Android market can get segmented quickly in terms of display resolutions and hardware capabilities, how do these "big players" expect to deliver quality apps to the Android devices? I already have an iPad (that makes me a sheep according to some of you more "in the know" experts, I know) but I do like the idea of a strong competitor to Apple. Unfortunately, I don't think Android will deliver. Had HP, Dell or anyone else had the balls to embrace Linux a few years back and deliver a few meaningful apps, I think they maybe would have a leg to stand on. But as it is right now, Apple provides you with all (well, maybe not all) your tunes, videos, pictures, comic books, books and a decent website experience, with some really nice apps, I think other manufacturers have a really steep hill to climb.
I am not convinced that the average consumer is interested in a fragmented (albeit "free") experience. Or to use a car analogy, at some point it was fun to start the Monte Carlo by sticking a pencil in the carb, but at this stage in my life, I just want the car to start when I turn the key...
THAT'S an asshole, anti-competitive move. Apple deserves to be smacked down for that.
Who do they deserve to be smacked down by? The government? Well, in this country we still have a nice healthy hands-off attitude that allows private enterprises to compete against each other, without govmint smacking them down.
Or do they deserve to be smacked down by the market place? The market place has spoken... millions of iPod Touches, iPhones, and iPads are sold to consumers who are willing to skip over Flash in order to have a useable device.
Their nearest competition has a buy one, get one free business plan. We'll see how well that works out for their eco-system.
but after they sent the immature letter to Apple, they posted on their blog that they had warm and fuzzy feelings of legal compliance on their blog. Isn't that enough to keep the law at bay?
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If that was the case, would Wozniak's wife still work for Apple's sales department? I think Woz is smart enough to understand that times are still changing, and those that want more open devices can simply go out and purchase an HP slate with its USB port, and all sorts of do-das. Those who don't want to mess with configurations, settings and.plist files can simply purchase and use an iPad.
I don't want to sound insensitive but being a Master at night is only advantageous over the Master at day, or even a full Masters, only in Transylvania.
Right, I forgot about that. Plus a true mac admin can always grab a latte and visit his users in person, because the servers in the background just keep running, and since there are no viruses to clean up, and all the users are non-admins, there's very little to actually do.
And of course, there's iChat which lets us do remote control for our users on the other side of the state.
Apple Remote Desktop (http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/) is $499 for unlimited clients. But if your company doesn't have $500, you can use any VNC client, as the macs support it natively (In the sharing settings is where you set up VNC access).
You make a good point on the cheapest hardware possible. I haven't been in the windows world for a while, so what is the expected price and rotation in years on a machine. Back when I did virus cleaning for 50% of my "admin" time, we'd spend $1100 - $1500 on a machine and rotate every 3-4 years. Are businesses now buying the $600 specials from Walmart? Or are they still spending over $1000? $1199 will buy you a 21" iMac, C2D 3.06GHz and 4 GB of RAM, which should easily last you 3-4 years. Comes with Exchange mail and clients out of the box, that even a clueless user can set up on their own. (Provided they know their email and password, which I admit can be a tall order.)(Of course adding the 3 year applecare does add to the total.)
As far as being cool, I think that's just a byproduct of design. Take the iMac for example, yes it does look cool, but its all in one design makes it a breeze to set up/replace. You can carry two at the same time, plug in ethernet, power, keyboard and it's good to go. You don't need to manage 2 boxes and interconnects between them. Magic mouse is spendy, but it has no moving parts, no balls to gum up with hand lotion and should last a long long while.
It was 4:20 on the coast when he posted that. What about the stuff about hardware open-ness? Seriously 90% of the hardware problems are because the supplier used 3-rd rate components, or shipped with faulty drivers. Granted, yes there are instances when you need a special card to drive a device, but when was a last time a legion of bankers or bean counters demanded some crazy hardware? Yes, clearly it's a great investment into my business.
Software open-ness? Certainly, that's why you can, you know, grab a copy of XCode for free and start developing for OS X. But that's just too much work, when you're doped up on info world and other pundits, it's much easier to whine.
Pardon the uninitiated, but with 10.6 supporting Exchange Mail and Calendar with setup time of about 2 seconds (to enter your email and password), why does one need Outlook?
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TrisexualPuppy, pray tell us what your young girlfriends say about this.
Also, some pictures would be appreciated.
Android market can get segmented quickly in terms of display resolutions and hardware capabilities, how do these "big players" expect to deliver quality apps to the Android devices?
I already have an iPad (that makes me a sheep according to some of you more "in the know" experts, I know) but I do like the idea of a strong competitor to Apple. Unfortunately, I don't think Android will deliver.
Had HP, Dell or anyone else had the balls to embrace Linux a few years back and deliver a few meaningful apps, I think they maybe would have a leg to stand on. But as it is right now, Apple provides you with all (well, maybe not all) your tunes, videos, pictures, comic books, books and a decent website experience, with some really nice apps, I think other manufacturers have a really steep hill to climb.
I am not convinced that the average consumer is interested in a fragmented (albeit "free") experience. Or to use a car analogy, at some point it was fun to start the Monte Carlo by sticking a pencil in the carb, but at this stage in my life, I just want the car to start when I turn the key...
They did! That was their failsafe, but he uses DVORAK!
THAT'S an asshole, anti-competitive move. Apple deserves to be smacked down for that.
Who do they deserve to be smacked down by?
The government?
Well, in this country we still have a nice healthy hands-off attitude that allows private enterprises to compete against each other, without govmint smacking them down.
Or do they deserve to be smacked down by the market place?
The market place has spoken... millions of iPod Touches, iPhones, and iPads are sold to consumers who are willing to skip over Flash in order to have a useable device.
Their nearest competition has a buy one, get one free business plan. We'll see how well that works out for their eco-system.
but after they sent the immature letter to Apple, they posted on their blog that they had warm and fuzzy feelings of legal compliance on their blog.
Isn't that enough to keep the law at bay?
I'll sign up for a hundred of these, if only someone can point me to 3D renderings of it.
Page Hits! Page Hits over here! Get them while they're hot!!!
If that was the case, would Wozniak's wife still work for Apple's sales department? .plist files can simply purchase and use an iPad.
I think Woz is smart enough to understand that times are still changing, and those that want more open devices can simply go out and purchase an HP slate with its USB port, and all sorts of do-das. Those who don't want to mess with configurations, settings and
Is Gnutella like a free Nutella?
I don't want to sound insensitive but being a Master at night is only advantageous over the Master at day, or even a full Masters, only in Transylvania.
That is crazy...
I restart my MacBook Pro, maybe once every 3 months.
To take it somewhere, I just unplug power, video, and USB and take it.
wow...
But at least those users don't need to worry themselves about being called Mac fanboys, zealots, or snobs.
It's a small price to pay.
NAV runs on Cray?
umm, delete?
Hah, that will show them!
I hope they have first gaged the interest, so they know how much of it there is to gauge!
Only if it's cubed.
The longer it takes for the joke to sink in, the funnier it is.
I misread that as "Lost Nazi Uniforms Found in a Dutch Scrapyard" and failed to see why that would make news.
Right, I forgot about that.
Plus a true mac admin can always grab a latte and visit his users in person, because the servers in the background just keep running, and since there are no viruses to clean up, and all the users are non-admins, there's very little to actually do.
And of course, there's iChat which lets us do remote control for our users on the other side of the state.
Apple Remote Desktop (http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/) is $499 for unlimited clients.
But if your company doesn't have $500, you can use any VNC client, as the macs support it natively (In the sharing settings is where you set up VNC access).
You make a good point on the cheapest hardware possible. I haven't been in the windows world for a while, so what is the expected price and rotation in years on a machine. Back when I did virus cleaning for 50% of my "admin" time, we'd spend $1100 - $1500 on a machine and rotate every 3-4 years.
Are businesses now buying the $600 specials from Walmart? Or are they still spending over $1000?
$1199 will buy you a 21" iMac, C2D 3.06GHz and 4 GB of RAM, which should easily last you 3-4 years. Comes with Exchange mail and clients out of the box, that even a clueless user can set up on their own. (Provided they know their email and password, which I admit can be a tall order.)(Of course adding the 3 year applecare does add to the total.)
As far as being cool, I think that's just a byproduct of design. Take the iMac for example, yes it does look cool, but its all in one design makes it a breeze to set up/replace. You can carry two at the same time, plug in ethernet, power, keyboard and it's good to go. You don't need to manage 2 boxes and interconnects between them. Magic mouse is spendy, but it has no moving parts, no balls to gum up with hand lotion and should last a long long while.
It was 4:20 on the coast when he posted that.
What about the stuff about hardware open-ness? Seriously 90% of the hardware problems are because the supplier used 3-rd rate components, or shipped with faulty drivers. Granted, yes there are instances when you need a special card to drive a device, but when was a last time a legion of bankers or bean counters demanded some crazy hardware? Yes, clearly it's a great investment into my business.
Software open-ness? Certainly, that's why you can, you know, grab a copy of XCode for free and start developing for OS X. But that's just too much work, when you're doped up on info world and other pundits, it's much easier to whine.
Pardon the uninitiated, but with 10.6 supporting Exchange Mail and Calendar with setup time of about 2 seconds (to enter your email and password), why does one need Outlook?
Voice translation works great, I'm using it now!
Why a little bit earlier, I was dictating a letter to my set double the killer.
ahh, darn it anyhow, the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten as we say.
THAT would sell, but why stop at legal? Tabloid size WOULD sell twice as much!