If there were Macs in school and they were only used to teach kids how to use a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation package, then the kids were cheated. Worse yet, if after that training, they couldn't handle running Word, Excel and PP on Windows, well, maybe they can work a shovel of something less complicated.
Lucent didn't invent Unix, gifted inventors at Bell Labs did. The world changed, it's not like they would be running Unix on PCs or Windows on the minicomputers they had in the 80s. Calling it a "switch" isn't really appropriate.
M$ products have not reached the market share because they are "easy to learn" or well documented.
This all comes down to M$ relentlessly monopolizing every segment of every market they could, regardless of the applicability of Windows for the task at hand.
In countless times, both with my purchases of Microsoft products, as well as with their customers and partners, MS products and services always seem enticing at first, but always end up disappointing or a complete burn. They just can't help themselves.
As interesting as the Xbox might be, I just can't bring myself to invest in any more MS technology. I know I'll eventually regret it.
SyBorg, the gleaming model XQJ-37 nuclear-powered Pan-sexual Roto-Plooker from Zappa's Joe's Garage
Sy Borg Gimme dat, gimme dat Sy Borg Gimme dat, give me the chromium leg. I beg Sy Borg Gimme dat, give me the chromium leg. Little wires, pliers, tires They turn me on
Apple has just put out 10.2.5 for free. In my OpenGL app, the upgrade gave me a 10% speed improvement. It's also 10% faster than the almost identical code running on Windows and Mac OS9. Again, this was free for the download. Plus, nothing (at least for me) broke after the upgrade unlike countless Windows updates I've done through the years. It's also packaged cleanly; a couple clicks, wait a little bit, and everything works better. Paying $120 a year for Apple's diligence is a bargain.
It also appears that Apple has developers working on improving things beyond just fixing bugs and adding features to leverage market share. From my point of view, if a developer at Apple owns a piece of code, he continually works to make it as good as it can be, as a commitment to excellence. With all of the Windows I've bought and installed over the years, that seems to be the last thing on the list, by corporate edict. With Linux, it seems like the effort is mainly just to put out something and they are still playing catchup to Sun and SGI, with a small touch of Windows envy.
At $100 a year, even if Apple saves you 10 hours of trouble and distraction over that year, isn't your time worth at least $10 an hour?
From the highest level VP, to the cleaning staff at Cupertino, Big Steve has made it clear that if anyone leaks any information about future plans or products, it's immediate termination. It's Apple's First Commandment and few will risk the wrath of Jobs.
I don't think that Bluetooth earphones would be high on Apple's list. A battery powered headset would either require the extra weight up on your head, or a battery pack that would be almost as big as the pod. Plus, you would be replacing the battery often or they would require some cumbersome recharging scheme, which would require a wire and a little box or something. Might as well just plug into the iPod. It would also add to the already high price while not adding that much more functionallity. Misplacing the phones or breaking them would also be expensive to replace. An expensive solution solved by ten cents worth of wire.
why do you still buy macs? It's all a matter of work focus. Although many people enjoy being computer hobbyists, spending time tweezing, installing, configuring, upgrading, administering, and adjusting things, Macs are designed to let you spend that seat time in front of the computer doing your work, instead of completing the work that should have been already done by the OS/hardware vendor.
Granted, playing with a computer's internals is educational and enjoyable for many, the Mac is designed from the user on down, instead of the hardware on up. After 20 years of computing, I've spent enough time tuning Unix or of spending the time from 1995 to 2000 trying to get Windows to actually work as well, and transparently as Microsoft has continually promised.
Current Macs might not be the fastest, or cheapest, or totally bug free, (although from a hardware quality point of view there's nothing better) but it's liberating to get "real" work done on a computer instead of being interrupted or distracted from work flow just to be my own mechanic and sysadmin. I use an older dual 500Mhz G4 as my main work machine every day and I never find myself thinking it's too slow. I don't understand why Mhz of PPC vs. Intel gets so much attention. Again, I think it's that tweezer, shade-tree-mechanic mentallity.
I'm happy that I get an OS X terminal window that's fast and doesn't screw up the text when you resize the window. I didn't have to research and buy a better terminal app or download and build 4 or 5 packages just to find one that doesn't mess up on remote telnet sessions and runs fast.
Most of what's expected in a modern computer comes standard with OS X, out of the box. This is especially true of the excellent development tools that come free with OS X. And if you don't like the full blown IDE, you can pop open a terminal window and get all of the gcc, vi, and make you need. Same thing with all of the usual low level networking tools. There's also the icing on the cake with the best of breed "iApps" that are included.
With OS X, you now get the ease of use that older Macs had, plus you get all of the Unix goodness underneath that's easily accessible. Even if an Mac costs more, what's your time worth over the time you own the box?
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If there were Macs in school and they were only used to teach kids
how to use a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation package,
then the kids were cheated. Worse yet, if after that training, they couldn't
handle running Word, Excel and PP on Windows, well, maybe they can
work a shovel of something less complicated.
Lucent didn't invent Unix, gifted inventors at Bell Labs did.
The world changed, it's not like they would be running Unix on PCs
or Windows on the minicomputers they had in the 80s. Calling it a
"switch" isn't really appropriate.
M$ products have not reached the market share because they are
"easy to learn" or well documented.
This all comes down to M$ relentlessly monopolizing every segment
of every market they could, regardless of the applicability of Windows
for the task at hand.
You don't think the stench of rotting fish would detract from its seductive qualities?
Do you mean the the flower or the prom date?
...when he shot out his TV. He was truly ahead of his time.
You attempt things that you do not even plan because of your extreme stupidity.
Sure, I'm trolling but..
In countless times, both with my purchases of Microsoft products,
as well as with their customers and partners, MS products and services
always seem enticing at first, but always end up disappointing or a
complete burn. They just can't help themselves.
As interesting as the Xbox might be, I just can't bring myself to invest
in any more MS technology. I know I'll eventually regret it.
WTF is the "cod philosophy"?
I think it's that whole "Teach a man to fish.." thing.
Sez Lucas:
"Goose-stepping morons like yourself should try buying disks instead of burning them."
There's lots of games that will scare you or give you an anxiety attack, but tranquility is the only game that will get you high.
SyBorg, the gleaming model XQJ-37 nuclear-powered Pan-sexual Roto-Plooker from Zappa's Joe's Garage
Sy Borg
Gimme dat, gimme dat
Sy Borg
Gimme dat, give me the chromium leg.
I beg
Sy Borg
Gimme dat, give me the chromium leg.
Little wires, pliers, tires
They turn me on
DUBYA - Except he's not very lifelike and
has an overriding tendancy to harm humans.
yes.
No Shatner. This sucks.
No Henry Rollins, Townshend, Residents, Zappa.
.5 stars.
Everything I look for gets no search hits.
And these are somewhat mainstream. I think what this
really is is sharing Job's playlist from his iMac.
So far, I'd give it
And did you hear that you're a dumbass?
Stop trying to be clever. It's not working.
Apple has just put out 10.2.5 for free. In my OpenGL app, the upgrade gave me a
10% speed improvement. It's also 10% faster than the almost identical code running
on Windows and Mac OS9. Again, this was free for the download. Plus, nothing
(at least for me) broke after the upgrade unlike countless Windows updates I've
done through the years. It's also packaged cleanly; a couple clicks, wait a little bit,
and everything works better. Paying $120 a year for Apple's diligence is a bargain.
It also appears that Apple has developers working on improving things beyond just
fixing bugs and adding features to leverage market share. From my point of view,
if a developer at Apple owns a piece of code, he continually works to make it as good
as it can be, as a commitment to excellence. With all of the Windows I've bought and
installed over the years, that seems to be the last thing on the list, by corporate edict.
With Linux, it seems like the effort is mainly just to put out something and
they are still playing catchup to Sun and SGI, with a small touch of Windows envy.
At $100 a year, even if Apple saves you 10 hours of trouble and distraction over that
year, isn't your time worth at least $10 an hour?
OS X is not only a bargain, it's downright cheap!
Maybe fuel cells that are powered by ear wax.
Yawn. Troll. We've all seen this now at least five times.
You are so clever, it's scary.
Can't wait for the two 'gay' posts next.
From the highest level VP, to the cleaning staff at Cupertino, Big Steve has made
it clear that if anyone leaks any information about future plans or products,
it's immediate termination. It's Apple's First Commandment and few will risk
the wrath of Jobs.
Ain't happenin' sport.
And OSX themes on XP are just lipstick on a pig.
I don't think that Bluetooth earphones would be high on
Apple's list. A battery powered headset would either
require the extra weight up on your head, or a battery
pack that would be almost as big as the pod. Plus, you
would be replacing the battery often or they would
require some cumbersome recharging scheme, which
would require a wire and a little box or something.
Might as well just plug into the iPod. It would also add to
the already high price while not adding that much more
functionallity. Misplacing the phones or breaking them
would also be expensive to replace. An expensive solution
solved by ten cents worth of wire.
Bring me my brown shorts!!
Then later there's running and screaming.
I haven't talked to my "wife to be" about the engagement ring yet (touchy topic)
Ewww. Good grief.
My advice. Run away, don't look back.
Also true at Hudsucker Industries.
why do you still buy macs?
It's all a matter of work focus. Although many people enjoy being
computer hobbyists, spending time tweezing, installing, configuring,
upgrading, administering, and adjusting things, Macs are designed to
let you spend that seat time in front of the computer doing your
work, instead of completing the work that should have been already done
by the OS/hardware vendor.
Granted, playing with a computer's internals is educational and enjoyable
for many, the Mac is designed from the user on down, instead of the
hardware on up. After 20 years of computing, I've spent enough time tuning
Unix or of spending the time from 1995 to 2000 trying to get Windows to
actually work as well, and transparently as Microsoft has continually promised.
Current Macs might not be the fastest, or cheapest, or totally bug free,
(although from a hardware quality point of view there's nothing better)
but it's liberating to get "real" work done on a computer instead of being
interrupted or distracted from work flow just to be my own mechanic and
sysadmin. I use an older dual 500Mhz G4 as my main work machine
every day and I never find myself thinking it's too slow.
I don't understand why Mhz of PPC vs. Intel gets so much attention.
Again, I think it's that tweezer, shade-tree-mechanic mentallity.
I'm happy that I get an OS X terminal window that's fast and doesn't
screw up the text when you resize the window. I didn't have to research
and buy a better terminal app or download and build 4 or 5 packages just to
find one that doesn't mess up on remote telnet sessions and runs fast.
Most of what's expected in a modern computer comes standard with OS X,
out of the box. This is especially true of the excellent development tools that
come free with OS X. And if you don't like the full blown IDE, you can pop open
a terminal window and get all of the gcc, vi, and make you need. Same thing
with all of the usual low level networking tools. There's also the icing on the
cake with the best of breed "iApps" that are included.
With OS X, you now get the ease of use that older Macs had, plus you get
all of the Unix goodness underneath that's easily accessible. Even if an
Mac costs more, what's your time worth over the time you own the box?