I'll just go on a bitchy little rant about how I've never once gotten mod points despite the number of posts I've made, my karma, my many meta-moderations or the fact that I'm number four or five on the list of top contributors. You mean you don't know about the three shells?
There's plenty of tracks in iTMS that are DRM free. There's plenty of music stores (like bleep.com) that sell in DRM free formats.
I find it really embarrassing that a geek site like Slashdot is full of people who use the excuse that Apple sell some DRM music to make political statements rather than technical arguments. If I wanted that shit, I'd read the comments in the WSJ.
The problems with kids like you today, is that you can't be bother to find out anything for yourself so you just regurgitate what you hear from your friends.
If Apple licenced their DRM it would only have the affect of PROMOTING it. Look what's happening now - more and more tacks on iTMS are drm FREE, and will work with any music player you want.
There's plenty of non-RAIA labels on iTunes now. Ninjatunes is a big, good example. They offer all their music DRM free (yes, through iTMS) as default, and it costs no more than any other standard music through the store.
I'd refused to buy anything DRM from it, but still used it to checkout new music, find names, etc. So it surprised me that there's actually a huge amount of non-DRM music available, even from the RAIA labels.
They've just changed it - on purpose. I think it's great they've got the balls to do that - so many people pussyfoot around these issues today. What colour are they going to use - seriously?! There is no relationship between engadget and t-mobile, and it never even crossed anyone's mind that there might be until some overly sensitive corporate schmuck brought the lawyers in to write letters.
The machines were much better for some tasks despite the processor speed difference. I can remember quite clearly photoshop and illustrator choking on large files on P3 Wintels where the G4 Powermacs would handle them just fine. Even the apparent interface response time of later G4s seemed better to our graphics guys than - on paper - much faster P4's. This made them 'faster' i.e. they could do more in a set time. There was a reason that Macs were used in DTP houses, and it wasn't the design of their cases.
1. Adobe Creative Suite install fails. Aparently not an uncommon problem. Finding a fix that works...far too long.
2. Internet Expoder crashes on start-up. Also not a unique issue. Fixed by full reinstall.
3. Blue screen of death (yes, it does exist!). Happens randomly while idle (twice so far).
4. Super slow copy to network folder from optical disk.
5. Enough random crashes when dealing with large files (no problem with similar hardware and XP, with less memory).
6. The much vaunted "Areo Glass" interface seems mostly bling and little substance. For example, if there is a single login dialouge box in the middle of the screen and no other windows open, it's REALLY difficult to tell at a glance if it has focus or not!
7. Too much window border in my windows and not enough window. Unmaximised windows seem to have a really deep top-bar.
Plenty of other gripes. Enough that the difference between this and XP SP2 is day and night, while OS X 10.4/5 is in a totally different league altogether.
The most powerful botnet/networked computer on the planet has been attacking Apache installations for a good long while but ignoring ISS, which may be the reason behind the results. It is an interesting question.
I couldn't agree more. The Exchange database gives me the heebie-jeebies. Postfix/mail.app on OS X is so much saner for a low level server & client system.
I'd say almost everywhere has something like the. In Australia there is a Tax File Number system. You don't HAVE to provided it when say, opening a bank or starting a new job, but if you don't you're simply taxed at the highest rate. IIRC it replaced a plan to have a national ID system, and it seems to be working out pretty well on a privacy level because it is only related to tax and financial aspects, which is where these system are actually needed and useful.
Most business I know prefer external users to go through a wireless router and then VPN into the network rather than plug an unsanitised laptop directly into their whole infrastructure. If you're at _your_ office, then you've got a usb hub on the desk with the ethernet usb dongle. Big deal.
I'm amazed that so many people here consider that excellence in engineering equates with heavy and clunky. To ME it looks like the Air was designed with THINNESS being the first priority, and here it exceeds anything else on the market. I don't need an optical drive when I'm on the road, and who the hell with a wireless laptop has even used the ethernet port in the last 3 years? For what it's intended for this laptop has no loss in functionality, and no compeditor. I'm truly astounded that so few people here get it - sometimes I think all the older guys who don't live in a basement anymore must have found some other forum to read...and no one told me!
Hang on a sec, you're being ridiculously pro Mac here and overlooking a lot of things:
We could return that right back at you - first you suggest that the thickness of the laptop doesn't matter and the reduction in processor speed doesn't matter, then you say things like YOU say "Whooptee doo." Big plus for me... my laptop MUST have a built in DVD drive as I use it as an entertainment station for the kids while we're away...
Well, I've got news for you - thickness and weight are really important to people who travel loads, and have other things - like you know...work...to take with them instead of DVD's etal. So the Air isn't for you. It sounds like the Lenvovo isn't either. Get over it!
The reason why few people at Slashdot think the Air is worth the price, is...well...they're just not the target market. When you're flying thousands of k's a week around the world and _every single gram is an extra pain in the arse_ - and all you really need to get your work done is web access/email/some other low power app then the Air is perfect. You don't want extra batteries, DVD drives, mice, etc, because all that is 1) extra crap you need to take, and 2) extra weight which a pain.
I know some people still won't get it, but when you're in a position like that there is *very little* out there that is suitable, and the Air is the best there is. I'm speaking from the voice of experience here, but I'm still not going to get an Air - yet.. I still need something slightly more powerful for the things I do, but when the Air gets improved to the specs I need, I'll be all over it in a flash. I'm not holding my breath on that one though.
It also shows the difference that ONE person can make. Now, I know there's more to it than that, but so many people here complain that the only way to enact change is with gobs of money. Well here is proof that dedication, perseverance, and calm rational reasoning CAN make a difference.
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This guy doesn't know about the three shells!
Lemonstring? bitRent?
That's right. Someone who doesn't know the first thing about tall structures and engineering failures thinks it was a controlled demolition. Great.
I agree - I was replying to an AC who didn't get it.
Ok turkey, tell us why exactly Amazon can sell mp3's without DRM then?
There's plenty of tracks in iTMS that are DRM free. There's plenty of music stores (like bleep.com) that sell in DRM free formats.
I find it really embarrassing that a geek site like Slashdot is full of people who use the excuse that Apple sell some DRM music to make political statements rather than technical arguments. If I wanted that shit, I'd read the comments in the WSJ.
Jesus, that's not an argument. Grow up.
The problems with kids like you today, is that you can't be bother to find out anything for yourself so you just regurgitate what you hear from your friends.
If Apple licenced their DRM it would only have the affect of PROMOTING it. Look what's happening now - more and more tacks on iTMS are drm FREE, and will work with any music player you want.
There's plenty of non-RAIA labels on iTunes now. Ninjatunes is a big, good example. They offer all their music DRM free (yes, through iTMS) as default, and it costs no more than any other standard music through the store. I'd refused to buy anything DRM from it, but still used it to checkout new music, find names, etc. So it surprised me that there's actually a huge amount of non-DRM music available, even from the RAIA labels.
They've just changed it - on purpose. I think it's great they've got the balls to do that - so many people pussyfoot around these issues today. What colour are they going to use - seriously?! There is no relationship between engadget and t-mobile, and it never even crossed anyone's mind that there might be until some overly sensitive corporate schmuck brought the lawyers in to write letters.
The machines were much better for some tasks despite the processor speed difference. I can remember quite clearly photoshop and illustrator choking on large files on P3 Wintels where the G4 Powermacs would handle them just fine. Even the apparent interface response time of later G4s seemed better to our graphics guys than - on paper - much faster P4's. This made them 'faster' i.e. they could do more in a set time. There was a reason that Macs were used in DTP houses, and it wasn't the design of their cases.
New Vista laptop: let me list the woes...
1. Adobe Creative Suite install fails. Aparently not an uncommon problem. Finding a fix that works...far too long.
2. Internet Expoder crashes on start-up. Also not a unique issue. Fixed by full reinstall.
3. Blue screen of death (yes, it does exist!). Happens randomly while idle (twice so far).
4. Super slow copy to network folder from optical disk.
5. Enough random crashes when dealing with large files (no problem with similar hardware and XP, with less memory).
6. The much vaunted "Areo Glass" interface seems mostly bling and little substance. For example, if there is a single login dialouge box in the middle of the screen and no other windows open, it's REALLY difficult to tell at a glance if it has focus or not!
7. Too much window border in my windows and not enough window. Unmaximised windows seem to have a really deep top-bar.
Plenty of other gripes. Enough that the difference between this and XP SP2 is day and night, while OS X 10.4/5 is in a totally different league altogether.
Yes, I realise I've just said that Storm has been ignoring the International Space Station. Good thing too!
The most powerful botnet/networked computer on the planet has been attacking Apache installations for a good long while but ignoring ISS, which may be the reason behind the results. It is an interesting question.
I couldn't agree more. The Exchange database gives me the heebie-jeebies. Postfix/mail.app on OS X is so much saner for a low level server & client system.
I'd say almost everywhere has something like the. In Australia there is a Tax File Number system. You don't HAVE to provided it when say, opening a bank or starting a new job, but if you don't you're simply taxed at the highest rate. IIRC it replaced a plan to have a national ID system, and it seems to be working out pretty well on a privacy level because it is only related to tax and financial aspects, which is where these system are actually needed and useful.
Use wifi much then? ;)
Fair enough point - although I'd class Brunel's engineering as light and elegant compared to his masonry & timber using rivals!
Most business I know prefer external users to go through a wireless router and then VPN into the network rather than plug an unsanitised laptop directly into their whole infrastructure. If you're at _your_ office, then you've got a usb hub on the desk with the ethernet usb dongle. Big deal.
Err - Sorry! Didn't mean to use bold tags at all up there - no idea where that came from! I wasn't trying to shout at you - Sorry!!
I'm amazed that so many people here consider that excellence in engineering equates with heavy and clunky. To ME it looks like the Air was designed with THINNESS being the first priority, and here it exceeds anything else on the market. I don't need an optical drive when I'm on the road, and who the hell with a wireless laptop has even used the ethernet port in the last 3 years? For what it's intended for this laptop has no loss in functionality, and no compeditor. I'm truly astounded that so few people here get it - sometimes I think all the older guys who don't live in a basement anymore must have found some other forum to read...and no one told me!
Well, I've got news for you - thickness and weight are really important to people who travel loads, and have other things - like you know...work...to take with them instead of DVD's etal. So the Air isn't for you. It sounds like the Lenvovo isn't either. Get over it!
I know some people still won't get it, but when you're in a position like that there is *very little* out there that is suitable, and the Air is the best there is. I'm speaking from the voice of experience here, but I'm still not going to get an Air - yet.. I still need something slightly more powerful for the things I do, but when the Air gets improved to the specs I need, I'll be all over it in a flash. I'm not holding my breath on that one though.
I understand your issue, but check out a little proggy called iPodDisk. It grew out of one of those Google summer of code thingies - works a treat.
It also shows the difference that ONE person can make. Now, I know there's more to it than that, but so many people here complain that the only way to enact change is with gobs of money. Well here is proof that dedication, perseverance, and calm rational reasoning CAN make a difference.