09/07/2007, 2:45pm, EDT
Friday, September 7th
Briefly: Parallels 3 review, $200 iPhone refund
American Express refunding price difference to iPhone customers
If you used an American Express card to buy your iPhone and have the buyer's protection plan, which most AMEX cards have, you may be able call them and they will credit you the difference plus tax. "BugDave" writes: "I got $212 back on my 8gig iPhone and It took me less than 10 minutes. The credit will be posted on the account within the next 48 hours." The Buyer's protection number for American Express is 1-800-297-8019.
Apple pays tribute to Luciano Pavarotti
Today all 22 of the iTunes Store home pages have a central banner dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti, the international famous tenor, who died yesterday in his hometown of Modena, Italy. The company has also had created a special remembrance page in online with the most important records from Pavarotti. The singer recorded more than 100 albums over the course of four years.
Steve Jobs compares new nano to original iPod
In a video captured during the September 5th Apple Event, CEO Steve Jobs compares the newly introduced video-capable iPod nano to the original $400 iPod, as musician KT Tunstall and Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz admire the new nano on display. In the video, Jobs says the new nano has as much memory as the original iPod despite being so much smaller and costing $250 less.
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He must have been exhausted.
>>He must have been exhausted.
Maybe by "recording" they meant ripping MP3s. :)
I installed a new installation of Vista under VMware fusion, and it is significantly faster. It seems to take advantage of dual processor and has better memory management with the host system.
I am so frackin glad I used that card for this purchase.
The one thing your review of Parallels doesn't cover is service. Of course the reason you couldn't cover that is because Parallels doesn't provide any. That is worth mentioning. They won't even reply to an e-mail when you want to buy an upgrade and their webstore isn't working properly. Jeez. Don't even think to bother if you have an actual problem.
Otherwise, yes, their product is slower than the competing Fusion, but Parallels is solid, more mature, and more Mac-like. Too bad the Parallels company culture is lousy when it comes to giving a damn about its customers.
Have a friend who purchased his iPhones using a Visa card. Will let you know how he makes out.
Thanks a million to the original poster! I'm sure there are a lot of folks who DO qualify, who wouldn't have thought of this.