What in the world ever happened to building a web site to help people, to spread information, and to build a "community."
One word: Greed
People are greedy. They, for the most part, don't send in payments to help support a free website. They expect it to operated 24/7, to be quick, to have great, timely, information that's easily accessible.
But they don't want to pay for it.
Hence, services like paypal, adsense, etc. Atleast it helps pay the h/w and electrical costs.
The ones that post about news, I'd rather watch the big 3 network news programs. I can't believe some guy in his basement will get better insight into what's happening in the world than ABC, NBC, or CBS news. I like solid news, not spinning
Especially when they're reporting on what the bloggers are saying! I just love those little segments;)
I just installed it on my 15" 1.25 Powerbook. No problems. Overall, it seems snappier - it's definitely swapping less. However, spotlight seems slower. It's taking forever to do a simple search that I routinely do, and have done w/ 10.4 and 10.4.1.
I was reading the article and had the same thought.
We saw a blurb on TV a few weeks back about the US importing other country's trash (one of them was Japan) into our landfills. It is products like this that seem to perpetuate the situation. They scream that the one-use is OK, and don't worry about where this thing goes after you toss it. After all, it's "just the trash".
Cap them all at $49.99. And even then, at that price, it wouldn't be once a week impulse buy. It'd definitely be planned - I'd scope the net for cheaper prices, hem and haw, etc.
Drop the current season to $25.99 and I'd be buying a all our favorite shows in sets. (reminds me of buying baseball cards in a complete set when I was a kid). At that price, I really wouldn't hesitate to buy one or two a month.
And why don't the older seasons price drops? Seemingly because they don't have to. Where else are you going to legally buy a complete set of the show for a prior season? I call it gouging, but they probably call it profit.
They'll have plenty of time to pickup the tech stuff.
Get them used to being outside, doing things outside, doing things with you. Get them started on a healthy lifestyle.
It's funny, when I was a kid, if my parents caught me inside on a nice day they'd stick me with chores to do. Nowadays it seems people are working too much, they don't even have the time to dish out and deal with the kids doing chores, so they kids stay inside as much as they want.
If Apple move to machines which can also run Windows, then OSX is doomed.
I disagree. I think it's one helluva opportunity. Buy the machine. Run OSX. Don't like it? (FWR) Can't use it? (FWR) Fine, buy Windows XP and install it and run it on that very machine.
However, I have a problem with what you're saying. Yes, most users don't care about OSX being technically better, nor what's under the hood that runs their OSX or WinXP machine.
They are about the apps. And if an application they need doesn't exists under an alternative operating system, then the odds that they'll switch are drastically less.
That's why MS's dev of Office under OSX is so important. Same with Photoshop. Same with some of the other top applications.
What some people don't realize is that under a different OS, there are alternative apps that *may* be better then the application they're now using.
What apps do not exist under OSX that you think people *must have*? I'd really like to know, it'd be great to code up an alternative application now, so over the next 2 years I have the market sown up with these much-needed applications under OSX.
how could this possibly affect any corporate buying decsion.
Oh I'll tell you how. For any place that is considering switching to OSX, this is *huge*.
So you postpone switching till Apple's machines are intel based. If those machines can run Windows, you switch.
If you run into problems with OSX (ie lack of applications that can't or run slowly under virtualpc) then you wipe the drive, install Windows. You're set.
And the hardware-lockin is no more.
Before the switch to intel, you'd have machines that were worthless to you, unless you could run Yellowdog Linux. Now the machines can (probably?) run Windows as well, so you're not nearly taking as much risk as you were in the ppc days.
For example: "water magnolia" to find the watering advice for our new tree.
I just did the same thing. I highly recommend you checkout micro-irrigation. I just set it up in our backyard. It's easy to install, it's fairly cheap, and it's convenient.
Nah. Jobs has got to be more upset with him blurping out the 3.0GHz quote a few years back. He's been being bit by that for the past couple of years now.
My guess is that Apple has had >2.7GHz G5 chips, for a while now. However, they don't sell as much h/w as Dell et all. So they must make more small increases incrementally over a longer timeperiod. This lets them sell more hardware over the long haul.
Well, tablets don't sell to well from what I've heard.
But the question is - why? I'll tell you my opinion - price! They've always been way too damned expensive.
the "Apple Tax" may be the same so the costs would be about equal.
Well here's the thing. New iBooks are selling for $999 (12" 1.2GHz). Routinely, if you're willing to buy a refurb, or a slightly older or less-featured model you can grab them $699-$899. The mini's $499 and $599. Then there's the bottom of the line powerbook starts at $1499 (12" 1.5GHz)
Where's that leave the iTablet in Apple's price lineup?
Personally, I think the iTablet is a great idea if Apple does it well (light, 4 hours++ to a charge, wifi built in). They could use low-end 1.25GHz G4's in it to save on battery load and cost. Leave the cd/dvd drive off the thing.
But it all comes down to cost for me, and I assume most people. I'd not be willing to pay much more than $100-$200 over the current cost of the base iBook for the iTablet.
Bah. I'm willing to bet the legislature's biggest concern is that they can't get a piece of the $ action from it. They couldn't figure out how to license it, how to tax it, etc.
It makes you love that world-wide-'net.
From what I'd read about these internet-hunting ventures, if I signed up with one in Texas I wouldn't have to pay for hunting license(s) in Texas, nor here in Ohio. Texas would also miss out on the income revenue from my normal travel, and stay, down there.
In some parts of the country, income from hunting is *big* money.
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What in the world ever happened to building a web site to help people, to spread information, and to build a "community."
One word: Greed
People are greedy. They, for the most part, don't send in payments to help support a free website. They expect it to operated 24/7, to be quick, to have great, timely, information that's easily accessible.
But they don't want to pay for it.
Hence, services like paypal, adsense, etc. Atleast it helps pay the h/w and electrical costs.
The ones that post about news, I'd rather watch the big 3 network news programs. I can't believe some guy in his basement will get better insight into what's happening in the world than ABC, NBC, or CBS news. I like solid news, not spinning
Especially when they're reporting on what the bloggers are saying! I just love those little segments
I just installed it on my 15" 1.25 Powerbook. No problems. Overall, it seems snappier - it's definitely swapping less. However, spotlight seems slower. It's taking forever to do a simple search that I routinely do, and have done w/ 10.4 and 10.4.1.
I was reading the article and had the same thought.
We saw a blurb on TV a few weeks back about the US importing other country's trash (one of them was Japan) into our landfills. It is products like this that seem to perpetuate the situation. They scream that the one-use is OK, and don't worry about where this thing goes after you toss it. After all, it's "just the trash".
you forgot the word 'hot'...
I think $55++ is too much for the current season.
Cap them all at $49.99. And even then, at that price, it wouldn't be once a week impulse buy. It'd definitely be planned - I'd scope the net for cheaper prices, hem and haw, etc.
Drop the current season to $25.99 and I'd be buying a all our favorite shows in sets. (reminds me of buying baseball cards in a complete set when I was a kid). At that price, I really wouldn't hesitate to buy one or two a month.
And why don't the older seasons price drops? Seemingly because they don't have to. Where else are you going to legally buy a complete set of the show for a prior season? I call it gouging, but they probably call it profit.
one nice, but not free for commercial use, is Astaro
Grab the disk image, it'll install in about 15-20 minutes and you can try it out.
Home-use is free, too... which makes VPN to/from work a breeze.
Maybe the LA Times should've used slashcode instead of a wiki? Atleast the pr0n posts could've been moderated into oblivion.
Make the kids go outside!
They'll have plenty of time to pickup the tech stuff.
Get them used to being outside, doing things outside, doing things with you. Get them started on a healthy lifestyle.
It's funny, when I was a kid, if my parents caught me inside on a nice day they'd stick me with chores to do. Nowadays it seems people are working too much, they don't even have the time to dish out and deal with the kids doing chores, so they kids stay inside as much as they want.
It's hard to imagine that making a movie is better then having to ask "do you want fries with that?" ;)
There are a lot of people out there who will be happy to buy apple hardware and run windows on it... Apple still wins.
Maybe that's where HP comes into the picture? If you want to buy an Apple intelMac and run Windows on it, for $XX amount you can get support via HP.
Or, just buy it with Windows Wkstn/Svr pre-installed straight from HP...
You can't mention the anandtech article without mentioning the ridiculousfish article:
http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/?p=17
be sure to read the first comment, since it points out the Anandtech test was read-only.
If Apple move to machines which can also run Windows, then OSX is doomed.
I disagree. I think it's one helluva opportunity. Buy the machine. Run OSX. Don't like it? (FWR) Can't use it? (FWR) Fine, buy Windows XP and install it and run it on that very machine.
However, I have a problem with what you're saying. Yes, most users don't care about OSX being technically better, nor what's under the hood that runs their OSX or WinXP machine.
They are about the apps. And if an application they need doesn't exists under an alternative operating system, then the odds that they'll switch are drastically less.
That's why MS's dev of Office under OSX is so important. Same with Photoshop. Same with some of the other top applications.
What some people don't realize is that under a different OS, there are alternative apps that *may* be better then the application they're now using.
What apps do not exist under OSX that you think people *must have*? I'd really like to know, it'd be great to code up an alternative application now, so over the next 2 years I have the market sown up with these much-needed applications under OSX.
The only reason you'd need to use the Rosetta emulator is if an application is not being distributed as a FAT binary, no?
Honestly, I cannot envision that most of the major OSX apps won't be distributed as fat over the course of the next year.
Hence, no need for emulation.
how could this possibly affect any corporate buying decsion.
Oh I'll tell you how. For any place that is considering switching to OSX, this is *huge*.
So you postpone switching till Apple's machines are intel based. If those machines can run Windows, you switch.
If you run into problems with OSX (ie lack of applications that can't or run slowly under virtualpc) then you wipe the drive, install Windows. You're set.
And the hardware-lockin is no more.
Before the switch to intel, you'd have machines that were worthless to you, unless you could run Yellowdog Linux. Now the machines can (probably?) run Windows as well, so you're not nearly taking as much risk as you were in the ppc days.
how about ColecoVision? I sure do miss the football and baseball games from that machine. "Super Action Football" oh yeah!
For example: "water magnolia" to find the watering advice for our new tree.
I just did the same thing. I highly recommend you checkout micro-irrigation. I just set it up in our backyard. It's easy to install, it's fairly cheap, and it's convenient.
Nah. Jobs has got to be more upset with him blurping out the 3.0GHz quote a few years back. He's been being bit by that for the past couple of years now.
My guess is that Apple has had >2.7GHz G5 chips, for a while now. However, they don't sell as much h/w as Dell et all. So they must make more small increases incrementally over a longer timeperiod. This lets them sell more hardware over the long haul.
Maybe you should switch distro's? ;) for me, 10.4 connects just fine via smb to Fedora Core3 and/or Win2k3SVR.
Same here - at work (Win2k3svr ADR domain, misc linux -redhat 8/9/FC2/3 smb/nfs servers) and home (fedora core3 - samba-3.0.10-1.fc3).
Well, tablets don't sell to well from what I've heard.
But the question is - why? I'll tell you my opinion - price! They've always been way too damned expensive.
the "Apple Tax" may be the same so the costs would be about equal.
Well here's the thing. New iBooks are selling for $999 (12" 1.2GHz). Routinely, if you're willing to buy a refurb, or a slightly older or less-featured model you can grab them $699-$899. The mini's $499 and $599. Then there's the bottom of the line powerbook starts at $1499 (12" 1.5GHz)
Where's that leave the iTablet in Apple's price lineup?
Personally, I think the iTablet is a great idea if Apple does it well (light, 4 hours++ to a charge, wifi built in). They could use low-end 1.25GHz G4's in it to save on battery load and cost. Leave the cd/dvd drive off the thing.
But it all comes down to cost for me, and I assume most people. I'd not be willing to pay much more than $100-$200 over the current cost of the base iBook for the iTablet.
Bah. I'm willing to bet the legislature's biggest concern is that they can't get a piece of the $ action from it. They couldn't figure out how to license it, how to tax it, etc.
It makes you love that world-wide-'net.
From what I'd read about these internet-hunting ventures, if I signed up with one in Texas I wouldn't have to pay for hunting license(s) in Texas, nor here in Ohio. Texas would also miss out on the income revenue from my normal travel, and stay, down there.
In some parts of the country, income from hunting is *big* money.
The guy with the free TiVo says he caught a good deal, a life time subscription for $200,
Uhm, maybe I'm missing something, but if he paid $200 for a lifetime subscription, how exactly is that free for him?
Apple's performance page: http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/
What would be interesting is if someone took that page and listed the total cost of each system next to each machine type.
What I don't understand is why the single 1.8 Powermac is $1499.
The base iMac, with a 1.6G5 and *screen* is $1299.
So because I
1) don't need a brand new LCD screen
2) need gigabit ethernet
3) want a few ram slots
4) want a few pci slots
I have to *pay* $200 more?
It seems to me that the 1.8 Powermac should start at $999 w/ 512MB ram in it.