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A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed
Technologizer writes "Some folks are outraged over the lack of FireWire in the new MacBook released this week. But Apple wouldn't be Apple if it didn't move faster than any other computer company to kill technologies that may be past their prime. And history usually validates its decisions. We've posted a decade's worth of examples that prove the point."
Mama, just killed a man,
Put my gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now hes dead,
Mama, life had just begun,
But now Ive gone and thrown it all away-
Mama, ooo, Didnt mean to make you cry-
If Im not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters-
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine-
Bodys aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-Ive got to go-
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama, ooo, dont want to die,
I sometimes wish Id never been born at all-
A quick web search tells me the cheapest Vista upgrade is $100, while the cheapest Leopard version is $129. This is "2-3x" now?
For a PCI or CardBus ieee1397 card.
For the 99.999% of the rest of us who never had a use for it in the first place, this cumulatively saves a lot more than $50.
Apple doesn't need to give away 8" things to keep their user base happy. Doing so would just reinforce the `mac users are gay` stereotype. Of course, we all know that mac users would just love to get their hands on any 8" that Apple would give them.
signature is pants
It probably says more about you that you find those ads "obnoxious" than it does about the ads or Apple.
... and then they built the supercollider.
If you can't afford your hobby, get a new one.
Everyone isn't "entitled", my friend. If you can't afford something, you do without.
I have the technology, intelligence and everything but the money to build a monster nitromethane powered dragster.
I can't afford 5 dollars a minute to idle the fucking thing, though. Hence I have NOS injection on a smallblock. Am I bitter about it? NO. Do I think that Ford OWES me the Nitromethane conversion? NOPE.
Nitrous Oxide actually helps combustion on a diesel engine, lowers EGT, lowers emissions, etc. Do I think that Dodge OWES me a nitrous kit for my truck? NOPE. Do I think Snow Performance owes me a methanol kit for the truck, nope.
Self entitlement of this generation is total, utter and complete bullshit. Want firewire (or anything else Apple deems not important enough for YOUR price point), GET SOMETHING ELSE, OR GET A NEW HOBBY.
--Toll_Free
3200 Mbps? What the fuck are you smoking?
You're an idiot. SCSI is better than IDE too. How many home PC's have SCSI?