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Why iPod Mini is a smart move for Apple
Ample Dave writes "Ars Technica has an analytical article up right now that looks at Apple's strategy with the (many would say overpriced) iPod Mini. I have to admit that I bought into the rumors of a dirt cheap iPod Jr., and thus was very disappointed when the real price of $250 was announced, but this article changed my mind. It leads me to wonder about Apple's other pricing games. You an see this kind of thing with the eMac and iMac, too."
who saw iMac and eMac and thought "Escape Meta Alt Control Shift"? :) Just not a Mac fan I guess. =/
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Yup, right. But Apple is doing other things right, too - like Mac OS X being a solid operating system based on Mach and various BSDs. We run our web and CVS server on OS X and it's cranking along just fine.
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Explain SUV's
Having owned three of them (no, not the monster ones, Jeep Grand Cherokees) it's pretty simple. I don't want a huge H2 or anything. Or a Ford Excursion. Or an Escalade.
I live in Minnesota. I want a vehicle that can handle the weather/ice. I want a vehicle with room to move stuff. I like a vehicle with some decent power (which is a safety feature, in my opinion) An All-wheel drive Minivan would work, but I also want something that looks decent.
My next SUV will most likely be a Ford Explorer or something along the lines of a Toyota 4Runner.
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Buy a Canon printer. Cheap ink and plently of refill kits available. Not like HP where you'll get raped on ink costs for the life of your printer.
My i560 was $89 at Costco and produces photo lab quality 4x6 prints in under a minute per print.
I used to hate dealing with printers and feeling like I bought a ink money pit. Now I couldn't be happier.
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You can get the Dell DJ 15 for $224 which includes 15GB compared to Apple's 4GB. Dell's DJ 15
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I know it's chic for people to hate SUVs right now, but, one shouldn't have to defend purchasing or using one. They serve a legitimate purpose. Don't worry about defending yourself. If you have the money and the desire, go ahead an buy whatever car/truck/van/SUV you want.
Here where I live, much like you, we need something more than a car. I prefer trucks, since I haul and tow things, but SUVs are great too for the mountain driving and carrying more passengers.
I guess I am just sick of people hating the SUV, while excluding the other options. SUVs are a very good all-around vehicle, and, yes this may be a surprise to slashdotters, but some of us don't live in florida, and yes, it actually snows a lot, and yes we do go offroad.
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SUV's have an "interesting" dynamic, which is that they're not safer for you to drive (except when you hit another SUV), but they are more dangerous to the rest of the people on the road. So while I can imagine some situations where an SUV would be useful (imagine having a bunch of kids with hockey gear, or having a career that involves moving a lot of equipment), but for the most part, I think that SUV drivers are somehat anti-social -- they drive vehicles that are huge, expensive, consume absurd resources, and are great at killing other drivers in accidents. Specifically, in accidents, SUV drivers die a little more often than non-SUV drivers (because they don't wear seatbelts more often for some reason), and kill non-SUV's that they collide with. So while people are "sold" SUV's as being safe, the statistics don't support that. I'm not too sure how this applies to MP3 players, though.
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