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Hard drive changed on Imac 27inch : failure!

May 11, 2013

I just get back my iMac 27inch, with it’s sloppy 1TB hard-drive replaced. The problem is, I began to use “Apple Hardware Test” and it reports that the new hard-drive is just failing. What’s the hell?!? How is it possible to have an hard-drive replacement program and then have an already failed hard-drive?!? Apple is not taking care of it’s Mac customers, seems they are failing to replace an hard-drive, and check their operations: it’s a failure for both replacement parts, but also repairement and checking process. Maybe 2013 Apple should leran from Dell?!?

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Evernote hacked and lying…

March 3, 2013

Evernote has been hacked, every user account, including username, email and “salted and hashed” passwords have been accessed by hackers. Fact is, your account and thus your notes are at risk, and Evernote did it wrong: no email to each user to inform it, no information on login screen, nor on reset password screen. Instead they just want you to restet your password, stating that “Your password has expired. Please reset it now.”, without any link to Evenote security notice. It’s misleading and in fact, it’s a lie: my password has not expired, Evernote have been hacked and try to hide it!

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iWatch: the new frontier

February 19, 2013

Seems that since Steve Jobs era, there’s no new ideas on Apple. So journalists and bloggers are trying to find the nex big thing… They tried to convince us, in fall 2012, that there will be an Apple TV (not the AppleTV, but an Apple branded TV). It was really fun to see, they all wanted to have Siri working as an interface. I just waited for it to appear to see how it works with a real-world setup, including a strong sound-system, and movies with geek content (including Siri commands ). So they all failed, MacWorld, MacRumors, and everyone. Now the next big thing will be an iWatch, and I am just looking at it to be presented by Apple. Or not. In fact it’s so tupid that I didn’t care at all. Whatever they offer to do with an iWatch would be much more easily handled by an Siri-enabled bluetooth ear-set connected to an iPhone or iPad. I think they are just desesperate, because Apple don’t do anything breathtaking since years, excepting naturally the price of the products! Please, journalists, bloggers, fanboys (and me!), remember that you don’t work for Apple. And if you don’t work for Apple

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The useful useless 128GB iPad

February 11, 2013

So, there will be some people that will buy a 128GB iPad, but it will be very marginal, the 32GB or 64GB is enough for the vast majority of iPad users. So why add a new reference that will represent few sales?!? The iPad 128Gb is not there to be sold, its purpose is to boost sales of 64GB iPad! When you have 3 choices, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, it’s natural to think of 16GB as not enough (and it is certainly not enough for many use), the 64GB as the “extrem” choice, and the 32GB as a balanced one. We all see it the same way, statistically. When you have the 4 choice, 16GB is still the “not enough” option. 128GB is the new “extrem” option. And you may hesitate between the 32GB and 64GB as the “balanced” choice.  The net result for Apple is more people buying the 64GB instead the 32GB version, thus increasing average price of iPad (even if none 128GB iPad is sold!), and the net margin, as 64GB Flash Ram expansion cost around 30$ (all intermediate and taxes added!), while you will pay a $100 premium upgrading from 32GB to 64GB iPad! The 128GB

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Mac Pro : apple stop it, lying…

January 31, 2013

There’s a new regulation for electronic equipment on European Union, and Apple claimed that’s the reason it stop selling Mac Pro on EU. There’s a problem on Mac Pro with the new regulation, fan needs a protection, and electric connectors needs to be revised, and seems it’s too much for an Apple computer sold at as a base price of $3500 in European Union (and up to $15000+). Unprecedented requirement, that Apple could not cope, it’s too expensive or too hard to put a protection on a fan or adds electric safety. Too much burden on such a low-cost equipement! The funny thing and the lie of Apple, is that the regulation will only apply to new equipment, not on already certified equipment, such as the actuel Mac Pro (you know the 2010 computer that have seen it’s cpu upgraded on 2012 with 2011 CPU! lol). Apple is just pulling the plug on Mac Pro, so you’d better not rely on another Mac Pro iteration, maybe on a quad-core hyper-threading boosted Mac Mini, but nothing more!

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