Author Archives: Thomas Purves

DRM is the lock, this is the lock-in. Early frustrations with AppleTV markII

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Thomas Purves

What you can (and can’t do) with iTunes and Apple TV rentals commented: “I bought Robocop last night and was excited to watch it when all of the sudden iTunes crashed and poof, no ‘Robocop’ when I reopened iTunes. I … Continue reading →

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AMD reports tonight, how bad will it be?

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Poor AMD, I’ve been following and trading in this company for nearly a decade. If there’s one thing that always (has) been true about this company it’s that they always come back – and then blow it all away again. … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Immediate problems between me and my MacBook Air

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Thomas Purves

the 1.8″ ipod-model Hard drive inside is going to be SLOW. The $1000 SSD option is crazy. no ethernet port only 1 (one, uno, single) USB port no mobile broadband modem, not even an expansion slot for one (how is … Continue reading →

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