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Old 07-01-2009, 10:01 PM   #16
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Truthfully, I kinda hope MS is able to start enforcing it's patents.

FAT is just not a good filesystem anymore, what with flash memory going into the double digits. It's about time the industry switched to something more modern. Not to mention the fact that if you have any type of storage over 30 gigs that neither Windows or OS X will format it in FAT for you.
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Old 07-01-2009, 10:49 PM   #17
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They will, it just takes more work than the default process.

That being said, especially with the recent TomTom patent, I would bet manufacturers are starting to eye other options, which is why MS was so adament it was an isolated incident and that they wouldn't enforce their FAT patents, as it gives a possible entry foot hold for competition to grab as I mentioned above.

Now whether that turns into anything I will wait and see, but with the technical limitations of FAT on larger filesystems, and with video cameras starting to utilize solid state storage more, there is more to back up moving to a different format than MS would probably like.

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I haven't heard of them letting you go to the store to get the 10 dollar copy of SnowLeopard with receipt, however, you are eligible to sign up at http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate and take advantage of the offer.

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Well, no go for me with the German system, only English and French. Had to dole out €29

Gonna pop in a Core 2 Duo as well sometimes later this month to get the full 64Bits support.

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I got that link, but only for mac users buying the systems on or after 8 June 2009

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i got mine with the snow leopard update for cheap. my macbook pro was bought in the right time period for the cheap upgrade though, well worth it, snow leopard rocks
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