Really? And how, exactly, is this different from Connectix releasing a PC emulator? Isn't that violating the rights of other PC manufactuers?
Instead of purchasing a PC and a Mac, one can simply purchase a speedy Mac, and run VirtualPC on it. Same thing with a Playstation and a desktop computer.
And don't even start on the issue of pirating. Sure, a patch is d/lable that effectively destroys any location lockouts in VGS. However Connectix can simply do what Sony has done with the latest PSX models; namely, improve the lockouts with each succesive update, making it harder and harder to circumvent.
I honestly think this emulator is a good thing for Sony, as long as Connectix can keep the lockouts in place. Heck, I've already bought two playstations and haven't pirated a single PSX game. I doubt I'll start pirating now that I can play them on my Mac as well...
>13" monitor... really guys, don't you know bigger IS better...
I'm pretty sure Apple sure does. After all, they included a 15" monitor with my iMac...damn nice one, too. Very clear, very crisp. Not the best one ever made, but definitely not the worst.
>The mentality of the average PC owner is that >their computer is a progressive fun adventure >that only get better as you add nifty toys to it...
Sure is. After all, I can add another monitor with a cool little gizmo called the iPort that lets me use an external monitor. It's about $79, and from what I hear, it works great. Also has a couple of serial ports, so you can hook up non-usb and ethernet printers.
>Heat disipation with regard to cutting edge >technologies.
Nonissue. The iMac isn't *targeted* at those who continually tinker with the innards of their computers. That's what the G3 minitowers are for.
>limited options... non-standard (no, USB isn't >standard yet) internal equipment
It *isn't*? Wow...then all the PCs, new Macs with usb ports, and all the usb devices I've seen (including the usb Zip drive and scanner currently attached to my iMac) must have been figments of my imagination. Same with all the IDE hard drives in existance...after all, the iMac uses one, and if the iMac uses one, it can't *possibly* be a standard...
>Asthetics... I DON'T LIKE THE IMAC DESIGN THEME...
Then GET OVER IT. Unclench that lump of coal up your ass. Hope some other manufacturer makes a cooler-looking case. Or make one yourself. Lots of folks (myself included) seem to like it, otherwise Apple wouldn't have sold so many of the machines.
>Thanks for providing a case that doen't allow me >easy access to hack and thinker with the hardware
Since you'll never own an iMac, why in blazes is this such an issue? If you want a computer you can open up and stick new stuff into, buy a PC, a PowerMac tower, or build your own. I'm sure you're capable of this, else you probably wouldn't be reading/. in the first place. Correct? Correct.
The iMac isn't meant to be a work-in-progress. It isn't meant to have other bits of hardware kludged into its innards. It's meant to be a self-contained, inexpensive, speedy little machine, which just happens to look cool.
>The list goes on and one... IMacs just plain suck >and represent a last ditch marking ploy from a >company on it's well diserved trip down the down >the tubes.
Oh, of course. Definitely a last ditch marketing ploy from an ailing and decrepit (and yet, quite profitable...hmm) company which sold record numbers of iMacs and G3s in the last few months. Yep, Apple's really gasping for air and clutching at straws. Purely a fluke, no doubt about it.
And if you're interested, I have this bridge for sale...very nice view of Brooklyn.
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Their software *is* pretty cool. It's MacOS-only, but for pure shareware the programs and games are top-notch.
Check out Escape Velocity and Avara while you check out their web site. Two of the few pieces of shareware I've registered so far.
Long gone in a year or so? Heh...aren't you the same git who said that a year or so ago? And the year before that, and the year preceding that one...
Apple isn't going anywhere. The fact that all models of Macs are selling like wildfire would seem to indicate this...
Really? And how, exactly, is this different from Connectix releasing a PC emulator? Isn't that violating the rights of other PC manufactuers?
Instead of purchasing a PC and a Mac, one can simply purchase a speedy Mac, and run VirtualPC on it. Same thing with a Playstation and a desktop computer.
And don't even start on the issue of pirating. Sure, a patch is d/lable that effectively destroys any location lockouts in VGS. However Connectix can simply do what Sony has done with the latest PSX models; namely, improve the lockouts with each succesive update, making it harder and harder to circumvent.
I honestly think this emulator is a good thing for Sony, as long as Connectix can keep the lockouts in place. Heck, I've already bought two playstations and haven't pirated a single PSX game. I doubt I'll start pirating now that I can play them on my Mac as well...
>IMacs suck, let me count the ways :
/. in the first place. Correct? Correct.
Let's! Can I count with you? Oh, goody!
>13" monitor... really guys, don't you know bigger IS better...
I'm pretty sure Apple sure does. After all, they included a 15" monitor with my iMac...damn nice one, too. Very clear, very crisp. Not the best one ever made, but definitely not the worst.
>The mentality of the average PC owner is that
>their computer is a progressive fun adventure
>that only get better as you add nifty toys to it...
Sure is. After all, I can add another monitor with a cool little gizmo called the iPort that lets me use an external monitor. It's about $79, and from what I hear, it works great. Also has a couple of serial ports, so you can hook up non-usb and ethernet printers.
>Heat disipation with regard to cutting edge
>technologies.
Nonissue. The iMac isn't *targeted* at those who continually tinker with the innards of their computers. That's what the G3 minitowers are for.
>limited options... non-standard (no, USB isn't
>standard yet) internal equipment
It *isn't*? Wow...then all the PCs, new Macs with usb ports, and all the usb devices I've seen (including the usb Zip drive and scanner currently attached to my iMac) must have been figments of my imagination. Same with all the IDE hard drives in existance...after all, the iMac uses one, and if the iMac uses one, it can't *possibly* be a standard...
>Asthetics... I DON'T LIKE THE IMAC DESIGN THEME...
Then GET OVER IT. Unclench that lump of coal up your ass. Hope some other manufacturer makes a cooler-looking case. Or make one yourself. Lots of folks (myself included) seem to like it, otherwise Apple wouldn't have sold so many of the machines.
>Thanks for providing a case that doen't allow me
>easy access to hack and thinker with the hardware
Since you'll never own an iMac, why in blazes is this such an issue? If you want a computer you can open up and stick new stuff into, buy a PC, a PowerMac tower, or build your own. I'm sure you're capable of this, else you probably wouldn't be reading
The iMac isn't meant to be a work-in-progress. It isn't meant to have other bits of hardware kludged into its innards. It's meant to be a self-contained, inexpensive, speedy little machine, which just happens to look cool.
>The list goes on and one... IMacs just plain suck
>and represent a last ditch marking ploy from a
>company on it's well diserved trip down the down
>the tubes.
Oh, of course. Definitely a last ditch marketing ploy from an ailing and decrepit (and yet, quite profitable...hmm) company which sold record numbers of iMacs and G3s in the last few months. Yep, Apple's really gasping for air and clutching at straws. Purely a fluke, no doubt about it.
And if you're interested, I have this bridge for sale...very nice view of Brooklyn.
>they'll never sell. everyone withoout a computer is lacking one because they're waiting for you to give them linux
*snicker*
Considering that I'm currently writing this on an iMac running linuxppc, that's sort of a non-argument...