... both of which are installation issues. I'm totally with you on out-of-the-box mp3 support. But the commenter is right: granny ain't installing Dapper Drake, XP, or Vista (whenever it comes). Might be time to retire that particular usability test.
Omniweb was the first place I saw this feature, and that was a year or two ago. It's resource-heavy, but if you're a visual person, you might find it useful when manipulating a lot of tabs.
... filing suit against the first law firm. He could have cleared his name by going to the state bar.
To collect legal fees from this guy, the lawyers would have need to prove a contractual relationship existed. No paper? Good luck with that.
THEN it would be time to petition the Court to remedy a rather glaring abuse of process. Judges hate that sort of thing.
I think the primary "professional" limitation to the Macbook is the integrated graphics, not the glossy screen. If you're doing video-intensive projects on the run, you'll perhaps want more powerful graphics. That being said, my primary professional use for a laptop is writing, and the Macbook will be more than sufficient for the task.
So far as the glossy screen is concerned, I prefer non-glare surfaces. The colors don't appear as saturated, but satin-finish screens suit me better under a variety of lighting conditions.
I don't think either of these considerations will keep me from buying a Macbook. It's a good balance of price and performance, one of Apple's most attractive offerings to date. I'm particularly pleased that the RAM and hard drive are so readily accessible. I'll probably buy the 2 GHz model in white so I can get the slightly faster processor and Superdrive at purchase. Upgrades can come later from the aftermarket.
The more I look at the black case, the less I like it. I know that's just a matter of personal taste, but I actually like white. I certainly don't like the black enough to pay extra.
I don't like the glossy screen, either. But if you're a "professional" user, the Macbook really isn't targeting you. That's the Pro, and it's worth the extra cash if you can swing it.
I'm in the market for a laptop, and even though I'm a demanding user (my primary machine is a G5 Powermac), I'll give the Macbook consideration. I'll never game on a laptop, nor is it likely I'll do a lot of graphic layouts on a small screen. That's what my desktop and its cinema monitor is for.
So the Macbook will probably do for me what it is supposed to do for most of its buyers: web, email, writing, and productivity. Looks like Intel's integrated graphics will handle that just fine.
You are sooo right about the silly black case upcharge. Note to Apple: We're fanboys, not idiots.
That's really interesting: Apple comes in under Dell on price. Even with the instant rebate, you've built a bottom-end Dell Macbook that still costs $200 more than Apple's box. But it doesn't run OS X, while the Macbook will dual-boot Windows. There's no iSight camera on the Dell, if you care about such things. The Mac also comes bundled with a better selection of software.
Geez, Apple has the better deal. It's the end of the world as we know it.
I imagine Dell will put pencil to paper and adjust their pricing. Once they can get their jaws to close again.
When some clever corporation figures out a way to turn a profit by sticking babies on pikes, a pliant US Congress stands ready to make it legal -- and to keep private citizens from doing it themselves.
All the actual baby piking will be done overseas by non-union workers, of course.
I've been using OS X daily since late beta, and I love it. But OS X *still* doesn't run as quickly as OS 9 on given hardware. Period. I've got two dual-boot older Macs right here, if anyone wants to drop by for coffee and a demonstration.
Of course, you said "smooth." I agree that OS X is a better work environment. There was nothing smooth about OS 9's frequent crashes, trying to reconcile extensions, and crappy multitasking. But you could bloody well open and close a program quickly. It flew.
I'll chime in with the rest of these guys: iTunes is a handy platform for organizing your music, videos, and PDF documents.
I don't own an iPod, but I'm a heavy iTunes user (Mac platform). It handles my music library -- which is about 4,000 titles right now -- with good speed and grace, even though most of my music is mostly encoded in Apple's expansive Lossless format. It's really easy to browse your collection and build custom playlists.
iTunes handles videos in the same way it organizes music. I'm not aware of an easier way to browse a video collection.
If you like podcasts, iTunes makes it easy to find and subscribe your favorites.
iTunes has built-in CD burning, handles streaming audio, and generally functions as a media hub. It's pretty useful, and it's free. Enjoy.
On the whole, I'm betting post-boomers are less "social" and far more likely to be comfortably entertained at home. We're quite comfortable with our kick-ass flat-screen monitors, thanks, and our sound systems beat those our parents senseless.
We don't NEED big theatre screens. We rarely dress to go out. Our popcorn comes from the microwave, not a $4.00 carboard bucket. And if we want to be in a roomful of strangers, there are all those IRC channels to choose from...
I thought the MPAA's pitch that "nothing beats the theatre experience" we heard at the Oscars was simply pathetic. Please don't tell me what I like, Mr. Hollywood. Let me tell you:
I want downloadable movies. I want them as soon as possible to release. I'll pay.
Oh -- and more sex, please. I'll take that over cartoonish, numbing gore and violence. But that's just me.
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I've discovered a patch which disables Windows' "phone home" reporting. It's a fairly large download, but it seems to work.
... both of which are installation issues. I'm totally with you on out-of-the-box mp3 support. But the commenter is right: granny ain't installing Dapper Drake, XP, or Vista (whenever it comes). Might be time to retire that particular usability test.
Omniweb was the first place I saw this feature, and that was a year or two ago. It's resource-heavy, but if you're a visual person, you might find it useful when manipulating a lot of tabs.
I liked it enough to register Omniweb.
... filing suit against the first law firm. He could have cleared his name by going to the state bar. To collect legal fees from this guy, the lawyers would have need to prove a contractual relationship existed. No paper? Good luck with that. THEN it would be time to petition the Court to remedy a rather glaring abuse of process. Judges hate that sort of thing.
If you like black and you can afford it, you should damn well buy black. ;-)
I think the primary "professional" limitation to the Macbook is the integrated graphics, not the glossy screen. If you're doing video-intensive projects on the run, you'll perhaps want more powerful graphics. That being said, my primary professional use for a laptop is writing, and the Macbook will be more than sufficient for the task.
So far as the glossy screen is concerned, I prefer non-glare surfaces. The colors don't appear as saturated, but satin-finish screens suit me better under a variety of lighting conditions.
I don't think either of these considerations will keep me from buying a Macbook. It's a good balance of price and performance, one of Apple's most attractive offerings to date. I'm particularly pleased that the RAM and hard drive are so readily accessible. I'll probably buy the 2 GHz model in white so I can get the slightly faster processor and Superdrive at purchase. Upgrades can come later from the aftermarket.
The more I look at the black case, the less I like it. I know that's just a matter of personal taste, but I actually like white. I certainly don't like the black enough to pay extra.
I don't like the glossy screen, either. But if you're a "professional" user, the Macbook really isn't targeting you. That's the Pro, and it's worth the extra cash if you can swing it.
I'm in the market for a laptop, and even though I'm a demanding user (my primary machine is a G5 Powermac), I'll give the Macbook consideration. I'll never game on a laptop, nor is it likely I'll do a lot of graphic layouts on a small screen. That's what my desktop and its cinema monitor is for.
So the Macbook will probably do for me what it is supposed to do for most of its buyers: web, email, writing, and productivity. Looks like Intel's integrated graphics will handle that just fine.
You are sooo right about the silly black case upcharge. Note to Apple: We're fanboys, not idiots.That's true, and I should have noted it. Still ...
That's really interesting: Apple comes in under Dell on price. Even with the instant rebate, you've built a bottom-end Dell Macbook that still costs $200 more than Apple's box. But it doesn't run OS X, while the Macbook will dual-boot Windows. There's no iSight camera on the Dell, if you care about such things. The Mac also comes bundled with a better selection of software.
Geez, Apple has the better deal. It's the end of the world as we know it.
I imagine Dell will put pencil to paper and adjust their pricing. Once they can get their jaws to close again.
Yes, but I understand the Latin is pretty awful.
When some clever corporation figures out a way to turn a profit by sticking babies on pikes, a pliant US Congress stands ready to make it legal -- and to keep private citizens from doing it themselves.
All the actual baby piking will be done overseas by non-union workers, of course.
... a way to get the Beatles back together. Science!
You have to wonder if they even bother to retype the Pentagon, Administration, and defense contractor press releases which hit their fax machines.
And they'd all end with, "Get closer than 10 meters before you fire."
"Ten meters? We're shooting from rooftops and through doorways. We're already working that close."
"Good, then. And keep cranking out those IEDs."
In other words, CertifiedMail is here to certify the delivery of spam by the "important" spammers who have the resources to pay for it.
... salute our new metrosexual overlords.
I've been using OS X daily since late beta, and I love it. But OS X *still* doesn't run as quickly as OS 9 on given hardware. Period. I've got two dual-boot older Macs right here, if anyone wants to drop by for coffee and a demonstration.
Of course, you said "smooth." I agree that OS X is a better work environment. There was nothing smooth about OS 9's frequent crashes, trying to reconcile extensions, and crappy multitasking. But you could bloody well open and close a program quickly. It flew.
... on why Apple chose Intel, and why they've been so strangely reluctant to develop a standalone media centre.
Falcon defaults to engine shutdown, not auto-destruct.
I don't own an iPod, but I'm a heavy iTunes user (Mac platform). It handles my music library -- which is about 4,000 titles right now -- with good speed and grace, even though most of my music is mostly encoded in Apple's expansive Lossless format. It's really easy to browse your collection and build custom playlists.
iTunes handles videos in the same way it organizes music. I'm not aware of an easier way to browse a video collection.
If you like podcasts, iTunes makes it easy to find and subscribe your favorites.
iTunes has built-in CD burning, handles streaming audio, and generally functions as a media hub. It's pretty useful, and it's free. Enjoy.
On the whole, I'm betting post-boomers are less "social" and far more likely to be comfortably entertained at home. We're quite comfortable with our kick-ass flat-screen monitors, thanks, and our sound systems beat those our parents senseless.
We don't NEED big theatre screens. We rarely dress to go out. Our popcorn comes from the microwave, not a $4.00 carboard bucket. And if we want to be in a roomful of strangers, there are all those IRC channels to choose from ...
I thought the MPAA's pitch that "nothing beats the theatre experience" we heard at the Oscars was simply pathetic. Please don't tell me what I like, Mr. Hollywood. Let me tell you:
I want downloadable movies. I want them as soon as possible to release. I'll pay.
Oh -- and more sex, please. I'll take that over cartoonish, numbing gore and violence. But that's just me.
... you finally get to see the glory of the Z Machine. Too bad this vision will be your last ...
Still waiting on the answer. Guess I'll have to try Clusty.
Okay, this is funnier then my comment. ;-)
... I just wasted another frikkin' half hour of my life. ;-)