Re: WoW on 21" iMac
14 Nov 2009 10:56:06 GMT
Pd <peterd.news@gmail.invalid> wrote:
> zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > > Xbox seems to exist in a strange little eddy of competence and
> > > coolness at Microsoft. Their games are cool, their ads are cool,
> > > and
> > > generally they seem to have avoided the klunky mediocrity that is
> > > the
> > ...
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Re: The Mac Sale
14 Nov 2009 10:56:06 GMT
Pd <peterd.news@gmail.invalid> wrote:
> Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:
>
> > Justin C wrote:
> > > In article <1j94gih.h2ccgomyjclxN%peterd.news@gmail.invalid>, Pd
> > > wrote:
> [...]
> > >>>> Besides, somebody at Merkato might gizajob.
> > >>> How is your ethiopian cooking?
> > >> Leathery.
...
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Re: WoW on 21" iMac
13 Nov 2009 23:18:08 GMT
Pd <peterd.news@gmail.invalid> wrote:
> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
> > Consoles, you put a game in and you play. Well, that's the Wii. The
> > PS3 can spend up to an hour installing a new game to the internal
> > hard
> > drive. The Xbox, amazingly, only takes a few minutes to do ...
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OT: the works outing fallout thread
13 Nov 2009 23:01:42 GMT
Seeing as most of use weren't as organised as Martin with his Gadget of
Decontextualised Soundbites, we suggested throwing together a thread of
all those "have you seen?!" discussions that went on this evening.
So here's mine, that I can remember:
http://www.thereifixedit.com
http://www.pictureisunrelated.com ...
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Software running costs...
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:36:49 +0000
All too often I find I'm getting stitched up with a variety of
softwares. Many of these are part of the 'Bundle' deals at MacUpdate and
such like.
I bought the last MU Bundle, and got Parallels, and now find I have to
pay again to update it. Similarly with VMware, only recently bought
that, and now they are cha ...
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OSX upgrade
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:35:45 +0000
Hi All,
I was talking to a local lad / neighbour just now and he asked me (!)
the best way to do an upgrade from Tiger to L / SL, on his TFT iMac.
I suggested there were two distinct trains of thought on this one ...
straight 'upgrade' and the 'wipe / fresh install'. I also mentioned
there were pros and cons ...
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Re: OT: Amazon Kindle First Impressions
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:50:41 +0100 (CET)
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:38:54 +0000, Steve Hodgson wrote:
> When Amazon first released the Kindle, I promised myself that once it
> was released in the UK I would just go out and buy it. Despite some
> backsliding on this I received an Amazon Kindle from the US yesterday
> and thought I would write up some firs ...
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Re: Works outing '09
13 Nov 2009 14:09:28 GMT
Pd <peterd.news@gmail.invalid> wrote:
> zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Han's happy doing it by herself tomorrow
>
> Han solo, one might say.
Oh, that was *good*.
-zoara-
--
email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm ...
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Re: Works outing '09
13 Nov 2009 13:42:46 GMT
Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
> On 2009-11-13 06:49:33 +0000, Sara Merriman said:
>
> > In article <7m4bs2F3fvvl7U1@mid.individual.net>,
> > Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Also just look for the cluster of mysteriously failing hardware
> > > around
> >> where Zoara is standing.
> ...
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Re: Works outing '09
13 Nov 2009 13:42:45 GMT
Sara Merriman <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In article
> <458598879279663917.667815me18-privacy.net@news.individual.net>,
> zoara <me18@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ...
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