I love Apple oriented/. posts!. It's like a fiesta where someone brings out the Apple pinata and takes a couple blindfolded whacks at it. Most are completely off target, but some are dead on. Lots o/. laughs and fun for the whole family.
My point is that if you have never owned or much less used an Apple computer, then you don't know what you are talking about--you have what is known as an uniformed opinion. I owned a Wintel PC for years all the way back to DOS. I switched to a Mac almost 2 years ago and couldn't be happier. I have to use a Windows XP PC at work and have to resist chucking out the window nearly everyday. BTW, I'm a Web Application UI designer/developer, so yeah, I guess you could say I'm a power user.
No buy a Denon receiver and you will be happy. I own a middle of the pack Denon receiver and I'm very satisfied (although their speakers are passable....looking to upgrade those). But everyone I know that owns a Denon has been satisfied.
I mean seriously. If you can't drop a grand on a computer and you are "professional" then I think you might need to think about another profession. All these people whining about computers that cost more that $1000. I don't get it. A photographer can easily spend $10K on a good digital camera set up and not blink an eye. Ask any carpenter how much they have spent on their tools, 10K is a drop in the bucket. But so many/.ers get their panties in a wad about spending anything more than $500. This is so stupid. Why not get something that works. As a long time windows user that made the switch, OSX simply works better. I still have to use windows at work and I have reboot 2 or 3 times a day. Although I do have to admit that Macs run windows better than any Dell, HP, or whatever I've had. So in short if you are a professional and you are still messing around with low end crap....all I have to say is you get what you pay for. And if you consider this flamebait or a fanboi masturbation exercise then so be it....I know what works.
I did it (hell I was a user of DOS) and never looked back. Fully vested with great set up (MacBook Pro and Mac Pro). BTW, Apple hardware runs Widows better than any Dell, HP, et all I've had. Take the plunge, the water is terrific.
While in 2006 Apple had said that they were going to have Carbon 64bit support(as it is only 32bit currently), in 2007 Apple pulled that off the table and said that they would abandon moving Carbon over, thus forcing everyone to Cocoa (for 64bit). That left Adobe in a lurch because they were depending/betting that Apple was going to support Carbon 64bit. My thought is Apple decided that they weren't going to go to put a lot of effort into doing something that was primarily only for Adobe's benefit and supporting a dying API. Adobe is entirely to blame for this because they were too lazy/apathetic to start converting the millions of lines of code over to Cocoa years ago. What no one is pointing out is that this is only a concern to photographers and designers that deal with particularly large images (ie 2GB+) and use the Mac OS. While an important market niche for both Apple and Adobe, its still rather small. I for one will probably skip CS4 and wait for CS5, unless of course Adobe comes out with the "God" filter in PS that makes all your photos look like they were shot from heaven....then I'll buy it.
They could accept "corporate sponsorship" like NPR does. The benevolent sponsor gets top of the fold exposure in a classy way, and wikipedia can keep obnoxious banner ads off their site and stay true to their intended objective. It's a win-win situation.
To add to this post, I have read that Apple went with AT&T/Cingular because they capitulated to Apple's demands for more control of their product as well as pricing and mark up (notice that the iPhone is still not subsidized by activation). The iPhone was offered to the other providers, but they didn't concede to Apple's (Jobs) demands. AT&T knuckled under because they needed something that could grow their subscriber numbers. While AT&T still had the largest subscriber base, they were bleeding subscribers fairly significantly before the iPhone launch. Since the quality of their network lagged (and still lags) to Verizon and Sprint they couldn't use that as a selling point. So they needed an exclusive product to set them apart from Verizon and Sprint. njfuzzy is right AT&T still doesn't have very good coverage for their 3G network, but their 2G network, EDGE, I believe has the widest coverage of any digital data network--so people in remote places could still use the iPhone--meaning more potential customers. On another note, while I can tolerate EDGE, what I can't tolerate is the fact there still isn't voice dialing. What's up with that? Come July here in California, phone use in a car is supposed to be completely hands free--which for every other phone other than the iPhone is possible. What's Apple going to do about this because the way it stands iPhone users will be breaking the law if they call out starting 7/1 in California.
I've seen plenty of designers that were very competent in graphic design for print not be able to design a web site. UI design is something you learn over a series of years and not something you learn over night. On the flip side, I've seen very talented developers never master the art of user interface. They just lack the gene. Either you have the gift or you don't. You could go out and get a template, which is fine, but your site will look like a templated site. If you want to save yourself a lot of trouble, hire someone that knows what they are doing, and make sure they are a web designer and not a graphic designer.
ISPs are just as guilty as Pirate Bay in enabling people to download copywrited material with that logic. What about search engines like Google? Haven't they shown that they are not responsible for content of their index? With the onus being on the individual site publisher (or in this case the person(s) hosting the torrent)?
While the uncertainty window is reduced and they have a better idea of the object's flight path, the overlapping window for which it could hit Mars has also reduced. So while it looks better on paper, in all reality they now think it will miss.
Since the uncertainty region intersects Mars itself, a Mars impact is still possible. However, the most likely scenario is that additional observations of the asteroid will allow the uncertainty region to shrink so that a Mars impact is ruled out.
Who buys pr0n on DVD any more? Have you not heard of broadband internet? It's all the rage. Ummm...are you 65?
Fry's blows for the most part. Yeah sure if you want to buy a "Scamtech" monitor that flames out right after the year warranty is up or purchase a NIC card that doesn't have drivers for Vista and causes bizarre errors on your XP box or if you enjoy multiple Pakistani men fawning to "write you up" because it helps their quota (consequently they don't have to go back to the cash register pit) or you want to have a sales person that knows absolutely nothing about the product you want to purchase or if you get off on paper mache pyramids...space shuttles....Von Wolfenburg castles...then Fry's is for you. When they actually have something advertised that you DO want--say like a 500GB Seagate hard drive--then of course they are sold out. Not to mention the cut throat parking lot and long lines to round out the whole experience
Yes, this is a flame and yes it is off topic, but the bottom line is that the Fry's "experience" in my opinion (for the reasons explained above and much more).
When was the last time that they wrote anything worth reading? And its fairly obvious that they put their mouth where their money is (ie Microsoft, Dell, Acer et all). I mean where is their profit motive from pimping Walmart, gPC, and Ubuntu? Anyways, a couple points
Save up for just a little longer and buy something for at least $450 that runs Windows Vista. That is if you want an object lesson in frustration and futility. A $450 PC is not going to Windows Vista well. My cousin did this very thing and bought his kids a Compaq from Fry's with Vista Home. It was a dog. The kids ended up using his old PIII laptop with Ubuntu installed on it because it was faster. So he installed Ubuntu and it now runs great.
While installing Linux is intimidating to the novice user, when correctly implemented and preinstalled it's quite usable as a Web platform and for basic use. Its obvious that the reviewer has never installed Ubuntu because I've found its easy and quicker to install on most PC than any Windows installation. Heck you can run it from the CD.
Finally, if they need to have Windows programs installed, why not install VMWare or dual boot with a fresh install of their old version of Windows. Of which I'm assuming here that this would be someone that knows what they are doing and is setting up this computer for their kids, parents, friend, etc.....
The Bush Administration should just take the Bill of Rights out into the street and light it on fire. Because in a proverbial sense, that is exactly what they are doing.
Seriously, what application space isn't Google in? Although I do hope this is somewhat successful, only just because I'm rooting again Facebook and their $10B valuation. I think that Facebook isn't even worth $1 million much less $10 billion, so anything to promote them going down in flames is fine with me. I may actually go as far as to set up an profile on Googlebook or whatever they call it. I have so far avoided the whole MySpace/Facebook thing. I have consciously decided that I don't want to be virtually social, and I especially don't want to be social with MySpace/Facebook trolls/sex offenders/ho bags.
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He's all the rage on the club circuit
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Pourin' it out for the hommies you all.....
I love Apple oriented /. posts!. It's like a fiesta where someone brings out the Apple pinata and takes a couple blindfolded whacks at it. Most are completely off target, but some are dead on. Lots o /. laughs and fun for the whole family.
My point is that if you have never owned or much less used an Apple computer, then you don't know what you are talking about--you have what is known as an uniformed opinion. I owned a Wintel PC for years all the way back to DOS. I switched to a Mac almost 2 years ago and couldn't be happier. I have to use a Windows XP PC at work and have to resist chucking out the window nearly everyday. BTW, I'm a Web Application UI designer/developer, so yeah, I guess you could say I'm a power user.
No buy a Denon receiver and you will be happy. I own a middle of the pack Denon receiver and I'm very satisfied (although their speakers are passable....looking to upgrade those). But everyone I know that owns a Denon has been satisfied.
Audiophiles can't tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers: http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/audiophiles-cant-tell-the-difference-between-monster-cable-and/
I mean seriously. If you can't drop a grand on a computer and you are "professional" then I think you might need to think about another profession. All these people whining about computers that cost more that $1000. I don't get it. A photographer can easily spend $10K on a good digital camera set up and not blink an eye. Ask any carpenter how much they have spent on their tools, 10K is a drop in the bucket. But so many /.ers get their panties in a wad about spending anything more than $500. This is so stupid. Why not get something that works. As a long time windows user that made the switch, OSX simply works better. I still have to use windows at work and I have reboot 2 or 3 times a day. Although I do have to admit that Macs run windows better than any Dell, HP, or whatever I've had. So in short if you are a professional and you are still messing around with low end crap....all I have to say is you get what you pay for. And if you consider this flamebait or a fanboi masturbation exercise then so be it....I know what works.
I did it (hell I was a user of DOS) and never looked back. Fully vested with great set up (MacBook Pro and Mac Pro). BTW, Apple hardware runs Widows better than any Dell, HP, et all I've had. Take the plunge, the water is terrific.
Exactly. And he could have started his coffee empire much much sooner.
But craigslist could....
Hi I'm traffic James. It looks like you are trying to turn left. Would you like help?
While in 2006 Apple had said that they were going to have Carbon 64bit support(as it is only 32bit currently), in 2007 Apple pulled that off the table and said that they would abandon moving Carbon over, thus forcing everyone to Cocoa (for 64bit). That left Adobe in a lurch because they were depending/betting that Apple was going to support Carbon 64bit. My thought is Apple decided that they weren't going to go to put a lot of effort into doing something that was primarily only for Adobe's benefit and supporting a dying API. Adobe is entirely to blame for this because they were too lazy/apathetic to start converting the millions of lines of code over to Cocoa years ago. What no one is pointing out is that this is only a concern to photographers and designers that deal with particularly large images (ie 2GB+) and use the Mac OS. While an important market niche for both Apple and Adobe, its still rather small. I for one will probably skip CS4 and wait for CS5, unless of course Adobe comes out with the "God" filter in PS that makes all your photos look like they were shot from heaven....then I'll buy it.
They could accept "corporate sponsorship" like NPR does. The benevolent sponsor gets top of the fold exposure in a classy way, and wikipedia can keep obnoxious banner ads off their site and stay true to their intended objective. It's a win-win situation.
To add to this post, I have read that Apple went with AT&T/Cingular because they capitulated to Apple's demands for more control of their product as well as pricing and mark up (notice that the iPhone is still not subsidized by activation). The iPhone was offered to the other providers, but they didn't concede to Apple's (Jobs) demands. AT&T knuckled under because they needed something that could grow their subscriber numbers. While AT&T still had the largest subscriber base, they were bleeding subscribers fairly significantly before the iPhone launch. Since the quality of their network lagged (and still lags) to Verizon and Sprint they couldn't use that as a selling point. So they needed an exclusive product to set them apart from Verizon and Sprint. njfuzzy is right AT&T still doesn't have very good coverage for their 3G network, but their 2G network, EDGE, I believe has the widest coverage of any digital data network--so people in remote places could still use the iPhone--meaning more potential customers. On another note, while I can tolerate EDGE, what I can't tolerate is the fact there still isn't voice dialing. What's up with that? Come July here in California, phone use in a car is supposed to be completely hands free--which for every other phone other than the iPhone is possible. What's Apple going to do about this because the way it stands iPhone users will be breaking the law if they call out starting 7/1 in California.
I for one suggest more target practice.
That would really seal the deal. Complete slam dunk. TPB wouldn't stand a chance.
I've seen plenty of designers that were very competent in graphic design for print not be able to design a web site. UI design is something you learn over a series of years and not something you learn over night. On the flip side, I've seen very talented developers never master the art of user interface. They just lack the gene. Either you have the gift or you don't. You could go out and get a template, which is fine, but your site will look like a templated site. If you want to save yourself a lot of trouble, hire someone that knows what they are doing, and make sure they are a web designer and not a graphic designer.
ISPs are just as guilty as Pirate Bay in enabling people to download copywrited material with that logic. What about search engines like Google? Haven't they shown that they are not responsible for content of their index? With the onus being on the individual site publisher (or in this case the person(s) hosting the torrent)?
Doesn't paper burn at 451 degrees and not 300 degrees? Am I missing something?
Who buys pr0n on DVD any more? Have you not heard of broadband internet? It's all the rage. Ummm...are you 65?
Fry's blows for the most part. Yeah sure if you want to buy a "Scamtech" monitor that flames out right after the year warranty is up or purchase a NIC card that doesn't have drivers for Vista and causes bizarre errors on your XP box or if you enjoy multiple Pakistani men fawning to "write you up" because it helps their quota (consequently they don't have to go back to the cash register pit) or you want to have a sales person that knows absolutely nothing about the product you want to purchase or if you get off on paper mache pyramids...space shuttles....Von Wolfenburg castles...then Fry's is for you. When they actually have something advertised that you DO want--say like a 500GB Seagate hard drive--then of course they are sold out. Not to mention the cut throat parking lot and long lines to round out the whole experience
Yes, this is a flame and yes it is off topic, but the bottom line is that the Fry's "experience" in my opinion (for the reasons explained above and much more).
Amen brother. Actually, more to the point Walmart shoppers are retards.
Save up for just a little longer and buy something for at least $450 that runs Windows Vista. That is if you want an object lesson in frustration and futility. A $450 PC is not going to Windows Vista well. My cousin did this very thing and bought his kids a Compaq from Fry's with Vista Home. It was a dog. The kids ended up using his old PIII laptop with Ubuntu installed on it because it was faster. So he installed Ubuntu and it now runs great.
While installing Linux is intimidating to the novice user, when correctly implemented and preinstalled it's quite usable as a Web platform and for basic use. Its obvious that the reviewer has never installed Ubuntu because I've found its easy and quicker to install on most PC than any Windows installation. Heck you can run it from the CD.
Finally, if they need to have Windows programs installed, why not install VMWare or dual boot with a fresh install of their old version of Windows. Of which I'm assuming here that this would be someone that knows what they are doing and is setting up this computer for their kids, parents, friend, etc.....
The college students I mean. Everyone knows that the average monkey knows how to administer a Linux box.
The Bush Administration should just take the Bill of Rights out into the street and light it on fire. Because in a proverbial sense, that is exactly what they are doing.
You mean other than through an IE update?
Seriously, what application space isn't Google in? Although I do hope this is somewhat successful, only just because I'm rooting again Facebook and their $10B valuation. I think that Facebook isn't even worth $1 million much less $10 billion, so anything to promote them going down in flames is fine with me. I may actually go as far as to set up an profile on Googlebook or whatever they call it. I have so far avoided the whole MySpace/Facebook thing. I have consciously decided that I don't want to be virtually social, and I especially don't want to be social with MySpace/Facebook trolls/sex offenders/ho bags.