No. Just no. My last MacBook Pro came with Tiger, and I installed install Snow Leopard from the $29 "Update" disk. The idea you have to have the $129 Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade pack if you are running Tiger is simply wrong. That's old news. The only point of the $129 update pack was getting compatible iLife, a big bundle of things I personally don't use and saw no need to pay for.
So for the people screaming that having to update is UNFAIR! If you have an Intel Mac, its $29. Not the end of the world. Whats that? six cups of coffee? A moderately priced dinner for two? And if you are running Power PC more than seven years old, its time to get a new computer. I wish half of you had fussed this badly when Microsoft made people throw out computers that were brand new and supposedly "Vista Capable" but weren't. I have a PPC "media machine" in my bedroom from 2003 running Leopard, and its just fine. How long is Apple supposed to keep supporting decade old hardware? If you are running anything less than a midrange G4 your machine is more a curio than a tool anyway.
Where are the "OMG Windows Seven isn't supported on my PC from 2003" people? If any one had been arguing the lack of support for eight year old Microsoft kit, people would be laughing themselves sick.
A Trip to the doctor recently found that my blood work was great, except for a SERIOUS vitamin D shortage. Now I have to take 2000Mg of Vitamin D a day. Considering my free time consists of "World of Warcraft" this isn't too surprising.
But I'm 45 years old. When I was a kid I had an actual life and a decent diet. If my vitamin D levels had been this low at 12, my bones would have been like soft cheese. How hard is it to force some vitamins into your kid? We were raised by a single parent, and somehow she still managed to make us take a multi-vitamin. I can't get over the fact that there are people who would never dream of missing an oil change on their car who can't see to it that their kid gets a vitamin supplement every day.
The first iPhone was $600, not $800. Why is any Apple device automatically inflated in price 1/4 in any given forum discussion?
I know. I had one. And yes it was overpriced.
I have a 3Gs now, and at $200 its a decent phone, I like it a lot. But I'm still not sure why I spent that much on the original one though. It wasn't status, it was just a great user experience. You picked it up and played with it and in ten minutes you wanted one yourself. These are the people the tablet will sell to. I have a Macbook Pro and I can't imagine a use for the tablet. But then again. I'm not the Billionaire CEO.
I still buy Apple products. I just had to get over my urge to pay the "early adopter" tax. Some people never do, and the rest of us need to thank them. they drive the price down for the rest of us.
Having worn acrylics, that was my first thought. many hardcore nails types, type with the tips of their super re-enforced salon nails. That WILL not work.
Here I see a lot of women with iPhones, not so many with salon nails.
Funny, I voted for Obama because of Palin. "and I voted for Regan and Dole" But Palin? You have got to be kidding. If you don't know what the VP's job description is, you probably shouldn't be running for office.
As a non hetro-non christian, its not like I had much of a choice in the matter of who to vote for, it was Obama or stay home, even the Libertarians ran a nutjob............
Like most people, I have a wireless phone that tells me the time, but I wear a blue-tooth so I don't HAVE to fish it out of my pocket to look at it when I need it.
Besides being convenient, a good watch is fun to wear and looks good. If watches are falling out of favor its because the average Walmart plastic watch is just junk. I love watches, but the choices today seem to be plastic crap, or $3000 mechanical marvels.
So I favor mechanical/electric geek watches. Mostly vintage Accutron watches, The ones that ran on a 360hz electric tuning fork. Also, the occasional digital from when digital meant expensive.
The TI digitals are retro antiques, and the Accutrons were the most accurate watches in the world pre quartz. More reliable than a high end mechanical chronograph. The first one, the Accutron 214. This movement had a history with the space program, and there were 214 based timing mechanisms in the Apollo capsule, and some early satellites.
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No. Just no. My last MacBook Pro came with Tiger, and I installed install Snow Leopard from the $29 "Update" disk. The idea you have to have the $129 Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade pack if you are running Tiger is simply wrong. That's old news. The only point of the $129 update pack was getting compatible iLife, a big bundle of things I personally don't use and saw no need to pay for. So for the people screaming that having to update is UNFAIR! If you have an Intel Mac, its $29. Not the end of the world. Whats that? six cups of coffee? A moderately priced dinner for two? And if you are running Power PC more than seven years old, its time to get a new computer. I wish half of you had fussed this badly when Microsoft made people throw out computers that were brand new and supposedly "Vista Capable" but weren't. I have a PPC "media machine" in my bedroom from 2003 running Leopard, and its just fine. How long is Apple supposed to keep supporting decade old hardware? If you are running anything less than a midrange G4 your machine is more a curio than a tool anyway. Where are the "OMG Windows Seven isn't supported on my PC from 2003" people? If any one had been arguing the lack of support for eight year old Microsoft kit, people would be laughing themselves sick.
A Trip to the doctor recently found that my blood work was great, except for a SERIOUS vitamin D shortage. Now I have to take 2000Mg of Vitamin D a day. Considering my free time consists of "World of Warcraft" this isn't too surprising. But I'm 45 years old. When I was a kid I had an actual life and a decent diet. If my vitamin D levels had been this low at 12, my bones would have been like soft cheese. How hard is it to force some vitamins into your kid? We were raised by a single parent, and somehow she still managed to make us take a multi-vitamin. I can't get over the fact that there are people who would never dream of missing an oil change on their car who can't see to it that their kid gets a vitamin supplement every day.
The first iPhone was $600, not $800. Why is any Apple device automatically inflated in price 1/4 in any given forum discussion? I know. I had one. And yes it was overpriced. I have a 3Gs now, and at $200 its a decent phone, I like it a lot. But I'm still not sure why I spent that much on the original one though. It wasn't status, it was just a great user experience. You picked it up and played with it and in ten minutes you wanted one yourself. These are the people the tablet will sell to. I have a Macbook Pro and I can't imagine a use for the tablet. But then again. I'm not the Billionaire CEO. I still buy Apple products. I just had to get over my urge to pay the "early adopter" tax. Some people never do, and the rest of us need to thank them. they drive the price down for the rest of us.
Having worn acrylics, that was my first thought. many hardcore nails types, type with the tips of their super re-enforced salon nails. That WILL not work. Here I see a lot of women with iPhones, not so many with salon nails.
Funny, I voted for Obama because of Palin. "and I voted for Regan and Dole" But Palin? You have got to be kidding. If you don't know what the VP's job description is, you probably shouldn't be running for office. As a non hetro-non christian, its not like I had much of a choice in the matter of who to vote for, it was Obama or stay home, even the Libertarians ran a nutjob............
Like most people, I have a wireless phone that tells me the time, but I wear a blue-tooth so I don't HAVE to fish it out of my pocket to look at it when I need it.
Besides being convenient, a good watch is fun to wear and looks good. If watches are falling out of favor its because the average Walmart plastic watch is just junk. I love watches, but the choices today seem to be plastic crap, or $3000 mechanical marvels.
So I favor mechanical/electric geek watches. Mostly vintage Accutron watches, The ones that ran on a 360hz electric tuning fork. Also, the occasional digital from when digital meant expensive.
The TI digitals are retro antiques, and the Accutrons were the most accurate watches in the world pre quartz. More reliable than a high end mechanical chronograph. The first one, the Accutron 214. This movement had a history with the space program, and there were 214 based timing mechanisms in the Apollo capsule, and some early satellites.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3909134560_9fb9ea18e6_b.jpg
And the same type of "tuning fork" watch updated for 1973, still working perfectly,
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3608838339_bf1c040e17_b.jpg
Lastly, some vintage LEDs, which never seem to go 100% out of style.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3864049434_b03901cd02_b.jpg [flickr.com]