DISQUS

OK, excuse the late commenting, but I wish I could go back in time and NOT buy the Nano 4G. It seems that all models that came before it are superior in design and usability. Sharp corners, annoying accelerometers, too thin to get a proper grip on.. bah! I hope Apple goes back to the 'fat' 3G's for their 2009 model.

Hi Ben,

The MacBook Pro line isn't disappearing anytime soon. Apple has invested too much into that brand and their customers expect a 'professional line' regardless if this distinction is worthy or not. For reference, look at the iPod line. Apple likes to distinguish their various offerings. Don't expect a consolidated product line anytime soon.

That is a scary thought - that someone, somewhere has taken the time to revive deleted content that once belonged to you! If you need to destroy a HDD, I think one of the fastest ways to get the job done is to drill through the platters. I know a government contractor that did just that. They would upgrade workstations, hundreds at a time (many of them with near empty drives that didn't need upgrading!), and give a drill to some summer job high school kid to finish the work. And yea, the unsupervised kid was definitely the weak link in all of this...

RDJr. is on fire right now! I can't wait to check out this flick just to see his performance. It's a shame that Hollywood comedies are such a hit-and-miss affair. I guess it's a very difficult art form. Stiller has made his career with movies like this, but a lot of them feature the kind of unsophisticated, dumbed down humor that fails to entertain me.

The whole 3G reception issue really bothers me. Everyone would like to thing that it's the software at fault, but there's at least a couple rumors saying that it's the hardware, which would explain the rather slow and reluctant response by Apple. I remember when the iPod Touch came to market. Many of them had a terrible viewing angle problem. At first, Apple did what all other consumer product companies do: they denied the problem, even suggesting that it was supposed to be that way! Then, they suggested that they could remedy the issue with tweaking the contrast/brightness settings on the device. Finally, an engineer on some forum explained the issue fully and chalked it up to shoddy QC during the screen cover manufacturing. Apple eventually gave in and offered replacement units (most likely refurbs).

Don't even get me stared about the iPhone 3G's case cracking phenomenon!

I say vote with your money. I wanted an iPod Touch last year, but at the time they had a high proliferation of screen defects. I didn't buy one. Then the Macbook Air came out, and I still haven't bought one because the cooling is worse than an Xbox 360!

I think the problem is, we want these new Apple products so badly. When I visit the Apple forums they are full of loyalists who have things on order despite knowing that there are flaws in the current production run of whatever they are buying. This gives Apple the leeway to rush products to the market and use its base of early adopters to beta test whatever they are releasing. You can't really blame Apple if their customers are willing to take the hits.

I know I won't be buying an iPhone 3G, at least in Canada, where there's a mandatory 3-year contract. I mean seriously, do they expect me to be using the same phone in 2011? Will it even hold a charge?

This is a great motivational read! Some of the most excellent people I have ever met shared this winning attitude. They were often highly focused, eccentric, and full of energy. Most people thought they were just plain odd, but in their own minds they were doing exactly what they wanted -- realizing their dreams. It's finding this balance between taking risks and being able to survive them that is so hard to live by. I think Rocky said it best in that it's not how hard you can hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. I can hear his barely comprehensible monologue right now in my head...

I saw the video when it first came out, and although it'd pretty commical, it's a very possible glimpse at what the future may hold. There's so much election fraud, it's difficult to say who will become the next president.