You state all of those things as if they've already been proven with rock-solid stability.
Remember that to this day, MS does not have a consumer-level OS that can defrag itself in the background, or index its filesystem for quick searches. Priviledge escalation, proper stand-by management, and security are but a distant dream on billions of user desktops.
If there's one thing I've learned about MS is that they overpromise and underdeliver. So I'd hold the judgement on drive encryption, and HD repartitioning until we see how reliable they are a few years from now.
Welcome to the world of OS X. Do yourself a huge favor and download Quicksilver. Improve your efficiency and impress your friends at the same time. Bind it to something like Cmd-Cmd and install the built in flashlight interface.
Trust me, and read some reviews and 10-minute tutorials.
Wait a sec, speaking of roots, you've got to play Dark Forces: Jedi Knight II. Action and story are unmached, even by HL2. And the maps just seem huge and spacey. I still remember the big fuel lines fueling a spaceship, or being on top of a building with a TIE bomber dropping his bombs all around... Awesome, awesome game. The first one where you got to wield a saber in FPS, I believe. Look it up, you won't be disappointed.
It's my only comfort game. (When I'm not getting my Wolf:ET fix, that is.)
Many of us have spent countless nights repairing mistakes that MS has made. Working weekends repairing networks of machines exploited by holes left open by MS, so that everything is peachy keen for the users coming in to work on Monday. We see hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent on enterprise anti-virus licenses just so that the the OS can provide basic functionality. So, many, many, many of us (take a look at your UID) really have a hate-hate relationship with MS.
No matter how many articles you write in computerworld, or post on slash, we're not going to change our opinions. Too many wasted weekends and late nights working to fix Microsoft's blatant mistakes.
And not only has the shit in the past jaded us, the future doesn't look any better... What's on the horizon? Bloated, out-classed, late, unproven, and DRM-laden OS that will finally allow us to forego the floppy disk in our next computer purchase. Oh wait, I guess anyone who will rely on Vista will still have to have a floppy drive, just in case.
Welcome to 2007, 38 years after the invention of the net, we hope you've brought your 37 year old technology with you! You can use it to store a whopping 140 seconds of music on it!
Effectively doubling the resolution and quadrupling the number of pixels? (With video now coming at 1.5Mbps.) Or is that just what they output through the AV jack?
OK, first of they're more interested in DRM rather than delivering media. Secondly, look at their attempts at media management on PCs... The mighty Windows Movie Maker which can't even burn a DVD. The mighty WMP which weighs about a ton of RAM and makes you do the "wtf, where did that title bar go?" twist every time you use it. Their awesome solution towards digital photo management-- google picassa. The simplicity of importing video and photos into your computer "Please insert the driver disc" And once again, let me mention the allmighty Windows Movie Maker which cannot burn your movies to a DVD! WTF?
And what of their Media box? Any of your friends with careers excited, or talk about the PC in the middle of the living room that manages their media?
Yes, Zune has a pedigree of a 2nd rate dog (Xbox) and a 3 legged mutt (MS.)
No, he probably meant gone, as in P3 or G3 CPUs that are obsolete nowdays. I mean who uses those CPUs any more, right? Maybe cavemen, with their obsolete hammers.
OK, some years ago I had received a TV tuner card and installed it on a Win2K box. It pretty well worked as advertised, but the scheduling software was standard windows... you could only run it if no other programs were running.
I've had a DVR from my cable company, but with all the add-ins (Digital tier, remote charge, box charge) it proved to be too expensive, plus it needed frequent hard reboots.
Then... enter Miglia's TV Micro. A little USB dongle (with an included USB cable) that decodes the signal and software that works perfectly on my Mac. (The downside is that you need a beefy Mac to run it, or pretty much any new 2-core system, since the tiny thing has no hardware compressor, but from what I understand a reliable, worry free MythTV setup requires beefy hardware too.) It also can export videos to iPod and synch them overnight. I can also stream them to my other computers on the home network via iTunes sharing.
Other than a 100 bucks USB dongle, there's no expense. I can even set shows to record from the web. Now if only Apple would release an airport that can stream video, I'd be all set to watch my library directly on the TV.
Right on, chief. And they seemed to be roasting themselves, mostly. Nobody said much about Shatner. Infact, the only funny bit was the Shatner at the last 10 minutes chewing them out. He had better jokes than they did. What a waste of time...
I love it... From the description about supported devices: If your device is Plays for Sure compliant it may work, but we cannot guarantee performance on untested devices. (Emphasis mine.)
Dude, so if all of those people with "Plays for Sure" players will send me 20 bucks now, I'll send them 25 on Monday. For Sure!
And I'll have to disagree with you. Pretty much anyone who has experience with Microsoft, namely through their crappy OS, has to be a half-blown system admin. They need to understand the nuances of OS updates, antivirus, spyware etc. In the MS world, the only ones not technically minded are our grandmas and sisters.
I have supplied my parents and mother in law with G3 macs over a year ago, and have not had any problems or calls since. My best friend, brother in law and 2 coworkers have also switched from unsatisfactory PCs to new Macs. (Minis and iBooks).
If people are not happy with their current Wintels, they are not so hesitant towards switching to Macs. My "converts" all LOVE them and love using them. All that and no support calls. The best part... no more thanxgiving weekends spent cleaning up spyware on a dialup line!
One thing to keep in mind is that Apple could realistically jump to 20% US userland coverage very quickly. (within a space of couple of years) Yes, the rest of the world may still run their pirated copies of Windows, but if 20+ percent of US consumers (read shoppers) are all of a sudden browsing shopping sites on Macs, banking online etc. I think most companies will be hard pressed to accomodate those users through their web services.
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You state all of those things as if they've already been proven with rock-solid stability.
Remember that to this day, MS does not have a consumer-level OS that can defrag itself in the background, or index its filesystem for quick searches. Priviledge escalation, proper stand-by management, and security are but a distant dream on billions of user desktops.
If there's one thing I've learned about MS is that they overpromise and underdeliver. So I'd hold the judgement on drive encryption, and HD repartitioning until we see how reliable they are a few years from now.
Drippy... Now everyone can get pictures of Ballmers kids squirted to them.
Welcome to the world of OS X.
Do yourself a huge favor and download Quicksilver.
Improve your efficiency and impress your friends at the same time.
Bind it to something like Cmd-Cmd and install the built in flashlight interface.
Trust me, and read some reviews and 10-minute tutorials.
I kid you not, right after watching the Ballmer commercial, the sound went out on my computer.
That mofo has some powerful anti-mojo.
(Though I am from Nebraska, so maybe that's why.)
Stupid monkeyboy...
Actually my friends, I am the one true submitter of this story!
Considering how much progress they've made with Portable Home Directories, I'd imagine something like this wouldn't be too great of a stretch.
Wait a sec, speaking of roots, you've got to play Dark Forces: Jedi Knight II. Action and story are unmached, even by HL2.
And the maps just seem huge and spacey. I still remember the big fuel lines fueling a spaceship, or being on top of a building with a TIE bomber dropping his bombs all around... Awesome, awesome game. The first one where you got to wield a saber in FPS, I believe.
Look it up, you won't be disappointed.
It's my only comfort game. (When I'm not getting my Wolf:ET fix, that is.)
First of all, welcome to slash.
Many of us have spent countless nights repairing mistakes that MS has made.
Working weekends repairing networks of machines exploited by holes left open by MS, so that everything is peachy keen for the users coming in to work on Monday. We see hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent on enterprise anti-virus licenses just so that the the OS can provide basic functionality.
So, many, many, many of us (take a look at your UID) really have a hate-hate relationship with MS.
No matter how many articles you write in computerworld, or post on slash, we're not going to change our opinions.
Too many wasted weekends and late nights working to fix Microsoft's blatant mistakes.
And not only has the shit in the past jaded us, the future doesn't look any better... What's on the horizon? Bloated, out-classed, late, unproven, and DRM-laden OS that will finally allow us to forego the floppy disk in our next computer purchase. Oh wait, I guess anyone who will rely on Vista will still have to have a floppy drive, just in case.
Welcome to 2007, 38 years after the invention of the net, we hope you've brought your 37 year old technology with you! You can use it to store a whopping 140 seconds of music on it!
Effectively doubling the resolution and quadrupling the number of pixels?
(With video now coming at 1.5Mbps.)
Or is that just what they output through the AV jack?
OK,
first of they're more interested in DRM rather than delivering media.
Secondly, look at their attempts at media management on PCs...
The mighty Windows Movie Maker which can't even burn a DVD.
The mighty WMP which weighs about a ton of RAM and makes you do the "wtf, where did that title bar go?" twist every time you use it.
Their awesome solution towards digital photo management-- google picassa.
The simplicity of importing video and photos into your computer "Please insert the driver disc"
And once again, let me mention the allmighty Windows Movie Maker which cannot burn your movies to a DVD!
WTF?
And what of their Media box? Any of your friends with careers excited, or talk about the PC in the middle of the living room that manages their media?
Yes, Zune has a pedigree of a 2nd rate dog (Xbox) and a 3 legged mutt (MS.)
No, he probably meant gone, as in P3 or G3 CPUs that are obsolete nowdays. I mean who uses those CPUs any more, right? Maybe cavemen, with their obsolete hammers.
you can have it for free:
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It's great to see douches like that play with fireworks. I like to watch their pictures on ogrish.
Apparently they've never heard of remote detonators, or slow burning fuses...
Well, some people like burning their money away, others like pissing it away...
How often does an average Slash reader close his Firefox window?
(I ask because I leave my Deer Park and Safari windows opened for months.)
Miglia TV Micro
EyeTV compatible, small, no messy wires...
I did, once, and the wench drank me under the table...
*rimshot*
OK,
some years ago I had received a TV tuner card and installed it on a Win2K box.
It pretty well worked as advertised, but the scheduling software was standard windows... you could only run it if no other programs were running.
I've had a DVR from my cable company, but with all the add-ins (Digital tier, remote charge, box charge) it proved to be too expensive, plus it needed frequent hard reboots.
Then... enter Miglia's TV Micro.
A little USB dongle (with an included USB cable) that decodes the signal and software that works perfectly on my Mac.
(The downside is that you need a beefy Mac to run it, or pretty much any new 2-core system, since the tiny thing has no hardware compressor, but from what I understand a reliable, worry free MythTV setup requires beefy hardware too.)
It also can export videos to iPod and synch them overnight. I can also stream them to my other computers on the home network via iTunes sharing.
Other than a 100 bucks USB dongle, there's no expense. I can even set shows to record from the web.
Now if only Apple would release an airport that can stream video, I'd be all set to watch my library directly on the TV.
Right on, chief.
And they seemed to be roasting themselves, mostly. Nobody said much about Shatner.
Infact, the only funny bit was the Shatner at the last 10 minutes chewing them out. He had better jokes than they did.
What a waste of time...
I love it...
From the description about supported devices:
If your device is Plays for Sure compliant it may work, but we cannot guarantee performance on untested devices. (Emphasis mine.)
Dude, so if all of those people with "Plays for Sure" players will send me 20 bucks now, I'll send them 25 on Monday. For Sure!
What's the big idea with the name, punk?
What little kid wouldn't want one of these as their best friend:
Orangutan!
And I'll have to disagree with you.
Pretty much anyone who has experience with Microsoft, namely through their crappy OS, has to be a half-blown system admin.
They need to understand the nuances of OS updates, antivirus, spyware etc.
In the MS world, the only ones not technically minded are our grandmas and sisters.
I have supplied my parents and mother in law with G3 macs over a year ago, and have not had any problems or calls since.
My best friend, brother in law and 2 coworkers have also switched from unsatisfactory PCs to new Macs. (Minis and iBooks).
If people are not happy with their current Wintels, they are not so hesitant towards switching to Macs.
My "converts" all LOVE them and love using them.
All that and no support calls.
The best part... no more thanxgiving weekends spent cleaning up spyware on a dialup line!
One thing to keep in mind is that Apple could realistically jump to 20% US userland coverage very quickly. (within a space of couple of years)
Yes, the rest of the world may still run their pirated copies of Windows, but if 20+ percent of US consumers (read shoppers) are all of a sudden browsing shopping sites on Macs, banking online etc. I think most companies will be hard pressed to accomodate those users through their web services.