Want to get an iPhone 3GS
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:17 +0000
Hi want one for the wife, as she has just broke her Nokia.
I want it on a PAYG, and I also want it unlocked, so I can use it on
the Manx telecom network.
Whats going to be my best and safest bet to get this done.
I see that o2 have them for about 400 pounds, but its not clear if they
are unlocked.
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
19 Nov 2009 17:19:19 GMT
T i m <news@spaced.me.uk> wrote:
> Anyroadup, this isn't a Windows issue but user one as when you install
> Windows it asks you if you want to use automatic updates or not.
I am strongly reminded of Jim's boss here. I'm starting to understand
why you don't find Windows problematic.
T i m, I know you were rece ...
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Re: Tiger 10.4 still wanted please.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:36 +0000
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:02:50 +0000,
real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote:
<snip>
>If you don't agree to whatever restrictions before purchase, they don't
>apply.
>Rowland.
I quote from the nearest box to hand (original OS X):
*Use of this product is subject to acceptance of ...
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Re: Unbiasd and totally honest answer needed from mac users..Please!
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:31 +0000
Jim <jim@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
[snip]
> All I can say is that I've only ever had two that failed to start - one
> was back in 199(mumble) - an LC475 with a dead CMOS battery (some older
> pre-iMac Macs had a tendency not to boot if the CMOS battery was dead)
The Performa/LC 475 was /designed/ so that i ...
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Re: Unbiasd and totally honest answer needed from mac users..Please!
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:31 +0000
"the_niner_nation" <sf49ers@removethis@nfl.com> wrote:
> "Mark Beastly" <ilove@macaronis.com> wrote in message
> news:STMBCGE840135.4720833333@reece.net.au...
[snip]
> im not a troll at all..
*YOU* are not a troll. The poster you are responding to is one, though
- it came here following me.
Look at th ...
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Why was the SE/30 called the SE/30?
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:22 +0000
'cos it's a weird sort of a name for a Mac if you ask me.
Apparently:
"Apple had indicated the presence of a 68030 processor by adding the
letter "x" to a model's name, but when the Macintosh SE was updated to
the 68030, [...]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_SE/30
Rowland.
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Re: MBP latch problem
19 Nov 2009 14:13:50 GMT
Ric <infobubble@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 Nov, 14:08, Ric <infobub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Noticed last night that the lid on my 2008 Santa Rosa MBP 17 doesn't
> > latch shut. If I look closely, when it's nearly shut the magnets in
> > the base correctly pull out the two catches, but they don't seem to
> > *cat ...
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Re: What can Apple learn from Windows 7?
19 Nov 2009 14:13:46 GMT
T i m <news@spaced.me.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:40:42 +0000, black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B)
> wrote:
>
> >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:52 +0000, Ben Shimmin
> >> <bas@llamaselector.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Perhaps Apple could impleme ...
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Re: Newsreader suggestions?
19 Nov 2009 14:13:42 GMT
T i m <news@spaced.me.uk> wrote:
> I think it's totally pointless and distracting having more than the
> screens needed to do what you want or can do at one time. As most of
> us can't actually multi-task (and generally only have one keyboard and
> mouse on our machines) we are just talking semantics re how fast w ...
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Re: OSX upgrade
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:01:57 +0000
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:23 +0000,
real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote:
>> Nix is frustrating even to the point of reading a .man page and not
>> having it fly off the screen ...
>
>You need to track down a tutorial on using the shell(s) available via
>the MacOS X Terminal ap ...
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