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Getting Sony TRV-22 Cams Working w/ G5s?
Phil wants to take a bite out of this issue: "I'm having a time trying to get my Sony handycam to work with my Mac G5. Sony provides software for all Windows environments, and a USB driver and 'shim' program for Mac OS, but not Mac OS X. The Mac documentation says to hook a camera into the Firewire port, no software needed. So is there a device that will allow me to go from USB to Firewire, or do I have to spend a lot of money on an OS 9 video capture program? I can't seem to find an answer anywhere I look, and was hoping Slashdot readers could help me out, because I know I'm not alone with this problem. Thanks."
Yes, it's a SONY.
On Apple.com they sell 'it-just-works-peripherals'
This device is not one of them, go troll somewhere else
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But despite this fact, they're down to 1.7% marketshare, their Laptops in Schools program is a miserable failure, Apple claims that warped PowerBook lids are normal and refuses to fix them, they've got a new kickass security hole and are overdue for a virus epidemic, all of which wasn't mentioned here on Slashdot. Macfixit is so flooded with quality control problems right now, they're slashdotting themselves with bug reports.
Nice balanced journalism, Slashdot. I don't see anything BAD about Apple hitting the front page, let alone apple.slashdot.org. You guys no longer have any journalistic integrity at all. You have become "corporate whores" (pardon my language, of course). With the exception of Microsoft and SCO, I find that the majority of your articles are blatantly complimentary, especially with respect to Apple.
I wonder if the worshipful spin Slashdot puts on Apple is due to the fact that with Cowboy Neal's recent conversion to Mac OSX from open-source software, every single Slashdot editor is running Mac OS X. It's true. Every single editor has "sold out" and are now totally disinterested in "open source" or "free as in freedom" software, having chosen the lickable GUI of OSX in exchange for their freedom. To quote the eminent Cowboy Neal (from his blog, linked above),
I love this guy's company spirit. Slashdot is owned by VA Software, a prominent Linux company. I'd get fired for this kind of open betrayal.
What's worse is the implications this has for Linux in general. I'm a regular guy reading this. If this Cowboy Neal guy, a major geek ten times as skilled with Linux as I am, refuses to use the software or hardware his boss makes, why should I buy it?
Cowboy Neal likely gets an employee discount, and he STILL refuses to use it!
I feel like sending a letter to VA explaining that the reason I refuse to buy from them is because *their own employees* support the competition over their products. Think about it. Linux must be unbelievably crappy if even the guys who work for a Linux company refuse to use it -- I mean, imagine if Steve Jobs got caught using Windows or Bill Gates admitted to being a Linux kernel hacker. Mature adults in the public eye don't pull this kind of backstabbing crap. I don't even care about VA Software, and I'm disgusted. If you accept a job with a Linux company, you have a responsibility to your employer not to use the competition's product -- but if that's too hard for you, at least cheat on your boss in secret rather than openly promoting the competition's product over your own!
The morally-stunted editors of Slashdot obviously don't care if they're biting the hand that feeds them; they want their Bluetooth to be auto-configured, dammit! Laziness and a refusal to learn seem to be the marks of a great editor, as well as the willingness to openly praise and worship the competition's product. I bet neither Gates nor Jobs would stand for such callous, disgusting betrayal. In fact, I KNOW they wouldn't. That's why they're successful, and Linux will soon die. Proprietary software has nothing to worry about. Developers are the air supply that Apple, Microsoft,
His problem lies not with his camera or his computer, but rather his IQ...