Sure.. I'm actually semi pro who derives income from photography (and had the tax statements to prove it). I just had a piece in a show in Tribeca NYC. I've been published many places..
A lot of pro photogs want out of the adobe/apple monopoly.
The gpu is not relevant. I have a macbook and it works fine for lightroom and photoshop. Photography is getting competitive and cameras are pricer than in the film days so price matters. By not including a 5$ port apple pushed it makes the computer more expensive.
I know a couple documentary producers and many photographers for which portability is a big deal. People really want a 12/13 inch macbook pro. There are mini-dv/dvcam portable video players with firewire. Many semi-pros want portability too. Plus a lot of use have portable firewire hardrives (bus powered) that we couldn't use with the new machines.
Apple is moving away from the semi-pro space. Their overpriced towers put a lot of photographers off, when a $1000 windows machine runs photoshop/lightroom fine. I'm seeing an exodus from mac hardware among photographers which as a shareholder concerns me greatly (I've sold 1/2 my shares this year). Unfortunetly apple is the only mac vendor..
Tell that to all the photogs who have firewire harddirve for portable use. Tell that to the videographers who have firewire camcorders and want a small form factor notebook.
This was a bad move... Apples made a lot lately, I'm seeing a lot of photographers go to windows because of it.
Its one of the problems with having only one vendor.
You don't need to join apple's development connection to sell apps for mac. (Iphone is a different story). There used to be 3rd party compilers for mac (metroworks), but since its gcc now. Xcode development platform is free.
Eclipse development works on mac as well.
Full visual studio is not free, and is quite pricy.
I do manly linux development but there is a good article on ars about mac development worth checking out:
I have noticed a trend away from open systems (mac/linux/pc) to closed ones (Nintendo , Xbox, iphone etc... ) which require "blessing" of a company to sell software for the device. This is probably a reaction to piracy.
I've had two device fail because of liquid.. A 2 megapixel (as was the style at the the time) camera fell into a lake for about 3 seconds... pulled the batteries let it dry for a week. DOA.
A flash that somehow got beer into it.. POP, whoops..
A little weatherproofing would have helped. 1000$ is a bit steep though.
He's moded flamebait but he has a point. I've been MS free 6 years now. Nobody wants to compete with a company that has lost 4-5 billion dollars on XBox and keeps going. People will say "its profitable now", actually its not, they wrote off 1-2 billion of repairs last year that they're paying for now.
You know competetion is good so its better to have all 3 around. I don't think they'd be throwing features into these consoles if the competetion wasn't there.
Plus if you know ASIC designers you'll now MS is still looking to hire good ones for this version of the xbox and the next one. (Heat issues...)
"It's about a killer robot driving instructor who travels back in time for some reason." His best friend is a talking pie. For those that don't know.... That was an idea Homer pitched to Ron Howard. Later when Ron's first idea is pitched and shot down he pitches this idea and ends up with a sack of money...
Sometimes I think Linux would be better off with one option instead of many.
Sure technically "many options" is better but sometimes fewer options that are common across all machines would make the platform more desktop friendly.
I just use a text console and bash for my servers, and just remote into them...
For those that want lots of fast storage (Ie photographers), the 2.5 inch HDD in the mini is too slow and small. The processor in the mini can handle it.
A mini tower with 2x 3.5HDD for 1000$ would sell really well. (As a shareholder, I'm a little agravated that apple doesn't do this..)
A tower that apple used to offer started at a reasonable 1600$. I think entry level towers are currently in the 3000$ range.
I used to work as a security guard in a modern art museum. I the gallery was a plain looking wooden bench. I got asked, "Can I sit on this bench or is it art.?"
"No its just a bench".
If nobody can tell what art is anymore then is everything art?
Bottom line... I'd much much much rather buy songs without DRM. People who aren't going to buy aren't going buy and will always find an excuse.
Notice now though how again the labels with provide "amazon" with DRM free tracks but only EMI will provide apple. Using there catalogs as muscle to try and make the online sale more even. Those labels are evil..
As someone who totes a camera and laptop when travelling with the 13 inch macbook, drive space is usefull to us. I miss the portability of my old 12" g3. They just made it thinner which won't help on airplanes etc.
I have an OLPC, and I kinda like the mini size. Maybe thats too mini but....
Also no firewire means all those mac users who tote portable firewire drives for photos are going to have to switch to USB. No Firewire input from video cameras either.
I have a ps2, its old now (7+ years?) and tiring. The original ps3s had 2 chips that made it work like a ps2. The ones that had worse emulation (europe and the us 80 gig) had only one of those 2 chips the other was emulated in software. They've eliminated that chip.
I'm waiting to get a high def TV before I switch. It seems incredibly short sighted for Sony to eliminate the backward compatibility that differentiated your system from the xbox. Now why shouldn't you buy and xbox, (besides reliability) the xbox has better games and is slightly cheaper and you can't play your ps2 games on ps3 or xbox360.
Who is running things over there at SONY anyway? They can't be that stupid can they?
For a device that seems to play video well (and made for it) 8/16 GB doesn't seem like enough. Especially since the "ipod classic" comes in 80/160GB flavors at the same price point( with a small not so good for video screen).
The itunes port to windows (allowing ipod to work on windows) is significantly better than the MS software that allows you to hook up your zune to the mac or linux..
I'm ____, I wrote that worm that messed up your computer costing you tons of time an agravation. Here's my email if you want to thank me. -------------- although in this case it more like "I may have written a worm the exploits a now patched problem".
Threats are inappropriate but seriously, what did he think would happen?
If you don't go with nintendo (who have been very aggressive about protecting their property..) MS as a company is far worse than Sony.
I'd choose SONY. If you look at the linux FUD MS spits out, the fact they released a console without adequate testing and that they're trying to get into the game business not by innovating but by buying there way into it. I think MS has spend 4 Billion trying to get into this market.
Its like choosing utilities, you can' win. I know those who won't buy comcast out of principal, but if dish network gives them a hard time they're out of luck.
I have on 2 occations while fast forwarding through the adds, seen something interesting (a concert/performance I didn't know about) and rewinded it to watch get the web site.
Granted it hasn't happened often, but if the ads are something your actually interested it the DVR allows you to go back and check out.
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Sure.. I'm actually semi pro who derives income from photography (and had the tax statements to prove it). I just had a piece in a show in Tribeca NYC. I've been published many places..
A lot of pro photogs want out of the adobe/apple monopoly.
The gpu is not relevant. I have a macbook and it works fine for lightroom and photoshop. Photography is getting competitive and cameras are pricer than in the film days so price matters. By not including a 5$ port apple pushed it makes the computer more expensive.
I know a couple documentary producers and many photographers for which portability is a big deal. People really want a 12/13 inch macbook pro. There are mini-dv/dvcam portable video players with firewire. Many semi-pros want portability too. Plus a lot of use have portable firewire hardrives (bus powered) that we couldn't use with the new machines.
Apple is moving away from the semi-pro space. Their overpriced towers put a lot of photographers off, when a $1000 windows machine runs photoshop/lightroom fine. I'm seeing an exodus from mac hardware among photographers which as a shareholder concerns me greatly (I've sold 1/2 my shares this year). Unfortunetly apple is the only mac vendor..
I'm hoping adobe ports stuff to linux.
Tell that to all the photogs who have firewire harddirve for portable use. Tell that to the videographers who have firewire camcorders and want a small form factor notebook.
This was a bad move... Apples made a lot lately, I'm seeing a lot of photographers go to windows because of it.
Its one of the problems with having only one vendor.
cough....
Burn as an "Audio CD"
Its a pain, but you loose very little quality if you encode correctly. My car has mp3 cd so I had to convert.
hint: If you don't eject the meta-data(track names etc) follow.
Some errors in your post.
You don't need to join apple's development connection to sell apps for mac. (Iphone is a different story). There used to be 3rd party compilers for mac (metroworks), but since its gcc now. Xcode development platform is free.
Eclipse development works on mac as well.
Full visual studio is not free, and is quite pricy.
I do manly linux development but there is a good article on ars about mac development worth checking out:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/what-microsoft-could-learn-from-apple.ars
I have noticed a trend away from open systems (mac/linux/pc) to closed ones (Nintendo , Xbox, iphone etc... ) which require "blessing" of a company to sell software for the device. This is probably a reaction to piracy.
Good thing they launched from kwaj, so they're not raining space junk down on the continental US.
Liability and insurance rates will probably put and end to private space rockets
I've had two device fail because of liquid.. A 2 megapixel (as was the style at the the time) camera fell into a lake for about 3 seconds... pulled the batteries let it dry for a week. DOA.
A flash that somehow got beer into it.. POP, whoops..
A little weatherproofing would have helped. 1000$ is a bit steep though.
He's moded flamebait but he has a point. I've been MS free 6 years now. Nobody wants to compete with a company that has lost 4-5 billion dollars on XBox and keeps going. People will say "its profitable now", actually its not, they wrote off 1-2 billion of repairs last year that they're paying for now.
You know competetion is good so its better to have all 3 around. I don't think they'd be throwing features into these consoles if the competetion wasn't there.
Plus if you know ASIC designers you'll now MS is still looking to hire good ones for this version of the xbox and the next one. (Heat issues...)
I'll probably get a Wii this generation.
Despite Huge public backing Cape When faces huge regulatory hurdles from rich folks on the Cape.
Massachusetts politics at its best, turning the state from a would be leader into a follower.
Really really sad
That was an idea Homer pitched to Ron Howard. Later when Ron's first idea is pitched and shot down he pitches this idea and ends up with a sack of money...
QT/ GTK
KDE / GNOME
Sometimes I think Linux would be better off with one option instead of many.
Sure technically "many options" is better but sometimes fewer options that are common across all machines would make the platform more desktop friendly.
I just use a text console and bash for my servers, and just remote into them...
For those that want lots of fast storage (Ie photographers), the 2.5 inch HDD in the mini is too slow and small. The processor in the mini can handle it.
A mini tower with 2x 3.5HDD for 1000$ would sell really well. (As a shareholder, I'm a little agravated that apple doesn't do this..)
A tower that apple used to offer started at a reasonable 1600$. I think entry level towers are currently in the 3000$ range.
I used to work as a security guard in a modern art museum. I the gallery was a plain looking wooden bench. I got asked, "Can I sit on this bench or is it art.?"
"No its just a bench".
If nobody can tell what art is anymore then is everything art?
This is art, in the way that photography is art.
http://www.3drealms.com/duke4/
complete with blinking text and "we know its taking a long time"
at least they have a sense of humor about it.
Bottom line... I'd much much much rather buy songs without DRM.
People who aren't going to buy aren't going buy and will always find an excuse.
Notice now though how again the labels with provide "amazon" with DRM free tracks but only EMI will provide apple. Using there catalogs as muscle to try and make the online sale more even. Those labels are evil..
Er.. I like apple stuff, and this is nice, but...
As someone who totes a camera and laptop when travelling with the 13 inch macbook, drive space is usefull to us. I miss the portability of my old 12" g3. They just made it thinner which won't help on airplanes etc.
I have an OLPC, and I kinda like the mini size. Maybe thats too mini but....
Also no firewire means all those mac users who tote portable firewire drives for photos are going to have to switch to USB. No Firewire input from video cameras either.
It pretty though..
specs here
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html
I have a ps2, its old now (7+ years?) and tiring.
The original ps3s had 2 chips that made it work like a ps2.
The ones that had worse emulation (europe and the us 80 gig) had only one of those 2 chips the other was emulated in software.
They've eliminated that chip.
I'm waiting to get a high def TV before I switch.
It seems incredibly short sighted for Sony to eliminate the backward compatibility that differentiated your system from the xbox. Now why shouldn't you buy and xbox, (besides reliability) the xbox has better games and is slightly cheaper and you can't play your ps2 games on ps3 or xbox360.
Who is running things over there at SONY anyway? They can't be that stupid can they?
and BASH shell.
and has a sense of humor*.
Now its all making sense.
(*Dilbert)
For a device that seems to play video well (and made for it) 8/16 GB doesn't seem like enough. Especially since the "ipod classic" comes in 80/160GB flavors at the same price point( with a small not so good for video screen).
Otherwise it looks nice.
The itunes port to windows (allowing ipod to work on windows) is significantly better than the MS software that allows you to hook up your zune to the mac or linux..
Oh wait, that software doesn't exist.
Hi
I'm ____, I wrote that worm that messed up your computer costing you tons of time an agravation. Here's my email if you want to thank me.
--------------
although in this case it more like "I may have written a worm the exploits a now patched problem".
Threats are inappropriate but seriously, what did he think would happen?
I've been MS free for many years now...
If you don't go with nintendo (who have been very aggressive about protecting their property..)
MS as a company is far worse than Sony.
I'd choose SONY.
If you look at the linux FUD MS spits out, the fact they released a console without adequate testing and that they're trying to get into the game business not by innovating but by buying there way into it. I think MS has spend 4 Billion trying to get into this market.
Its like choosing utilities, you can' win. I know those who won't buy comcast out of principal, but if dish network gives them a hard time they're out of luck.
I remember Steve Jobs demoing Halo at a keynote. It was impresive. So impresive MS bought one of the largest mac game shops...Bungie.
I have on 2 occations while fast forwarding through the adds, seen something interesting (a concert/performance I didn't know about) and rewinded it to watch get the web site.
Granted it hasn't happened often, but if the ads are something your actually interested it the DVR allows you to go back and check out.
Bungie made/ported a side scroller already for the mac (back when Bungie was a mac developer)
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I remember Jobs demoing halo at a key note.
I've played it. It was only OK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(computer_game