Throughput is great if I'm downloading large files, but what's the latency? Awful, I imagine. This kills any bi-directional applications - Skype, e.g., and spoils the snappiness of a good internet experience.
False choice, mon frere. Investors are hoping for a negotiated solution that will be better than both "something" and "nothing". More power to them.
to be fair, this isn't exactly high stakes. Some business drama over a third tier Linux distro that most people have never heard of. If the company goes under then somebody else will just run with the source code, just like Mandriva was born from mandrake code.
i looked into micro four thirds cameras for a long time, but eventually steered clear. They cost just as much as DSLRs, the lenses are even more expensive. the only thing they have going is small form factor.
Instead, you can get 80% of a DSLR in a high end point and shoot like cannon s90 / s95. With a f2.0 fast lens you can take great low light shots without the bulk of a big camera. as they say, the best camera is the one you have with you.
Eventually there will only be three cameras:
1) iphone
2) Canon s95
3) DSLR.
Hope this helps.
the UI WAS perfect, as i browse in a 1280x200 window...
wow man, that's a skinny monitor. you should get four of them, stack them high. Then you'll approach 1280x800, which may give you better results when surfing the web.
You're right, there's an issue because the user lacks information before purchasing an app. Is it good or bad? but there are things in the market to mitigate this problem. First, the app store itself has reviews and stars, which go a long way towards weeding out the crap. Second, there are external app reviews on toucharcade.com for example for games, and every site for apps in general. I usually wait until an external site flags an app as excellent before purchasing. The app store also has some internal discovery mechanisms to bring good apps to your attention, but I've never been impressed by these.
In short, chillax, the app store is like any other purchasing experience.
I really like the walled garden they implemented. It's essentially a "fenced garden." It allows you 20 articles a month for free before bugging you about a subscription. If you follow a link to a story, you can read the story even after the 20 articles are up. You can always browse the main pages for each section. With trivial effort you can call up an article after your 20 articles are done. They don't try to be asses about it.I hope they're finding success with this model, so other companies will adopt it instead of WSJ type approaches.
harsh some more! Let's try this - It's clear that you know your computer needs very well, and have found the equipment that fits these needs. That's good, because most people don't articulate their needs clearly enough. But I think you need to acknowledge that the same is true for me - it makes me feel bad that you're cutting me down for no reason.
let's try a point-for-point.
They feel like Fisher Price built them
I respect your opinion, but most people feel that MacBooks set the bar for superior build quality.
They are not powerful
I'm surprised by this statement. They're built on the same current-generation intel chips as other computers. I've never had any power issues. Some people hit a ceiling when playing powerful video games, but is this any different than on other similarly specced windows computer?
They cost too much.
This meme has been poked down a couple times. Conventional wisdom is that they are comparably priced with other similar hardware. I'm sure I could find an example and you could find a counter-example. One big difference is that apple only plays in the higher-end of the market, so you'll never find a barebones mac that could compare to a barebones PC.
They are pretty useless.
Examples? My computer does everything I need. The biggest limitation, oddly enough, is that there's no IE for mac, so I can't access the online tools for my office (share point, time card system). For this I run a virtualized windows set up. This speaks to the prior point - my computer is powerful enough to run the mac OS and a virtualized win 7.
And some of us like real buttons, over your useless touchscreen/touchpad controls.
That's cool. People have very specific preferences about their desired input methods, it's a feel thing. Although I wonder how you input into a windows notebook. Perhaps you use a USB or wireless mouse? To be fair, those work on my macbook as well.
Yea, touch pads don't work to well. Nothing Capacitive does.
personal preference I guess, but I have had the opposite experience with MacBooks. in general, track pads are a mixed bag for sure, capacitive especially.
Also, over 80% relative humidity, warranty is void.
not much experience with this one. Is it different than dell or HP? do they warrantee specifically for high-humidity environments? To be fair, the most humid city in the US has an average humidity of 79.1%... it's probably funny coincidence that this is just below the 80% number you cite. But obviously this wouldn't apply in the amazon... Also to be fair, apple specs the computer at max 90%RH.
umm... I'm not sure this is necessary. Consumers have already shown that in many cases they prefer cheaper goods with shorter use periods than more expensive goods with lifetime use periods. Some markets have room for both products, and the consumer can choose either. For example, hand tools. Cheapo tool set for $20, no warrantee, breaks easily. Craftman tool set for $100, lifetime warrantee. Each consumer has a preference.
Compare this to apple. Imagine if they sold an iPad with 1 year warrantee for $500, or an iPad with lifetime warrantee for $2000. who would want an iPad that they can use forever? Nobody would buy it. I don't plan to be using my current electronics 20 years from now. The pace of technology is so great that products are obsolesced in a few years regardless of their build quality.
All this is to say, please trust consumers to make their purchasing decisions, rather than forcing suboptimal conditions. why are they suboptimal? because if they were the best choice, they would already exist in the market.
harsh, man! what product is white and button-less, and is comparable to a think pad? I'm pretty sure that I'm not an idiot sheeple, and have many objective reasons why apple computers are the logical choice for me. Not for everybody, for sure, but I can back up my choice. Let me know if you're curious and I'll throw down a few bullets.
how much does this dell service cost? I think applecare for a 13" macbook pro is $250, which extends the warrantee from 1 year to 3. There isn't a charge "per-call". How does this compare to Dell?
I would start by focusing on what the problems are. Outages from IT problems? Viruses? Downtime? Trouble with TV transmissions? Put a dollar value on the problems and you'll be 80% done with your sales pitch.
:( mod points are now used to drown out and marginalize opposing voices. I'm pro-apple, but I do so in an informed, sometimes snarky way. Modding me down just makes me create new accounts so I'm not banished to terrible-karma land.
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actually, it was more interesting when the adult entertainment expo was happening next door.
My wife's 2+ year old
I should hope so! Otherwise you would have been betrothed at birth, like an arranged marriage or something.
In socialist Sweden, copyright just wrote a book saying YOU are irrelevant!
I recently assisted a gentleman on HughesNet with a ping of 1008.
what's hughesnet? from your description is a nsfw video chat thing, and I don't want to check on my work computer.
Throughput is great if I'm downloading large files, but what's the latency? Awful, I imagine. This kills any bi-directional applications - Skype, e.g., and spoils the snappiness of a good internet experience.
Something is better than nothing.
False choice, mon frere. Investors are hoping for a negotiated solution that will be better than both "something" and "nothing". More power to them. to be fair, this isn't exactly high stakes. Some business drama over a third tier Linux distro that most people have never heard of. If the company goes under then somebody else will just run with the source code, just like Mandriva was born from mandrake code.
Instead, you can get 80% of a DSLR in a high end point and shoot like cannon s90 / s95. With a f2.0 fast lens you can take great low light shots without the bulk of a big camera. as they say, the best camera is the one you have with you.
Eventually there will only be three cameras:
1) iphone
2) Canon s95
3) DSLR.
Hope this helps.
5.6 GHz should be enough for anybody. also, at 1.21 GW power draw, it will take you back in time.
the UI WAS perfect, as i browse in a 1280x200 window...
wow man, that's a skinny monitor. you should get four of them, stack them high. Then you'll approach 1280x800, which may give you better results when surfing the web.
you can add redundancy with magnetic boots! flip the switch when the gates go haywire, and everybody is locked down. face/off!
I agree, the term is too vague. I prefer the more clearly-defined "class M planet."
I thought Steve Jobs said that?
always when I'm in the flow.
How odd that the ip change is in sync with your monthly hormonal cycle. Could it be pheromones?
The guy is from my hometown! Carlsbad woot woot!
then jump to step 5 b
FTFY, flow-chart wise.
In short, chillax, the app store is like any other purchasing experience.
I really like the walled garden they implemented. It's essentially a "fenced garden." It allows you 20 articles a month for free before bugging you about a subscription. If you follow a link to a story, you can read the story even after the 20 articles are up. You can always browse the main pages for each section. With trivial effort you can call up an article after your 20 articles are done. They don't try to be asses about it.I hope they're finding success with this model, so other companies will adopt it instead of WSJ type approaches.
let's try a point-for-point.
They feel like Fisher Price built them
I respect your opinion, but most people feel that MacBooks set the bar for superior build quality.
They are not powerful
I'm surprised by this statement. They're built on the same current-generation intel chips as other computers. I've never had any power issues. Some people hit a ceiling when playing powerful video games, but is this any different than on other similarly specced windows computer?
They cost too much.
This meme has been poked down a couple times. Conventional wisdom is that they are comparably priced with other similar hardware. I'm sure I could find an example and you could find a counter-example. One big difference is that apple only plays in the higher-end of the market, so you'll never find a barebones mac that could compare to a barebones PC.
They are pretty useless.
Examples? My computer does everything I need. The biggest limitation, oddly enough, is that there's no IE for mac, so I can't access the online tools for my office (share point, time card system). For this I run a virtualized windows set up. This speaks to the prior point - my computer is powerful enough to run the mac OS and a virtualized win 7.
And some of us like real buttons, over your useless touchscreen/touchpad controls.
That's cool. People have very specific preferences about their desired input methods, it's a feel thing. Although I wonder how you input into a windows notebook. Perhaps you use a USB or wireless mouse? To be fair, those work on my macbook as well.
Yea, touch pads don't work to well. Nothing Capacitive does.
personal preference I guess, but I have had the opposite experience with MacBooks. in general, track pads are a mixed bag for sure, capacitive especially.
Also, over 80% relative humidity, warranty is void.
not much experience with this one. Is it different than dell or HP? do they warrantee specifically for high-humidity environments? To be fair, the most humid city in the US has an average humidity of 79.1%... it's probably funny coincidence that this is just below the 80% number you cite. But obviously this wouldn't apply in the amazon... Also to be fair, apple specs the computer at max 90%RH.
Ask Stacy Valley-girl how much Android "fragmentation" effects her life and she will look at you like you've grown another neck -beard .
FTFY!
Bezos must have read the STEVE JOBS biography!
Compare this to apple. Imagine if they sold an iPad with 1 year warrantee for $500, or an iPad with lifetime warrantee for $2000. who would want an iPad that they can use forever? Nobody would buy it. I don't plan to be using my current electronics 20 years from now. The pace of technology is so great that products are obsolesced in a few years regardless of their build quality.
All this is to say, please trust consumers to make their purchasing decisions, rather than forcing suboptimal conditions. why are they suboptimal? because if they were the best choice, they would already exist in the market.
harsh, man! what product is white and button-less, and is comparable to a think pad? I'm pretty sure that I'm not an idiot sheeple, and have many objective reasons why apple computers are the logical choice for me. Not for everybody, for sure, but I can back up my choice. Let me know if you're curious and I'll throw down a few bullets.
how much does this dell service cost? I think applecare for a 13" macbook pro is $250, which extends the warrantee from 1 year to 3. There isn't a charge "per-call". How does this compare to Dell?
I would start by focusing on what the problems are. Outages from IT problems? Viruses? Downtime? Trouble with TV transmissions? Put a dollar value on the problems and you'll be 80% done with your sales pitch.
:( mod points are now used to drown out and marginalize opposing voices. I'm pro-apple, but I do so in an informed, sometimes snarky way. Modding me down just makes me create new accounts so I'm not banished to terrible-karma land.