Apple's slowed down things a little, though. The updates aren't quarterly, btw., they're released when they're finished. And the upgrades _were_ yearly, but Tiger took longer (about 1.5 years) and so does Leopard (again about 1.5 years).
Yes, but that's rather documentary. What *I* can't believe is that nobody gets that hollywood movies don't necessarily portrait us geeks correctly. They don't *want* to. Or do you still think the Indiana Jones series is a decent portrait of acheology? It's not their _intention_ to correctly portrait such things. They need a device that can make an alien spaceship go wild? Connect a PowerBook to its network (Independence Day). Great, problem solved. Now let's go on talking about the jokes to put into the movie...
Don't laugh too much though. iTunes lets you handle multiple files easily, so it's a good tool for correcting errors done by Gracenote. Unless you rip a couple of HUNDRED CDs a day, it's not _that_ much of a hassle, and you'll have to look through the results regardless of which database you're using, since it *could* have an opinion different from yours.
Don't forget that anyone who has iTunes installed also has QuickTime installed. And since the iPod's quite a success, I think that many people actually have QT installed. Also: We all know that Microsoft is "da evil", so I'd choose either MPEG-4 or H.264 and QuickTime. The results are better than WMP, too.
Could someone please mod this perfectly annoying post I'm answering to away? Abusing irony in a nazi-idea driven text against a company that is _not_ topic of the article (the book is!) should not be allowed.
Cool how you turn this into an anti-american or anti-bush campaign.:) I just think it's sad that Bush won't read this and say: "Oh, I didn't look at it that way."
Yes, he kinda didn't read that Classic was still included. It's only not a boot option. What I'm thinking about is whether that means a new version of Mac OS X by then... Will Panther come this fast? Or will it only be a crippled version of OS 9 sitting in 10.2.2 or 10.2.3?
But that's not with brand computers. U're talking noname computers. Even here in Europe you won't get a Compaq/Dell/HP/whatever without Windows in a store.
GameCube is more for kids, whatever Nintendo tries. They do a *good* job with their consoles and the games have a longevity other consoles/games lack. Gameplay rules.
X-Box tries to appeal to PC users and 'older' kids (teens, twens).
But *that's* where the PS2 is strongest.
All Sony has to do now is bring out PS3 at the right moment. Doesn't have to be able to play PSX-Games, really. Needs PS2 compatibility and 'something new'.
If you're on Palm (or many other handheld platforms), just use the free MobiPocket reader software.
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.as p
It also doubles as an eBook reader.
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How can you say Mac OS X is more expensive and running less apps? Count again:
- Mac OS 9 software - Mac OS X software - X Window System software - Command line applications
And about the price... What is Mac OS X? It's of course provided with all new macs, but if you buy it standalone, you pay 129$. What does Windows XP Professional Edition set you back? And I'm not talking OEM versions... *sigh*.
It's nuts because it'd cannibalize Apple's hardware sales at the end. OS X on PC hardware would certainly run, also Darwin is OpenSource, so drivers etc. could be written very much by the same people that write them for Linux. (Although they're different.)
But it would be a bad move financially for Apple. Haven't we discussed that for over five years now? It's a no-go.
Buy Apple hardware and get OS X for free. TiBooks are the best notebooks around anyway.
Is this real? Okay, sad. Now back to Sony's new Cliés.
Right, Sony *does* make the best machines for the Palm OS. But I can't believe just how far away from each other their divisions are. It's almost unthinkable that they haven't yet made a Clié with an integrated mobile phone... They're leaving the market to Handspring and Nokia (Communicator)...
That'll be nice. Once the software you WANT will be coded in Cocoa. All Macromedia, Adobe, MS software at this time is Carbon based, which means it uses an API similar to Mac OS 9, not Cocoa.
Once the devs get their act together and start doing Cocoa software, yes, ports to GNUstep will be feasible, even easy maybe.
Doesn't anyone of you remember that MS Excel was on Mac first? Whatever, it's been a long, long, long time, MS has always made an Office for the Macintosh. Long before Linux was anywhere useable. And of course now their politics forbid making a Linux port. Because, like they said, they would have to opensource even their souls as soon as they would touch anything GNU.:)
Just use the perfect tool for the job at hand. Linux does fine in many situations but the print business is in the hands of Apple, Adobe & Macromedia. Even Windows does a lousy job there, and Linux has a far way to go if you want it to be comparable.
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Apple's slowed down things a little, though. The updates aren't quarterly, btw., they're released when they're finished. And the upgrades _were_ yearly, but Tiger took longer (about 1.5 years) and so does Leopard (again about 1.5 years).
Yes, but that's rather documentary. What *I* can't believe is that nobody gets that hollywood movies don't necessarily portrait us geeks correctly. They don't *want* to. Or do you still think the Indiana Jones series is a decent portrait of acheology? It's not their _intention_ to correctly portrait such things. They need a device that can make an alien spaceship go wild? Connect a PowerBook to its network (Independence Day). Great, problem solved. Now let's go on talking about the jokes to put into the movie...
Don't laugh too much though. iTunes lets you handle multiple files easily, so it's a good tool for correcting errors done by Gracenote. Unless you rip a couple of HUNDRED CDs a day, it's not _that_ much of a hassle, and you'll have to look through the results regardless of which database you're using, since it *could* have an opinion different from yours.
Don't forget that anyone who has iTunes installed also has QuickTime installed. And since the iPod's quite a success, I think that many people actually have QT installed. Also: We all know that Microsoft is "da evil", so I'd choose either MPEG-4 or H.264 and QuickTime. The results are better than WMP, too.
I'm glad _you_ mention it. Articles like this one should include "US" before words like "Senate", even though to the author it might seem clear...
Could someone please mod this perfectly annoying post I'm answering to away? Abusing irony in a nazi-idea driven text against a company that is _not_ topic of the article (the book is!) should not be allowed.
Cool how you turn this into an anti-american or anti-bush campaign. :) I just think it's sad that Bush won't read this and say: "Oh, I didn't look at it that way."
Yes, he kinda didn't read that Classic was still included. It's only not a boot option. What I'm thinking about is whether that means a new version of Mac OS X by then... Will Panther come this fast? Or will it only be a crippled version of OS 9 sitting in 10.2.2 or 10.2.3?
But that's not with brand computers. U're talking noname computers. Even here in Europe you won't get a Compaq/Dell/HP/whatever without Windows in a store.
GameCube is more for kids, whatever Nintendo tries. They do a *good* job with their consoles and the games have a longevity other consoles/games lack. Gameplay rules.
X-Box tries to appeal to PC users and 'older' kids (teens, twens).
But *that's* where the PS2 is strongest.
All Sony has to do now is bring out PS3 at the right moment. Doesn't have to be able to play PSX-Games, really. Needs PS2 compatibility and 'something new'.
If you're on Palm (or many other handheld platforms), just use the free MobiPocket reader software.
s p
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.a
It also doubles as an eBook reader.
How can you say Mac OS X is more expensive and running less apps? Count again:
- Mac OS 9 software
- Mac OS X software
- X Window System software
- Command line applications
And about the price... What is Mac OS X? It's of course provided with all new macs, but if you buy it standalone, you pay 129$. What does Windows XP Professional Edition set you back? And I'm not talking OEM versions... *sigh*.
It's nuts because it'd cannibalize Apple's hardware sales at the end. OS X on PC hardware would certainly run, also Darwin is OpenSource, so drivers etc. could be written very much by the same people that write them for Linux. (Although they're different.)
But it would be a bad move financially for Apple. Haven't we discussed that for over five years now? It's a no-go.
Buy Apple hardware and get OS X for free. TiBooks are the best notebooks around anyway.
Well, the difference is of course that 'innovative' ads on websites are needed so the services can stay free (or so the creators can make MORE money).
I hope someone will finally understand that advertising a sh*ty product just does NOT make sense.
Is this real? Okay, sad. Now back to Sony's new Cliés.
Right, Sony *does* make the best machines for the Palm OS. But I can't believe just how far away from each other their divisions are. It's almost unthinkable that they haven't yet made a Clié with an integrated mobile phone... They're leaving the market to Handspring and Nokia (Communicator)...
That'll be nice. Once the software you WANT will be coded in Cocoa. All Macromedia, Adobe, MS software at this time is Carbon based, which means it uses an API similar to Mac OS 9, not Cocoa.
Once the devs get their act together and start doing Cocoa software, yes, ports to GNUstep will be feasible, even easy maybe.
Doesn't anyone of you remember that MS Excel was on Mac first? Whatever, it's been a long, long, long time, MS has always made an Office for the Macintosh. Long before Linux was anywhere useable. And of course now their politics forbid making a Linux port. Because, like they said, they would have to opensource even their souls as soon as they would touch anything GNU. :)
Just use the perfect tool for the job at hand. Linux does fine in many situations but the print business is in the hands of Apple, Adobe & Macromedia. Even Windows does a lousy job there, and Linux has a far way to go if you want it to be comparable.