Okay, call me dumb, but is it possible for a couple to both have their own PDAs and/or synchable cell phones and share a single computer and further sync to that computer using iSync and not end up mixing up one another's calendars and contact lists?
Please help, I am afraid of reading marketing materials
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The end result is, you can turn this feature off.
So then this is a user (programmer) imposed security flaw? I can buy that. But what makes a programming language (or Internet Service framework in this case) is its design to prevent the unwanted (or unexpected) security holes by default.
With so many ways to program these days, perhaps what will distinguish them, other than performance, is their ability to dumby proof the lanuguage for a programmer. I for one find it difficult to come up to speed with every nuance of a language, or framework in this case, I am asked to develop for.
File system search that takes english language strings as opposed to query strings is huge. It may not be the featuer YOU are waiting on, but that is a major development in user interface design.
Pause for three seconds, think about it, and then decide if it is still a lame feature.
The articel says "Panther" will tear up longhorn - not "the verison of OS X that comes in 2005".
That stated, I seriously doubt Panther will be able to hold it's own against Longhorn. If the innovations continue, the OS X of 2005 will be able to, but Panther might not. Time will tell
What I got out of the article is that because OS X 10.3 will be released before Longhorn, it's gonna "tear up Longhorn".
What a load! I love OS X but just because its out first doesn't mean it will be better than Longhorn. That list of longhorn's feature set is full of HUGE features and while Apple doesn't have to worry about things like providing a digital image catalog (a la iPhoto), other things like file system search features that takes english language strings and not query language are not so easy to deflect.
I do believe by 2005 when Longhorn is out, Apple will have made amazing OS X gains, heck it might even be OS XI by then, but I do NOT buy first to market wins.
As a product development manager, I have a list of "nice to have features" which are scrutinized before being implemented by market research.
"Why" you ask?
Because product development is about building a product that meets a need. The best needs are those you can get your customer to explicitly state ("I sure would like a flavor of Coke that tasted like lemon was in it too"), the second best are those they imply they need ("I have been drinking Coke for years. I like it, but I want a little something to spice it up"). In either situation, Coke with Lemon is born.
Microsoft may be rich, but they aren't Coca-cola. No one is saying "we want our computers to be so tightly locked down that administration and use is impeaded" And Microsoft is taking the implied desire to maintain control over sensitive documents to develop a trojan horse for their own DRM solution.
Short and sweet here: Computer prices are so low because there is no other differentiation besides price. What is the difference between HP, Dell, and Gateway? Price and a logo on a case. Perhaps some 3rd rate software package pre-installed. That's it.
Apple doesn't compete on price because it competes on the experience. It is the ONLY integrated solution out there and the only niche computer player in the world (easy Amiga and Atari fans).
This reporter reminds me of the Iraqi Information Minister.
Excellent points you bring up. I think that the most important of those is that it is an opportunity to not just read about technology, but to use it. That experience may help you increase your employability, but only if your career requires those skills, or similar ones, to advance.
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I know this is/. and all but presumiung you already have any hardware needed and the software is all free (beer), I still question the value of a homebrewed.Mac solution:
Setup & maintain IMAP mail
Setup & maintain sync to iCal
Setup & maintain sync to address book
Setup & maintain 100mb DAV
Setup & maintain CD/DVD/on-line integrated backup
Setup & maintain template driven web hosting
Setup & maintain iPhoto image publishing
Setup & maintain iCards
Substitute anti-virus software
Substitute access to "members only" support
Since a.Mac account is $99.year, if you spend ONE HOUR doing each of the above each year, and your time were worth $10/hr you would LOOSE $1 a year!!! (Presuming no hardware or software costs, just time.)
I COULD change my own oil, but to me, it isn't worth $20 every 3,000 miles to do it.
Actually, according to ipodding.com in this article, the classic iPod cannot encode in analog.
Classic (Scroll/TouchWheel) iPods use the Wolfson Microelectronics WM8721 DAC (digital to analog converter) and can not encode analog (audio) input into digital (MP3, ACC, etc....) The WM8721 has line output capability, however, that wasn't implimented in Classic iPods. The new iPod (with dock connector) not only has line output, but as we've demonstrated it also has stereo line and mic input.
Actually there are quite a few non top-40 tunes out there. Yeah, with not even a quarter million songs, there isn't everything one could ask for, but there are some very cool things that I haven't seen before - like the Eagles tunes...and quite a bit of featured, unreleased stuff too. I bought six tunes and would have bought more but it was too hard to decide and I was afraid I would spend all my money!
Oops, my sarcasm was not obvious. I am in full concert with you Beebos. I mock only those who think Apple should be damned for not supporting their own market.
And yet you still refuse to addess the paradox of your original statement. You question "Why buy music when you can get it free" and then state momemnts later how you would pay for music if only mroe of the money went to the artists.
Look, justify it however you want. On the one hand you advocate (weather you admit you do it or not) stealing music, and on the other you give some unquantifyable moral objective - as if you are commiting civil disobedience by 'taking on' the record companies' exploitation of artists by exploiting them - or condoning it - yourself.
When you feel the need to reply to this, just re-read what I have said, this time, with your mind open.
Beebos, you short sighted fool. It makes no difference that it is *** APPLE'S *** Music Service or that they are taking the monitary risk, the brand dilution risk, and have spent a year and a half (per Jobs) developing the siftware, hardware, and business partnerships to make this historic opportunity possible.
Apple shoudl be clearly focused on the minority of open-source loving Linux users who have PROVEN their lack of will to conform to capitalistic marketing principles in favor of communistic 'open software'. Hey, I'm not bashing Linux, I'm bashing any moron's view that a company would target that market with hopes of making money (not even "RedHat" does that).
Why buy when you can get it free?... I know that I personally would pay per music download if I knew a large majority of the money was going to the artist.
Come now Thad. We (and more importantly you) know you are full of it. How much of the.99 whould go to the artist before you would use the service? The full.99? How about.98?.97? The point is that they get nothing now when you use whatever you use today. I use LimeWire myself but I do NOT go around making statements that I know are BS - like I would pay if only I knew it wasn't going to blah blah blah.
You like stealing music because it is easy and there are no negatives to it. You will never go to jail. You won't even have a sern lecture from your parents. That's why you do it.
I must admit I went straight away to DL some Led Zeppelin tunes I don't have and was dismayed that I didn't find any on the search. Perhaps the search engine timed out due to overleading but I didn't see any yet.
200,000 songs are in the library today Steve said. New ones added each day. That means in one year we;ll have at least 200,364 songs to choose from which is great but a fairly narrow slice of what has been created so I can't wait to see have fast it actually populated. Until then, "hey Hey, What can I say".
I'd stop holding my breath. There is not going to be a market for a mobile FM recording device. The sound quality it poor at best (when it isn't staticy, etc) and the legal issues of copying the music off the airwaves just add to the quagmire that exists. With services like Apple's ACC portables are the future.
Keep in mind that it is also Apple's SOFTWARE and industrial hardware designs are part of the experience as well. Not to mention the "it just works" comments from so many "switchers" would be hard to duplicate after hours of reading message boards and piecing together hardware.
Even if this works, the best it does is offer another option to run an OS. It will not duplicate owning an Apple.
What baffles me most about this whole story is that Apple released a comment on the alleged talks with Universal. It is their policy, as it is with most enterprises, not to discuss rumors, future products, future mergers, etc.
Why have a policy that you selectively break when its ?really not true?? Does this breach of policy allow rumors to be quasi-substantiated?
?Do or do not, there is no try? ? Old little green man-thing
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Okay, call me dumb, but is it possible for a couple to both have their own PDAs and/or synchable cell phones and share a single computer and further sync to that computer using iSync and not end up mixing up one another's calendars and contact lists?
Please help, I am afraid of reading marketing materials
So then this is a user (programmer) imposed security flaw? I can buy that. But what makes a programming language (or Internet Service framework in this case) is its design to prevent the unwanted (or unexpected) security holes by default.
With so many ways to program these days, perhaps what will distinguish them, other than performance, is their ability to dumby proof the lanuguage for a programmer. I for one find it difficult to come up to speed with every nuance of a language, or framework in this case, I am asked to develop for.
2.0 Ghz chips are twice as fast as 1.0 Ghz chips!
For the press to accept this article is one thing - for /. to run it as news is diapointing
File system search that takes english language strings as opposed to query strings is huge. It may not be the featuer YOU are waiting on, but that is a major development in user interface design.
Pause for three seconds, think about it, and then decide if it is still a lame feature.
The articel says "Panther" will tear up longhorn - not "the verison of OS X that comes in 2005".
That stated, I seriously doubt Panther will be able to hold it's own against Longhorn. If the innovations continue, the OS X of 2005 will be able to, but Panther might not. Time will tell
I love Apples
What I got out of the article is that because OS X 10.3 will be released before Longhorn, it's gonna "tear up Longhorn".
What a load! I love OS X but just because its out first doesn't mean it will be better than Longhorn. That list of longhorn's feature set is full of HUGE features and while Apple doesn't have to worry about things like providing a digital image catalog (a la iPhoto), other things like file system search features that takes english language strings and not query language are not so easy to deflect.
I do believe by 2005 when Longhorn is out, Apple will have made amazing OS X gains, heck it might even be OS XI by then, but I do NOT buy first to market wins.
Resistance is futile.
As a product development manager, I have a list of "nice to have features" which are scrutinized before being implemented by market research.
"Why" you ask?
Because product development is about building a product that meets a need. The best needs are those you can get your customer to explicitly state ("I sure would like a flavor of Coke that tasted like lemon was in it too"), the second best are those they imply they need ("I have been drinking Coke for years. I like it, but I want a little something to spice it up"). In either situation, Coke with Lemon is born.
Microsoft may be rich, but they aren't Coca-cola. No one is saying "we want our computers to be so tightly locked down that administration and use is impeaded" And Microsoft is taking the implied desire to maintain control over sensitive documents to develop a trojan horse for their own DRM solution.
I'm a Switcher
Short and sweet here:
Computer prices are so low because there is no other differentiation besides price. What is the difference between HP, Dell, and Gateway? Price and a logo on a case. Perhaps some 3rd rate software package pre-installed. That's it.
Apple doesn't compete on price because it competes on the experience. It is the ONLY integrated solution out there and the only niche computer player in the world (easy Amiga and Atari fans).
This reporter reminds me of the Iraqi Information Minister.
Excellent points you bring up. I think that the most important of those is that it is an opportunity to not just read about technology, but to use it. That experience may help you increase your employability, but only if your career requires those skills, or similar ones, to advance.
CAUTION: Contents may be extremely hot!
Setup & maintain IMAP mail
Setup & maintain sync to iCal
Setup & maintain sync to address book
Setup & maintain 100mb DAV
Setup & maintain CD/DVD/on-line integrated backup
Setup & maintain template driven web hosting
Setup & maintain iPhoto image publishing
Setup & maintain iCards
Substitute anti-virus software
Substitute access to "members only" support
.Mac account is $99.year, if you spend ONE HOUR doing each of the above each year, and your time were worth $10/hr you would LOOSE $1 a year!!! (Presuming no hardware or software costs, just time.)
Since a
I COULD change my own oil, but to me, it isn't worth $20 every 3,000 miles to do it.
When going camping, don't forget the TP
Actually there are quite a few non top-40 tunes out there. Yeah, with not even a quarter million songs, there isn't everything one could ask for, but there are some very cool things that I haven't seen before - like the Eagles tunes...and quite a bit of featured, unreleased stuff too. I bought six tunes and would have bought more but it was too hard to decide and I was afraid I would spend all my money!
Oops, my sarcasm was not obvious. I am in full concert with you Beebos. I mock only those who think Apple should be damned for not supporting their own market.
And yet you still refuse to addess the paradox of your original statement. You question "Why buy music when you can get it free" and then state momemnts later how you would pay for music if only mroe of the money went to the artists.
Look, justify it however you want. On the one hand you advocate (weather you admit you do it or not) stealing music, and on the other you give some unquantifyable moral objective - as if you are commiting civil disobedience by 'taking on' the record companies' exploitation of artists by exploiting them - or condoning it - yourself.
When you feel the need to reply to this, just re-read what I have said, this time, with your mind open.
...and in the darkness...rock them!"
Beebos, you short sighted fool. It makes no difference that it is *** APPLE'S *** Music Service or that they are taking the monitary risk, the brand dilution risk, and have spent a year and a half (per Jobs) developing the siftware, hardware, and business partnerships to make this historic opportunity possible.
Apple shoudl be clearly focused on the minority of open-source loving Linux users who have PROVEN their lack of will to conform to capitalistic marketing principles in favor of communistic 'open software'. Hey, I'm not bashing Linux, I'm bashing any moron's view that a company would target that market with hopes of making money (not even "RedHat" does that).
Come now Thad. We (and more importantly you) know you are full of it. How much of the
You like stealing music because it is easy and there are no negatives to it. You will never go to jail. You won't even have a sern lecture from your parents. That's why you do it.
I must admit I went straight away to DL some Led Zeppelin tunes I don't have and was dismayed that I didn't find any on the search. Perhaps the search engine timed out due to overleading but I didn't see any yet.
200,000 songs are in the library today Steve said. New ones added each day. That means in one year we;ll have at least 200,364 songs to choose from which is great but a fairly narrow slice of what has been created so I can't wait to see have fast it actually populated. Until then, "hey Hey, What can I say".
I installed iTunes 4 when they were showing the new commercials during the keynote and I had no issues with existing MP3s.
Only issue is too many people using the music store right now!
I'd stop holding my breath. There is not going to be a market for a mobile FM recording device. The sound quality it poor at best (when it isn't staticy, etc) and the legal issues of copying the music off the airwaves just add to the quagmire that exists. With services like Apple's ACC portables are the future.
Keep in mind that it is also Apple's SOFTWARE and industrial hardware designs are part of the experience as well. Not to mention the "it just works" comments from so many "switchers" would be hard to duplicate after hours of reading message boards and piecing together hardware.
Even if this works, the best it does is offer another option to run an OS. It will not duplicate owning an Apple.
This is actually a feature of Microsoft's "Office 2000 CFO" an internal product used only at Microsoft.
Half empty or half full - depends how drunk you are
What baffles me most about this whole story is that Apple released a comment on the alleged talks with Universal. It is their policy, as it is with most enterprises, not to discuss rumors, future products, future mergers, etc.
Why have a policy that you selectively break when its ?really not true?? Does this breach of policy allow rumors to be quasi-substantiated?
?Do or do not, there is no try? ? Old little green man-thing
Nah, Kazaa isn't available for the OS X platform.
Opps... I did it again
PC/Mac user sees switch/other ad on TV
Said user goes to store.apple.com or calls 1-800-APPLE to get more info
User realizes how much better their life coul dbe if they owned one of these products
User also sees on-line or is told over phone their is an Apple store X miles away
User hops into car and goes to store where they THEN see the product for the first time
User say to themselves "WOW a 17" Powerbook or 23" Cinema Display is AWESOME" and then proceeds to purchase and take home said product on the spot.
This is how it went down for one of my friends before they 'switched' - just needed to touch it and feel it before slamming down the Visa.