Help me understand. You bought gold, to protect your capital. But do you have the actual gold? Or do you just have a receipt that you own a certain amount, trusting that this document will be recognized?
Even if you do have the actual gold, I'm skeptical about how much you can actually use it in times of need.
Now with virtualization technology, where the OS is running virtually, or in VMWare, you'll be able to do a "Print screen" at a higher level than the OS, so it shouldn'T be a problem.
Marketing theory: Every new competitor that comes out helps the one in the #1 spot.
Amazon will be fighting Sony, Microsoft, Yahoo, perhaps even the evil Google, and every other iPod/iTMS wannabe.
They may have a business case, but they won't be aiming to overthrow Apple in the #1 spot. Every advertising dollar they spend will benefit not only themselves, but Apple. By increasing the choices and inserting even more noise into the equation, even more people will flock to the #1 choice.
Reminder to competitors seeking #1 spot: Apple has a complete solution. Hardware players. Music player software. Music store. Remote transmitter (airport express), remote control, Front Row media software with a cheap computer (Mac Mini) that just works, Steve Jobs Rock Star CEO, and best of all, a healthy market with lots of competitors and wanna-bes.
Don't be ridiculous... Being the first site to post a story is not what Slashdot is about. Its about the comments posted on the story by the users. Great stuff like the "In Soviet Russia" jokes, the "5. Profit!" responses, the Open Source fanatics with their twisted mentality, the Microsoft-haters with their ridiculous love for Linux, the Apple-bashers who don't know what they are talking about....:)
How about resolution? With the bigger sizes, like 19" or 20", I expect at least 1920x1200 resolution. As it stands, my 17" laptop has a resolution of 1920x1200, and the DPI is fantastic. With 19" or 20", I'd like at least 1920x1200 as well. That Samsung model is only in the 1600x1050 range...
You fail to take into account that very nearly the only reason to purchase the Apple MP3 player in most cases is as a fashion accessory.
Definitely flamebait.
Here's one of those "other cases": What got me on the bandwagon was Apple's more complete solution to my musical needs than I could find elsewhere. Apple has many of the pieces required for my home+portable music needs, all integrated seamlessly to one another. Well integrated! The fact that the hardware is stylish and of good quality (well, maybe not the Nano, but the other items I own are amazing) is not a major factor, though I do enjoy it. Its the Hardware + software + accessories product lineup and how they work together that I like.
What RANDOM software do you propose I use with your suggested MP3 player? After all, these things need to plug into a computer to be filled up and useful.
Here's my integrated solution. It all works quite well together.
- Apple Lossless Format, for ripping all my CDs to NAS with max quality
- iTunes player for Mac, free, for playing and managing all my music
- Airport Express, to send the music to remote speakers, from iTunes
- iTMS, easily buy music, within iTunes. Not 192khz/24-bit, but still good.
- Mac Mini for kitchen music/email/web. Awesome. Great wireless KB + mouse
- iTunes player for Windows PC, for my Dell Laptop
- iPod Nano, works very well with iTunes, super interface, 185 lossless songs
I love how my Nano lets me rate stuff and then synchronizes with my main collection. Its all about software and integration... And iTunes music player software also has built-in support for podcasts, audio books, etc.
Nobody else can compete with a solution that works so well together, that I saw. Of course, this is Slashdot, so any real other integrated alternatives will surely surface in a reply, but your MP3 player suggestion just doesn't solve much for me. It is probably as useless as my old RCA Lyra, which needs Musicmatch to work.
...is packed with plenty of audio power. Plugged into my car speakers, it was able to belt out the new Fountains of Wayne rocker, "Maureen," loudly enough to be heard perfectly, even though I was going 70 mph in a convertible with the top down.
Wow, the Nano has a built-in power amplifier with enough power to play that loud in your car? Cool:)
...Its your car's amplifier doing the job, not the Nano. The nano has a line-level or headphone-level power output... Nothing impressive there, other than that Apple didn't goof up, right?
Wait a minute... If the open-source community now "owns" patents, what happens when they start using that new version of the GPL that prohibits use by patent owners? They won't be able to use their own code!
"After more than 20 years of research, development and competition in the field of HCI, not one single leading operating system developing company has come up with an OS that utilizes the four corners of the screen."
"Browse the internet by hitting the screen corner? Check mail in the screen corner? Get Info in the screen corner? System preferences in the screen corner? Switching applications in the screen corner?"
The first and most obvious problem with this concept is that the user must know what each corner does. You should not expect the user to remember this by heart. Therefore, you have to either allocate screen real-estate to show it (doh!), or pop up the information about what happens when you move or click here (doh!). If you allocate screen real-estate, then that should be clickable as well. Doesn't sound like such a great idea anymore, does it? If you pop up information, then you just made your interface more annoying because the mouse sometimes tends to end up in the corners by mistake.
"Ray Charles figured that out. Stevie Wonder figured that out. And they would probably make a better design team than any money-driven market thugs."
Gee, which market thug are you thinking of?:)
I wish Microsoft would fix their most fundamental user interface problem: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever steal my input directed to one window and start providing it to another. I don't care if the applications are not playing ball properly. Don't allow it. How many times have I hit "enter" while typing, say, in a word processor, but just before I hit "enter" a message box pops up and my enter key is swallowed by it, taking the default action, and I don't even know what happened because I never got the chance to see the question. Or my password being entered into one window's field but ending up in another. Bad.
What I mean by "bad experiences" is that the other operating systems have also crashed, so they aren't much better in that respect. S'all good for me as of XP and Win2K, for the most part.
My top 5 reasons for using Windows on my Intel PCs:
1) Generally more software and games I like run on it.
2) More devices I'm interested in come with drivers and support for it.
3) Viruses and worms don't affect me, I have a firewall, and I don't click on phishing email links, I don't visit questionable web sites. So it is as secure as I need it to be.
4) My Windows XP is generally stable and free from crashes. I do use my computers a lot, and appreciate this. Its not perfect, though, but still, I have had bad experiences on other OSes such as OS X.
Yes, yes, yes. Reread MY post, then you'll see that I'm not contradicting you, but rather showing that if this is their strategy, they aren't going far enough (in my case).
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Help me understand. You bought gold, to protect your capital. But do you have the actual gold? Or do you just have a receipt that you own a certain amount, trusting that this document will be recognized?
Even if you do have the actual gold, I'm skeptical about how much you can actually use it in times of need.
Time to buy more. They are on their way up on monday, way up. Every WWDC this happens. So predictable.
Now with virtualization technology, where the OS is running virtually, or in VMWare, you'll be able to do a "Print screen" at a higher level than the OS, so it shouldn'T be a problem.
Thanks for the link to that "Right to Read" story, it was fun.
It's. (doh)
Its bulky and ugly, why is this on slashdot?!
Marketing theory: Every new competitor that comes out helps the one in the #1 spot.
Amazon will be fighting Sony, Microsoft, Yahoo, perhaps even the evil Google, and every other iPod/iTMS wannabe.
They may have a business case, but they won't be aiming to overthrow Apple in the #1 spot. Every advertising dollar they spend will benefit not only themselves, but Apple. By increasing the choices and inserting even more noise into the equation, even more people will flock to the #1 choice.
Reminder to competitors seeking #1 spot: Apple has a complete solution. Hardware players. Music player software. Music store. Remote transmitter (airport express), remote control, Front Row media software with a cheap computer (Mac Mini) that just works, Steve Jobs Rock Star CEO, and best of all, a healthy market with lots of competitors and wanna-bes.
Fair use or not, the Slashdot article says:
"They're worried that users will prefer to record the high-quality audio (for free) to buying a download or CD."
And on Wikipedia, for XM satellite radio, the only one I checked, it says:
"Due to lack of bandwidth and too many channels, the maximum bitrate XM broadcast from its satellite per music channel is limited to 64kbs."
Therefore, this is all B.S. since 64 kbps is not generally considered to be high-quality.
About time, yes.
I use a Scientific Atlanta model 8300 which does all this already. Cost approx. $US 425.
Don't be ridiculous... Being the first site to post a story is not what Slashdot is about. Its about the comments posted on the story by the users. Great stuff like the "In Soviet Russia" jokes, the "5. Profit!" responses, the Open Source fanatics with their twisted mentality, the Microsoft-haters with their ridiculous love for Linux, the Apple-bashers who don't know what they are talking about.... :)
How about resolution? With the bigger sizes, like 19" or 20", I expect at least 1920x1200 resolution. As it stands, my 17" laptop has a resolution of 1920x1200, and the DPI is fantastic. With 19" or 20", I'd like at least 1920x1200 as well. That Samsung model is only in the 1600x1050 range...
You fail to take into account that very nearly the only reason to purchase the Apple MP3 player in most cases is as a fashion accessory.
Definitely flamebait. Here's one of those "other cases": What got me on the bandwagon was Apple's more complete solution to my musical needs than I could find elsewhere. Apple has many of the pieces required for my home+portable music needs, all integrated seamlessly to one another. Well integrated! The fact that the hardware is stylish and of good quality (well, maybe not the Nano, but the other items I own are amazing) is not a major factor, though I do enjoy it. Its the Hardware + software + accessories product lineup and how they work together that I like.
What RANDOM software do you propose I use with your suggested MP3 player? After all, these things need to plug into a computer to be filled up and useful.
Here's my integrated solution. It all works quite well together.
- Apple Lossless Format, for ripping all my CDs to NAS with max quality - iTunes player for Mac, free, for playing and managing all my music - Airport Express, to send the music to remote speakers, from iTunes - iTMS, easily buy music, within iTunes. Not 192khz/24-bit, but still good. - Mac Mini for kitchen music/email/web. Awesome. Great wireless KB + mouse - iTunes player for Windows PC, for my Dell Laptop - iPod Nano, works very well with iTunes, super interface, 185 lossless songs
I love how my Nano lets me rate stuff and then synchronizes with my main collection. Its all about software and integration... And iTunes music player software also has built-in support for podcasts, audio books, etc.
Nobody else can compete with a solution that works so well together, that I saw. Of course, this is Slashdot, so any real other integrated alternatives will surely surface in a reply, but your MP3 player suggestion just doesn't solve much for me. It is probably as useless as my old RCA Lyra, which needs Musicmatch to work.
Makes sense.
...is packed with plenty of audio power. Plugged into my car speakers, it was able to belt out the new Fountains of Wayne rocker, "Maureen," loudly enough to be heard perfectly, even though I was going 70 mph in a convertible with the top down.
:)
...Its your car's amplifier doing the job, not the Nano. The nano has a line-level or headphone-level power output... Nothing impressive there, other than that Apple didn't goof up, right?
Wow, the Nano has a built-in power amplifier with enough power to play that loud in your car? Cool
Doh!
Better get my facts straight eh? Thanks
I'm not a fan of open-source...
Wait a minute... If the open-source community now "owns" patents, what happens when they start using that new version of the GPL that prohibits use by patent owners? They won't be able to use their own code!
:)
Suckers
Haeleth,
I am using Windows XP. The flashing taskbar item concept often doesn't do its job...
Nice try, though.
"After more than 20 years of research, development and competition in the field of HCI, not one single leading operating system developing company has come up with an OS that utilizes the four corners of the screen."
:)
"Browse the internet by hitting the screen corner? Check mail in the screen corner? Get Info in the screen corner? System preferences in the screen corner? Switching applications in the screen corner?"
The first and most obvious problem with this concept is that the user must know what each corner does. You should not expect the user to remember this by heart. Therefore, you have to either allocate screen real-estate to show it (doh!), or pop up the information about what happens when you move or click here (doh!). If you allocate screen real-estate, then that should be clickable as well. Doesn't sound like such a great idea anymore, does it? If you pop up information, then you just made your interface more annoying because the mouse sometimes tends to end up in the corners by mistake.
"Ray Charles figured that out. Stevie Wonder figured that out. And they would probably make a better design team than any money-driven market thugs."
Gee, which market thug are you thinking of?
I wish Microsoft would fix their most fundamental user interface problem: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever steal my input directed to one window and start providing it to another. I don't care if the applications are not playing ball properly. Don't allow it. How many times have I hit "enter" while typing, say, in a word processor, but just before I hit "enter" a message box pops up and my enter key is swallowed by it, taking the default action, and I don't even know what happened because I never got the chance to see the question. Or my password being entered into one window's field but ending up in another. Bad.
If you want chicks that expect everything to be given to them for free...
What I mean by "bad experiences" is that the other operating systems have also crashed, so they aren't much better in that respect. S'all good for me as of XP and Win2K, for the most part.
My top 5 reasons for using Windows on my Intel PCs:
...well, ok, that's it.
1) Generally more software and games I like run on it.
2) More devices I'm interested in come with drivers and support for it.
3) Viruses and worms don't affect me, I have a firewall, and I don't click on phishing email links, I don't visit questionable web sites. So it is as secure as I need it to be.
4) My Windows XP is generally stable and free from crashes. I do use my computers a lot, and appreciate this. Its not perfect, though, but still, I have had bad experiences on other OSes such as OS X.
5)
6 months would be good, yes. I wouldn't have to discuss it with anonymous cowards if that was the case.
Yes, yes, yes. Reread MY post, then you'll see that I'm not contradicting you, but rather showing that if this is their strategy, they aren't going far enough (in my case).
Thanks a lot, Anonymous Coward. You can't negate the fact that it is what I feel.