Taken from straits times (Saturday) A speech made my Mr Sim during the Bill gates live at Suntec City- CREATIVE Technology chief executive officer Sim Wong Hoo...
Jeffrey Koo
szeliak@...
Jul 3, 2005 1:15 pm
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... 1. Childish 2. Time to start Focusing on the customer's product experience instead of being self-centred 3. Being focused on your Competitor, while...
Actually Apple takes jibes at Microsoft on regular basis ;) The only difference is Apple does it with style and big media fanfare. Apple's strength is in user...
The other difference is that Apple's jibes have more than a tinge of truth in them and everyone knows it. SWH tho....not so much...... Cheers, Julian ... ...
Actually Sim should have just taken the advice of his staff & not speak. He keeps painting himself into a corner, like when he made his declaration of war with...
... How about Sim getting his company to focus the products on the users instead of their specifications and the competition? That would make sense wouldn't it...
Maybe a few of us should get together and become consultants to SWH. His marketing, planning and product development folks need fresh outlook....
Dennis Ang
bakhwee@...
Jul 4, 2005 5:37 am
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http://www.todayonline.com/articles/59562.asp GIVE a 30-cent apple in exchange for a slick MP3 player worth $178? That made sound business sense for Mr Ash'ari...
Hi all, I know this is possible but wondering if anyone has done this before, to get and internal DVD-RW Drive and plug it into an external drive casing. But...
I reckon only the internal need to be recognized by osx (ie the drive itself not the casing) I've put together three drives so far, all three times i went down...
Len
lordhades@...
Jul 5, 2005 7:41 am
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... External enclosures are nice, but I hate those clunky power supplies. They take up space and get in the way. Get the LG drive. By the way, LG sells an...
The machine normally doesn't inherently recognize any 3rd party DVD drives. But there's free patches on the net to ensure that you can even conduct native...
check out www.xlr8yourmac.com for drive compatability issues. they have quite a huge database of case stories/user reports of what drives work/don't work. most...
Hi hi, Thanks all for the great tips. Bernard - Thanks for the patch Jesse - Yeah, i am aware that the external drives are not much more expensive and...
In case anyone out there needs to know or contemplating like I did, the Logitech USB headphone and mic works like a charm wtih skype on the ibook. Need to go...
Dennis Ang
bakhwee@...
Jul 6, 2005 2:33 am
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how much did you buy this headphone and mic for? Cheers, Julian ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Here in Hong Kong, HK$438 (about S$94) ... Warmest regards Dennis Ang http://home.pacific.net.sg/~bakhwee/index2.htm [Non-text portions of this message have...
bakhwee@...
Jul 6, 2005 1:29 pm
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... You can always "upgrade" the external drive later too. I know there are some Iomega (?) designs where the external drive form factor is totally different...
Hi Ngiam, Thanks for the tip, I wasn't aware of that. The thought did cross my mind but I dared not rip such an expensive drive apart. I remember paying more...
Which specific model is this? ... the Logitech USB headphone and mic works like a charm wtih skype on the ibook. Need to go to preferences to change sound...
i was just thinking that if you're going to use it with skype you might consider getting one of those $80+ bluetooth headsets, with a $30 adapter. that way you...
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anyone owns a Mac mini and uses it as a portable Mac? I'll be starting university soon and it crossed my mind that instead of getting a laptop, I...
Julian's suggestion sounds cheap and good. I did not think about it. Have you experimented that it would work with skype? For Kristian, the model I have is the...
bakhwee@...
Jul 7, 2005 3:15 pm
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that's a good point, i've not tried it with skype but will try over the weekend. will report back thereafter Cheers, Julian ... [Non-text portions of this...
I've tried Skype with a BT OMiz headset. Pairs up easily but as of now, the BT adapter is the problem as so far only dlink's dbt-120 can work with Apple's...
Wow, might come across as a saving but if you are addicted to your mac, the joy of popping open a wireless laptop anywhere on a campus will easily outdo...