Now I'll ask again, "And Windows users aren't bound to MS?" Lockin is lockin no matter who's doing the locking.
When it comes to the operating system, yes. But when it comes to hardware and third party software, no. Say whatever you want, the choice of software is still way larger for Windows than for the Mac. The only software that's not available on Windows but on a Mac comes from Apple. And third party software producers only half-heartedly support the Mac: Just look at Adobe, there's still no Intel-version of Photoshop.
I find it offensive that you equate criminals who have been a dredge on society and have murdered people with the millions of innocent people executed in gas chambers by the Germans.
That's not what I did, read my post again. I just pointed out that neither of them got a proper trial. In dubio pro reo - just because somebody is or looks islamic doesn't mean that he's a terrorist. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sympathizing with terrorists. I just believe that you should not be allowed to call somebody "a dredge on society" and a "murderer" without providing evidence (but not the WMD kind of evidence the US government used as a justification for invading Iraq).
Or do you think all this is ok, because it's not as bad as what the Germans did 65 years ago? In that case, you can use that argument to justify a lot of other things too, because nothing is comparable to the Shoah (btw., "holocaust" means "sacrifice to god", so you might want to consider using another word in the future).
Anyway, relating this to Nazi-ism, what kind of person throws people into the oven? I believe the same attitude of the person who makes sure that the trains run on time,
Actually, Adolf Eichmann was the one who made sure that the trains were on time in Nazi-Germany. Thus, he made sure that the "enemies" (jews, gypsies, and people not endorsing the Nazis) of the Third Reich were transported to concentration camps, where they were locked up, tortured, and killed without proper trial.
you'll face the high cost of changing back your IT to the Windows world.
This is not true.
You can run Windows perfectly well on a Mac so if you decide to give up on OSX you can install Windows on them.
I fail to see how that helps if you're unsatisfied with Apple alltogether (including hardware)? And I really doubt that Apple supports Windows on a Mac (technically, yes, but try to call the support hotline and tell them that you've a problem with that bluetooth driver for Windows XP on your Mac).
Hmm.. I think it's actually the other way around: While the "all-MS shop" allows you to change the (hardware-)horse whenever you want, once you're using the "mixed environment OS X", you're bound to one supplier (Apple) once and forever. There's no way you can change that - if you find out that Apple's support isn't as good as you were expecting, you'll face the high cost of changing back your IT to the Windows world.
If I had a business, I'd prefer to have options and I'd stick with Microsoft (while as a private user, I'm using a Mac and Linux).
Actually getting a free copy, not just "free for nearly long enough to wrap up a single project including editing", but "actually free" would make it MAYBE worth trying.
In fact, Microsoft should pay you for using it, after all, you seem to be an expert. I find it rather arrogant that they charge for it, while guys like you don't get paid for posting on slashdot. It's a bad world...
Hmm.. a new file format is hardly an innovation. But you're right, all of the products listed in the article have been there before, in one way or the other. Parallels? C'mon, this is just VMware for the Mac. A hard disk? Uhm.. if the author thinks a hard disk is innovative, where has he been living the last 50 years? Ebooks, desktop PCs and mobile phones? My guess is that they were too lazy to write a new article, took one from the early 90s and just replaced the names of the products..
It even has a built in 32 MB RAM expansion, which makes DSLinux much more useful than before.
The RAM extension isn't used by DSLinux, though. You said you still use GBAMP for Scumm VM? I thought Scumm VM runs fine on a Supercard CF? Are there any problems?
(nice firmware and a built in clock for evil warez stuff, effectively)
Does somebody know if the battery for this RTC can be replaced? Is the M3 useless once the battery is empty?
It's like this PC thing that everybody seems to be talking about nowadays.. I have no idea what the fuck it means.. Post-Communist? But why would somebody like to have one at home, then? Particle Collider? I've heard the one in Switzerland has a diameter of several miles, but my friend told me he has a PC at home and his flat isn't that large.
Are you interested only in DS homebrew or in both?
DSLinux and Scumm VM are most tempting, so I guess I'm mostly interested in DS homebrew. I've read that neither works with the M3 DS lite (which would'nt stick out of my DS lite), and Scumm VM has only restricted compatibility with Scumm VM + speech output.
I'd prefer to use DSLinux to get best of both worlds.. the great games of the Nintendo DS, and the flexibility of Linux (for which, to be honest, there are not as many great games as for the DS).
Hmm, I guess since this is using the exact pin-layout of a CF flash card this implies high compatibility (i.e., will work with GBAMP NDS Firmware Hack and the GBAMP FAT driver. I was wondering which DS flash card to buy, and I was eying the M3 lite for DS, but given all the compatibility problems, I'm leaning towards a CF solution, now, even though this sticks out of my Nintendo DS lite as much as a mile.. Or can anybody recommend something else that's compatible with homebrew (M3 CF (or SD) lite, or one of the Supercards)
According to Wikipedia, UHF was only rated PG13 because of a scene in which Joe Earley (played by Emo Philips) accidentally cuts his thumb off with a table saw;-)
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Now I'll ask again, "And Windows users aren't bound to MS?" Lockin is lockin no matter who's doing the locking.
When it comes to the operating system, yes. But when it comes to hardware and third party software, no. Say whatever you want, the choice of software is still way larger for Windows than for the Mac. The only software that's not available on Windows but on a Mac comes from Apple. And third party software producers only half-heartedly support the Mac: Just look at Adobe, there's still no Intel-version of Photoshop.
I find it offensive that you equate criminals who have been a dredge on society and have murdered people with the millions of innocent people executed in gas chambers by the Germans.
That's not what I did, read my post again. I just pointed out that neither of them got a proper trial. In dubio pro reo - just because somebody is or looks islamic doesn't mean that he's a terrorist. Don't get me wrong, I'm not sympathizing with terrorists. I just believe that you should not be allowed to call somebody "a dredge on society" and a "murderer" without providing evidence (but not the WMD kind of evidence the US government used as a justification for invading Iraq).
Or do you think all this is ok, because it's not as bad as what the Germans did 65 years ago? In that case, you can use that argument to justify a lot of other things too, because nothing is comparable to the Shoah (btw., "holocaust" means "sacrifice to god", so you might want to consider using another word in the future).
Anyway, relating this to Nazi-ism, what kind of person throws people into the oven? I believe the same attitude of the person who makes sure that the trains run on time,
Actually, Adolf Eichmann was the one who made sure that the trains were on time in Nazi-Germany. Thus, he made sure that the "enemies" (jews, gypsies, and people not endorsing the Nazis) of the Third Reich were transported to concentration camps, where they were locked up, tortured, and killed without proper trial.
However, most of the Germans that did throw people into the oven are dead now, many of them have been punished thanks to Simon Wiesenthal.
There's nothing that comes even close to that, nowadays, even though locking up and torturing people without trial, as well as the death penalty (with trial), is still common in some countries.
This is not true.
You can run Windows perfectly well on a Mac so if you decide to give up on OSX you can install Windows on them.
I fail to see how that helps if you're unsatisfied with Apple alltogether (including hardware)? And I really doubt that Apple supports Windows on a Mac (technically, yes, but try to call the support hotline and tell them that you've a problem with that bluetooth driver for Windows XP on your Mac).
Hmm.. I think it's actually the other way around: While the "all-MS shop" allows you to change the (hardware-)horse whenever you want, once you're using the "mixed environment OS X", you're bound to one supplier (Apple) once and forever. There's no way you can change that - if you find out that Apple's support isn't as good as you were expecting, you'll face the high cost of changing back your IT to the Windows world.
If I had a business, I'd prefer to have options and I'd stick with Microsoft (while as a private user, I'm using a Mac and Linux).
Well, SOX doesn't apply in Europe, and I can't find such a product in the European stores.. does that mean that they won't charge the fee over here?
isn't it the responsibility of Microsoft to make Apple's FairPlay work on Zunes
No, because Apple doesn't license FairPlay. Compared to iTunes, you could call "Plays for sure" an open standard..
In fact, Microsoft should pay you for using it, after all, you seem to be an expert.
I find it rather arrogant that they charge for it, while guys like you don't get paid for posting on slashdot. It's a bad world...
Hmm.. a new file format is hardly an innovation. But you're right, all of the products listed in the article have been there before, in one way or the other. Parallels? C'mon, this is just VMware for the Mac. A hard disk? Uhm.. if the author thinks a hard disk is innovative, where has he been living the last 50 years? Ebooks, desktop PCs and mobile phones? My guess is that they were too lazy to write a new article, took one from the early 90s and just replaced the names of the products..
I love my 4G ipod and the click wheel interface has alot to do with that.
Actually, I think it's totally counter-intuitive. Why do I have draw circles with my finger when I want to move the cursor down?
Now go to the Apple homepage and configure your Mac like one of the cheap Dells..
oh.. wait..
Well, still, I prefer my Powerbook over any Dell..
Well, he could use Ubuntu instead, but then he wouldn't have the 10x speedup of harddisk access that comes with a hand-crafted /etc/fstab..
It even has a built in 32 MB RAM expansion, which makes DSLinux much more useful than before.
The RAM extension isn't used by DSLinux, though. You said you still use GBAMP for Scumm VM? I thought Scumm VM runs fine on a Supercard CF? Are there any problems?
(nice firmware and a built in clock for evil warez stuff, effectively)
Does somebody know if the battery for this RTC can be replaced? Is the M3 useless once the battery is empty?
Too bad the sales numbers of Creative MP3 players don't reflect that:
This means that Apple has sold 4 times more MP3 players than Creative..
Yeah.. I totally agree.
;-)
It's like this PC thing that everybody seems to be talking about nowadays..
I have no idea what the fuck it means.. Post-Communist? But why would somebody like to have one at home, then? Particle Collider? I've heard the one in Switzerland has a diameter of several miles, but my friend told me he has a PC at home and his flat isn't that large.
I'm confused..
Are you interested only in DS homebrew or in both?
DSLinux and Scumm VM are most tempting, so I guess I'm mostly interested in DS homebrew. I've read that neither works with the M3 DS lite (which would'nt stick out of my DS lite), and Scumm VM has only restricted compatibility with Scumm VM + speech output.
Unfortunately, DS delivers only 3.3V to GBA slot and so an external 5V power supply is required. I used a 11.1V li-poly battery and a DC-DC converter to bring the voltage down to 5V.
Since he's using an external power supply, I guess that the HD doesn't drain that much from the DS battery..
I'd prefer to use DSLinux to get best of both worlds.. the great games of the Nintendo DS, and the flexibility of Linux (for which, to be honest, there are not as many great games as for the DS).
But does it run homebrew?
Hmm, I guess since this is using the exact pin-layout of a CF flash card this implies high compatibility (i.e., will work with GBAMP NDS Firmware Hack and the GBAMP FAT driver. I was wondering which DS flash card to buy, and I was eying the M3 lite for DS, but given all the compatibility problems, I'm leaning towards a CF solution, now, even though this sticks out of my Nintendo DS lite as much as a mile..
Or can anybody recommend something else that's compatible with homebrew (M3 CF (or SD) lite, or one of the Supercards)
It is called a "MacBook".
No, it's not.
Remember: For Mac fanboys, Macs are always better.
All your objections can be easily fixed.
[a] no tablet
Simply glue a wacom tablet to your Macbook.
[b] has a glossy display and
Anti-gloss hair spray helps.
[c] has no core _2_ duo
but Steve said the MacBook is faster!
Btw., I own a 12" powerbook.. but I'd love to have a X61 tablet (with Vista
According to Wikipedia, UHF was only rated PG13 because of a scene in which Joe Earley (played by Emo Philips) accidentally cuts his thumb off with a table saw ;-)
Leopard's Spaces implementation looks like a quantum improvement on other virtual desktop managers I've used
Try Desktop Manager, it is perfectly integrated into Mac OS X.
This is a model that MS could use as well. Open up or borrow the base layers, and build on top of it.
Their base layer (=NT kernel) is good enough.. I don't see how Vista would profit from a Mach kernel...
Another idea: Just donate the $200.