Do that math: $500 - Mac mini (w/40GB) $75 - additional 512MB RAM $25 - bluetooth $500 - Minimate with 400 GB ----------- $1100 + S&H for 440GB G4 w/ bluetooth So for about $1100 you get a great home media server that is SMALL but has a ton of room for audio and enough for some video until it can be off loaded onto optical media
or for $200 more ($1300) the iMac G5 with an 80 GB drive. Sure it has a terrific screen, faster processor, but even the yet-to-be-released version is rumored to have 512MB RAM, less than the mini configured above. And the HD is too small to store a large music library or more than a few movies.
The needs addressed are totally different. For the home entertainment server, the Macmini/Minimate combo is the way to go. You don't need a beautiful 17" flatscreen or the G5 processing power. The G4 is totally capable and the extra drive space is copious. Not to mention if you are interested in the asthetic, having a beautiful and small home server in the stereo rack will draw plenty of oogling eyes.
While that might seem a good thing, remember that the commoditization of the PC industry essentially sucked the innovation from it.
Cheers to that statement! I believe it is because the obvious competetive advantage in any market is price. You can always try to sell the same thing as your neighbor for $1 less and try to gain market share. Thinking differently and actually innovating is risky because if people don't like your innovation, you wasted R&D and manufacturing on a product you have to discount to sell. So the safe thing is to cut into your margins or try to gain operational efficiencies and economies of scale to offer lower prices a la Dell and Walmart.
PCs have gotten faster, but for the most part, there hasn't been a surprise, a new way of doing things, in PCs and in personal computing, since the early nineties.
I am not so certain this is try. Check out what the last ten years have brought us: - common usage of PDAs/Treos/Blackberries - alternative 'entertainment' usage for PCs as the home music/video server
I do believe that the market is stagnating because it is presided over by large vendors (Dell/HP/IBM/Toshiba) who don't innovate, they duplicate while improving efficiencies to lower cost. In both of the markets above (just like HP has the iPaq) I think we will see more of the big vendors getting into things. Don't believe me, just Google for how many people are loving the Mac mini in their entertainment center at home and Apple doesn't even have a movie store yet!
For a business environment, I think OO.o isn't there yet.
I would be careful not create a Linux situation all over again. What I see as the bigest pitfall to Business adoption of Linux, and OO.o for that matter, is that Early adopters are too quick to recommend them as alternatives to Windows/Office.
If your company is like the one's I've worked for, they will be willing to consider alternatives with only a bit of arm twisting, but if the solution is deemed "inferior", then getting a second chance will be very difficult. Even OO.o v2 isn't "there yet" (IMHO) for those other than early adopters and so I would be careful not to be branded as "the guy who loves OO.o" because it will be difficult to be heard after said "inferior" lable has been placed.
Better would be to test out OO.o adoption with a cross section of the user base (admins, developers, sales, etc) and get their reaction. If they all like it, then you have more amunition. If they don't, then it is probably time to wait for the next release to poll the user base again.
I have migrated from MS Office.X for OS X to NeoOffice/J which is based on OO.o
My experience has been that the interface is sophmoric when compared to the advanced and good looking MS Office.X interface. In addition, even basic Word formatting like bullets don't migrate with perfection from a.DOC file.
What I miss most are the Excel forumals which I use for all sorts of household budget calculations and other such needs.
Still, when comparing $0 to $500, I am happy to overcome the shortfalls.
I work with eCommerce for a living. Credit card processing requires the CC#, Exp date, CVV2 code (the digits on the back of the card) and the billing Zipcode.
Why then must we supply name, address, phone number, email, and other personal information just to make a purchase? (obvious answer is for customer profiling and contacting post-sale.)
I try to refuse to provide a SSN whenever I recocgize it isn't needed (like to establish an account at the local dry cleaners) but so often, employees become adjitated, as if I am trying to hide something.
We as consumers need to do more to protect our own personal data from getting to 3rd parties in the first place.
Now obviously Ameritrade needs such financial and personally identifying information for SEC and IRS compliance, but in that case, they should be required by an oversight body to protect that information.
HIPPA protects the privacy rights of US citizens healthcare information and has two very important rules: (1) information must be secured (2) only the minimal information may be collected when required and only the minimal information may be shared with those who require it.
Why doesn't this exist for SSN, bank account numbers, etc?
I love the comments like "man find" and "BeOS/Google Desktop/etc does this" but take a look at this link
A few great quotes: [Spotlight] is tightly integrated with a fundamental part of the OS: The file system. Every time a file is created, saved, moved, copied, or deleted, the file system automatically ensures that the file is properly indexed, cataloged, and ready for whatever search query might be issued--all in the background. These abilities build on the already impressive capabilities of the journaled HFS+ file system....Spotlight gives you the ability to plug your application into the operating system and work with files in a totally new way. For example, if you were building an asset management application you could use Spotlight to find all of the files that match certain criteria rather than trying to slog through the file system yourself. Or, if your application specialized in supporting various kinds of workflows, you could use Spotlight to find all of the files that needed to be marked with a particular keyword.
When Tiger ships, it will come with importers for a variety of common file formats... A partial list of file formats includes: [jpg, tiff, png, gif, pdf, doc, xls,... ] If your application, however, uses its own file format or an unsupported file format,... you can provide a meta-data importer plug-in with your application that understands the in-and-outs of your file formats.
There's one more thing about Spotlight that should be mentioned. Since the core of Spotlight lives at the very lowest levels of the operating system, it is only natural that there are some command-line tools for power-users to work with file system meta-data and perform queries.
According to Apple's own comments during various earnings calls with analysts, Apple continues to see a migration from pro desktops (Power Macs) to pro laptops (PowerBooks).
I agree with you that it doesn't make sense to try to get in a couple hours of video editing time while flying from here to there, yet my own observations seem to enforce Apple's claims.
Witness a videographer I worked with last year that had Power Macs in studio for editing but also used PowerBooks for going to clients and working on consulting projects. It allowed them to bring their own workstations and use them on-site or in the office. This was a small 5 person group but it worked for them.
Witness again a Texas university that has in-house developers sitting in cubes using 17" PowerBooks and 23" displays. To my knowledge, they never went "mobile". I don't know if they just got a big grant and wated to spend the money but for whatever reason, there they were, probably a dozen workstations setup this way.
For the consultant who uses their computer at home but also needs the ability to work on-site with a client, work from a hotel room, or just give a persentation every once and a while, having a dual purpose laptop may make better financial sense than a powerful G5 desktop and an iBook.
How buggy with MS Beta products be if MS has the crutch that it is "still in development"?
Many have likened the policy to Google's Beta products, but I take exception. Google's Betas are more like Developer builds. Consider maps.google.com. In the few weeks it has been out, it has already improved search results, improved print output, added flyover imaging, and improved the resolution of those same images (in the DFW metroplex anyway).
Now that is Beta software I can handle. When I try to do something and it isn't as successful as I would like it to be, I remind myself it is Beta, but the features improve so fast, I can almost watch them grow.
MS on the other hand is not known in it's culture for this type of development. I am afraid this Beta release business will just be another crutch for MS to issue poor quality code.
In a worst case scenario, it will be a way to 'lock in' users with free Beta software, then expire the Beta with a required upgrade to high/over priced software. They have to either switch applications, or pay the high fee. Fair you say? Only if MS is going to publish the retail price of the release software when you sign up for the Beta.
Image the surprise of the developer who codes up something in VS 2005 but gets slapped with a $1500 license fee when he goes to compile it for production use!
Try gaining experience beyond one role on one type of program before you try to tell other people about what makes a good design spec.
I didn't represent my post as some type of definative guide. Why are you being such an ass? I read your "Consider your audience" post and it certainly has ideas that are worthy of merit, as does my post.
You may think of web application development as "web-wennie-world" if you want to, but you will only be limiting your own experience.
When you are ready to appologize for your unwarranted attack, the reply button will be waiting.
It's all about looking at the trade off of system security vs. robustness. I don't know about SetUserID but if it makes my Mac less secure and doesn't allow my applications to do anything I need them to then shut 'er off.
The OS is already built with abilities to SUDO applications so perhaps Apple will figure out a more secure way of implementing the SetUserID feature so as not to create a vulerability. If they have to have it, then it probably needs to a an Admin level tool anyway.
Be sure your DD includes: - Sitemap (web) or screen map (desktop app) - Feature matrix with columns for features, rows for pages/screens and indicators where a page/screen has a feature. - Detailed feature specs need to be written kinda like function documentation - "preconditions" that state what is expected as in the user is authenticated or the DB has products and "post conditions" that say what gets set or hwat the user can do. - Style documents greated by graphics designers who understand the medium (web/Windows API/etc) are invaluable for refering back to when someone doesn't like a font size.
All this documenting is no fun, but it is more fun then dealing with the lake of the document.
I can think of one reason DELL may be willing to play keep away with AMD - an exclusive supplier agreement.
It isn't illegal to have one and it may be a key into DELL's low costs. By negotiating large contracts with vendors from graphics card to CPUs they can get only such a price break, but if DELL, the world leader in desktop computing, agrees to use your computer widget exclusively, well that is worth another penny or two per thingamajig, which adds up to $M for DELL's net profits.
Intel is savvy enough to get into this kind of pact with DELL. Here's a slighylt off topic story but it speaks to Intel's marketing wit.
Back in the 80's a marketing study was done to see what IT names people thought of when they thought Personal Computers. The usual suspects were there of course, Microsoft, IBM, even Apple. But strangely absent was the one company who's hardware was arguable at the heart of ever IBM compatible PC in the 80's - Intel. No one knew of them and when customers don't even know who you are, you risk being replaced by competition.
So Intel embarked on the "Intel Inside" campaign. They came up with the sticker that adorns just about every PC with an Intel processor as well as the doo-doo-doo tone we hear at the end of DELL, Gateway, HP, and other computer maker commercials.
But how did they get manufacturers to add stickers and 3 seconds of their 30 second commerical on Intel? With Money! Intel offered to share the cost of TV ads, radio, and print if manufacturers would put the sticker on and have the logo and doo-doo-doo tone on EVERY ad.
The campaign worked. Intel had another study done X months after the campaign launched and they shot up to one of the top on the list.
If I were going to hold out for a laptop, it would be for the dual core G4, not the G5.
For my mobile computing needs (I recognize that your's may differ from mine) The 64bit power of the G5 is way overkill and will translate nicely into poor batery life and a hot lap.
The dual core G4 on the other hand would provide 5+Ghz combined speed (yeah, you don't combine dual processors like that but just go with me on this) while also providing a cooler operating environment on my lap and enough battery life to get some work done.
Just a thought. Still, My 400 Mhz G4 Ti is holding up great for a five year old laptop and is looking forward to Tiget.
Thanks for at least reading the article befoer the flame. This is not "Just a bundle of existing" apps. They are all upgraded and they are outstnading. seeforyourself.
Now, as also mentioned the concept that the apps were "proprietary". What exactly do you mean by proprietary? Like as in it isn't FOSS or like it doesn't work with other people's stuff? I invite you to take the Pepsi challenge and seeforyourself.
I hope we've all learned something here today. I for one have learned that people are far more apt to make mindless comments that learn about what it is that they think they dislike. Now go eat your Brussels Sprouts!
Last year at the NAB, Apple followed the Sunday softweare intors with Monday hardware intros. Let's all hope Think Secret is right.
They are predicting Dual G5 configurations from 2.0 to 2.7 GHz in the Power Macs and iMacs from 1.8 to 2Ghz.
They go on to predict Super Drives replaced with Dual layer support, better graphics cards in the iMacs, 512MB RAM standard on all models (as well as Tiger/iLife)
What they do not know is if Apple with drop the dual core bomb, giving us four cores in a Dual processor Power Mac.
Quite frankly, with Tiger and Final Cut Studio, the 17" Power Book will continue to hodl the top spot for Professional editing on the go.
What the original post probably mean... You seem to have somehow not only misunderstoof the meaning of the original sentence...
Let me help clarify. I am the original poster, so check the parent of the parent of the parent and see whom you are talking to.
Further, I think we are saying the same thing - that historians, et al agree that there was a man J of N 2000 years ago, etc. and that this man existed is not in dispute. That he is the Son of God - yes, many dispute that.
To your question about who recognizes it as fact vs. does not dispute it. I don't know either way but it also does not matter to me either way.
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To expand into a new market takes strategic thinking and product positioning. Apple has laid ttheir strategy - "The Digital Hub" - and has identified their game plan - Digital Music, then Digital Video.
A PDA/Sub-notebook is a distraction and dilutes the Apple image in the market place. Face it - Music is cool, movies are cool, to do lists and scheduluers - not cool.
Okay, you think that you know so certainly what the furutre of this industry holds because you read a few rumor sites and talked it over with some other ignorant people in a/. forum - fine, hold your ardent views.
And it makes no difference what you say about the phones being competitors, it does not change the English language and it does not change the fact that these phones - even the ones that charge less than $4.00 a song - will in FACT be competitors to the iPod withint the DAP market space.
Well stated position. It is true that when taken out of context, any written word can be twisted. When that word is something as powerful as the most widely circulated book in the world, missing the context can be down right devicive
[I said in parent post]Every major religion recognizes that there was a man Jesus of Nazareth who lived about 2000 years ago in the land now known as Israel.[/quote from parent]
I think you might have a lot of trouble backing this up.
I dont' think there will be any trouble at all backing up the statement.
Try this site for starters. But really, just Googling for Jesus will help you out.
You see, even non-religious historical texts mention the man Jesus of Nazareth from 200 years ago in the lang known today as Israel. It isn't contested that this man lived. Not by any accepted authority (Religious, Government, or historian, though I am certain there are plenty of people who will dispute it out of ignorance, not fact.)
Further, there was concern over the pressure of cell phone carriers who will be introducting competetive combo phone/DAP devices this year.
"will be" should be a good clue that they aren't here yet, so your comment that there aren't any out yet is pointless.
Further, the word "competitive" is proper for describing the companies who sell products that are an alternative or substitute for another.
Lastly, do you really, and take your time on this, really think that phone companies would charge $4.00 to download a song to a phone when iTMS sells songs for $0.99? Really? Really, Really?
Using the Casette Tape and Compact Disc as previous examples, let's look at other indicators:
- In car support for the media (3rd party manufacturers like Alpine are supporting iPod as well as luxury brands like BMW. GM is supporting all DAP's by making a front panel line in standard)
- In home support for the media (Apple Airport Express allows for music streaming)
- Portable support (just like the Walkman, we have the iPod)
- As seen on TV (plenty of Movies and TV shows with characters using the devices like a recent Law & Order that opened with two teens discussing how many songs can fit on an iPod)
- Major industry backing (from Microsoft to HP to Virgin Records, Digital Audio is supported by the Fortune 500 globally)
- Small business using the format in their name (don't we all miss "Tower Records" records? Or "CD Warehouse"? I am sure there are plenty of Web properties with iPod in the name. "iPodlounge.com" comes to mind.
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Do that math:
$500 - Mac mini (w/40GB)
$75 - additional 512MB RAM
$25 - bluetooth
$500 - Minimate with 400 GB
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$1100 + S&H for 440GB G4 w/ bluetooth
So for about $1100 you get a great home media server that is SMALL but has a ton of room for audio and enough for some video until it can be off loaded onto optical media
or for $200 more ($1300) the iMac G5 with an 80 GB drive. Sure it has a terrific screen, faster processor, but even the yet-to-be-released version is rumored to have 512MB RAM, less than the mini configured above. And the HD is too small to store a large music library or more than a few movies.
The needs addressed are totally different. For the home entertainment server, the Macmini/Minimate combo is the way to go. You don't need a beautiful 17" flatscreen or the G5 processing power. The G4 is totally capable and the extra drive space is copious. Not to mention if you are interested in the asthetic, having a beautiful and small home server in the stereo rack will draw plenty of oogling eyes.
While that might seem a good thing, remember that the commoditization of the PC industry essentially sucked the innovation from it.
Cheers to that statement! I believe it is because the obvious competetive advantage in any market is price. You can always try to sell the same thing as your neighbor for $1 less and try to gain market share. Thinking differently and actually innovating is risky because if people don't like your innovation, you wasted R&D and manufacturing on a product you have to discount to sell. So the safe thing is to cut into your margins or try to gain operational efficiencies and economies of scale to offer lower prices a la Dell and Walmart.
PCs have gotten faster, but for the most part, there hasn't been a surprise, a new way of doing things, in PCs and in personal computing, since the early nineties.
I am not so certain this is try. Check out what the last ten years have brought us:
- common usage of PDAs/Treos/Blackberries
- alternative 'entertainment' usage for PCs as the home music/video server
I do believe that the market is stagnating because it is presided over by large vendors (Dell/HP/IBM/Toshiba) who don't innovate, they duplicate while improving efficiencies to lower cost. In both of the markets above (just like HP has the iPaq) I think we will see more of the big vendors getting into things. Don't believe me, just Google for how many people are loving the Mac mini in their entertainment center at home and Apple doesn't even have a movie store yet!
For a business environment, I think OO.o isn't there yet.
I would be careful not create a Linux situation all over again. What I see as the bigest pitfall to Business adoption of Linux, and OO.o for that matter, is that Early adopters are too quick to recommend them as alternatives to Windows/Office.
If your company is like the one's I've worked for, they will be willing to consider alternatives with only a bit of arm twisting, but if the solution is deemed "inferior", then getting a second chance will be very difficult. Even OO.o v2 isn't "there yet" (IMHO) for those other than early adopters and so I would be careful not to be branded as "the guy who loves OO.o" because it will be difficult to be heard after said "inferior" lable has been placed.
Better would be to test out OO.o adoption with a cross section of the user base (admins, developers, sales, etc) and get their reaction. If they all like it, then you have more amunition. If they don't, then it is probably time to wait for the next release to poll the user base again.
I have migrated from MS Office.X for OS X to NeoOffice/J which is based on OO.o
.DOC file.
My experience has been that the interface is sophmoric when compared to the advanced and good looking MS Office.X interface. In addition, even basic Word formatting like bullets don't migrate with perfection from a
What I miss most are the Excel forumals which I use for all sorts of household budget calculations and other such needs.
Still, when comparing $0 to $500, I am happy to overcome the shortfalls.
I work with eCommerce for a living. Credit card processing requires the CC#, Exp date, CVV2 code (the digits on the back of the card) and the billing Zipcode.
Why then must we supply name, address, phone number, email, and other personal information just to make a purchase? (obvious answer is for customer profiling and contacting post-sale.)
I try to refuse to provide a SSN whenever I recocgize it isn't needed (like to establish an account at the local dry cleaners) but so often, employees become adjitated, as if I am trying to hide something.
We as consumers need to do more to protect our own personal data from getting to 3rd parties in the first place.
Now obviously Ameritrade needs such financial and personally identifying information for SEC and IRS compliance, but in that case, they should be required by an oversight body to protect that information.
HIPPA protects the privacy rights of US citizens healthcare information and has two very important rules:
(1) information must be secured
(2) only the minimal information may be collected when required and only the minimal information may be shared with those who require it.
Why doesn't this exist for SSN, bank account numbers, etc?
Looks like Microsoft is launching a 15 month "Start Something" campaign to get people to re-visit Windows XP.
Does this not give us the best indication yet of when to expect Longhorn? And in July, 2006, what will Apple's Cat have drug in?
I love the comments like "man find" and "BeOS/Google Desktop/etc does this" but take a look at this link
...Spotlight gives you the ability to plug your application into the operating system and work with files in a totally new way. For example, if you were building an asset management application you could use Spotlight to find all of the files that match certain criteria rather than trying to slog through the file system yourself. Or, if your application specialized in supporting various kinds of workflows, you could use Spotlight to find all of the files that needed to be marked with a particular keyword.
... ] If your application, however, uses its own file format or an unsupported file format, ... you can provide a meta-data importer plug-in with your application that understands the in-and-outs of your file formats.
A few great quotes:
[Spotlight] is tightly integrated with a fundamental part of the OS: The file system. Every time a file is created, saved, moved, copied, or deleted, the file system automatically ensures that the file is properly indexed, cataloged, and ready for whatever search query might be issued--all in the background. These abilities build on the already impressive capabilities of the journaled HFS+ file system.
When Tiger ships, it will come with importers for a variety of common file formats... A partial list of file formats includes: [jpg, tiff, png, gif, pdf, doc, xls,
There's one more thing about Spotlight that should be mentioned. Since the core of Spotlight lives at the very lowest levels of the operating system, it is only natural that there are some command-line tools for power-users to work with file system meta-data and perform queries.
According to Apple's own comments during various earnings calls with analysts, Apple continues to see a migration from pro desktops (Power Macs) to pro laptops (PowerBooks).
I agree with you that it doesn't make sense to try to get in a couple hours of video editing time while flying from here to there, yet my own observations seem to enforce Apple's claims.
Witness a videographer I worked with last year that had Power Macs in studio for editing but also used PowerBooks for going to clients and working on consulting projects. It allowed them to bring their own workstations and use them on-site or in the office. This was a small 5 person group but it worked for them.
Witness again a Texas university that has in-house developers sitting in cubes using 17" PowerBooks and 23" displays. To my knowledge, they never went "mobile". I don't know if they just got a big grant and wated to spend the money but for whatever reason, there they were, probably a dozen workstations setup this way.
For the consultant who uses their computer at home but also needs the ability to work on-site with a client, work from a hotel room, or just give a persentation every once and a while, having a dual purpose laptop may make better financial sense than a powerful G5 desktop and an iBook.
How buggy with MS Beta products be if MS has the crutch that it is "still in development"?
Many have likened the policy to Google's Beta products, but I take exception. Google's Betas are more like Developer builds. Consider maps.google.com. In the few weeks it has been out, it has already improved search results, improved print output, added flyover imaging, and improved the resolution of those same images (in the DFW metroplex anyway).
Now that is Beta software I can handle. When I try to do something and it isn't as successful as I would like it to be, I remind myself it is Beta, but the features improve so fast, I can almost watch them grow.
MS on the other hand is not known in it's culture for this type of development. I am afraid this Beta release business will just be another crutch for MS to issue poor quality code.
In a worst case scenario, it will be a way to 'lock in' users with free Beta software, then expire the Beta with a required upgrade to high/over priced software. They have to either switch applications, or pay the high fee. Fair you say? Only if MS is going to publish the retail price of the release software when you sign up for the Beta.
Image the surprise of the developer who codes up something in VS 2005 but gets slapped with a $1500 license fee when he goes to compile it for production use!
Try gaining experience beyond one role on one type of program before you try to tell other people about what makes a good design spec.
I didn't represent my post as some type of definative guide. Why are you being such an ass? I read your "Consider your audience" post and it certainly has ideas that are worthy of merit, as does my post.
You may think of web application development as "web-wennie-world" if you want to, but you will only be limiting your own experience.
When you are ready to appologize for your unwarranted attack, the reply button will be waiting.
It's all about looking at the trade off of system security vs. robustness. I don't know about SetUserID but if it makes my Mac less secure and doesn't allow my applications to do anything I need them to then shut 'er off.
The OS is already built with abilities to SUDO applications so perhaps Apple will figure out a more secure way of implementing the SetUserID feature so as not to create a vulerability. If they have to have it, then it probably needs to a an Admin level tool anyway.
Be sure your DD includes:
- Sitemap (web) or screen map (desktop app)
- Feature matrix with columns for features, rows for pages/screens and indicators where a page/screen has a feature.
- Detailed feature specs need to be written kinda like function documentation - "preconditions" that state what is expected as in the user is authenticated or the DB has products and "post conditions" that say what gets set or hwat the user can do.
- Style documents greated by graphics designers who understand the medium (web/Windows API/etc) are invaluable for refering back to when someone doesn't like a font size.
All this documenting is no fun, but it is more fun then dealing with the lake of the document.
check it out here
I can think of one reason DELL may be willing to play keep away with AMD - an exclusive supplier agreement.
It isn't illegal to have one and it may be a key into DELL's low costs. By negotiating large contracts with vendors from graphics card to CPUs they can get only such a price break, but if DELL, the world leader in desktop computing, agrees to use your computer widget exclusively, well that is worth another penny or two per thingamajig, which adds up to $M for DELL's net profits.
Intel is savvy enough to get into this kind of pact with DELL. Here's a slighylt off topic story but it speaks to Intel's marketing wit.
Back in the 80's a marketing study was done to see what IT names people thought of when they thought Personal Computers. The usual suspects were there of course, Microsoft, IBM, even Apple. But strangely absent was the one company who's hardware was arguable at the heart of ever IBM compatible PC in the 80's - Intel. No one knew of them and when customers don't even know who you are, you risk being replaced by competition.
So Intel embarked on the "Intel Inside" campaign. They came up with the sticker that adorns just about every PC with an Intel processor as well as the doo-doo-doo tone we hear at the end of DELL, Gateway, HP, and other computer maker commercials.
But how did they get manufacturers to add stickers and 3 seconds of their 30 second commerical on Intel? With Money! Intel offered to share the cost of TV ads, radio, and print if manufacturers would put the sticker on and have the logo and doo-doo-doo tone on EVERY ad.
The campaign worked. Intel had another study done X months after the campaign launched and they shot up to one of the top on the list.
You can find out more from Intel and Google.
The calculation I keep running over in my mind is:
Adobe PDF + Macromedia Flash = Annimated PDFs
Somehow I think Bill Gates is behind all this
If I were going to hold out for a laptop, it would be for the dual core G4, not the G5.
For my mobile computing needs (I recognize that your's may differ from mine) The 64bit power of the G5 is way overkill and will translate nicely into poor batery life and a hot lap.
The dual core G4 on the other hand would provide 5+Ghz combined speed (yeah, you don't combine dual processors like that but just go with me on this) while also providing a cooler operating environment on my lap and enough battery life to get some work done.
Just a thought. Still, My 400 Mhz G4 Ti is holding up great for a five year old laptop and is looking forward to Tiget.
Thanks for at least reading the article befoer the flame. This is not "Just a bundle of existing" apps. They are all upgraded and they are outstnading. see for yourself.
Now, as also mentioned the concept that the apps were "proprietary". What exactly do you mean by proprietary? Like as in it isn't FOSS or like it doesn't work with other people's stuff? I invite you to take the Pepsi challenge and see for yourself.
I hope we've all learned something here today. I for one have learned that people are far more apt to make mindless comments that learn about what it is that they think they dislike. Now go eat your Brussels Sprouts!
That was a capital P "Power" - as in Power Mac.
Last year at the NAB, Apple followed the Sunday softweare intors with Monday hardware intros. Let's all hope Think Secret is right.
They are predicting Dual G5 configurations from 2.0 to 2.7 GHz in the Power Macs and iMacs from 1.8 to 2Ghz.
They go on to predict Super Drives replaced with Dual layer support, better graphics cards in the iMacs, 512MB RAM standard on all models (as well as Tiger/iLife)
What they do not know is if Apple with drop the dual core bomb, giving us four cores in a Dual processor Power Mac.
Quite frankly, with Tiger and Final Cut Studio, the 17" Power Book will continue to hodl the top spot for Professional editing on the go.
What the original post probably mean ... You seem to have somehow not only misunderstoof the meaning of the original sentence...
Let me help clarify. I am the original poster, so check the parent of the parent of the parent and see whom you are talking to.
Further, I think we are saying the same thing - that historians, et al agree that there was a man J of N 2000 years ago, etc. and that this man existed is not in dispute. That he is the Son of God - yes, many dispute that.
To your question about who recognizes it as fact vs. does not dispute it. I don't know either way but it also does not matter to me either way.
To expand into a new market takes strategic thinking and product positioning. Apple has laid ttheir strategy - "The Digital Hub" - and has identified their game plan - Digital Music, then Digital Video.
A PDA/Sub-notebook is a distraction and dilutes the Apple image in the market place. Face it - Music is cool, movies are cool, to do lists and scheduluers - not cool.
Okay, you think that you know so certainly what the furutre of this industry holds because you read a few rumor sites and talked it over with some other ignorant people in a /. forum - fine, hold your ardent views.
And it makes no difference what you say about the phones being competitors, it does not change the English language and it does not change the fact that these phones - even the ones that charge less than $4.00 a song - will in FACT be competitors to the iPod withint the DAP market space.
Well stated position. It is true that when taken out of context, any written word can be twisted. When that word is something as powerful as the most widely circulated book in the world, missing the context can be down right devicive
[I said in parent post]Every major religion recognizes that there was a man Jesus of Nazareth who lived about 2000 years ago in the land now known as Israel.[/quote from parent]
I think you might have a lot of trouble backing this up.
I dont' think there will be any trouble at all backing up the statement.
Try this site for starters. But really, just Googling for Jesus will help you out.
You see, even non-religious historical texts mention the man Jesus of Nazareth from 200 years ago in the lang known today as Israel. It isn't contested that this man lived. Not by any accepted authority (Religious, Government, or historian, though I am certain there are plenty of people who will dispute it out of ignorance, not fact.)
please re-read with emphasis added:
Further, there was concern over the pressure of cell phone carriers who will be introducting competetive combo phone/DAP devices this year.
"will be" should be a good clue that they aren't here yet, so your comment that there aren't any out yet is pointless.
Further, the word "competitive"
is proper for describing the companies who sell products that are an alternative or substitute for another.
Lastly, do you really, and take your time on this, really think that phone companies would charge $4.00 to download a song to a phone when iTMS sells songs for $0.99? Really? Really, Really?
Using the Casette Tape and Compact Disc as previous examples, let's look at other indicators:
- In car support for the media (3rd party manufacturers like Alpine are supporting iPod as well as luxury brands like BMW. GM is supporting all DAP's by making a front panel line in standard)
- In home support for the media (Apple Airport Express allows for music streaming)
- Portable support (just like the Walkman, we have the iPod)
- As seen on TV (plenty of Movies and TV shows with characters using the devices like a recent Law & Order that opened with two teens discussing how many songs can fit on an iPod)
- Major industry backing (from Microsoft to HP to Virgin Records, Digital Audio is supported by the Fortune 500 globally)
- Small business using the format in their name (don't we all miss "Tower Records" records? Or "CD Warehouse"? I am sure there are plenty of Web properties with iPod in the name. "iPodlounge.com" comes to mind.