Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
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>Yes. The prove is in my Mac Powerbook which I shuttle
>around crossing the Pacific fromm U.S. to Asia quite
>often. Everytime I want to view DVDs from different
>regions, the software prompt me for a change. But then
>it also warns me whether I definitively want to do
>that because it only allow 5 changes between regions
>and then the entire DVD locks up. My gripe is why
>build a Powerbook enabling portability and yet put in
>the firewall of copywrighting making the end-user
>suffer like crazy.
So you have to have 2 or buy a new one every year. Its all part of
the $ game, which the computer industry has begun to perfect: others
follow in line -- imagine how expensive food could become ;-)
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Alastair Firkin
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http://www.familyofman2.com
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