>All the same, though, knowing that I only have 5 format/reinstalls before my music becomes untouchable isn't good enough. From the Apple website:
To deauthorize all computers associated with your account:
Click Music Store in the Source list. If you're not signed in to the store, click the Account button, then enter your account name and password. Click the Account button again (your ID appears on the button), enter your password, and then click View Account. In the Account Information window, click Deauthorize All.
I know Uber users complain about the DRM but I can tell you that most people, just don't care. They have their songs they can burn them to CD put them on their iPods. That's about all most people want to do.
OMG wtf, I want to be able to reencode my DRM-crapified files into multiplexed OGG Vorbis (and then to FLAC as I please) and put them on my iRiver and Creative Zen players which I bought because the iPod is such a fashion accessory. So no, the iTMS is NOT good enough for me and never WILL be good enough for me.
What's all this poppycock about phone home software and remote logins and thin clients? This is rather simple...
1a. Buy a MicroSaver with guaranteed replacement from Kensington. As long as you file police report in X number of hours, Kensington will give you up to $1500 of the total cost if it was stolen while on the lock. Make sure she uses it. If it's on her desk, it's tethered.
1a corollary. When she's out, the dorm is locked.
1b. When it's not on her dorm desk, it is either in her hands, on a table or in front of her, or within arms reach. No exceptions. No "I just left it for a minute".
2. As another poster said, make it identifiable easily. Put a ton of stickers on it. Get your dremel out and carve in a name, address, phone number, and mention of reward.
3. Write down serial #s and MAC addresses, keep them on file. Report them to all the nessecary authorities if it's stolen. This includes the campus IT staff - when it comes to finding it by MAC address they can be your best friends. Unlike trying to trace an IP address over the net, they should be able to track the laptop to a physical location quickly if it's plugged into the campus network.
4. Backup. Backup. Backup. Nuff said.
5. If you're really paranoid, get a proximity alarm. Small device attaches to laptop, other device attaches to daughter. She goes too far, it goes off and draws attention.
What does she want it for? Could she, for example, make do with a low-spec laptop worth a few hundred currency units of your choice, rigged up as a thin terminal to a higher-spec but secure machine somewhere else? This would be ideal for doing actual work; small and portable at the human end, large and capable (and backed up) at the machine end.
You're joking, right? You actaully expect this guy to set his daughter's laptop that she's going to have at school as a thin client? That may be great for a local network but a) many universities have very restrictive firewalls and b) that'd be painful as hell over the regular internet
Just for the sake of argument, what about other companies doing the same thing? Can you use Mac OS X without having iTunes, iPhoto, Quicktime, Safari, etc. installed? Let's say I like Konfabulator better than Dashboard. Is it possible to uninstall the latter?
Yes. All can simply be dragged to the trash with the exception of dashboard, which trying to remove would be similar to trying to remove the taskbar from explorer.
Where do you people get these names, seriously? It's OS X still, version 10.5 will be the first Intel compile publically released
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Unfortunately, this means their OS is closed source, and completely useless to anyone interested in retaining the right to freely use their computer.
Because as we all know, anyone who releases closed source software is intending to take away any and all rights you have to your system, and not just possibly build a business around a product they maintain.
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>All the same, though, knowing that I only have 5 format/reinstalls before my music becomes untouchable isn't good enough.
From the Apple website:
To deauthorize all computers associated with your account:
Click Music Store in the Source list.
If you're not signed in to the store, click the Account button, then enter your account name and password.
Click the Account button again (your ID appears on the button), enter your password, and then click View Account.
In the Account Information window, click Deauthorize All.
I know Uber users complain about the DRM but I can tell you that most people, just don't care. They have their songs they can burn them to CD put them on their iPods. That's about all most people want to do.
OMG wtf, I want to be able to reencode my DRM-crapified files into multiplexed OGG Vorbis (and then to FLAC as I please) and put them on my iRiver and Creative Zen players which I bought because the iPod is such a fashion accessory. So no, the iTMS is NOT good enough for me and never WILL be good enough for me.
Right, because the record labels would ever go for that. You're funny.
Correct. Apple is a business and it's trying desperating to hold on to it's trendiness as iPod fever dies off.
Yup... definitely dying off... what with iPod sales [growing] to 6.61 million units, up 616 per cent year-over-year
The active window in Tiger has a solid title bar and a heavy shadow
Inactive windows have a scanlined title bar and a lighter shadow
It's the same problem that plagues Batman
Hey, I don't think anyone has pointed it out yet but I believe this article is a dupe
IANAOB/GYN... but aren't females born with all their eggs intact?
OpenFirmware != BIOS
>Everything still supports it.
Except for the mac.
Until the Intel Macs start shipping Macs don't have a BIOS... so this is a moot point
album artist? elaborate por favor
JHmyn removes the DRM. Ergo, they will still work because there's nothing to stop them from doing so - they're regular mpegs
hot on the heels? 4.8 was released months ago
What's all this poppycock about phone home software and remote logins and thin clients? This is rather simple...
1a. Buy a MicroSaver with guaranteed replacement from Kensington. As long as you file police report in X number of hours, Kensington will give you up to $1500 of the total cost if it was stolen while on the lock. Make sure she uses it. If it's on her desk, it's tethered.
1a corollary. When she's out, the dorm is locked.
1b. When it's not on her dorm desk, it is either in her hands, on a table or in front of her, or within arms reach. No exceptions. No "I just left it for a minute".
2. As another poster said, make it identifiable easily. Put a ton of stickers on it. Get your dremel out and carve in a name, address, phone number, and mention of reward.
3. Write down serial #s and MAC addresses, keep them on file. Report them to all the nessecary authorities if it's stolen. This includes the campus IT staff - when it comes to finding it by MAC address they can be your best friends. Unlike trying to trace an IP address over the net, they should be able to track the laptop to a physical location quickly if it's plugged into the campus network.
4. Backup. Backup. Backup. Nuff said.
5. If you're really paranoid, get a proximity alarm. Small device attaches to laptop, other device attaches to daughter. She goes too far, it goes off and draws attention.
What does she want it for? Could she, for example, make do with a low-spec laptop worth a few hundred currency units of your choice, rigged up as a thin terminal to a higher-spec but secure machine somewhere else? This would be ideal for doing actual work; small and portable at the human end, large and capable (and backed up) at the machine end.
You're joking, right? You actaully expect this guy to set his daughter's laptop that she's going to have at school as a thin client? That may be great for a local network but a) many universities have very restrictive firewalls and b) that'd be painful as hell over the regular internet
the funky way keyboard task switching is done.
CMD+Tab switches apps
CMD+` switches windows
why is this so hard for everyone?
or why they have so few hardware choices compared to PCs.
I think that has more to do with the fact only one company can make Apple computers, while anyone can make a PC
With Dell's $299 desktop they are heavily promoting right now, I doubt you can price it out, include store bought windows, and still come out cheaper.
... you're telling me you can BUY windows? in a STORE? well, shit...
Wait wait wait wait wait
although between M$ Office and Open Office, I find myself wondering why they're even bothering...
Because OpenOffice is like a turd on OS X, and we all know you can't polish a turd
Since QT is a free download I would wager that you are not, in fact, paying for it. Unless you get the $30 pro version which is a separate purchase.
I'd happily pas £5 less for a version that didn't have QuickTime included. I like VLC as my movie player.
Let's make this as non trivial as possible.
Open the finder, take QT, and drag it to the trash. Bye QuickTime.
Just for the sake of argument, what about other companies doing the same thing? Can you use Mac OS X without having iTunes, iPhoto, Quicktime, Safari, etc. installed? Let's say I like Konfabulator better than Dashboard. Is it possible to uninstall the latter?
Yes. All can simply be dragged to the trash with the exception of dashboard, which trying to remove would be similar to trying to remove the taskbar from explorer.
Where do you people get these names, seriously? It's OS X still, version 10.5 will be the first Intel compile publically released
Unfortunately, this means their OS is closed source, and completely useless to anyone interested in retaining the right to freely use their computer.
Because as we all know, anyone who releases closed source software is intending to take away any and all rights you have to your system, and not just possibly build a business around a product they maintain.
Also, since OS Xi would only support...
OS Xi? Try 10.5.