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• Don't forget that in addition to a copy of VMWare Fusion (or Parallels) you still need a valid license of XP, Vista or Windows 7 to run on top of that software. So the cost is still an additional $200 all-in. The nice thing is you can use Parallels or VMWare to run your bootcamp partition from within OS X, so you can have bootcamp when you need the extra speed, but if you just need to run a windows application quickly you can fire up one of the other apps. In reply to: "Use the Zune HD with a Mac"

  September 16, 2009

  4 replies

• I think part of the reason that apple would be unwilling to switch (beyond all the devices that currently support a dock connector) is that the dock connector supports a bit more than power / data. The connector also supports their video / audio out. Switching to straight USB would mean having to offload that processing to external devices, which would make them more costly / complicated.
  
  The alternative would be to add the mico-usb port and keep the dock connector, but they're probably loathe to do such a thing as it may confuse people as to which port is for which purpose and for aesthetic reasons as well. In reply to: "Apple to stop Micro-USB from becoming standard?"

  February 23, 2009

  5 replies

• To be honest, unless you have a massive amount of storage to backup or bandwidth limitations, online backup options like Mozy and Backblaze seem like a better alternative as they also protect against theft (nothing's preventing someone from walking off with your fire-proof drive enclosure).
  
  Though doesn't hurt to have your data in a few different places. In reply to: "ioSafe Solo: Disaster-proof external hard drive"

  January 7, 2009

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