Thank god I found that sweet hack that lets me play mp3 files, regular AAC files, wav files, and a host of other non-drm'd files on my iPhone and every iPod ever.
That's the first thing I thought when I read the news earlier this evening. While I'm not all that concerned with waiting a few more months, it does show the shift in Apple's priorities as of late.
I respectfully disagree. A lot of people care about the entire 'experience' of Apple products, from the quality packaging, to the clean, amazing hardware, to the OS. If Dell started selling OS X on their machines tomorrow, people would certainly jump ship and buy cheaper machines. But I can almost assure you Apple would still be around. I think they just know it's important to their brand to not have another 'clone war' like the mid 90s.
Personally, if Apple licensed OS X, I'd probably buy a cheap HP or Dell desktop for use around the house or for my parents... but I certainly wouldn't stop buying Apple hardware.
It also is kind of ironic. The people talking about choice and openess can't even get IE to work with their site. And since it's *only* 25% of the users, it's not a priority.
I don't see how my post was a troll, I was merely posting a link to the OSS definition to show that restricting access to an app is not in the 'spirit' of the OSS movement. Just because windows is a closed-source, often evil platform to work on, doesn't mean that everyone can switch away from it. Providing OSS tools can in fact be a trojan horse to get others interested in the open source movement.
A file that 'looks' like a jpg, that, upon clicking asks for your admin password is not a virus. It's still quite dangerous, but it looks like a trojan or a script of some kind.
There is no OS that can protect from user stupidity - whether it's Linux, OS X or Windows.
No, steve jobs himself said that battery life would be "about the same" - which is actually pretty impressive considering the computer is much faster and has dual cores now.
I'll be switching ISP's immediately. This is absurd. I've had great service from Bellsouth DSL but consumers and businesses need to send a clear message that this is not the way that the internet needs to be accessed - based on who pays the most.
They didn't do anything to preclude users from installing windows on powerPc either.
Just because they're not going to *stop* people from installing doesn't mean they're going to help either. I think eventually there will be some sort of hack to install XP and Vista on the new macs... but just becuase Schiller said he's not going to stop users doesn't mean he's helping.
First of all, if you were to conduct a random survey of 100 people, I'd say at least 80 people would say they don't know what a rootkit is. At least 90 would know nothing of the Sony Rootkit. Saying the damage they have caused is on par financially or otherwise of Japan or Germany's military is simply absurd.
Also, I'm sure that sales in a multi-billion dollar industry are down almost half based on sony's rootkit.
I use it quite often as a "future shopping cart" - items I'd like, but aren't terribly excited about buying just now. Additionally, when the holidays come around and someone asks what I'd like for xmas, it's nice to have a list of electronics/books/etc-related items I don't have yet, but would like.
I also think that is great. I think they have to be careful to not cross that line and integrate it too much into the system, but as it stands, it's wonderful to have address book functionality in iChat or Adium (putting your contacts' IM address in address book will have their 'real' name show up in your chat app, if you so choose), amongst other things. Any app can take advantage of the info put in there, and that's a good thing (TM).
Same with the Apple mail/ical/address book suite on the Mac. I think keeping them seperate is the way to go, as it gives the user the choice to use what they want.
...or maybe I just haven't used it enough, but I haven't had any scratch problems YET. I bought this the day it was available, and have had it in my pocket (either front pocket of my shirt or in my pants pocket) a couple of times a day, between work, class, and whatnot.
I'm yet to see any noticable scratch on my screen or on the iPod. I'd say that it's just because I've owned 3 iPods before this one, so I know how much you have to take care of them, but I've seen that other long time users are experiencing the same issues.
I guess I've just lucked out... not sure. In any event, I'm glad that so far, I'm not one of the many suffering from this problem.
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Thank god I found that sweet hack that lets me play mp3 files, regular AAC files, wav files, and a host of other non-drm'd files on my iPhone and every iPod ever.
That's the first thing I thought when I read the news earlier this evening. While I'm not all that concerned with waiting a few more months, it does show the shift in Apple's priorities as of late.
Actually, albums are still $9.99.
I respectfully disagree. A lot of people care about the entire 'experience' of Apple products, from the quality packaging, to the clean, amazing hardware, to the OS. If Dell started selling OS X on their machines tomorrow, people would certainly jump ship and buy cheaper machines. But I can almost assure you Apple would still be around. I think they just know it's important to their brand to not have another 'clone war' like the mid 90s.
... but I certainly wouldn't stop buying Apple hardware.
Personally, if Apple licensed OS X, I'd probably buy a cheap HP or Dell desktop for use around the house or for my parents
I wonder if Firefox 2.0RC3 is the same as Firefox 2.0 proper?
It also is kind of ironic. The people talking about choice and openess can't even get IE to work with their site. And since it's *only* 25% of the users, it's not a priority.
I don't see how my post was a troll, I was merely posting a link to the OSS definition to show that restricting access to an app is not in the 'spirit' of the OSS movement. Just because windows is a closed-source, often evil platform to work on, doesn't mean that everyone can switch away from it. Providing OSS tools can in fact be a trojan horse to get others interested in the open source movement.
I actually believe that's one of the tenets of the Open Source Definition.
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
How is that insightful?
Funny perhaps, but not insightful.
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That's a lot of cash and effort just to use quicken.
A file that 'looks' like a jpg, that, upon clicking asks for your admin password is not a virus. It's still quite dangerous, but it looks like a trojan or a script of some kind.
There is no OS that can protect from user stupidity - whether it's Linux, OS X or Windows.
No, steve jobs himself said that battery life would be "about the same" - which is actually pretty impressive considering the computer is much faster and has dual cores now.
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I'll be switching ISP's immediately. This is absurd. I've had great service from Bellsouth DSL but consumers and businesses need to send a clear message that this is not the way that the internet needs to be accessed - based on who pays the most.
Additionally, the screens are tremendously brighter than even the last revision of Powerbooks.
We're looking at at 3-5x speed boost in processing power, a brighter monitor, all with the same battery consumption as the g4 Powerbooks.
Not bad.
They didn't do anything to preclude users from installing windows on powerPc either.
... but just becuase Schiller said he's not going to stop users doesn't mean he's helping.
Just because they're not going to *stop* people from installing doesn't mean they're going to help either. I think eventually there will be some sort of hack to install XP and Vista on the new macs
So artists should pour their "heart and soul" into something just so you can get it for free?
Wow.
First of all, if you were to conduct a random survey of 100 people, I'd say at least 80 people would say they don't know what a rootkit is. At least 90 would know nothing of the Sony Rootkit. Saying the damage they have caused is on par financially or otherwise of Japan or Germany's military is simply absurd.
Also, I'm sure that sales in a multi-billion dollar industry are down almost half based on sony's rootkit.
well you've convinced me.
I use it quite often as a "future shopping cart" - items I'd like, but aren't terribly excited about buying just now. Additionally, when the holidays come around and someone asks what I'd like for xmas, it's nice to have a list of electronics/books/etc-related items I don't have yet, but would like.
Sorry everyone isn't as cool as you.
best part?
he makes the winning bidder pay another 100 bucks to overnight it if they win.
My first thought when reading the article was:
Released for free? Xcellent!!!!
I also think that is great. I think they have to be careful to not cross that line and integrate it too much into the system, but as it stands, it's wonderful to have address book functionality in iChat or Adium (putting your contacts' IM address in address book will have their 'real' name show up in your chat app, if you so choose), amongst other things. Any app can take advantage of the info put in there, and that's a good thing (TM).
Same with the Apple mail/ical/address book suite on the Mac. I think keeping them seperate is the way to go, as it gives the user the choice to use what they want.
...or maybe I just haven't used it enough, but I haven't had any scratch problems YET. I bought this the day it was available, and have had it in my pocket (either front pocket of my shirt or in my pants pocket) a couple of times a day, between work, class, and whatnot.
... not sure. In any event, I'm glad that so far, I'm not one of the many suffering from this problem.
I'm yet to see any noticable scratch on my screen or on the iPod. I'd say that it's just because I've owned 3 iPods before this one, so I know how much you have to take care of them, but I've seen that other long time users are experiencing the same issues.
I guess I've just lucked out
You really botched that one.
It's "George Bush doesn't care about Mac people".