The Keyboard Apple Should Make

Nige Danton <> wrote:

> On Sep 28, 11:40 am, TaliesinSoft <taliesins...@me.com> wrote:
>
> > Connecting the four cables, power, first USB, second USB, and Firewire
> > 800 to my MacBook Pro takes no more than ten seconds. Almost $300 for a
> > docking stand seems an almost outrageous price to reduce that connection
> > time from ten seconds to maybe two or three seconds.
>
> I've been tempted to get one for a while. It would stop the cables
> slipping down behind the desk.

Indeed, it will. Unfortunately, Apple would not license the MagSafe to
BookendzDocks. But the new 24" Apple Cinema Display comes with a MagSafe
outlet [and built-in iSight camera] reducing the need for an extra
MagSafe. But it had been easier had the dock been equipped with such
one.

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In article <1j6qx7c.mr4bzl1f9cybuN%>, Per Rønne
<> wrote:

> Unfortunately, Apple would not license the MagSafe to
> BookendzDocks.

they won't license it to anyone. it's really stupid.

nospam <> wrote:

> In article <1j6qx7c.mr4bzl1f9cybuN%>, Per Rønne
> <> wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, Apple would not license the MagSafe to
> > BookendzDocks.
>
> they won't license it to anyone. it's really stupid.

Yes;-(.

Also, it is stupid that they don't allow access to the Calendar and
Clock/Alarm APIs in the SDK for the iPhone ;-(:

Well, I do find iCal beneath contempt, especially the one for iPhone. I
use Pocket Informant instead - but it has to synchronize through Google
Calendar [caledar items] and ToodleDo [tasks]. On Mac BusyCal might
evolve into something similar.
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TaliesinSoft <> writes:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:38:15 -0500, Per Rønne wrote (in article

> > <http://www.bookendzdocks.com/Products-New_Products.html>
>
> Connecting the four cables, power, first USB, second USB, and
> Firewire 800 to my MacBook Pro takes no more than ten
> seconds. Almost $300 for a docking stand seems an almost outrageous
> price to reduce that connection time from ten seconds to maybe two
> or three seconds.

I have a Rain Design's mStand. It's a bit expensive for just a
chunk of aluminum, but it's way way cheaper than those bookendz
docks and does exactly what I wanted it to do (MBP in use with
external kbd, mouse, display).


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