end HP notebook came with an ExpressCard, HDMI, FireWire 400, SD/MMC/XD/Memory Stick/MSPro slots.
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    Hell, so does the Toshiba and other laptops you can buy at Wal-Mart starting at around $400.

  2. Comment - New MacBooks drop ExpressCard and removable battery

    (Jun 8, 2009 - 8:33 PM)

    'm not thrilled either but 2 more hours of battery life from the wasted space doesn't sound so bad, until we're at the Genius Bar figuring up the replacement costs in 5-6 years. I just replaced my PowerBook battery that I got in 2005, so I'm not extremely worried.
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    Then you're a fool. Never buy anything that has something as lame as a non-removable battery, for no other reason than to protect the hardware when the battery starts leaking and you have to replace it.

  3. Comment - New MacBooks drop ExpressCard and removable battery

    (Jun 8, 2009 - 8:25 PM)

    Sporting new displays, a new non-removable Lithium Polymer battery with a promised 7-hour charge, an SD card slot in place of ExpressCard slots, and offering a new 13" option, Apple's 2009 notebooks comprise its "most affordable lineup ever."
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    Is this some kind of joke? Do the idiots at Apple actually think that SD card slots and ExpressCard slots are fuctionally the same?

    Sheesh..........

  4. Comment - Rules change approved, DTV delay may be debated Wednesday

    (Feb 4, 2009 - 8:39 PM)

    If our gov't. would (have,) spend half the time and effort on the original plan that they're spending on getting this delayed, the DTV changeover would have been a huge success with no distractions. But in typical "upper managment," style they'd rather spend twice the effort after the fact to get a result half as effective because of political nonsense and power trips.
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    The original plan was a *SCAM* pure and simple and everybody knew it. It was designed to force people to buy overpriced electronics they didn't want or need.

  5. Comment - Rules change approved, DTV delay may be debated Wednesday

    (Feb 4, 2009 - 8:05 PM)

    [q]kifox1961--IF YOU *DON'T* HAVE INTERNET ACESS,HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE DETAILS[/q]
    I'm not sure about your news station, but the ones I see it on give both a web address and a phone number for those without internet.
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    But were they *ACTUALLY TELLING* you *ANYTHING* about the transition, or were they just blowing people off in a cutesy fashion,like so many of the anti-comments here?